The homelessness and housing crisis continues, with families and usually single men contacting me on a weekly basis for help and support. Some of these individuals cases are taking a long time to resolve. A small group of Irish Travellers/Romany Gypsies were camped out near to the Tesco store on Manston road. I went to […]
News and opinion
Housing Crisis In Ramsgate
This article originally appeared on the UNITE Live website and includes some comments about the state of housing availability that I made when visiting the UNITE roadshow, which was in Ramsgate town centre on Monday. You can visit the UNITE Live website and see the original article here. The south east has housing pain too […]
Karen Constantine: District Councillor’s Report, July 2016
It’s been a busy month. Very glad that we all were successful in ensuring Cllr Penny Newman represents Newington for Labour at Ramsgate Town Council. We held a very successful meeting at the Oddfellows Hall on 9th July this was to raise awareness of the Women against state pension inequality. ( WASPI ) We had […]
WASPI gain support from Thanet District Council
This story first appeared on Kent Live on 19th July 2016. WASPI, the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign, attended a council meeting at Thanet District Council on Thursday, July 14.This was a turning point for WASPI, who unanimously gained the Council’s support in lobbying the Government. Their ultimate aim is to “achieve fair transitional […]
Baby Mabel, a teacher’s tale
I’m sorry to bring this situation to your attention. I’ve been around a bit and seen a fair amount in my life, but I was shocked and horrified into sharing this story which was told to me first hand by a teacher. A young boy of 6 years old went to primary school. It was […]
Karen Constantine: District Councillor’s Report, June 2016
Fund raising efforts – pie and pint We raised a staggering £670 and then had a further donation from Unison of £370. And a £60 donation given to me at a Momentum film night. I’m planning another fund raiser to support Penny’s campaign. I feel it’s important that we keep up our own morale and […]
Pie and a Pint evening – Thank you
Chris and I were delighted to hold a pie and a pint fundraiser on Saturday night (11th June). We were thrilled that so many people took the time to come along and absolutely staggered at everyone’s generosity. It was great for us to meet new people but also heartening to see people meeting Facebook friends! […]
Talking Newington, Thanet and Europe on Academy FM
Here I am being interviewed by Doc Atherton on Thanet’s local radio station, Academy FM. It was an hour long lively and wide ranging interview. I spoke about the role of district councillors and the care that should be taken when selecting candidates. We do need good committed ethical councillors to serve our local communities, they deserve no […]
David Green, a team player for Newington
I was, as you can imagine, throughly miserable when I lost the election in 2015 to UKIP’s Vince Munday. Even on polling day, he didn’t turn up at all. I knew then that his heart just wasn’t in it. It was no surprise when he resigned and a by-election was called. It was my good fortune […]
Karen Constantine: District Councillor’s Report, April 2016
Case work There are a growing numbers of enquires coming through. I make calls & emails on a daily basis and, whilst having a busy day job, I can easily ‘factor’ these in. My phone number and email are ‘out there’. So far, I have had rubbish removed for people (very simple and straightforward and TDC very helpful). There […]