Canterbury community action
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Canterbury.
Wild bison return to UK for first time in thousands of years, The Guardian (Jul 18, 2022) - Laying the myths to rest: Canterbury crisis shows how desperate government policy and housebuilder attitudes are making homes unaffordable… and destroying our countryside, CPRE Kent (Feb 15, 2022)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
Social inclusion
Catching Lives
Catching Lives is a charity based in Canterbury, England, that assists rough sleepers, the homeless and those in insecure housing. It relies on donations, volunteers and fundraising within its local community. As of 2011, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams was patron.
Catching Lives' Open Centre provides services such as meals, showers, laundry, clothing and a postal address to its clients. The staff and volunteers work with them to address issues they may have; get access to suitable accommodation, and find the motivation to take steps towards independent living.
The charity operates a winter night shelter in conjunction with local churches. 2016–2017 was its seventh season. The project opens church halls for Canterbury rough sleepers. Volunteers transport bedding, cook meals and welcome those who stay.
- Catching Lives, tackling homelessness in East Kent
Other initiatives
- Stream Walk Community Garden, Whitstable on Facebook
Cycling
National Cycle Routes 1 runs through Canterbury from Dover and Sandwich to Whitstable. National Cycle Route 18 runs from Canterbury to Ashford.
Climate action
- Canterbury Climate Action Partnership, independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company aiming to bring together all like-minded interest groups within the district to mobilise action towards a more sustainable future; especially to achieve a zero carbon district by 2030. added 21:27, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
- eco Cops on facebook.com
- Canterbury and District Greenpeace
Rewilding
- Wilder Blean, wildwoodtrust.org, flagship wilding project launched by Wildwood Trust and Kent Wildlife Trust, in part of the West Blean woods nature reserve, near Canterbury, which is in one of the largest areas of ancient woodland in the UK. added 17:42, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
Environment quality
- Canterbury Clean Air, community action on air quality in Canterbury
Maps
- Canterbury pollution levels, map, added 16:01, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
News and comment
2017- 2019
- Whitstable named first plastic free town in Kent by conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage, Jan 11, 2019...kentonline.co.uk
- Canterbury: Locations sought for electric charge points, Nov 24, 2017...news.canterbury.gov.uk
About Canterbury
Campaigns
- Save Wincheap water meadows change.org
Past events
- August 25, 2014, Kent Festival of Bees, near Bridge, Canterbury
Canterbury ( , ) is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climate.
Canterbury is a popular tourist destination, with the city's economy heavily reliant upon tourism, alongside higher education and retail. As of 2011, the city's population was over 55,000, including a substantial number of students and one of the highest student-to-permanent-resident ratios in Britain.
Near you
Ashford - Dover - Folkestone and Hythe - Swale - Thanet
See also
- Towards a more democratic and climate friendly way of meeting housing need across England
- London and South East England
- Saving water in South East England