Monday 6 December 2021

An Evening of Conversation with Nick de Bois

 


To book your tickets, use the payment button below (please note that to cover PayPal's administrative costs, there is an extra £1 fee), or send a cheque for £15 per ticket payable to Tonbridge & Malling Conservative Association at:
Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood, TN12 6EN. 

*Please write 'Nick de Bois' on the reverse of the cheque*

Thank you.


This event has been rescheduled.


Wednesday 24 November 2021

Andrew's Collection

From 1985 - 2021: over 35 year's service to the Conservative Party takes its toll!
             

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Friday 12 November 2021

Collection for Andrew Kennedy's Leaving/Retirement Gift

From 1985 - 2021: over 35 year's service to the Conservative Party takes its toll!
             

Dear Members

On Friday 10 December our long serving Agent and Campaign Director, Andrew Kennedy, will be stepping down after over 35 years’ service to the Conservative Party, both nationally and here in Kent.

Andrew fought his first election campaign in 1983 – just after the Falklands War! He has worked and campaigned for the Party ever since. In that time he has been Agent or Campaign Director for 35 parliamentary candidates (of which 33 were elected) and 2,150 local government candidates (with over 2,000 elected). He has also managed 57 by-elections resulting in 17 gains from the opposition, often on record swings.  His greatest personal achievement however was taking Chatham and Aylesford from Kent’s safest Labour seat in 2005 to the 16th safest Conservative seat in the UK.

I am sure you will agree, it is a remarkable record.

Andrew was also the driving force in creating the Kent Conservative Group, which was formed in 2012. This brought seven Associations together under one roof, sharing salary and office costs, releasing extra money for campaigning. The Kent Group is now acknowledged as the UK's best example of joint working and is being replicated elsewhere. 

And through his fundraising initiatives (the Kent Draw, 500+ Club, An Audience with..… and the Sunday Lunch Club) he has raised an amazing £400,000 for local party funds in the last ten years.

Although Andrew will be retiring from paid employment, he will still be around as an activist and volunteer. He will remain as a member of Tonbridge & Malling and Kent County Councils, where he represents the residents of Aylesford.

I hope you will join me in wishing Andrew the very best of luck for the future, and will help us mark his retirement with a suitable gift to reflect an amazing 35 years’ service to our Party.  

To make a contribution to his retirement gift, please click the link below to contribute by credit/debit card or PayPal. Alternatively, please send a cheque (payable to Kent Conservative Group) to William Rutherford, Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre. Commercial Road, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN

We are hoping to raise sufficient money to help finance a major refurbishment of his beloved narrowboat (Barleywood) to enable him to enjoy many more years pursuing his other passion, navigating Britain’s Inland waterways.

I hope you feel able to contribute.

With thanks

William Rutherford
Chairman of the Kent Conservative Group


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Tuesday 2 November 2021

Harvey Proctor's Memoir, Credible but True (Pre Order)

 


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Thursday 28 October 2021

Buy and Name a Horse

 



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Mulled Wine with Tom Tugendhat MP - Friday 3 December 2021 at 7.30pm

 


Plus 50p booking fee. 

Please use payment button below, or alternatively send a cheque for £8.50 pp (payable to TMCA) to Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN. Please write "Tonbridge Mulled Wine" on reverse of your cheque. Thank you. 


Mulled Wine & Christmas Reception Tickets

Friday 22 October 2021

An Evening at Canterbury Races (on film) - Friday 26 November 2021


Join your local Conservatives for an Evening at Canterbury Races (on film) on Friday 26 November 2021, Petham Village Hall, Church Lane CT4 5RD.

Doors open 7pm - first race at 7.30pm prompt!

Tickets just £12.50 per person to include fish & chips or sausage & chips.
(Bring your own drinks and glasses)

To purchase your tickets please use the payment link below. We will then contact you to confirm receipt and to ask for your supper/menu choices. 

If you cannot attend but would like to support this event and raise money for Canterbury Conservatives you can also sponsor and name a race horse for £5.00 - the owner of the winning horse in each race will win a bottle of fizz. 

You can also sponsor a race for £20 and enter the draw for a hamper. 

Please email the Chairman Scott Collins at scott@settlehouse.com to enquire about sponsorship. 

If you would rather pay for your tickets by cheque, please make your cheque payable to Canterbury Conservative association for £12.50 per person and post it to Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN. Please write "Race Night" on the reverse. 

Do join us - this promises to be an evening if fun and new friendships while raising funds for your local Conservatives. 


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Wednesday 13 October 2021

2021 Christmas Draw

 


Please use the payment button below to participate via credit or debit card or PayPal.

Thank you for your support and best of luck in the draw.

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Gambling Act 2005
Registered under the Small Society Lottery Registration with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
License number: 21/01363/LOTTER
Promoted by Andrew Kennedy

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Walderslade branch Chinese Sunday Lunch (Sunday 31 October 2021)


Chatham & Aylesford Conservative Association
Walderslade (Chatham) Ward

 

FUNDRAISING LUNCH

Confucious Chinese Restaurant

342 High Street, Chatham ME4 4NR

Parking to the rear of Gala Bingo, High Street, Chatham

 

SUNDAY 31 OCTOBER 2021

12.30 pm for 1.00 pm

COST: £20.00 per person

Buy your own drinks from the Bar

Customary Raffle - Tickets for sale on the day

For further information and to reserve your places use the payment link below.

For more information please contact:

David Brake

Telephone: 01634 668649 – 07500959610
e-mail: david.brake@hotmail.co.uk

Adrian Gulvin

Telephone: 01634 670853
e-mail: avhgulvin@btinternet.com



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Thursday 23 September 2021

An Evening at The Races - Friday 19 November 2021


An Evening at The Races

(A fun-filled evening of horse racing on film)

 

FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2021

Venue: Aylesford Rugby Club, Hall Road, Aylesford, ME20 7DS.

First race starts at 7.30pm so arrive from 7pm

 

Tickets: £12 per person

To include a basket meal, plus pay bar – and, of course, a raffle!

 

You can also buy and name a horse for £5, with the winning horse of each race receiving a bottle of champagne.

Sponsor a race for £20 to be in the large hamper draw

(IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT US BY BUYING A HORSE OR SPONSOR A RACE)


Please email Mike Parry-Waller with your menu choice, and with any dietary requirements. All served with chips:
Sausages    
            Chicken                Burger                Vegetarian

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Cheese & Wine with Tracey Crouch MP

 


Friday 12 November 2021
Mereworth Winery (Click HERE)
from 7pm

Tickets: £30.00

Ticket price includes a welcoming glass of sparkling wine with a second glass served with the cheese while Tom Tugendhat MP and Tracey Crouch MP speak and answer questions. 

This event is a celebration of great local produce:

Wine from Mereworth Vineyard
Cheese from Winterdale Cheese in Stansted
Sourdough bread from Teston Bakery

The bar will also be open for the purchase of further drinks, and guests will be able to buy cases of wine to take home. 

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Friday 10 September 2021

Gravesham Curry Night with Gareth Johnson MP (Dartford) - Friday 8 October 2021


Members and their guests are warmly invited to join Gravesham Conservatives for a Curry Night with Guest Speaker, Gareth Johnson MP (Dartford).

This will be held on Friday 8 October 2021 at V's Punjabi Grill, The Canal Tavern, Gravesend DA12 2RS. Reception drinks 7pm for dinner at 7.30pm. 

Tickets: £27.50 (plus 50p booking fee) for three course meal.
There will be a cash bar and a raffle in aid of campaign funds. 

To reserve your tickets please use the payment button below.

If you would rather pay by cheque, please send a cheque for £27.50pp (payable to GCA) to Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN. Please wrote Gravesham Curry Night on the reverse of your cheque.


 
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Thursday 9 September 2021

Castle Branch Dinner with Tom Tugendhat MBE MP (Friday 22 October 2021)

 


--------------EVENT NOW CLOSED FOR BOOKINGS--------------

Members and their guests are warmly invited to the annual Castle Branch Dinner with Guest Speaker: Tom Tugendhat MBE MP. 

This will be held on Friday 22 October 2021 at the Rose & Crown, High Street, Tonbridge TN9 1DD. Reception drinks 7pm for dinner at 7.30pm. 

Tickets: £27.50 (plus 50p booking fee)

To reserve your tickets please use the payment button below. We will then send you a confirmation letter/email and invite you to select your menu choices from the options below.

This is one of the most popular events in the association calendar, so early booking is strongly recommended. 



Slow Braised Navarin  of Lamb

Thyme Roasted Root Vegetables

 

Fillet of Salmon with a Soft Herb Crumb

Dill, New Potato Galette, Lemon Butter Sauce

 

Confit Red Onion, Vine Tomato and Blue Cheese Tart

 

Medley of Vegetables

 

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Sticky Toffee Pudding

Caramel Sauce, Vanilla Ice Cream

 

Individual Lemon Meringue Pie

Fresh Cream

 

Trio of Cheese

Chutney and Biscuits

 

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Freshly Brewed Coffee/tea and Mint Crisp

Tuesday 7 September 2021

Aylesford Conservatives' Wine Tasting - Friday 24 September 2021


Aylesford Branch Conservatives are pleased to invite you to join Dougie Dick from Shepherd Neame (Britain's oldest brewery) for an evening of tasting wine, drinking wine and concluding with a light-hearted quiz about wine!

Dougie will be bringing five wines for guests to sample and will talk through their appearance, aroma, taste and finish.  There will also be a cheeseboard to enjoy, with specially selected cheeses to match the wines.

The event will be held on Friday 24 September 2021 at 7pm at Aylesford Rugby Club, Hall Road, Aylesford ME20 7DS. 

Tickets are just £15 to include wine tasting, tutorial, quiz and cheeseboard. and, of course, there will be a raffle!

All profits will be donated to the Chatham & Aylesford Conservative Association Campaign Appeal. 


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Tonbridge Branch Quiz Night - Wednesday 13 October 2021

 


THIS EVENT HAS NOW CLOSED

A welcome return to the ever-popular Tonbridge Branch Quiz Night which will be held this year on Wednesday 13 Ocrtober 2021 at the Six-in-One Club, Northwood Road, Tonbridge TN10 3HH. 

Doors open 7pm with the quiz starting promptly at 7.30pm.  

Host and quizmaster: James Lark

Tickets are just £13.00 per person (inclusive of fish and chips or sausage and chips or vegetarian alternative). 

Please click the link HERE to order your food at the same time as paying for your tickets.  

Ideally teams of six but if you cannot make up a team, the host will match you up with other "stragglers" on the night!

Please note:

1. If you woud prefer to pay by cheque please make it payable to T&MCA and send it to Conservative Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN. Please write Tonbridge Quiz on the reverse. 

2. Please do not bring your own drinks/nibbles to the event. The branch are given use of the club free of charge on the understanding that attendees purchase dribks from the bar. 

Thank yo


Tuesday 31 August 2021

Faversham & Mid Kent Conservatives Autumn Campaign Appeal


Please use the button below to donate to the Faversham & Mid Kent Conservative's Autumn Campaign Appeal.

Thank you


Click HERE to make a donation

Monday 30 August 2021

Dinner with Harvey Proctor

Chatham & Aylesford Conservative Association
The Chairman's Dinner
Thursday 4 November 2021 at 7pm

Guest of Honour: Harvey Proctor


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Wednesday 28 July 2021

Maidstone & the Weald Victory Barbecue

Date of Event: Sunday 29 August 2021
Venue: Ashley house, Thorn Road, Marden TN12 9LW
Time: 1pm


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Tuesday 27 July 2021

Victory Appeal for Princes Park By Election

 


Victory Appeal - fighting and winning Princes Park by-election cost the Chatham & Aylesford Conservative Association over £1,000, money not in our budget as this by-election was never anticipated. 

A small donation towards the costs would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Andrew Kennedy
Chairman






Promoted and distributed electronically by Cllr David Wildey on behalf of Robbie Lammas all at Suite 2, Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN 

Wednesday 21 July 2021

Thelma's Garden Party

SORRY - FULLY BOOKED




 

****EVENT SOLD OUT****

Thelma Huggett's Annual Garden Party is famous for two things:
  • Selling out fast
  • The generous hospitality for those lucky enpough to get a ticket!

We are delighted that after an unavoidable break in 2020 (for obvious reasons) the Garden Party is making a welcome return and will be held on Friday 6 August 2021 from 4pm - 6pm in the garden of Littledene, Liptraps Lane, Tunbridge Wells TN2 3AB

Tickets: £15.00 per person to include drinks and canapes. 

Please book below using a credit/debit card or PayPal.

If you would rather pay by cheque, please send a cheque for £15pp  payable to TWCA to:

Campaign HQ, Suite 2, Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood TN12 6EN.

Please write Thelma's Garden Party on the reverse of your cheque. 

****EVENT SOLD OUT*****

Wednesday 14 July 2021

Pimms Buffet Lunch


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Thursday 17 June 2021

Kent Conservatives' 2021 Grand Summer Fundraiser

 


To save the cost of reply postage (and save you the time of writing out the counterfoils!) please buy your tickets online!

Click below to particpate. 

Good luck and thank you for your support

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Monday 17 May 2021

Dinner with Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP

 



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Friday 23 April 2021

Kent Conservative Patrons' Club Summer Garden Party

 

Conservative Patrons Club

Summer Garden Party 2021
Friday 2 July at a venue in Marden from 6pm-8pm



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Wednesday 14 April 2021

An Audience with the Home Secretary; Rt Hon Priti Patel MP


Maidstone & the Weald Conservatives are delighted to invite you to a very exclusive online event:

An Audience with the Home Scretary, the Rt Hon Priti Patel MP.

This will be held via Zoom on Friday 30th April 2021 starting at 7pm. The Home Secretary will be interviewed about policing, immigration and security post-Brexit by Maidstone & the Weald MP, Helen Grant. 

There will be plenty of time for questions at the conclusion of the interview. 

There is no fixred charge to attend but we are requesting a donation towards local Conservative Party funds We are happy for more than one person to watch the same Zoom link, but do please be as generous as possible as we need to raise £30,000 to the costs of our Kent CC election campaign. 

To make a donation and reserve your seat at the Zoom please click HERE


Thursday 25 March 2021

An evening with Jackie "you have no authority here" Weaver

Monday 12 April 2021 at 7pm via Zoom.

AN AUDIENCE WITH JACKIE WEAVER



Organised by Chatham & Aylesford Conservatives on behalf of Matthew Scott's P&CC Election Campaign Appeal.
  • Just who is she and why was she there?
  • Had she read the Standing Orders?
  • Were they all as ghastly as they sounded?
  • What's happening now at Handforth Parish Council?
  • And most important - did she really have the authority?
Find out all this, and more!
No charge to attend, but a donation to Matthew Scott's Police & Crime Commissioner Campaign would be appreciated.

To donate and book you place at the Zoom please click below:


Thursday 28 January 2021

An Evening with Alistair Stewart OBE

An Evening with Alistair Stewart OBE
Thursday 25 March 2021 at 7pm via Zoom

 


Alistair Stewart OBE is one of Britain's most respected and well known journalists and newsreaders. He has worked in TV journalism for 45 years, including 35 years as ITNs main newsreader (the longest serving newsreader on British television). 

Since retiring from ITN, Alistair has been a relief presenter on TalkRadio and dedicates his time to support his many adopted charities, including Kids for Kids (supporting child development in Darfur), he is a Patron of Naomi House & Jacksplace (hospices for children and young adults in Hampshire), an Ambassador for Action for Children and Patron of Brooke Hospital - a charity caring for injured and abused horses and donkeys.

In 2006 Alistair was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to broadcasting and charity. 

Alistair Stewart will be interviewed about his remarkable life on Zoom by Chatham & Aylesford MP, Tracey Crouch, on Thursday 25 March 2021. After the interview there will be 30 mins for Q&A with members. 

Donation to attend - see  below
We are not setting an entry price, but for every £1 donated above £5 will buy you a ticket in the draw! So a £10 donation will be your entry donation plus 5 tickets in the draw. Please be generous as we are raising funds for our Kent County Council election campaign. 

*This event is organised by Kent Conservative Group.

To book your place at the Zoom please click HERE


Tuesday 5 January 2021

Malt Whisky Tasting

 


Following the huge success of our pre-Christmas gin tasting, I am now delighted to invite you to attend a tasting of five unique Malt Whiskies. This will be held at 7pm on Thursday 11 February 2021 via Zoom. 

I am delighted to confirm that this event will be also hosted by charming Charlie Echelin from Tonbridge based Maverick Drinks, who was such a success at the last event!

Tickets for this event will be £22.50 for a single attendee or £40.00 for two (sharing the same zoom log-in). Joint attendees will each receive their own set of Malt Whisky samples.

Participants will receive their tasting notes and samples through the post a week before the event. 

Please see below for a list of whiskies to be sampled and the tasting notes. 

To reserve your place at this event please use the payment button below. 

With best wishes for a happy, healthy and succesful New Year.

Andrew Kennedy


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