by Terry Prue | Jan 31, 2023 | News
We continue to report on plans to renovate the Clock House and re-purpose Pier Yard and there are positive signs of movement forward for 2023. Thanet District Council, who are the Accountable Body for the Ramsgate Levelling UP Fund (LUF) have now appointed Aecom as...
by Terry Prue | Jan 23, 2023 | News
The Ramsgate Society have recently formed a working group led by Phil Shotton, to advise on matters relating to the environment, climate change, biodiversity and energy usage. We have also recently started working more closely with Ramsgate Town Council on matters of...
by Terry Prue | Jan 23, 2023 | Featured, News
The Ramsgate Design Awards aim to recognise and celebrate buildings, public spaces, shops, and places that are valued by the local community and show the very best in design and construction whether in new buildings both residential and commercial, public spaces, or...
by Terry Prue | Dec 16, 2022 | News
There are only three month’s left of this subscription year so to encourage new members to join we are offering 15 months of membership for the standard annual cost of £15 a person or £20 for a couple at the same address. As well as supporting activities like our...
by Terry Prue | Dec 16, 2022 | Newsletter
Dear <<First Name>>, This will be our last newsletter of the year and we wish you all a very happy Christmas from the Executive Committee and Trustees of the Ramsgate Society. It was also lovely to see many of you at our Advent Door celebration outside the...
by Terry Prue | Dec 16, 2022 | Newsletter
Dear <<First Name>>, Welcome to the November Ramsgate Society Newsletter which this month includes an unusually large number of activities and updates with an environmental emphasis. The main exception is our Advent Doors celebration on December 8th and,...
by Terry Prue | Nov 23, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
On November 12th at The Falstaff Hotel we presented this year’s Ramsgate Society’s Civic Champion Awards to: The Ramsgate Town Technician Team in the community category The Discovery Planet CIC in the education category In attendance at the event were...
by Terry Prue | Nov 12, 2022 | News
A year ago, in November 2021 we resumed our talks programme after the Covid restrictions with a presentation led by Joanna Thomson of the Goodwin Sands Preservation Trust. This talk included the threat from marine aggregate extraction and we are sure those of you who...
by Terry Prue | Nov 12, 2022 | News
Despite the overwhelming evidence, in August the Development Consent Order (DCO) was granted, by the Secretary of State for Transport, for a second time. Jenny Dawes decided yet again to contest this decision. Lawyers prepared a Statement of Facts and Grounds and an...
by Terry Prue | Oct 17, 2022 | News
One of our priorities post-Covid is to get the seafront shelters back into good condition. They suffered badly from vandalism over the period of the pandemic and their exposed seafront location has caused a great deal of rust to the metal frames. We decided to get a...
by Terry Prue | Oct 17, 2022 | Newsletter
Dear <<First Name>>, Welcome to our October newsletter and we start with three new activities planned for November – two from the Ramsgate Society and another, though not ours, that might interest many of you. Upcoming Society Events 1 FREE walking tour...
by Terry Prue | Oct 17, 2022 | Newsletter
View this email in your browser Dear <<First Name>>, An extended issue this month to cover increased activity with our talks and the need to update you on Levelling Up and the Clock House, an upcoming new wave of shelter refurbishment, the latest on the...
by Terry Prue | Sep 29, 2022 | News
Like many we have been mystified by the process to sell the Granville Theatre and the lack of clarity and unexplained early dismissal of the bid from the Kent Film Foundation. Hopefully there may be some changes towards greater transparency in any future community...
by Terry Prue | Sep 25, 2022 | News
A Development Consent Order (DCO) for an air freight hub on the Manston airport site has been redetermined. Approval was granted on August 18 and issued by Transport Minister, Karl McCartney MP on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport (SoS), -Grant Shapps at...
by Terry Prue | Sep 25, 2022 | News, Projects
Back in 2011/12 the Ramsgate Society restored the 14 Listed seafront shelters with a grant of £450,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. At that time the Society was granted a 12-year lease on the shelters by Thanet District Council, who own the asset, with an...
