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 Longerwww.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