Useful Links
BTCV Veteran Tree Project (To book on events such as guided walks in the woods, conservation courses and woodworking courses).
www.btcv.org/kent
email: v.hodge@btcv.org.uk or call on 01233 812033
Bus Timetables (South East)
website: www.travelsoutheast.org.uk/
www.stagecoachbus.com/eastkent/timetables.php
Canterbury & District Model Engineering Society
(weather permitting)
Contact Paul File on 01227 710 303
website: www.cdmes.org.uk/
Canterbury City Council, Military Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1YW
website: www.canterbury.gov.uk/
Canterbury Volunteer Centre
www.canterburyvolunteercentre.org/
Children & Youth Activities (511 Team - Free play opportunities for 5-11 year olds. Street Runner - Free youth sessions for 10-18 year olds.
www.notbored.net/activity
Cloth Nappies (offers financial rewards to parents choosing to use cloth nappies)
website: www.waronwaste.co.uk/
Community Legal Service Direct (first half hour free on all legal advice - leaflets available)
www.clsdirect.org.uk/
Eat Well, Move More, Live Longer: www.activekent.co.uk/
Energy Saving Tips (Save energy, water, packaging and money)
website: www.futurefriendly.co.uk/
Fly-tipping
website: www.thegreatkentcleanup.co.uk/
Free Home Energy Report
website: www.kent.gov.uk/climatechange
Guide to Services for people over 60 (fact file includes information on health, transport, benefits, support groups etc.)
website: www.cropkent.org.uk/localguide
Home Composter (Special offer)
website: www.getcomposting.com/Kent
Kent Association of Local Councils (KALC)
website: www.kalc.gov.uk/
Kent Carshare (Register your journey details and any special conditions eg same gender only)
www.kent.gov.uk/carshare
Kent County Council Passenger Transport Unit
website: www.kentpublictransport.info/
Kent County Council
website: www.kent.gov.uk/
Kent Fire & Rescue Service (to arrange a free Home Fire Safety Check & fire prevention information)
www.kent.fire-uk.org/
Tel: 0800 9237000
Kent Health Watch (24/7 service for comments or concerns about health and social care
email: kenthealthwatch@kent.gov.uk
Kent Karrier Dial-a-Bus Service
email: jan.uden@canterbury.gov.uk
for more information see also: www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=2870
Kent Police (to find out what's happening in your community, the priorities, local crime figures etc)
www.kentpolice.uk/
Local Venues for Hire (Find a venue in Canterbury, Whitstable,
Herne Bay or the surrounding villages or register yours online.
www.e-canterbury.co.uk/venues
Mailing Preference Service (to stop all the junk mail that lands on your doormat)
www.mpsonline.org.uk/ or call 0845 703 4599
Make the most of your Food
www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
National Association of Parish Councils (NALC)
website: www.nalc.gov.uk/
National Drugs Helpline
www.ndh.org.uk/
National Rail
website: www.nationalrail.co.uk/
RAD Sign Language Bureau (British Sign Language/English Interpreters, Lipspeakers, Notetakers etc.)
www.royaldeaf.org.uk/
email: interpreting@royaldeaf.org.uk
Sturry Library Annual Report 2008/2009 and opening hours
sturry library annual report
Timetables - Stagecoach & National Rail
www.stagecoachbus.com/eastkent/timetables.php
www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Traffic Information
www.rac.co.uk/livetraffic
www.theaa.com/trafficwatch
Traveline (Public Transport Information)
website: www.traveline.org.uk/
Voluntary and Community Groups (Find out what community groups in the Canterbury area are doing) Services, events and activities, volunteering opportunities, local community job vacancies. Register Free.
www.e-canterbury.co.uk/
Walking in Kent (Non commercial site for information about walking in Kent)
www.walkinginkent.co.uk/
Who Can Help Me directory produced by Age Concern especially for people over 50)
website: www.kent.uk/Invoke
Active Cycling/Active Walking For further information and to find routes and maps of local cycling routes and of local walks visit: www.activecanterbury.org
Street Games Sessions for childen aged 11-18 include the following sports: football, boxing, dodgeball, street dance and fishing, and all activities are led by fully qualified coaches. Fridays at Vauxhall Avenue ball court, Canterbury from 8pm to 9.30pm and at the Sturry Road Community Gardens, Canterbury from 6pm to 7.30pm. For more information email: sportsdevelopment@canterbury.gov.uk, visit www.activecanterbury.org/streetgames or call Giles Seaford on 07798 610 354