A big welcome was given to Lady Colgrain (Lord Lieutenant of Kent) when she visited Foreland Fields School in Ramsgate on September 12.
Foreland Fields School provides education and care for pupils aged 3 to 19 who have Profound, Severe and Complex Needs (PSCN). Some pupils have additional difficulties arising from physical disabilities or sensory impairments (visual and hearing difficulties) or Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Communication and Interaction Difficulties.
During her tour, Lady Colgrain met with teachers and students in their classrooms where she participated in some of the activities. She was shown around the school and saw some of the specialist areas which include a physical development room and hydrotherapy pool.
Lady Colgrain also visited the Hive project. This facility, which has only just started operating, is intended to deliver lifelong leisure and learning opportunities for children, young people and adults with special needs.
The Hive will benefit pupils and students who attend Foreland Fields School through improved access to sport and recreation activities. It will also become a valuable community resource through opening evenings, weekends and holidays as well as during term time to ensure that school leavers and adults with learning difficulties in the area can access, and benefit from, the facilities.
We can afford to pay for this visit and the extra money for this title but we can take money away from the pensioner’s ,we are taking from the poor to give to the rich, all pensioner’s are entitled to the pension they have payed into all their working lives, no one has the right to say who will get it or who won’t.
I thought your comment on WFA would be more appropriate on the posting by the MP for Thanet East? However I note that Madam Billington has requested that comments are turned off on her article ‘to prevent abusive content’ What utter tosh!! The old saying if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen obviously applies to Madam Billington!
I too wish that Polly Billington hadn’t disallowed comments. I like the way that some discussions here DO develop despite the usual online dross and that development is quite different from talking to people one to one.
Laurence – I totally agree with your observation. I am very very disappointed with Ms Bailes going down this route of applying conditions dictated by an author of a post. It would have been far better if Ms Bailes told this arrogant individual that she would not post her article subject to such a restriction.
Spot on!
This was not a paid visit, she was here to see how the children were doing in this excellent school. just so you know they not taking the pensions away from the old people. if you need it you can apply for it. It is just laziness on your part, you read the papers and take it as fact. maybe you need to look at this https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit/eligibility
lady jay or whatever your names is! Direct your comments to the first post on here not others I I have no problem with the visit of the Lord Lieutenant to this obviously first class school. What I and others take issue with is Billington MP who obviously is frightened of constructive comment about her post. As for you saying ‘if you need it you can apply for it’ you are obviously ignorant about pensioners who fall just a few pounds short of qualifying for pension credit. Who will suffer greatly from the loss of the WFA.
lady jay -your ignorance is clear for all to see regarding pensions!! Let’s hope your pension is worth something when you retire!! Perhaps its a gold plated Teachers pension?
Disgraceful censorship…
Too be honest why should Billington have the right to peddle her propaganda on here and no-one seems to have the right to challenge her. Craig Mackinlay never requested this so it’s shows what Billington is!
I don’t want anyone replying to my comments on here. Can I request that?
Peter I very much doubt it! I I did consider up to now this an independent news website. Just consider the outcry if Craig McKinlay had taken this stance or would Kathy Bailes have said I own the site don’t dictate to me.
Kathy could’ve made a bigger story by rejecting it and then revealing her demands. Missed a trick there!
Laurence, this was a one off and made purely because I think people wanted to see an explanation for the winter fuel allowance vote. My feeling was that it was important to have that on record. The no commenting request is not something I would want on a permanent basis, which may mean no column, we’ll have to see.
Thank you Kathy. Noted.
I’m not surprised Polly Billington didn’t want comments on her article. I’m sure that if they had been most of them, if not all, would have been insulting and/or misogynistic. If she has been reading IoTN for a few months, she will have got a realistic view of what the comments threads are like.
Well what a surprise M.M Rees supporting censorship of views if she doesn’t agree with them. You obviously didn’t bother when Craig Mackinlay was constantly abused on here but as the present MP is of your political colour you think no one should challenge her on her free pass for posting political propaganda on here and her spurious arguments about the blanket withdrawal of the WFA apart from people on Pension Credit. Says Laurence Davies.
Laurence Davies-I did not, in my 4.24 comment, support an entire censorship of views-I merely said that Ms Billington’s request for no comments is understandable.
MM Rees – if Ms Billington was so concerned then do not ask for an article to be published on this site!! Fairly obvious now that she will not welcome criticism! I noted Ms Bailes reply to some of us with concerns regarding censorship. I do hope that barring comments on articles does not become a norm.
Fedup B- I have never asked for an article written by me to be published on this site. And I never will. But I understand why Ms Billington did not want to read certain types of comment.
It is possible to contact her by e-mail or post and I expect plenty of people have already done so.
“I understand why Ms Billington did not want to read certain types of comment”
Ego?
MM Rees – I am willing to bet a reply to e mails etc submitted to her will be vetted to ensure suitable PC response! I would not hold my breath!