Community action/Kent
Kent Community action
Sustainability initiatives
- Commonwork, Educational charity at a 500 acre organic dairy farm in West Kent
- Deal With It
- East Kent Transition
- Elham Going Green
- Marden Community Eco Hub on facebook
- Medway Sustainable Development Goals University of Greenwich
- Sustain'Edenbridge on facebook
- Transition Town Tenterden
- Transition Town Whitstable
Local sustainability initiatives
Please see our Local communities in Community action/Kent pages, where of course you can share any more information you may have about local sustainability initiatives.
- Tonbridge Climate Strikes on facebook
- Extinction Rebellion Kent, public group on facebook
- Low Carbon Kent, network of businesses tackling and adapting to climate change
- Kent, Summary, Google Environmental Insights Explorer, added 15:23, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
The Fifth Continent, Kent Wildlife Trust, projects across Romney Marsh. "Lots of fun community activities to get involved with." added 17:24, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Kent Bee-keepers' Association - Kent Field Club - Kent Reptile & Amphibian Group - Kent Wildlife Trust
Kent Wildlife Trust (KWT) is a conservation charity in the United Kingdom that was founded in 1958, previously known as the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation. It aims to "work with people to restore, save and improve our natural spaces" and to "ensure that 30% of Kent and Medway – land and sea – is managed to create a healthy place for wildlife to flourish". In 2023, they have reported over 30,000 members and an annual income of £8 million. KWT manages over ninety nature reserves in Kent, of which thirty-seven are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, three are national nature reserves, five are Special Areas of Conservation, four are Special Protection Areas, six are local nature reserves, thirty-eight are in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and one is a scheduled monument.
Kent is a county in the southeastern corner of England. It is bounded to the north by Greater London and the Thames Estuary, to the west by Sussex and Surrey, and to the south and east by the English Channel and the North Sea. The county town is Maidstone. It is governed by Kent County Council, with twelve district councils: Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Gravesham, Maidstone, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells. Medway is geographically part of Kent but is a separate unitary authority. The chalk hills of the North Downs run from east to west through the county, with the wooded Weald to the south. The coastline is alternately flat and cliff-lined.
Kent Coastal Network - Medway Swale Estuary Partnership - Thanet Coast Project
Community Action South and East Kent has been working with and for the voluntary and community sector for over 20 years
Orchard Community Energy - Sustainability Connections (Folkestone), About
Kent County Neighbourhood Watch Association - West Kent Watch
Maidstone Cycle Campaign Forum, charity representing the cycling community in Maidstone, aiming to improve the cycling conditions in Maidstone and encourage people to take up cycling as part of a healthy lifestyle, and also as a practical and environmentally friendly alternative to cars for short journeys to shops, schools, etc. - San Fairy Ann Cycling Club - West Kent CTC
The Bay Trust - World Education Development Group - (WEDG)
Canterbury Clean Air, community action on air quality in Canterbury; Canterbury pollution levels, map added 16:01, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Dartford Litterpickers, tidying up Dartford's public spaces - Landscape Matters, group based in Kent formed in response to concerns about the impact on the landscape of the increasing use of polytunnels. - Strawberry Fields Forever, site maintained by 'Landscape Matters' a group of people who live in and around the village of West Peckham in Kent and beyond who have become increasingly concerned about the spread of polytunnels in the area - Tonbridge Litter Catchers, on facebook
Aylesford Farmers Market - Kent Farmers' Market Association - My Farmers Market - Tonbridge Food Swap - ‘Let’s Grow’ allotment project westkentmind.org.uk - Wye Community Farm - Wye Farmers Market - Wye Food
- Dementia Friendly Kent, dementia resource developed with Kent’s communities added 16:23, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
- Blackthorn Trust Medical care, rehabilitation and social welfare of people suffering any serious or long term illness W
- Live It Well, Wellbeing Kent and Medway
Friends of Calverley Grounds on facebook, community group looking after the park in the centre of Tunbridge Wells
- Vision Zero: The Road Safety Strategy for Kent 2020 - 2026, kccconsultations.inconsult.uk, consultation closes at 23:59 on 15 March 2021
- KCC Kent Road Safety
Maidstone Freerecycle, Public Group with 25568 members - Sevenoaks Freegle - Tonbridge Freegle - ReCYCLE, operated by Cycle Community CIC a Kent based Community Interest Company, a Bicycle Recycling Programme
Action with Communities in Rural Kent - CPRE Protect Kent - Kentish Stour Countryside Project - Kent Downs - Medway Valley Countryside Partnership - Valley of Visions, Landscape Partnership Scheme centred around the Medway Gap. Heritage Lottery funded (for three years) project
The White Cliffs Countryside Partnership was established in 1989, to help landowners care for the special coast and countryside of Dover and Folkestone and Hythe districts. This includes the only two stretches of Heritage Coast in Kent; the Dover-Folkestone Heritage Coast and the South Foreland Heritage Coast between Dover and Kingsdown near Deal.
- wHoo cares, community interest company supporting people on the Hoo peninsula, added 10:19, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Donate Tonbridge Vouchers, Tonbridge Town Team, added 15:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Kenward Trust - Maidstone Day Centre, Homeless Care - Kent Sheds, initiative looking to establish a number of (Men's) Shed projects across Kent - Stream Walk Community Garden, Whitstable on Facebook
- Active travel fund schemes, kent.gov.uk, encouraging the residents of Kent to walk and cycle more, added 16:48, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Kent Connected, journey planner
Kent Community Rail Partnership
Walking: Kent Ramblers - Recreational walks in Kent W, Footpaths in Kent (category) W
Waterways: Kent and East Sussex Canal Restoration Group - Wikipedia: Canals in Kent (category)
Resources: Setting up a communtiy transport scheme in Kent and Medway, kentruralnetwork.org.uk
Ashford Community Woodland Local Nature Reserve - Bedgebury National Pinetum
Pedestrian Action for Tonbridge High Street (PATHS) on facebook
Resources
Recycle for Ashford - Recycle for Maidstone
Google environmental insights explorer, Kent, insights.sustainability.google, shows building & transport emissions and rooftop solar potential
Open Kent, public sector agencies in Kent share opendata with members of the public.
Overview of health and wellbeing in Kent, LG inform
- Kent Community Foundation, added 17:41, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
- Sheppey is Ours!, a Citizens Action Network designed to bring the local community together. added 17:01, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
- Tonbridge and Malling Friends of the Earth on facebook
Other resources
- Singleton Environment Centre, Ashford
- Save Wye, "How an English village fought for its future and won"
Research
University of Greenwich Centre for Sustainability
News and comment
see separate article: Kent news
Events
Regular events
Farmers' markets: see Kent Farmers’ Market Association Markets Calendar
2014
August 25 Kent Festival of Bees, near Bridge, Canterbury
May 17 - 18 West Kent Green Open Homes
Campaigns
- Stop the Greenbelt Grab in Gravesham, added 16:30, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
- Save Swanscombe Marshes, buglife.org.uk, added 15:17, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
- ePetition :End Kent County Council’s £350,000,000 investment in fossil fuels, democracy.kent.gov.uk
- Enough is enough - Maidstone's Housing & Infrastructure, petition against housebuilding levels in Maidstone via cprekent.org.uk, added 17:17, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
- Save Wincheap water meadows change.org
- Keep River Lawn Green, Tonbridge
- No Fracking in East Kent on facebook
- FRACK Free Sandwich on facebook
Local communities in Community action/Kent
See also
Interwiki links
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