Community News & Events

PRODUCT LOCATION AND COMMENTS Card & Paper Kerbside recycling (Council) Sainsbury stopped Sept 2023 Plastic & Bottles Kerbside recycling (Council) Sainsbury stopped Sept 2023 Soft plastic eg bread bags, plastic crisp packets, cling film, film lids on soft fruit punnets and ready meals, pasta bags, biscuit and chocolate wrappers NB: must be clean Tesco Extra, Millstrood Rd Southern Co-op, Cromwell Rd Co-op, Oxford St Co-op, Canterbury Rd M & S, Estuary View Aldi, Estuary View

This autumn is seeing an exciting commitment to tree planting and the CT5 Eco Group is delighted to be supporting this as part of its purpose to celebrate and save our natural world.    On November 24th Canterbury City Council (CCC) is planting 100 trees at the Swalecliffe seafront by the water treatment plant.   Through early December Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership with Kent County Council (KCC) are planting 1600 trees at Swalecliffe playing fields.     On December 10

The Forum's next meeting is at 7.30pm on Wednesday 12th November at the Swalecliffe and Chestfield Community Hall at 19 St John's Rd Swalecliffe. The agenda will cover the planned Moth Mural on Tankerton Slopes, summaries of the activities of the Eco, Transport and Local Democracy Groups and we will now be joined by a representative of Kent Police to cover issues of crime and road issues in the area. What's on your mind concerning your local area? We always have a time for l

Here’s a ‘how to’ guide from the CT5 People’s Forum Eco Group   In the CT5 area we are very fortunate to have Blean Woods right on our doorstep but would you also like to see more trees in Whitstable itself? There are many positives about having trees in urban areas: for example they provide shade on hot days, they take pollutants out of the air and they also tend to increase property prices!    One way to add trees is to plant them in grass verges which run along the side of

Changing local government - who will speak for Whitstable? Agenda for CT5 People’s Forum meeting at the Whitstable Umbrella Centre at...

Wild About Whitstable is run entirely by volunteers and any donations to fund our programme are gratefully received either at the event...

Saturday June 21st, 2:30-4:30pm. Everything you want to know about seashore life at Whitstable. With Ian Tittley, Seaside Museum, Herne...

DISCOVER WHITSTABLE’S TWO SECRET NATURE RESERVES This May come and join our free guided walks at two of Whitstable ‘s least known but...

At a packed Umbrella Centre, over 80 people attended the hustings hosted by the CT5 Forum to hear five candidates standing in one of...

Please come along to our next Wild About Whitstable event at the Labour Club, Belmont Road on Monday 17 March at 7.30pm. It's free and...

Please join us for our first 2025 Wild About Whitstable event. No need to book. All welcome!

The main topic was the government’s Devolution White Paper and its implications for the CT5 area.  Just a few hours beforehand, we learnt...

The meeting started with a presentation about the needs for social housing in the District led by Councillor Pip Hazelton and Paul...

Outcomes from Presentation to CT5 Forum July 2024 1. Background In February 2024 the CT5 Traffic and Active Travel Group ran a survey...