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Event
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Organisation
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Location
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Date
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Time
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How to get involved!
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1
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Community Orchard Clearance and Planting
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Oare Parish Council is holding a community event to clear the land at Colegates Close ready for planting for our new community orchard. All volunteers welcome.
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Oare Parish Council
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Colegates Close, Oare
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Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September
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10am - 4pm
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Turn up and get involved!
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2
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Mutant Flowers – The Future
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Artist Sioux Peto will be creating a mutant flower garden out of Plastic drinks bottles to highlight the amount of plastic bottle we use. Come and make your own to add.
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Green Cube CIC
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The Room @ Milton Creek Country Park
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Saturday 18th September
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10am - 4pm
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Participants will need to book online - link TBC
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3
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Painters Forstal Pollination Patches
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Join us in launching our development of Pollinator Patches in and around Painters Forstal and Ospringe at the PFCA AGM on the green (by the ‘Alma’).
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Painters Forstal Community Association
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Village Green, Painters Forstal
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Saturday 18th September
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11am - 2pm
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Turn up and get involved!
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5
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Keep Faversham Buzzing
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The Faversham Community Gardening Group are here to keep Faversham Buzzing. Anyone is welcome to join our group. We have identified areas where we could develop wildlife gardens to create better spaces for the community. Email Brooke.Williams@FavershamTownCouncil.gov.uk to join.
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FTC Climate and Biodiversity Working Group
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Faversham
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18th Sep - Faversham Library
25th Sep - Faversham Town Centre (near Shepherd Neame Brewery)
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12pm – 3pm
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Email Brooke.Williams@FavershamTownCouncil.gov.uk to join.
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6
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Morris & Mollett Magic Lantern Show (workshop)
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A sunset Magic Lantern performance will re-enchant and bring to life local wildlife. Through analogue projections the natural habitat will talk directly to the audience, who will walk around the park guided by a storyteller. The artists will invite participants to asks questions about climate change and local young people will draw natural spirits and plant-life onto paper slides to be projected as part of site-specific celebratory event.
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Island Projects
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Milton Creek Country Park - Green Porch Entrance
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Sunday 19th Sept
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10am - 1pm
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Participants will need to book online - link TBC
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7
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The 'No Dig' Community Kitchen Garden
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Come along for the Community Kitchen Garden Tour, find out why we take the ‘No Dig’ approach and have a go in the garden. (Signage will be up to guide you to the garden at Lynsted Park)
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Lynsted Community Kitchen Garden
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Lynsted Park, Lynsted, Sittingbourne ME9 0JH
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Sun 19th, 10.15am-12.30pm;
Monday 20th, 4.45pm-7pm
Fri 24th,10.15am-12.30pm;
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Turn up and get involved!
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8
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RISE - Exhibition at Faversham Town Hall
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Exhibition about the climate crisis, highlighting the threat of sea level rise in Swale, including finding out what more people can do to slow down climate change.
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Friends of the Earth
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12 Market Place, Faversham
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Monday 20th Sept - Sunday 26th Sept
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All week
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Come down and find out more!
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9
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A Sustainable Climate for Business
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Moving towards net zero via a sustainable economy is essential if we want our children to inherit a fair and habitable world. What changes is your business making towards the goal of zero waste and sustainable practice?
Whether yours is a business economy or a household economy, Plastic Free Faversham wants to celebrate and share your actions with the community to inspire us all to live healthier and fairer lives
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Plastic Free Faversham
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Online
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Launching Monday 20th September
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Sep - Nov (COP26)
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Keep an eye on the Plastic Free Faversham Facebook page to find out more!
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10
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The Big Beach Clean/The Big Park Clean
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Big Local will be holding 3 events across Eastern Sheppey to help clean up the local area. Each volunteer will also receive an eco goody bag!.
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Big Local Eastern Sheppey
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Leysdown, Eastchurch and Warden
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20th, 22nd & 24th Sep
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12PM - 2PM
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Email emma@biglocaleasternsheppey.com to get involved.
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11
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Wellbeing Nature Boost
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Using Milton Creek Country Park as a backdrop Wellbeing Nature Boost will introduce people to a variety of mindfulness techniques.
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The Wellness Way Kent CIC
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Milton Creek Country Park
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20/09/21 OR 21/09/21 TBC
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3 slots throughout the day.
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Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/167521351873
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12
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"The World is Ours, Preserve It”
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The Diversity House Green Week event involves clothes swapping, encouraging bikeability and environmental sustainability workshops. The weeklong event will encourage members of Diversity House and the public to recycle their clothes, soft toys, furniture, and go on their bicycles rather than using public transports.
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Diversity House
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Sittingbourne
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Tuesday 21st September - 28th September
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Potential participants should contact Diversity House by email: info@diversityhouse.org.uk or phone: 01795420455
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13
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Climate and Ecological Emergency Roadshow - Sittingbourne
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Find out more about what SBC is doing to tackle the climate emergency, as well as what you can do to help. Speak to our Fuel and Water Home Advisor about saving money on your water and electricity bills, get the top recycling tips and pick up some sustainable freebies.
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SBC
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The Room, Milton Creek Country Park
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Tuesday 21st September
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11AM - 3PM
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Come down and find out more!
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14
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Boot Bird Boxes
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Bring along your old adult boot and transform it into a bootiful bird box. We will provide the equipment needed.
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Milton Creek Country Park Trust
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Milton Creek Country Park
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Tuesday 21st September
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10AM - 12PM
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Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/great-big-green-week-tickets-167660664561
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15
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Walk, Talk, Draw
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Participants will be given a series of short observational drawing exercises inspired by the local nature and industrial heritage. The tour will explore the park.
Everyone is welcome, no prior drawing experience is necessary. Materials including paper and pencils will be provided, but feel free to bring your own sketchpad.
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Island Projects
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Queenborough
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Tuesday 21st September
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11:00
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More info via Eventbrite coming soon.
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16
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Walk, Talk, Draw
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Participants will be given a series of short observational drawing exercises inspired by the local nature and industrial heritage. The tour will explore the park.
Everyone is welcome, no prior drawing experience is necessary. Materials including paper and pencils will be provided, but feel free to bring your own sketchpad.
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Island Projects
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Sheerness
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Tuesday 21st September
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14:00
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More info via Eventbrite coming soon.
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17
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How to Save our Planet - with Mark Maslin
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Mark's latest book ‘How to Save Our Planet is a fact bomb, one that blasts through climate denial to clear a path for action on the greatest threat that our planet faces.’ Roger Highfield, Science Director, Science Museum.
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Friends of the Earth
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The New Theatre, QE Grammar School, Abbey Place, Faversham, ME13 7BQ
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Tuesday 21st September
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19:00
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Free event, no booking required.
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18
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Youth Forum
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Presentation on the Climate and Ecological Emergency to the Swale Youth Forum, including the opportunity to vote on the top 'pledges' for Swale residents to help reduce their carbon footprint.
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SBC
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Swale House
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Wednesday 22nd September
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10:00
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Email Steph to get involved (stephcarbutt@swale.gov.uk)
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19
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Climate and Ecological Emergency Roadshow - Sheerness
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Find out more about what SBC is doing to tackle the climate emergency, as well as what you can do to help. Kent Wildlife Trust are running 'bug hunts' for the little ones, while grown ups can speak to our Fuel and Water Home Advisor about saving money on your water and electricity bills, get the top recycling tips and pick up some sustainable freebies. Collect a free plant as part of 'Get Swale Growing' (limited availability).
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SBC
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Seashells Nursery, Sheerness
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Wednesday 22nd September
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11AM - 3PM
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Come down and find out more!
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20
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Beachfields Awareness Day
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Help out with some community planting while learning from Emma at the Bumblebee Trust about how they can help pollinators, as well as finding out more about what Swale BC does for our coastline, and some wellbeing tips from the Harmony Trust. Collect a free plant as part of 'Get Swale Growing' (limited availability).
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SBC - Ali Corbel
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Beachfields, Sheerness
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Wednesday 22nd September
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11AM - 3PM
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Come down and find out more!
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21
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Morris & Mollett Magic Lantern Show (performance)
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A sunset Magic Lantern performance will re-enchant and bring to life local wildlife. Through analogue projections the natural habitat will talk directly to the audience, who will walk around the park guided by a storyteller. The artists will invite participants to asks questions about climate change and local young people will draw natural spirits and plant-life onto paper slides to be projected as part of site-specific celebratory event.
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Island Projects
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Milton Creek Country Park - Green Porch Entrance
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Thursday 23rd September
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18:30
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Participants will need to book online - link TBC
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22
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Climate and Ecological Emergency Roadshow - Faversham
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Find out more about what SBC is doing to tackle the climate emergency, as well as what you can do to help. Speak to our Fuel and Water Home Advisor about saving money on your water and electricity bills, get the top recycling tips and pick up some sustainable freebies. Orchard Community Energy will also be able to tell you about thier new share offer, with Swale Friends of the Earth climate exhibiton available to view. Collect a free plant as part of 'Get Swale Growing' (limited availability).
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SBC
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12 Market Place, Faversham
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Friday 24th September
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11AM - 3PM
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Come down and find out more!
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23
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Annual Beach Clean at Garrison Point
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Meet at Garrison Point beach, Sheerness (adjacent to Sheerness Docks) to help with the annual beach clean, preventing harmful plastics from entering the eco-system.
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SBC
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Garrison Point beach, Sheerness - adjacent to Sheerness Docks
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Friday 24th September
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9am - 11am
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Book your place here: https://www.mcsuk.org/beach-cleans/mcs-annual-beach-clean-garrison-point-24-09-2021/
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24
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Beach Clean (Minster Leas)
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Join The Medway Swale Estuary Partnership for The Great Big Green Week Beach Clean.
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Medway Swale Estuary Partnership
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Minster Leas Beach, Sheppey
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Friday 24th September
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10AM - 12PM
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Email info@msep.org.uk to join.
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25
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The Whale – ‘Plastic Ocean’
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Using exquisite puppets, comedy and music, Circo Rum Ba Ba explore the tale of sea creatures and their battle to survive in an ocean full of rubbish. The audience help to save the turtle and the Whale from a deluge of plastic, feeling empowered that everyone can make a difference.
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Plastic Free Faversham
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Faversham Recreation Ground
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Saturday 25th September
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TBC
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Head to Faversham Rec to see the spectacle for yourself!
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26
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Make-From-Waste Activity Day
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To join in with swales great big green week, Kooties are hosting a free make-from-waste recycling fun day for kids. You need to book in advance for one of our sessions below and turn up on the day. £5 bosuns tea shop voucher for every family that takes part.
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Kooties
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Sheppey Hall, Queenborough
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Saturday 25th September
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1-2PM
2-3PM
3-4PM
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To book, please text Zoe on 07838 646241.
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27
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Outdoor Aviary
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Inspired by the native UK bird population, participate in a collaborative collage, draw using natural inks, and create bird sculptures from withy sticks and branches. Find a home for your bird in the foliage of the park, for the public to spot, where it will eventually be reclaimed.
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Outdoor Studios CIC
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Faversham Recreation Ground
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Sunday 26th September
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1PM - 3PM
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Drop in event - turn up and join in!
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28
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Creek Clean
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Join Swale Friends of the Earth and Plastic Free Faversham on thier 'Creek Clean' and find out more about the danger posed by micro-plastics.
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Friends of the Earth & Plastic Free Faversham
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Faversham Creek
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Sunday 26th September
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TBC
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Email plasticfreefaversham@gmail.com to get involved.
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29
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Faversham's Walled Gardent
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Showcasing some of our green initiatives at this site as part of their annual event. We are pleased to offer local residents the opportunity to drop in and see what goes on "behind the wall", to talk about our plans to transform the garden and the challenges we have had to create a workable site without the modern conveniences of running water, power, waste and drainage
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Brogdale CIC
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The Mount, London Road, Faversham,
ME13 8TH
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Wednesday 22nd September
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11am - 3pm
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Drop in event or email maria@brogdalecic.co.uk
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