Contact Our Media Team

Opening hours

Ashford Borough Council's media office is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm.

The team proactively issues media releases and produces literature about council services, policies and consultations. It also responds to queries from journalists in local, regional and national print and broadcast media.

Contact the team

To reach a member of the team please email media@ashford.gov.uk in the first instance, or use the contact details below:

(Please note for queries relating to highways, adult and social care, street lighting and education, please contact our colleagues Kent County Council's media office).

Ashford Borough Council media contacts
For enquiries relating to:	Media contact
Strategic communications, Leader or Chief Exec Inward investment & economic development Policy & performance, Ashford Port Health	Dean Spurrell, Communications and Marketing Manager Email Dean 01233 330647 or 07879 667219
Housing development and provision Corporate property and investment Legal and democratic services	Jeff Sims, Senior Communications Officer Email Jeff 01233 330543 or 07810 527979
Health & wellbeing (environmental health, licensing, community safety, parking) Planning & development Finance, IT & digital transformation	Alan Ng, Communications Officer Email Alan 01233 330236 or 07818 403037
Environment (waste, recycling, street cleansing & Aspire Landscape Management) Recreation (leisure, sports, tourism & the arts) Climate change and sustainability	Charlie-Jayne Ashby, Communications Officer Email Charlie 01233 330398 or 07824 623432

General information

For inward investment visit the AshfordFor website.

For town centre and the high street visit the LoveAshford website.

For tourism visit the Experience Ashford & Tenterden website.

Our Social Media Accounts

The team also manage the council's Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Nextdoor and YouTube accounts.

Like Ashford Borough Council

Join us on Facebook to find out more about the projects and campaigns we’re working on. You can also become part of our Resident’s Group and our Ashford Green Focus Group, too!

@AshfordCouncil on X