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Thank you Ray, that is certainly great news! I'll contact you before long.
Hope you won't mind if I state here a little about my plans some months ago.
Intending to stand for a ward in Dover, I had drawn up a small presentation of intent, remembering rightly there were six proposals, it was all on one quarter of a page realy, quite straight forward.
One proposal was the establishment of a few community orchards for the ward's area (Western Heights and Elms Vale area), where, with some professional advice from local farmers, local people could participate in planting trees and looking after them, and also coltivate a few plots of land for vegetables. The idea being to learn while going along, see the results, and may-be one day be able to find employment - even occasionally or seasonally - on local farms.
Meanwhile I am working part-time self-emplyed as painter and decorator, but there isn't much going, as many people do not have financial means to get things painted, as so many rusty railings imply! Still, I've just purchased a computer and will soon get internet connected. Without any income, all this would be impossible, so I know how it is for people who are unemployed, it's very hard!
Once again, many thanks, and I wil contact you soon.