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...
by Terry Prue | May 30, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear XXX, Welcome to the May Ramsgate Society Newsletter. Rather a lot to cover this month, from an Important Manston update, to two talks in June, a good-news story within Climate matters and an invitation to support one man’s campaign for stronger action to combat...
by Terry Prue | May 23, 2024 | News
Some good news among all the climate gloom as the Ramsgate Society, in partnership with Ramsgate Town Council, has been successful in a grant application to the Marine Conservation Charity Sea-Changers to fund a water station to be installed at the entrance to...
by Terry Prue | May 1, 2024 | News
On 24th March the Ramsgate Society undertook another “Chine to Chine” litter pick as part of the Great Ramsgate Spring Clean 2024. This week-long event took place between 22nd and 30th March and formed part of the national campaign by Keep Britain Tidy....
by Terry Prue | May 1, 2024 | News
One of the many ironies of the global climate crisis is that the nations and people most impacted are the nations and people least responsible for climate change. Since 1850, annual worldwide CO2 emissions have gone from 2.84 billion tonnes (bt) to 41.46 bt in 2022....
by Terry Prue | May 1, 2024 | Featured, News
Did you know that you can claim Gift Aid on your annual subscription to the Ramsgate Society? Being a registered charity, The Ramsgate Society can reclaim from HMRC an extra 25p for every £1 you donate. That’s as long as you are a UK tax payer and make the...
by Terry Prue | May 1, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear XXXX, Welcome to the April Ramsgate Society Newsletter. We really welcome your support for our activities and, if you have not already done so, please give us permission to reclaim tax on your membership fees. It does not matter when you last paid because we can...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
The connection between climate change and atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) was first noted in the 1800s and the French mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier likened the earth’s atmosphere to a greenhouse, keeping some of the heat from the sun from escaping to...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | News
What are odds of throwing a jigsaw puzzle into the air and it landing, by chance, fully assembled? ‘They’ say, while it’s not impossible, it is very, very, very, very unlikely. No surprise there, but it’s a fun way of looking at what not to do in the Clock House as it...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Featured, News
A personal note from our Society Chairman, John Walker and a request for help: I had reason the other day to check the year the Ramsgate Society was formed- which was 1964 – and suddenly realised that this current year 2024 would be our 60th Birthday or Diamond...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Newsletter, Uncategorized
Dear XXX, Apologies for having to postpone our March talk but hot on its heels we can announce a rather special event for April. Our speaker, Jim Davies, is an ex-miner who will mix a multi-media presentation with his own first-hand experience. Not to be missed!...
by Terry Prue | Mar 13, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
This month’s column is a practical look at how following our ancestors’ advice can reduce the energy we use to heat buildings, in both home and business settings. Heating buildings accounts for nearly a quarter of UK CO2 emissions, largely from heating private homes...
by Terry Prue | Feb 19, 2024 | News
The Ramsgate Society strongly welcomes the decision on 7th February by the Right Honourable Lord Justice Warby, sitting in the Court of Appeal Civil Division, to grant leave to Appeal against the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to allow the Manston...
by Terry Prue | Feb 19, 2024 | Featured, News
The first part of 2024 has been a period of rethinking after missing out with the Heritage Lottery Fund and therefore looking forwards around how best to reshape the Clock House project. As the great Douglas Adams said, it’s important not to panic! The result? Good...
