Community News & Events

The raison d'être of Buttercup, the children's toy shop on Harbour Street, is selling toys, books, clothing and the like. The stock is made from natural products including wooden boats, woollen clothes and cloth books. The owner, Mary-Jane, set up the business 14 years ago, becoming one of Plastic Free Whitstable's first Business Champions. She said that eliminating single use plastic is fundamental to improving the legacy we leave for our children and she plays her part by r

Spring into Summer and enjoy the natural world on our door step by joining one of Wild About Whitstable’s many events…

The Eco Fair brings Whitstable’s community under one roof to share knowledge, celebrate nature, and inspire collaborative change.

Frank, https://frankworks.eu the longstanding gallery shop and online business, has been a stalwart of Harbour Street for 20 years and a loyal supporter and promoter of Plastic Free Whitstable since its inception in 2019. None of the stock is plastic, packaging is paper and most of the stock is local and from the UK, so reducing travel costs. The owner, Mary Claire, says that they have always avoided single use products to reduce waste. In particular, they care about plas

PRODUCT LOCATION AND COMMENTS Card & Paper Kerbside recycling (Council) South Quay Shed Sainsbury stopped Sept 2023 Plastic & Bottles Kerbside recycling (Council) South Quay Shed 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,

Feeling powerless in the face of all the waste we generate? Trying your best to reuse and recycle but still unhappy about how much waste plastic you generate? Feel sad about mess on our streets? Come to our next meeting. Hear from Cllr Charlotte Cornell, your local Seasalter councillor who is the Cabinet member for Council Services which includes waste management. Charlotte will speak about "Managing your waste, waste collection now and aspirations for the future." After

CT5 People’s Forum are repeating our Community Day from last year which we held on July 12th 2025 in front of St Alphege Church. It was a great success and clearly beneficial to those community groups who took part. As you can see from the picture, it was very sunny and we had a lot of fun but there wasn’t much spare room! We’re really grateful that this year we are able to hold the event in the grounds of Whitstable Castle. This will mean that more groups can take part

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