Community Champion Award Winners 2024

Community Champion Award Winners 2024

For many years, the Ramsgate Society Community Champions Award has been given to local people who, in the opinion of the Society’s Executive Committee, have made an exceptional contribution to the quality of life in the town. For 2024, we worked on the award in a...
Our Submission to the Latest Minster Marshes Consultation

Our Submission to the Latest Minster Marshes Consultation

On behalf of the Ramsgate Society, Phil Shotton made a submission to the National Grid before the January 12th deadline regarding the latest changes to the Sea Link proposal. You can read his email in full by following the link below. He expresses gratitude for the...
Our Work Continues on the Ramsgate Sea Front Shelters

Our Work Continues on the Ramsgate Sea Front Shelters

Many members will already know that 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,...
Climate Matters: The Clock is Ticking

Climate Matters: The Clock is Ticking

In September’s Climate Matters I presented the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015 as an ambitious plan to transform the world by 2030. The 17 goals were broken down into 169 targets. Approaching the two-thirds point of this 15-year plan,...
Civic Voice Annual General Meeting 2024

Civic Voice Annual General Meeting 2024

On 7th December this year, on behalf of The Ramsgate Society, I attended a Civic Voice meeting in London when representatives of over 50 Civic Societies in England came together for their Annual General Meeting. Unfortunately, it was the weekend of the severe travel...