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SUMMARY:Coffee Afternoon & Are You Proud of Folkestone?
DESCRIPTION:Free coffee afternoon and ‘Are You Proud of Folkestone?’ – a conversation with members & friends\nHow do you feel about Folkestone?  This is your opportunity to come and have your say on your town!  What do you think is being done right?  What could be done better?  And what isn’t being done at all? \nMembers and non-members are welcome.  The session may take the form of a group chat\, but feel free to drop in at The Community Room on The Bayle for free refreshments and to join the conversation at any time between 3 – 5 pm. \n  \nABOUT THE THEME & GUEST\n\n\n\nAs ‘a voice for the community’\, the New Folkestone Society is always keen to hear your thoughts on Folkestone.  You can\, of course\, contact us at any time\, but we also like to hold group sessions where you can pop by and have your say. \nWe also want to hear what our members like about what we are doing\, and what you would like to see the Society doing that it isn’t currently.  If you’re not currently a member\, your feedback on what might encourage you to join would be most welcome! \n\n\n\n\nJon O’Connor will be joining us.  Jon is Chair of Sunflower House\, the Folkestone Community Forum and founder of the One Folkestone initiative.  He also coordinates the Save Our Library campaign. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE VENUE\n\nThe Community Room is located at 19 The Bayle\, where Dance Easy used to stand\, in an attractive Georgian-style townhouse.  It is run by the Sunflower House team on a partnership model\, where local groups and organisations offering community benefits with similar values are able to utilise the space. \n  \nTRAVEL TO THE VENUE\n\nBy Bus:\nThe venue is about a 600 metre walk (one-third of a mile) from the temporary bus station.  Head through Bouverie Place shopping centre and down West Cliff Gardens (between the HSBC and Lloyds banks) and straight through the churchyard\, turning left when you get to the British Lion pub.  The room is opposite the Bayle Pond. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, go down the pedestrian precinct to the Town Hall and turn right onto Church Street.  Follow that to the end (past the school)\, turn left and veer left as above. \n  \nBy Car:\nThe nearest Pay and Display car park is Upper Payers Park\, accessed from Dover Road (passing the F51 skate park) next to the amusements where the Banksy was located originally.  Walk to the end of Payers Park\, turn right onto the Old High Street and walk up to the top.  Turn left\, then take the first right.  The building will be on your right after the Glendale building. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, walk out to Dover Road and turn left.  Walk around the amusements building to the front\, carry on down Rendezvous Street\, cross the road and turn left at the gate (onto what is still Rendezvous Street).  Walk to the top\, turn left onto Church Street\, follow it to the end (past the school)\, turn left onto The Bayle and follow the road\, which veers left.  The room is on the left\, opposite the Bayle Pond. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.newfolkestonesociety.org.uk/event/coffee-afternoon-are-you-proud-of-folkestone/
LOCATION:The Community Room\, 19 The Bayle\, Folkestone\, CT20 1SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Coffee Afternoons,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251113T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T010139
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SUMMARY:Coffee Afternoon & Folke.World mapping project
DESCRIPTION:Free coffee afternoon with an introduction to a project in mapping community wellbeing & sustainability by Alise Kirtley.\nThere will be an informal talk at 3.15pm on the project by Alise.  However\, you can join our drop-in session at The Community Room on The Bayle for free refreshments at any time between 3 – 5 pm. \n  \nABOUT THE THEME & GUEST\n\n  \n\n\nJoin Alise\, PhD researcher in Sustainable Food Systems and Director of the Folkestone Community Fridge CIC\, as she introduces Folke.World — a new online mapping project and calendar linking local projects\, services\, and events to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, with a particular interest in how we can build community cohesion\, nature-connectedness\, and engagement levels in and through good food. \nThe talk will explore how the platform helps residents and community groups find reliable local information\, share resources\, and work together more effectively with community wellbeing as a common value. Please come along to learn about the beginnings of this new platform\, share your thoughts on what is most useful\, and any other resources you’ve come across that have helped communities to flourish. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE VENUE\n\nThe Community Room is located at 19 The Bayle\, where Dance Easy used to stand\, in an attractive Georgian-style townhouse.  It is run by the Sunflower House team on a partnership model\, where local groups and organisations offering community benefits with similar values are able to utilise the space. \n  \nTRAVEL TO THE VENUE\n\nBy Bus:\nThe venue is about a 600 metre walk (one-third of a mile) from the temporary bus station.  Head through Bouverie Place shopping centre and down West Cliff Gardens (between the HSBC and Lloyds banks) and straight through the churchyard\, turning left when you get to the British Lion pub.  The room is opposite the Bayle Pond. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, go down the pedestrian precinct to the Town Hall and turn right onto Church Street.  Follow that to the end (past the school)\, turn left and veer left as above. \n  \nBy Car:\nThe nearest Pay and Display car park is Upper Payers Park\, accessed from Dover Road (passing the F51 skate park) next to the amusements where the Banksy was located originally.  Walk to the end of Payers Park\, turn right onto the Old High Street and walk up to the top.  Turn left\, then take the first right.  The building will be on your right after the Glendale building. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, walk out to Dover Road and turn left.  Walk around the amusements building to the front\, carry on down Rendezvous Street\, cross the road and turn left at the gate (onto what is still Rendezvous Street).  Walk to the top\, turn left onto Church Street\, follow it to the end (past the school)\, turn left onto The Bayle and follow the road\, which veers left.  The room is on the left\, opposite the Bayle Pond. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.newfolkestonesociety.org.uk/event/coffee-afternoon-folke-world-mapping-project/
LOCATION:The Community Room\, 19 The Bayle\, Folkestone\, CT20 1SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Coffee Afternoons,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T170000
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SUMMARY:Coffee Afternoon & 'Folkestone's Future' Legislative Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Free coffee afternoon with an introduction to a Legislative Theatre Project by Matthew Hahn of FPAC.\nThere will be an informal talk at 3.15pm on the project by Matthew Hahn.  However\, you can join our drop-in session at The Community Room on The Bayle for free refreshments at any time between 3 – 5 pm and find out more about the Folkestone Performing Arts Company. \nPlease note the Coffee Afternoon is on Thursday 9 October in The Community Room.  The Legislative Theatre Project takes place on Saturday 18 October in Sunflower House. \nIf you would like to register your interest in FPAC’s Legislative Theatre Project\, see the event page on the Folkestone Fringe website for details or e-mail folkestonepac@gmail.com.  (You do not need to register for the Coffee Afternoon – just turn up!) \n  \nABOUT THE THEME & GUEST\n\n \n\nThe Folkestone Performing Arts Company is thrilled to announce that they will be participating in the FOLKESTONE FRINGE: FLINT & CLAY 2025.  \n\n\nOn the 18th of October\, FPAC and local residents will co-create a short piece of theatre based on lived experiences addressing local or national policy challenges.  At 5pm\, they will perform this play in front of an audience of key policy makers\, business owners\, political leaders and others with the hope of legislating systemic change within the community.  \n\n\nThe Folkestone Performing Arts Company’s Legislative Theatre Project will bring the local community & and policy-makers together to co-create innovative and effective solutions to complex challenges that are faced by Folkestone residents.  \n\n\nIn it\, a short play is created which ‘ends badly’ for the protagonist or main character.  The play is then ‘rewound’ and the audience is asked to come up on stage to try out other\, more positive\, strategies to have a different outcome.  In this way\, the actors and the audience ‘rehearse life’ within the safety of ‘play acting’.   \n\n\n\nABOUT LEGISLATIVE THEATRE\n\nA Theory of Change is a method that explains how a given intervention\, or set of interventions\, can lead to a specific developmental change.  Theatre can be a powerful tool in enacting such a theory by supporting systemic change and / or policy development.  This can be demonstrated by the interactive ‘Legislative Theatre’ process:  Legislative Theatre opens the possibility for change to be catalysed and creates a platform for the advocacy of rights. \n\n\nWorking beyond issue awareness and community building\, Legislative Theatre allows the participants to address the obstacles or oppressions they face to key policymakers in the audience who then interact with the play with the hope that these policymakers will then legislate systemic change in the community. This form uses participatory and interactive theatre techniques to examine communication breakdown and power imbalance. \n\nHOW DOES IT WORK?  \n\n\nCreate:  Community members create an original play based on lived experiences\, addressing local or national policy challenges:  Our communities face big challenges — climate change\, social exclusion\, declining trust in public institutions\, etc. Meaningful public participation can help governments address these challenges.  \n\n\nPerform:  Community members perform their original play to audience members who can make systemic change and those who have lived experience of the presented challenges. \n\n\nAct:  Audience members step onstage as the ‘protagonist’ in the play to improvise potential alternatives to the problems presented\, testing new rules and policies in real time.  The community actors become ‘antagonists’ gently pushing back on any alternatives that are suggested by audience members.  \n\n\nPropose: Audiences\, advocates and policy-makers collaboratively shape these alternative ideas into specific policy proposals\, followed by deliberation\, debate\, and amendments to embed systemic change. \n\n\nVote: Everyone present votes on the proposals – using theatre to spark concrete change. \n\n\nCommit: Policymakers and advocates make commitments to action based on the proposals.  \n\n\nThrough this participatory policymaking\, community members propose\, debate\, and vote on new policies and policy changes.  You can find further information about Legislative Theatre here.    \n\n\nSome material adapted & developed from The People Act Legislative Theatre Resources [www.thepeopleact.org/resources]\n\nABOUT THE GUEST\n\n\nYou may remember our friends at the Folkestone Performing Arts Company (FPAC) from their preview of a dramatisation of The Leech of Folkestone from The Ingoldsby Legends or their involvement in our Community 50/50 event at the beginning of the year. \n\nFPAC is an artist-led international theatre company creating vibrant\, relevant and compelling theatre through the celebration of local stories.​ \nAlongside a professional Ensemble\, theu also support developing artists through Community Acting Group and Writing for Performance sessions. \nFPAC also offers a range of workshops for schools through their professional ensemble.  \n\nArtistic Director Matthew Hahn\, who will be facilitating the workshop\, has over 20 years of experience as a theatre for development practitioner in working with communities in struggle\, he has co-created interactive and participatory international theatre projects focusing on developing and enabling young people\, social cohesion\, peace-making and conflict resolution in the Global South & North.   \n\n  \nABOUT THE VENUE\n\nThe Community Room is located at 19 The Bayle\, where Dance Easy used to stand\, in an attractive Georgian-style townhouse.  It is run by the Sunflower House team on a partnership model\, where local groups and organisations offering community benefits with similar values are able to utilise the space. \n  \nTRAVEL TO THE VENUE\n\nBy Bus:\nThe venue is about a 600 metre walk (one-third of a mile) from the temporary bus station.  Head through Bouverie Place shopping centre and down West Cliff Gardens (between the HSBC and Lloyds banks) and straight through the churchyard\, turning left when you get to the British Lion pub.  The room is opposite the Bayle Pond. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, go down the pedestrian precinct to the Town Hall and turn right onto Church Street.  Follow that to the end (past the school)\, turn left and veer left as above. \n  \nBy Car:\nThe nearest Pay and Display car park is Upper Payers Park\, accessed from Dover Road (passing the F51 skate park) next to the amusements where the Banksy was located originally.  Walk to the end of Payers Park\, turn right onto the Old High Street and walk up to the top.  Turn left\, then take the first right.  The building will be on your right after the Glendale building. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, walk out to Dover Road and turn left.  Walk around the amusements building to the front\, carry on down Rendezvous Street\, cross the road and turn left at the gate (onto what is still Rendezvous Street).  Walk to the top\, turn left onto Church Street\, follow it to the end (past the school)\, turn left onto The Bayle and follow the road\, which veers left.  The room is on the left\, opposite the Bayle Pond. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.newfolkestonesociety.org.uk/event/coffee-afternoon-legislative-theatre/
LOCATION:The Community Room\, 19 The Bayle\, Folkestone\, CT20 1SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Coffee Afternoons
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250612T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T010139
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SUMMARY:Coffee Afternoon & Folkestone Live
DESCRIPTION:Free coffee afternoon with Folkestone Live mini talk by Michèle Rowland.\nThere will be an informal talk at 3.15pm on Folkestone Live by Michèle Rowland.  However\, you can join our drop-in session at The Community Room on The Bayle for free refreshments at any time between 3 – 5 pm and find out what’s happening at Folkestone Live ’25. \n  \nABOUT THE THEME & GUEST\n\n \nFolkestone Live is a fringe-style performance festival aiming to showcase and connect a range of local talent from Kent and surrounding areas. Returning in 2025\, it promises a weekend of theatre\, children’s shows\, dance\, plays and stand-up comedy. \nThe festival takes place 19-21 September. Performances will be held in the following venues: \n\nChannel Suite\nNeptune lower room\nGrand Burstin Hotel\nOld Cigar and Olive\n\nPrevious Folkestone Live events you may have seen include: \n\nA Kidsummer Night’s Dream\nFunny Folke\nHill and Jones: Sketch Show Goes Wrong\nJames Whale: Beyond Frankenstein\nThe Signalman\nMr Sleepybum\nOn The Halls with Marie Lloyd\nThe Sound of Muzak\nTeeny Boppers Dance Show\nUltimate Jewish Mother\nThe Vagina Monologues\n\nIf you are a performer and would like to participate in a future Folkestone Live event\, the team would love to hear from you! Come along and introduce yourself. \n  \nABOUT THE VENUE\n\nThe Community Room is located at 19 The Bayle\, where Dance Easy used to stand\, in an attractive Georgian-style townhouse.  It is run by the Sunflower House team on a partnership model\, where local groups and organisations offering community benefits with similar values are able to utilise the space. \n  \nTRAVEL TO THE VENUE\n\nBy Bus:\nThe venue is about a 600 metre walk (one-third of a mile) from the bus station.  Head down West Cliff Gardens (between the HSBC and Lloyds banks) and straight through the churchyard\, turning left when you get to the British Lion pub.  The room is opposite the Bayle Pond. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, go down the pedestrian precinct to the Town Hall and turn right onto Church Street.  Follow that to the end (past the school)\, turn left and veer left as above. \n  \nBy Car:\nThe nearest Pay and Display car park is Upper Payers Park\, accessed from Dover Road (passing the F51 skate park) next to the amusements where the Banksy was located originally.  Walk to the end of Payers Park\, turn right onto the Old High Street and walk up to the top.  Turn left\, then take the first right.  The building will be on your right after the Glendale building. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, walk out to Dover Road and turn left.  Walk around the amusements building to the front\, carry on down Rendezvous Street\, cross the road and turn left at the gate (onto what is still Rendezvous Street).  Walk to the top\, turn left onto Church Street\, follow it to the end (past the school)\, turn left onto The Bayle and follow the road\, which veers left.  The room is on the left\, opposite the Bayle Pond. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.newfolkestonesociety.org.uk/event/coffee-afternoon-folkestone-live/
LOCATION:The Community Room\, 19 The Bayle\, Folkestone\, CT20 1SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Coffee Afternoons
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T010139
CREATED:20250501T231251Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee Afternoon & Reading Literacy campaign
DESCRIPTION:Free coffee afternoon with Reading Literacy mini talk by Jennie Carter.\nThere will be an informal talk at 3.30pm on the issue of reading literacy by former headteacher Jennie Carter.  However\, you can join our drop-in session at The Community Room on The Bayle for free refreshments at any time between 3 – 5 pm. \nREADING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – it is not so much teaching reading as saving lives. \n  \nABOUT THE THEME & GUEST\n\n26% of the population of the UK enter secondary school with a reading age far below their chronological age of 11 years. They can sound out words but have never read a whole book.  Research shows the gap between them and other\, more able\, readers does not narrow significantly. It is why OFSTED focuses on reading at Key Stage 3.  A reading age of 9 years is needed to read the Daily Mail but you need a reading age of 16 years to get good GCSEs. \nA team of retired teachers\, and those who just love books\, go into a local secondary school twice a week from 9 -10am to read with individual 11 year old students. These children feel failures so they need one to one support. The children choose books for themselves on football\, cats or whatever interests them. We laugh at the funny bits\, talk about unfamiliar words and share anecdotes. We help them remember what they have read and predict what may happen next just as you do with your grandchildren. In 15 months many of them went from reading ages of 5 years to 14 or 16 years. \nImagine what that will do for GCSE results. We could put Folkestone on the map! \nJennie Carter was a teacher for 43 years and is a former acting head of Lympne Primary School\, head of Hythe Infants (now Hythe Bay Primary School) and founding head of The Churchill School in Hawkinge.  She also founded Shepway Teaching Schools in 2011\, playing a key role in leading training and professional development of teachers and school staff. \n  \nABOUT THE VENUE\n\nThe Community Room is located at 19 The Bayle\, where Dance Easy used to stand\, in an attractive Georgian-style townhouse.  It is run by the Sunflower House team on a partnership model\, where local groups and organisations offering community benefits with similar values are able to utilise the space. \n  \nTRAVEL TO THE VENUE\n\nBy Bus:\nThe venue is about a 600 metre walk (one-third of a mile) from the bus station.  Head down West Cliff Gardens (between the HSBC and Lloyds banks) and straight through the churchyard\, turning left when you get to the British Lion pub.  The room is opposite the Bayle Pond. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, go down the pedestrian precinct to the Town Hall and turn right onto Church Street.  Follow that to the end (past the school)\, turn left and veer left as above. \n  \nBy Car:\nThe nearest Pay and Display car park is Upper Payers Park\, accessed from Dover Road (passing the F51 skate park) next to the amusements where the Banksy was located originally.  Walk to the end of Payers Park\, turn right onto the Old High Street and walk up to the top.  Turn left\, then take the first right.  The building will be on your right after the Glendale building. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, walk out to Dover Road and turn left.  Walk around the amusements building to the front\, carry on down Rendezvous Street\, cross the road and turn left at the gate (onto what is still Rendezvous Street).  Walk to the top\, turn left onto Church Street\, follow it to the end (past the school)\, turn left onto The Bayle and follow the road\, which veers left.  The room is on the left\, opposite the Bayle Pond. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.newfolkestonesociety.org.uk/event/coffee-afternoon-reading-literacy-campaign/
LOCATION:The Community Room\, 19 The Bayle\, Folkestone\, CT20 1SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Coffee Afternoons
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250410T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250410T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T010139
CREATED:20250318T004940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T004940Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee Afternoon with Leas Lift Reminisce
DESCRIPTION:Free coffee afternoon with Leas Lift reminisce.\nJoin our drop-in session at The Community Room on The Bayle for free refreshments between 3 – 5 pm.  Share your Leas Lift memories and memorabilia\, or simply have a chat and learn about their oral history project. \nThis is the first of our regular Coffee Afternoons\, which will take place on the second Thursday of every month.  We hope to have a theme each month with a guest speaker. \n  \nABOUT THE THEME & GUEST\n\nDo you have photographs\, postcards\, old receipts\, tickets\, or other memorabilia linked with the Leas Lift or surrounding Leas area?  Come along to our Coffee Afternoon for an opportunity to talk to the Leas Lift team and contribute to their digital archive. \n  \nThe Folkestone Leas Lift Company Charity was set up to restore the Grade II* Listed funicular railway – one of the few left in the country.  Having secured £6.6 million\, the team’s appointed contractors have commenced work\, with the lift set to reopen in 2026. \n  \nABOUT THE VENUE\n\nThe Community Room is located at 19 The Bayle\, where Dance Easy used to stand\, in an attractive Georgian-style townhouse.  It is run by the Sunflower House team on a partnership model\, where local groups and organisations offering community benefits with similar values are able to utilise the space. \n  \nTRAVEL TO THE VENUE\n\nBy Bus:\nThe venue is about a 600 metre walk (one-third of a mile) from the bus station.  Head down West Cliff Gardens (between the HSBC and Lloyds banks) and straight through the churchyard\, turning left when you get to the British Lion pub.  The room is opposite the Bayle Pond. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, go down the pedestrian precinct to the Town Hall and turn right onto Church Street.  Follow that to the end (past the school)\, turn left and veer left as above. \n  \nBy Car:\nThe nearest Pay and Display car park is Upper Payers Park\, accessed from Dover Road (passing the F51 skate park) next to the amusements where the Banksy was located originally.  Walk to the end of Payers Park\, turn right onto the Old High Street and walk up to the top.  Turn left\, then take the first right.  The building will be on your right after the Glendale building. \nFor step-free access avoiding cobblestones\, walk out to Dover Road and turn left.  Walk around the amusements building to the front\, carry on down Rendezvous Street\, cross the road and turn left at the gate (onto what is still Rendezvous Street).  Walk to the top\, turn left onto Church Street\, follow it to the end (past the school)\, turn left onto The Bayle and follow the road\, which veers left.  The room is on the left\, opposite the Bayle Pond. \nShare This:
URL:https://www.newfolkestonesociety.org.uk/event/coffee-afternoon-with-leas-lift-reminisce/
LOCATION:The Community Room\, 19 The Bayle\, Folkestone\, CT20 1SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Coffee Afternoons,Meetings
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