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Welcome to In and Around Magazine, Dec 2016

Contents 7 Community news and events 9 Don’t forget charities when you review your Will 11 Beauty by Emma in Loose 13 Wireless multi room music systems 15 Tovil Community Centre 18 What’s on 19 Local events 21 Wireless multi room music systems 20 Classifieds

Dear Readers Well it’s finally upon us, arriving quicker each year I’d say!

Please don’t give all your money to Greenhithe (Bluewater) and the world wide web. Don’t forget to support OUR local shops so OUR money goes back into OUR community.

There’s so much to do and see this month...

Father Christmas Grotto’s, Christmas markets and much more!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

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Loose Footpaths Group Sunday 4th December 10.30am ½ day walk Meet at the car park on Shellness Road (TQ 044 697) (through Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey) for a stroll around The Swale National Nature Reserve (flat). Should be a good time to see plenty of migrating and migrant sea birds, waders and wildfowl. Please bring your own refreshments as required and note the later start time. Assistance Dogs Only. 01622 743145 Monday 26th December 10.30am ½ day walk Meet at the Chequers Pub, Loose Valley for a 5 mile walk.

Assistance Dogs Only. 01622 743944 Parking in Maidstone in December Maidstone Lions Club will be manning a charity carpark on Saturdays leading up to Christmas at the Job Centre offices in Stacey Street Maidstone (by the White Rabbit pub) from 10am to 5pm.

Maidstone Sugarcraft Monday 5th December 2016 7.30pm Christmas Fantasy House, Demonstration by Petra Skinner Please bring a plate of food Loose Area History Society Monday, 9th January, 7.30p.m. A History of Gardens. An illustrated talk by Stephen Harmer who has a Masters Degree in garden history and teaches garden history at Hadlow College and RHS Wisley Aylesford & Eccles WI Aylesford & Eccles WI will hold their Christmas Party on Wed 7th Dec at 7.30p.m. in the Brassey Centre Station Road Aylesford. There will be party food to enjoy, time for a chat and entertainment by our very own drama Group. There will be a Christmas raffle but no competition or sales table.

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Don’t forget charities when you review your Will Charitable giving is often done on an ad hoc basis and can be overlooked as part of estate planning. But it can help to reduce tax liabilities both during your lifetime and afterwards and could make a real difference to a small local charity, providing a lasting legacy in your name.

It is essential to keep on top of your financial affairs and to keep them up to date and as funding sources become harder to find, being able to help local charities may ensure their good work continues for years to come.

You should review your Will every five years, or on events such as: • The birth or adoption of a child or grandchild.

• The death of your spouse, beneficiary, executor or child’s guardian.

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• A substantial increase or decrease in the value of your estate.

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Reviewing your Will regularly enables you to: • Protect your family by making provisions to meet their future financial needs.

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• Provide trusted guardians for your dependent children.

• Establish trusts to defer the inheritance of particular beneficiaries.

• Include gifts for charities.

Currently where a person leaves at least 10% of the value of their net estate to a registered charity, a reduced rate of inheritance tax (IHT) of 36% (as opposed to 40%) will apply to the rest of their estate. This reduced rate is applied following the deduction of any exemptions, reliefs and the availability of the nil-rate band.

For example, if the donor leaves an estate of £425,000, then the £100,000 taxable part of the estate (over the current nil rate band of £325,00 and £650,000 for a couple) would be taxed at 40%. If they make a charitable donation of £10,000, the remaining £90,000 would be taxed at 36%.

From 6 April 2017 there will be changes phased in which have been designed to reform IHT and which will eventually provide a new main residence tax free band of £1 million. In order to qualify for the new inheritance tax allowance, a couple will need to be married or in a civil partnership and leave their entire estate to each other. They will qualify for 2 x £325,000 nil rate bands and by 2020/21, 2 x £175,00 main residence bands.

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Father Christmas At Leeds Castle Wander through the Leeds Castle Christmas Market to an enchanted trail leading to a magical grotto. Here Father Christmas will be waiting to greet you. Those who have been good, which of course you all have, will receive a traditional gift to take home. Every sat & sun upto 23rd Dec Meet Santa At Kent Life Come along and meet Santa and his elves. Visit his workshop and make a very special gift to take home for Christmas. New for 2016 - Santa’s reindeer will also be in residence, 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 Dec Farm Nativity Come and experience the living Nativity with our very own farmyard friends. Working together with Maidstone Family Church, we will take you on a journey through our grounds to discover the nativity story scenes and join in the traditional Christmas carolling. All children are encouraged to dress up and be part of the Nativity. 11 Dec, Kent Life in Sandling Let It Snow - Christmas Fancy Dress Fun Run Run, jog or walk through ‘snow storms’ on this 5k course around the beautiful Mote Park whilst raising money for Heart of Kent Hospice. 11 Dec 10am Mote Park, 01622 790195

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Index

Your guide to local services and tradespeople

Accountants

Mike Nichols

Appliance Repairs Neville Powell

Architects

MRW Design

Bathrooms

MBK Design Studio Cooper & Co Plumbing & Heating All Type Property Maintenance Stream

Beautician

Beauty by Emma

Boilers

Days Out 12 21 6

Decorators

AP Decorators All Type Property Maintenance

Fencing

Glebe Fencing 10 14 20 19

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(New/Servicing/Repairs)

Samsian

Pympes Court Farm Centre

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Floors

Foosteps Flooring

Furniture

Tudor Oak

Garden Services / Tree Maintenance Benton Landscapes Fairview Farm The Big Mow

Builders

Hairdressers

Buy & Sell Anything

Maidstone YMCA S.G. Swim School Maidstone Wellness Centre

Geoff Brown 16 Neil Shorter 17 APC 6

Steptows

Car Services

Ace MOT Mongers Garage

Carpenter

Geoff Brown

Carpet Cleaners

Hydro-Dynamix

Cleaning

Handy Annie’s Cleaning Phynix Cleaning

Computer Services JLM Network Services

Counselling

Tom Sobel Counselling

Curtains and Blinds

Soft Furnishings by Miriam

22 inandaround

Doo Das

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Home Media

Ironing

Handy Annie’s Ironing Service 16 14 4 16

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Kitchens

All Type Property Maintenance Hamilton Kitchens Kitchen Flair MBK Design Studio

Legal Services

Gullands

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Osteopathy

Maidstone Wellness Centre Centra Pulse

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Pest Control

Pest Purge Ltd

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Pet Care

Handy Annie’s Dog Walking Furry Friends

Plasterer

H. Preece Plastering Briery Property Maintenance Derek Older

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Plumbing & Heating

Cooper & Co Plumbing & Heating 14 Palace Heating 21

Property Services

All Type Property Maintenance

Roofing

20

Flynn Roofing Services

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Pympes Court Farm Centre

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Venues for Hire

Window Cleaners RJ’s

Loft Ladders 21

A Short Locksmith 6

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Loft Ladders

Locksmith

Dorothy Staunton

Personal Alarms 24

Health, Fitness & Wellbeing

Hi-fi & Home Cinema

Manicure/Pedicure

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Sports Massage Contact Shelly on: 07967 109638

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Psychological Therapy Reflexology / Aromatherapy Contact Madelene on: 07506 761810

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