Celebration as Gurkha pavilion opens
Maidstone’s Gurkha and Nepalese community was celebrating after taking over new premises in the town.
The group have moved to the South Park Pavilion after a long-term lease was agreed with owners, Maidstone Borough Council. Spokesman Dhan Chand welcomed the move.
He said: “The community was in desperate need of a place where people can get together and carry out social and welfare activities in particular things to support vulnerable veterans.”
The pavilion, in Armstrong Road, Maidstone, was opened on Saturday in a special ceremony by the Nepalese Ambassador to the UK, Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi, and the Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Derek Butler. MP Helen Grant was also present.