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Local advertising with p 10 13 July 2019 see back cover THE TROTTERS COME TO ROCHESTER it s the ROCHESTER CASTLE CONCERTS it s the it s the EE FREE EE FR www itsthebiz co FR Rochester Issue 1 June 2019 All the local biz that matters KEEP THE BELLS RINGING See pages 10 11 Help raise 100 000 see centre pages from Love Lane Photography see page 18 See pages 12 14 see page 13 The local biz for Rochester Issue 2 August 2019 Decks hats caravans curtains and more ITB01 Artwork indd 1 ITB02 Artwork indd 1 AK ES The local biz for Rochester Issue 3 GAMING DRAWING DICKENS DEL BOY 16 05 2019 09 30 EM WHAT S IT BEEN LIKE IN THE LOCKDOWN HOME OFFICE See page 25 WIN A FAMILY PORTRAIT BEER facts quiz LAUREN S LITTL Photo Gino Cinganelli WIN BELLS OFFICES CROCHET WEDDINGS THE MOON 02 08 2019 08 43 ITB03 Artwork indd 1 22 06 2020 11 20 5 000 copies for Rochester launc BE PART OF THE BIZ FOR MEDWAY A free monthly glossy A5 magazine 5 000 copies are distributed to homes and businesses in ME1 Soon we ll be launching an edition for Strood and eventually we want to reach all of Medway Although the rates are low the design is polished the printing is high quality on 130gsm coated stock Most importantly the magazine has PERSONALITY it s not a phone book of tightly crammed ads it has an editorial voice and a fun and lively appearance Contents include local stories about business community and charity activities Lifestyle features including food home shopping and health There s arts and events coverage plus regular features including horoscopes puzzles and entertainment recommendations An online magazine too net 2 net
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y t i n u m it s the PICK ME UP Could your premises be a pick up point for the magazine If you have room to be a stockist please get in touch Community coverage is FREE m o c for Medway Asthma Self Help Volunteer in 1 000 Challenge Inhaler recycling scheme scrapped Rochester s litter pickers cleaning with meaning community Lauren Clark tells us about Cleaning With Meaning the litter picking group she has formed to clean up the streets of Rochester I started the litter pick days a few of Chuck and Blade months ago after I saw a lady Asthma patients will be Burgers In Rochester picking up rubbish with a picker familiar with the various High Street offered to whilst I was walking along the plastic dispensers and Medway Asthma Self Help provide refreshments and a Rochester esplanade The river pressurised containers or MASH is a charity that generous discount on a signature can be such a calming place which dispense their supports Medway people with burger after we finished They to live on but asthma so many their life saving people managing were delicious David is also spoil the view by littering I went medication One of our volunteers is very passionate about keeping straight home ordered my litter 73 million determined to raise 1 000 Rochester tidy we will continue to picker and went out by myself My for the charity by Christmas respiratory inhalers are prescribed build on awareness and with time pledge of an hour turned into two and she is well on the way to every year in the UK which We covered the vines park we could have groups all over very quickly achieving that Our volunteer Rochester Castle grounds cannot be recycled via household the Medway towns litter picking I posted my efforts onto the Wendy Palmer set herself the the park by the marina the collections The metered every weekend wrote Medway community group and challenge in order to support esplanade car park and parts of dose inhalers MDIs contain LAUREN CLARK had such a brilliant response the High Street hydrofluorocarbons and produce Pictures show myself Tom Lauren Steve I have now set up a group litter an estimated carbon footprint David Luck one of the partners Chris Emese Kate George and Jenn pick event each month to build equal to 500g of CO2 per dose words awareness of what s happening to Wendy s quizzes of pictures and In 2011 pharmaceutical firm about birds Rochester and the Medway towns Could be about bees could be GSK launched their Complete if we don t play allowed Ten rounds of ten to tax your brain our part which the Cycle scheme again This Sunday we had some Family and friends online once users to return their empty cash lovely people join in it was a Zooming in to help raise some inhalers for recycling whether or is called MASH good opportunity to meet new For the wonderful charity that not they had been manufactured and advice people within the local area we Medway Asthma gives support by GSK These used inhalers could had a couple who recently moved Do I hear you ask the price be dropped off at local chemists from London into Chatham who MASH s services are free to all as Boots such small joined us as an opportunity to be Donations are accepted however This scheme has recycled more to raise a grand part of the community and help Wendy has challenged herself than two million inhalers and cut it stands keep Rochester tidy We had so In aid of MASH and for everything carbon dioxide CO2 emissions quiz many lovely comments from local Please join us for her November equivalent to taking around 8 600 people thanking us and giving For 5 why not give it a whizz cars off UK roads It was ended by smiles of admiration GSK at the end of September telephone consultations and website their on Angela Stokes MASH s In a statement our outreach online Wendy s If you d like to take part in future litter coordinator said We have GSK say We remain committed picks search Facebook for the Cleaning fundraising for MASH is a fun With Meaning group worked hard since lockdown to to inhaler recovery in the UK In way of ensuring we are able to keep our services for Medway WHAT S THE MOST COMMON order to support the ambitious WHERE CAN I GET HOLD OF keep up our services which are people with asthma available LITTER ON OUR STREETS NHS environmental targets to much needed LITTER PICKING EQUIPMENT We are continuing with Data on the most commonly reduce inhaler carbon emissions Keep Britain Tidy recommend found types of litter was recorded by 50 over the next ten years the Helping Hand Company who as part of Keep Britain Tidy s we believe there needs to be a provide a range of pickers and Litter in England survey In 2018 focus on a wider joint working hoops You can find out more at smoking related litter was the approach across industry rather 20th November at 7pm www hhenvironmental co uk Wendy s next quiz will be on Friday most commonly found type of than our own stand alone please call 01634 855844 n Keep Britain Tidy was founded If you would like to join the quiz then litter 79 of sites followed by approach We believe working ect com or message in 1954 They educate innovate email medwayasthmaselfhelp btconn confectionery packs 60 nonto a networktogether will have a bigger and given out uk sorted thmaselfhelp co and inspire to eliminate litter now MASH via their website www medwayas organisations alcoholic drinks related 52 and and services thatenvironmental impact ofevents and activities and for future generations return You can also keep up to date on MASH s fast food related 33 The BIG Sing Community vulnerable anda struggling While it s still possible support MedwayAsthm Twitter www keepbritai and lp ntidy org Facebook medway selfhe inhalers to any pharmacy for Hygiene Bank doesn t Choir are working hard fundraising people herThe If you d like to donate to Wendy s challenge products to individuals environmentally safe disposal this givem WendyPalmer7 to show community page is https uk virginmoneygiving co the expense of the NHS 21 directly we partner with local will be at private enterprise singing at its best schools and existing charities rather than such as foodbanks supported 25 housing schemes refuges hostels Available to perform at then and social services who local events email requests distribute the products to the to info big sing com people they are working with This means everything donated locally stays in the area and is given out to local families and individuals living in crisis I support right across Medway During coronavirus communities have never needed each other more and we have seen how we can all decision to eat or stay play our part In Introducing our I m Emma Thomas they clean because March due to the coronavirus The BIG Sing has now grown brand new charity can t afford to do both This is project coordinator restrictions Government and to become a family for all about dignity We aim to break The BIG Sing Soul for The Hygiene Bank all my 15 drop off points are ages The choirs are open to the stigma of hygiene poverty closed almost overnight or were everyone You don t need to Strood Hoo Peninsula It is shaming humiliating Music is great for the soul This meant that inaccessible result have a fantastic singing voice can and we want to share our and excluding and a project I run from my our much needed donations just bring your enthusiasm uplifting songs with people in social isolation Hygiene the from Woods products of hygiene home in Cliffe There are no auditions The who can t come to us We are poverty leads to a crippling lack public had completely dried up weekly rehearsals are very negatively and raising money to start choirs confidence of The Hygiene Bank Strood Hoo songs All with uplifting and Unfortunately due to the current relaxed but most of all fun in hospitals schools and with affects good health and mental environment Peninsula are a Medway based economic motivating lyrics tough disabled groups well being These can impact The members are people from project of a national grassroots the demand for our services development childhood early As The BIG Sing grows we but partners foodbank the local community who have charity like a The BIG Sing is the dream that from our beneficiary learning employability and are continuing to reach out to a desire to sing The BIG Sing for hygiene products trying to we have created together significantly increased with interaction social more people of all ages and gives them the opportunity meet the need locally for those Uniting communities with many more demands from new The Hygiene Bank Strood backgrounds We aim to unite individuals and to be taught by expert tutors in poverty or crisis Our ethos is vulnerable uplift ing and motivating and Hoo Peninsula Hygiene people with music and have turning the choir into an amazing give local help local We want music The BIG Sing is more families But the community and people encourages Bank seen the choir members grow in sound and giving them unique to bring communities together than a choir we are a family came together and we adapted businesses in Medway to donate confidence experience the thrill performance opportunities a Just Giving Page to tackle hygiene poverty by offering So many members have by hygiene essential toiletries of performing on stage make providing essential donated found that the choir helps to enable us to purchase the The songs taught are pop beauty and grooming products new friends and belong to a new across Wishlist vulnerable the online to an and products them through loneliness essentials Motown contemporary via drop off points and collector choir family the Medway towns in conjunction depression grief illness where items were delivered off points drop 15 Our inspirational soul and gospel schemes with our network of charity and we have been growing directly to me It really is heart Meeting every Monday at St include local shops sports to local thanks that partners and schools from strength to strength in warming Peter s Church Parish Centre centres community groups Many people living in poverty number and ability Together people s generosity we have Delce Road Rochester Kent or we can accept schools and in themselves demand find or those who we CAN achieve greatness coped with increased ME1 2EH 7 9pm only 7 per donations via our online Wishlist times of a major life crisis often Now we are sharing our but we can always do more week pay as you go collected are products these All have to make the distressing music with as many people as Also at Swanley Christ Church possible and the Charity will URC and Dartford St Edmunds help us fund choirs for people The Hygiene Bank Strood Hoo Peninsula Peninsula thbStroodHoo f bank com Living Well Centre find out who need the music the most q07940 329994 H www thehygiene community more at www big sing com MASH during the difficult time of lockdown when the charity s services are needed more than ever for Medway people with asthma She has planned a series of online quizzes to raise the money and they are attracting quizzers from across the country Wendy who loves a poem FREE FOR NON PROFIT Every edition of It s The Biz features listings for local nonprofit groups clubs and charities In addition feature stories tell readers more about their activities Here are just some of the groups covered so far n Medway Foodbank n Medway Asthma Self Help n Parkinson s UK in Medway n Friends of Broomhill n Kent Goddesses n 5th Medway Beaver Scouts n The Hygiene Bank n Motor Neurone Disease n Just Add a Picnic n Samaritans n Emmaus Medway it s the Hygiene and personal care products for those in need 23 community Medway Foodbank implements delivery system at time of increased need we have it has been and sadly services What a strange time people needing our seen so many more foodbank We have closed eight a new delivery centres and set up all the risks system to reduce are sent Food parcel requests that we to us by 150 agencies eg Medway across work with Above the Medway churches se social services schools Foodbank warehou etc Agencies parcel housing agencies Below a typical food in need from are aware of those and are their day to day work to support offer also able to g issues clients around underlyin of s deliverie We then organise out to those in go to parcels food include three need Our parcels days but we meals a day for three aged food only give out pre pack it We also as we have to store products and give out cleaning as nappies and toiletries as well baby milk period has As difficult as this Here are some ways you could help collection in Organize a food then pick your street we can can deliver up from you or you to our warehouse items that Shop for and donate and Asda we need at large Tesco plus Morrisons Medway in stores Walderslade Strood and Co op e app where Use the Spareabl for items you can shop online are then that we need which no cost to us delivered to us at since Donate funds 26 increase Our may well be set to be way above figures continue to Last year last year s figures d around 7000 2019 we supporte This year to people in Medway supported date we have already 3000 of nearly 6500 people with In April our these being children higher than figures were 155 to see an end April 2019 We want believe that to foodbanks we the dignity everyone should have own food their buy to to be able for the We are so grateful kind support offered by es in individuals and business time Medway during this Between April 2019 and March 2020 a record 1 9m of food bank parcels were given out by UK Trussell Trust foodbanks it has been been for so many community incredible to see the had help with support We have from other deliveries and stock tions and brilliant local organisa British companies including Furniture Gas Graham s Office Homes Chatham MHS ion churches Paramount Foundat been lockdown we have 800 a week spending approx with the on food to keep up Prior to increased demand was donated lockdown all food k Learn to us Use the Faceboo Donate More or our website giving our reach to buttons Giving platform Golden k and Follow us on Faceboo website Twitter or see our ion for further informat dbank org uk www medway foo Lorraine Schulze Project Manager 01634 757057 dbank org uk info medway foo No 1166505 Registered Charity shows the The shopping list below short of items we are currently needs of the Your help in meeting appreciated others is very much s are Please note all donation DO NOT but we gratefully received beans baked more currently need or UHT Milk tinned soup pet food thank ing List July 20 Shopp you Instant mash Cup a soup t drinks Squash sof Delight rts e g Angel Packet desse ng puddi Tinned rice y made tinned read Custard ngs tinned Sponge Puddi Biscuits ks treats snac Savoury crisps ts peanuts cheesy biscui g chocolate late drinkin Hot choco or brown sauce Ketchup dried milk Powdered es Toothbrush liquid e Washing up male and femal Deodorant Razors Hygiene Banks the mosque The We are and the local council y assisted currently being brilliantl who Medway by Citizens Advice help every day have hired a van to amazing s with deliverie just rs are also Our team of voluntee we couldn t do just amazing and them any of this without difficult We have heard many we recently stories and more ng many have been supporti never used people who have but have a foodbank before struggling found themselves number This due to losing jobs net 17 08 2020 07 19 d 26 ITB04 Artwork ind d 27 ITB04 Artwork ind 15 22 06 2020 11 21 ITB03 Artwork indd 23 Emmaus Medway help get lives back on trac ing to k ITB02 Artwork indd 15 02 08 2019 08 44 Parkinson s Medway celebrate Nigerian Independence Day Emmaus Medway is a local charity that provides a stable place to live a sense of purpose and support for people who ve been sleepin tailored sofa surfing Since g rough or 2012 people get their lives we ve helped over 400 local back on track Call 01634 855844 ct com btconne elfhelp email medwayasthmas via our website or send a message k hmaselfhelp co u www medwayast UNITY ACTIVITIES PROMOTE YOUR COMM in your or event for free Send it club group charity about your activities List your non prof and spread the word issue for inclusion next news articles pictures thebiz net by 18 Sept Please email neil its Rochester DON T FORGET the ry Project Cathedral Bells Centena When someone last issue joins as featured raise Emmaus project aims they to TheMedway becomework a compan to fund ion essential We have space at 100 000 the bells our commun to maintain ity in Chatham required to for 24 lots of ways compani are There ons men and donation with us for a short women te from a18small contribu period while to 65 We re three new others need time bell a not ng a hostel or a night shelter to re adjust or to sponsori d It is learn new skills before though purchase will bepeople ones can stay moving on with forus ring will As far as we re concerne for asthe new short orbells hoped long a period of d both outcomes constitut 2021 to celebrate time theyinneed firstastime the e a success casting of the Thecentenar y of commun One of the biggest itythe The the comm provides unity a safe obstacles many current ring l r Cathedra environm provid companions face entRocheste Search for in es a safe is om which examinetgiving c a loss of self estee Bells attowww jus m environment their choices One way we help 27 address issues such them with this is as addiction by providing meaning mental health challeng ful daily es or activity either in the broken relationships commun and get in our shop on Chatham ity back on their feet 17 08 2020 or07 19 Some stay High Street where we sell pre Don t forget the bells loved furniture that has been kindly donated to us A lot of companions who ve been with us a while have told us that something to do every having day best part of the experien is the ce Here s what one compani on had to say about this recently When I came to live with Emmaus Medway I d been sleeping rough As soon arrived I was straight as I into it I d never worked in retail before but I loved working with the companions interactin other g with the customers and before long I had regained a lot of my lost confidence I am now able to lead on all aspects of the activity at the social enterprise The shop generate s income to keep the commun ity going Without it we couldn t provide the support we do now for example counselling for anyone who wants it access to healthy food and free broadband 2020 has been a tough year for everyone and as the eviction ban ends and unemplo yment more and more people rises will be at risk of homelessness It s Emmaus Medway s mission to make sure that at least some of them have a somewhere to stay a sense of purpose and the support they need to get through it e Emmaus Medway s Chatham shop can be found at 243 High Street ME4 4BQ To donate furniture visit www emmaus org uk medway donate goods At the beginning of October Parkin son s Medway celebrated 60 years of Nigeria n Independence with friends from the Nigeria Community Associ n ation of Kent and Medw ay The Mayor of Medway opened Thomas who is from the online celebrati Nigeria on which but currently lives was organised and in Surrey hosted by spoke about her ten Medway Parkinso year n s Lead Cojourney with Parkinso ordinator Phil Bungay n s Other speakers included Nigerian snacks were eaten Dr Abiola from Parkinso at Jasper s Commun n s ity Caf Nigeria as well as where Phil and Oluseyi Oluseyi from the Associati Obadare Presiden on and t of the another Medway Nigerian Associati resident on were with Nigerian heritage based A team from Cllr KMTV Omolola Oyewusi were also on site and the Founder they of Magdalene Ministrie interviewed Simba s a one value driven ministry managers at Jasper s of the and charity seeking to While the main purpose make a real difference to was to celebrate Nigeria the lives 60 individuals they support of with the Nigerian Association The event finished attention was also with a drawn to YouTube clip of It s www parkinsons a Wonderful africa com World by the Isolation Attendees watched Choir the video taken from Canterbu Seven Reasons and ry Cantata the founder Trust s Sing to Beat of the African charity Parkinson s Omotola programme Rochester Cathedral The Centenary Bells Project aims to raise 100 000 to essential work required fund to maintain the bells which were cast in 1921 There are lots of ways to contribu te from a small donation to sponsoring 22 net Centenary Bells Projec t a bell three new ones will be purchased It is hoped the new bells will ring for the first time in 2021 to celebrate the centenary of the casting of the current ring Search for Rocheste r Cathedral Bells at www justgiving c om 23 7
A GOOD READ It s not all about business we want the magazine to be an interesting read too attractively designed and produced to a high standard so that people will pick it up and engage To that end there are prize competitions which can be run in tandem with an advertiser for additional promotion and engagement Plus puzzles with prizes horoscopes articles recipes and lifestyle tips Some of these are stand alone but they could also be advertorial for maximum promotional impact or we can collaborate with advertisers on factual items which add depth to their promotional presence by informing readers about some aspect of the relevant industry or service it s the Get in touch if you d like to contribute photos articles or any comments u o y for Haunted rochester WOMAN in white R ochester Castle is said to be visited by a ghostly apparition resembling a woman dressed in white It seems to be quite a common sighting among global ghostly goingson but Rochester s story has a historical context based around the siege of 1264 when Earl Simon de Montfort and barons rebelled against October is the time when ghouls ghosts and witches are in the air once more Pandemic restrictions may curb parties and trick or treating but it should be possible look out for spectral activity while remaining socially distanced H alloween originated in Celtic times when the pre Christian calendar was determined by growing seasons The festival of Samhain marked the end of summer and the harvest and the start of cold dark wintry months Samhain symbolised the boundary between living and dead and the Celts believed that 31 October marked a crossover where ghosts of the dead would revisit the living Christianity arrived in Britain with its own festivals among them being All Hallows Day remembering those who had died for their beliefs In the 8th century Pope Gregory moved All Hallows feast to 1 November perhaps attempting to replace the Celtic Samhain festival of the dead with a related but church approved celebration Samhain therefore became known as All hallows even then Hallow Eve still later Hallowe en and then of course Halloween A special time of the year when many believe that the spirit world can make contact with the physical world a night when magic is at its most potent Rochester is thought to harbour over forty ghosts in shops private houses churches and pubs Here are just a few of the legends why not investigate and see if any show themselves to you the King Henry III Fighting in de Montfort s army was Gilbert de Clare a knight previously rejected by Lady Blanche de Warrene resident inside the castle with her fianc Sir Ralph de Capo The siege was cut short when news came that the King s forces were approaching Sir Ralph left the castle in pursuit THE BRICKED UP MONK T he Coopers Arms in St Margaret s Street is Kent s oldest pub opening its doors in 1543 The building itself dates back to 1199 when it was part of St Andrew s Priory It s said that every November a ghostly monk emerges from a wall of the bar an apparition in cowl and habit haunting the pub in the dead of night He would have been a member of the Brethren of Coopers who for centuries made ales and wines at the Priory until they abandoned it in 1539 His crimes are unknown but he must have committed some unforgivable sin because he was walled up and left to die Should you find yourself in the Cooper s and your drink is pushed to the floor by some invisible force it may be the monk protesting his grisly fate from centuries ago of de Montfort and his rebels all observed from the battlements by Lady Blanche She looked on as her fianc appeared to return only to be revealed as Gilbert de Clare who having disguised himself as Sir Ralph was able to gain entry to the castle whereupon he climbed the ramparts and seized Lady Blanche still hopeful of gaining her affection Observing this from the fight with the rebels Sir Ralph fired an arrow in an attempt to halt de Clare s unwanted advances only for it to glance from the target s armour and instead kill Blanche Her ghostly white form has walked the battlements ever since forever surveying the bloody battle below Home Garden Choosing paint col ours Colour experts Pantone judge d classic blue their colour of to be 2020 next year s choic With just a month to go befor e options to refres is announced we look at a few e h your domestic colour palette ghostly writer CLASSIC BLUE A classic blue might bring to mind evening sky creatin an early of moody sophist g a sense ication Add S ome claim that the ghost of Charles Dickens has been seen haunting the High Street The writer had expressed a wish to be buried in Rochester Cobham or Shorne No graveyards were available and so plans were made for a burial in Rochester Cathedral However his place of rest came to be Westminster Abbey where according to The Times in 1870 the most illustrious Englishmen are laid Could his thwarted wishes have led to this spectral High Street lingering 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