by Terry Prue | Aug 23, 2024 | News
Inspired by the #RiseUpCleanUp community group in Margate, Cllr. Tricia Austin from Ramsgate Town Council and myself from the Ramsgate Society successfully secured funding from Sea-Changers, a charity focused on reducing coastal plastic pollution. The funding...
by Terry Prue | Aug 21, 2024 | News
Heritage Harbours (including Heritage Inland Ports) is a joint initiative between local groups and Maritime Heritage Trust, National Historic Ships and Historic England to help safeguard and conserve our most historic locations with the buildings, quays, shipyards,...
by Terry Prue | Aug 21, 2024 | News
For those who were unable to come to the AGM that followed the talk on progress with the Clock House and Maritime Museum, we have posted the chairman’s review of the Society’s activities over the last year. You will be able to read and print out this report in...
by Terry Prue | Aug 21, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear xxxx, Welcome to the August Ramsgate Society Newsletter. It’s high summer season for the Town and we are limiting our own Ramsgate Society public activities but there is much else to enjoy. The Ramsgate Festival of Sound kicks off from August 22nd and you can...
by Terry Prue | Aug 21, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear XXXX, Welcome to the July Ramsgate Society Newsletter. With holidays for many on the way we hope you can find the time to read the Tall Ships Festival Feasibility Study (free to download) and to think of people to enter into your nominations for the Community...
by Terry Prue | Aug 1, 2024 | History, News
There are three talks coming up in September. All are FREE but the two from the Ramsgate Society require pre-booking. Click on ‘Events’ on the index page of this website for more details of content and speakers plus links for the two that require...
by Terry Prue | Jul 22, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
As reported in our June Newsletter, the legally binding Paris Agreement of 2015 requires the 196 signatories to pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.” Last year average world temperatures reached 1.6°C above...
by Terry Prue | Jul 22, 2024 | Featured, News
Those members who attended the presentation by Tall Ships Global at the San Clu on 20th June will recall how well the idea of a Ramsgate Tall Ships Festival was received and supported. The presentation was the result of a Feasibility Study commissioned by The Ramsgate...
by Terry Prue | Jun 21, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
In December 2015 196 parties at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris adopted the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change. Its overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above...
by Terry Prue | Jun 21, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear XXXX, Welcome to the June Ramsgate Society Newsletter. As always, a lot to share with you and we hope we will see many of you on July 25th when there will be an update on the Clock House / Maritime Museum followed by (optional attendance for members only...
by Terry Prue | Jun 19, 2024 | Featured, News
Thanks to a grant of £1400 from Ramsgate Town Council we have been able to purchase the paint necessary to complete the repainting of the four large shelters on the Royal Esplanade. The poster below gives the details of the volunteer days between June and September by...
by Terry Prue | Jun 19, 2024 | Featured, News
In our May Newsletter we reported on the Court of Appeal hearing, held on 24th April, into the appeal by Jenny Dawes to quash the DCO (Development Consent Order) granted by the Secretary of State for Transport. The appeal centred on points of law relating to the...
by Terry Prue | Jun 2, 2024 | Featured
Many of our Members will be aware of the alarming increase in graffiti in Ramsgate over the last year or so. Not just in Ramsgate – huge parts of Thanet now seem to be subject to this form of anti-social behaviour and most people feel powerless to do anything about...
by Terry Prue | Jun 2, 2024 | News
The public consultation on this development is now closed and we await the National Grid’s response. The next stage will be a DCO assessment, at which interested parties (that’s anyone who wishes to provide input to the assessment) will be able to state their case....
by Terry Prue | Jun 2, 2024 | News
The Ramsgate Society welcomes Southern Water’s recent announcement of investment 2020-2025 of £427 million in Kent to “improve our performance”. That is less than £100 million per year and this has to be balanced against their appalling under-performance and...
