
Found: an exhibition by Rosa Morris
Sandgate Ceramist Rosa Morris of www.sandgateceramic.uk would love to see you at her forthcoming exhibition at 66 The Old High Street in Folkestone in July.
Tim has lived and worked in Sandgate (on Sandgate High Street) since 2004.
A trustee of the Sandgate Heritage Trust, Secretary of the Sandgate Members Club, Treasurer and Trustee of the Chichester Memorial Hall, former Trustee of the Gurkha Memorial Fund and former Governor of St Martin's School, and current Sandgate Speedwatch volunteer, Tim knows and works for the area!
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
In May 2025 Tim won the Kent County Council seat from the Conservatives. He was the only non-Reform Councillor elected that day anywhere in Folkestone & Hythe, Dover & Deal, Ashford or Thanet.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above town and district seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011, was the Vice Chair of Sandgate Parish Council from 2018-2020 and Chair from 2020 to date.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm (and has each month since election in 2019). No appointment needed: just turn up.
Sandgate Ceramist Rosa Morris of www.sandgateceramic.uk would love to see you at her forthcoming exhibition at 66 The Old High Street in Folkestone in July.
A weekly update on Cabinet work from FHDC Deputy Leader Tim Prater. Week 7: That Ship has Sailed.
A weekly update on Cabinet work from FHDC Deputy Leader Tim Prater. Week 6: Learning from Others.
A weekly update on Cabinet work from FHDC Deputy Leader Tim Prater. Week 5: Getting Balls Rolling.
A weekly update on Cabinet work from FHDC Deputy Leader Tim Prater. Week 4: Card Data and Committees.
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Tim's Council Record of Service
Council | Seat | Dates | Years |
Kent County Council | Folkestone West | 2009-2013 | 4 |
Kent County Council | Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East | 2025- | |
Shepway District Council | Cheriton | 2007-2011 | 4 |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council | Sandgate & West Folkestone | 2019- | 6 |
Sandgate Parish Council | Sandgate Village | 2011- | 14 |
Folkestone Town Council | Cheriton | 2006-2011 | 5 |
Folkestone Town Council | Folkestone Harvey West | 2019- | 6 |
Hythe Town Council | Hythe East | 2019- | 6 |
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