Community News & Events

The CT5 People's Forum Eco Group is pleased to announce the first of our Wild About Whitstable programme 2026 , a wonderful walk in Seasalter organised in association with Bird Wise North Kent. The walk will take place at 10.30am on Friday April 10th from the Seasalter Sailing Club. It's free but booking is required. Please use this link to reserve your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beginners-birdwatching-walk-seasalter-tickets-1982680240973?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbcli

Who will speak for Whitstable?
 Our two councils, Canterbury City and Kent County, will disappear in two years’ time. This is because of a central government programme of local government reform. They will be replaced by a unitary authority, probably covering the whole of East Kent. Canterbury City Council is about to commence a review of local democracy. It will ask if people in the three towns, Herne Bay, Canterbury and Whitstable, want to continue with no local councils to

Our local Whitstable community arts centre, The Horsebridge, opened in 2004 and registered as a Plastic Free Business Champion in 2018. Talking to their manager, Liz, it is clear that she believes “reducing plastic should be important to everyone”. The Horsebridge, as a public centre, should model best practice and raise awareness through their projects and exhibitions. The Horsebridge has taken a range of steps to reduce, reuse and recycle including changing their packaging

Now that Plastic Free Whitstable has its own webpage, we’ll be highlighting local businesses committed to reducing single use plastic and signed up as Plastic Free Whitstable Business Champions. First up is Tankerton Arms! The Tank is a micro pub at 135 Tankerton Road, CT5 2AW. It opened in 2013 and signed up as a PFW business ten years later. The landlord, Jon, says that reducing plastic is important to him. He grew up in Whitstable and so the “sea has always been part of hi

Hey, we're taking part in the The Big Plastic Count - will you join us? This March, join thousands of people taking part in the UK's biggest people-powered investigation into household plastic waste. Sign up to take part: https://thebigplasticcount.com

As part of our project to help manage waste across the CT5 area we're delighted to be able to share news about the new Repair Café.   The next Whitstable Repair Café will take place on 10 th  January 2026, from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm, at the Umbrella Centre, Oxford Street, Whitstable.  Members of Whitstable and District Soroptimist International Club www.sigbi.org/whitstable will once again host the Repair Café and look forward to welcoming all to another successful fix and rep

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...