September 12, 2016
At an awards ceremony in Birmingham on Saturday 10 September, Folkestone’s Community Radio Station Academy FM won five Community Radio Awards, including two Golds. The Awards are in their inaugural year, and were open to all Ofcom licensed Community Radio… Read More
August 8, 2016
Aspiring young archaeologists from a number of schools in south east Kent have taken part in the 2016 Dig at the Roman Villa site, at Folkestone’s East Wear Bay. The project is organised by Canterbury Archaeological Trust, with funding for… Read More
March 24, 2016
School holidays are almost universally welcomed by children who can enjoy getting up late and having a break from the routine. They can pose a headache for parents, though, in that finding things for children to do can be a… Read More
January 13, 2016
Regional heats for ARTiculation 2016 have begun, with the first event held in Leeds on Friday 8 January. Further heats will be held over the coming weeks in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford and Salisbury. The Folkestone heat will… Read More
October 6, 2015
This year’s Youth Festival of Remembrance will take place on Saturday 7 November at Folkestone’s Leas Cliff Hall, thanks to the allocation of a “free use” community day by Shepway District Council. This will be the 6th consecutive year… Read More
September 14, 2015
On Thursday 10 September 2015 representatives of Dover Town Council, Port of Dover Community Fund, Dover Harbour Board and the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust gathered at the Dover and Deal Sea Cadets Unit HQ in Dover to mark the formal presentation of grants… Read More
August 3, 2015
A large and appreciative audience gathered at Deal Town Hall on Monday last week for a concert by Guildhall School of Music and Drama student Sian Robinson, accompanied by Stephen Matthews. Sian had devised an innovative programme of music written… Read More
July 27, 2015
Following the successful archaeological digs at the Roman villa site on East Cliff in Folkestone as part of the “A Town Unearthed” project in 2010 and 2011, the first of a new series of annual digs has begun that will… Read More
July 17, 2015
The South Kent Try Angle Awards 2015 took place on Thursday 16 July at Dover Town Hall, when well over 100 young people, parents, teachers, youth leaders and supporters braved Operation Stack and came together to celebrate the achievements of… Read More
July 8, 2015
The tall ship ‘Artemis’ sailed into Folkestone Harbour on Tuesday 7 July, bringing a group of teenagers from Boulogne to join counterparts from schools in Shepway at the start of this year’s 5 day “Sailing Voyage”. They were greeted with… Read More