Resident

A local Sittingbourne resident has been given an honour in HM The King’s Birthday Honours List 2024 announced at 10:30pm last night (Friday 14th June).

Shirley Ellen Goodhew (pictured) is the Chair of Chatham Dockyard Historical Society and has received a BEM (British Empire Medal) for services to Heritage and to the community in Kent (Sittingbourne).

Congratulations to Shirley from us all here at the King's Award For Voluntary Services winning #TeamSFM for helping to fly the flag for Sittingbourne!

Local MP Gordon Henderson has congratulated an Iwade resident who was recently awarded a British Citizen Award for setting up an orphanage in Malawi.

Elspeth Baecke BCAo, a former teacher at Sittingbourne Community College, set up a small charity called Smile Malawi in 2004 after watching children suffering in Africa on Comic Relief. Elspeth began fundraising and construction started on the new children's home in 2005. The doors opened in 2006 and now has 39 children aged between 3 and 20-years old.