Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Deal Festival @ The Captain's Garden
The Deal Festival is coming to the Captain's Garden on Sunday 13th July 10am to 2pm
Free Festival Day at the Captain’s Garden!
Date: Sunday, 13 July
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: The Captain’s Garden (opposite Deal Castle)
FREE
Event Highlights:
10–11 AM – Art workshop for children aged 4-11, led by SEAS artists (an adult must accompany children) - no booking required
11 AM–1 PM – Live music from local favourites including the Scratch Band, Landmark Choir, and the DMA Saxophone Saturday group performing Blasio Kavuma’s new piece.
1–2 PM – Poetry open mic session hosted by Deal’s own Phil Welton, under the garden’s iconic tree.Bring your deck chairs and picnic rugs and spend a magical day soaking up the summer vibes. Stay as long as you like - there’s no better way to unwind!
Walmer Beach Clean 15th June 2025
Our next beach clean is during Deal Regatta week meet at Deal Castle prom at 4pm Sunday 27th July
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Potato Glean in Broadstairs 5th June 2025
glean..Lovely spuds which had sprouted so a bit more work for us today...we are all honorary members of the amalgamented society of potato polishers now 
About 1.8tons collected today by the teams at Deal & Hythe .. going to local food charities and FareShare Kent
Many thanks to all at Elmwood Farm for their support.
So far this year our volunteer gleaners have done 21 gleans with over 11tons collected & distributed to local food charities
Happy #VolunteerWeek #Gleaning
Deal Foodbank Age UK South Kent Coast United Families UK Dover Food Pantry Bechange Community Hub Deal Pantry Age Concern Sandwich SE Kitchen - Ramsgate Leaps & Bounds Sunrise Cafe, Dover
Foodrise Deal Town Council
Monday, June 2, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
#GreatBritishSpring Clean - Walmer Beach Clean 23rd March 2025
In just over an hour the volunteers collected about 15kgs of rubbish – mostly small pieces of plastic
The group organises monthly cleans of the beach on three mile stretch of the Kent coast at Deal & Walmer (with different start points).
The next one will be on Sunday 20th April 10am meeting at Sandown Castle Community Garden - equipment supplied
Monday, March 3, 2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Friday, January 3, 2025
Deal Hop Farm - Season 9th Launch Meeting - Weds 5th Feb 2025 Lighthouse 6:30pm
Thinking of Joining The Deal Hop Farm in 2025 ?
We have our 9th Season Launch Meeting at the Lighthouse on Weds 5th Feb from 6:30pm ..
if you want more details please email dealhopfarm@gmail.com
In 2017 we launched a patchwork farm made up of peoples’ gardens, allotments, and community gardens & spaces.
In 2024 we had over 260 sites with some 400 people involved. Last year we produced 174 Kilos of hops and six beers with local brewers Chislet, Time &Tide and Shivering Sands
The idea is to work together to grow, harvest, learn, have fun with Hops and produce some quality local beer which is available in local pubs & outlets.
Come to the meeting to find out more or check out the details at Facebook or our website - @Deal Hop Farm/DealHopFarm.org.uk
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
1st January 2025 Beach Clean - Happy New Year
Well 1st beach clean of 2025 was a blast today... despite the conditions we had some 24 volunteers today and collected over 50kilos of rubbish off the beach.
We also found some Keys 
.. 
(please DM if they are yours)
.. (please DM if they are yours)We are back at Pier for our next beach clean on
Sunday 9th Feb at 10am
Happy New Year
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Walmer Beach Clean 15th Dec 2024
Thank you to our 20 volunteers on today's Walmer Beach Clean...
10 bags of rubbish collected today.
Our next community beach clean will be on
Weds 1st January 2025 at 10am meet at Deal Pier.
Also Later that week is the local launch of
'Save Our Seas Deal & Walmer'
Friday 3rd January 2025 5pm Walmer Parish Hall
If you care about the quality of the water on our shore please get involved
Thursday, December 12, 2024
SOS Deal & Walmer - Launch Meeting 3rd Jan 2025 5:30pm
To Launch SOS Deal & Walmer
a Public meeting booked at
Walmer Parish Hall at 5.30pm on Fri 3rd Jan
and we expecting the national campaign group Surfers against Sewage, and SOS Whitstable
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Walmer Beach Clean 8th Dec - POSTPONED to Sunday 15th Dec
We have decided to Postpone Tomorrow's Beach Clean in Walmer to the Following Sunday 15th Dec at 10am
Forecast is Heavy Rain and 50-60mph Gusts tomorrow so not the best weather for beach cleaning, xmas hats and mince pies :)
See you on the 15th at the Sea Cafe
Friday, November 22, 2024
Deal Film Shows 'Six Inches of Soil'
Thank you to everyone who supported of film shows of ‘Six
Inches of Soil’ and our apologies to anyone who we could not fit in. We had 79
people see the film and at the first showing we were lucky to have 5 local
farmers present
Many thanks to Jack Scott for speaking at both events and to
the Kent Museum of the Moving Image for hosting us. We are especially grateful
to their volunteers for looking after us so well.
We took some £268 in donations which as well as covering our
costs of £118.64 (for the film licenses & printing) allowed us to donate
£150 to the Kent MoMI
Audience members can give feedback on the film : https://forms.gle/brn1NKj3gvwzBLY67
You can now stream the film (£)in the UK on Amazon Prime or Vimeo .
The film producers have a ‘Dig
Deeper’ section on our website to discover more and the Six
Inches of Soil BOOK! “Six Inches of Soil: How to Heal Our Soils,
Ourselves, and Our Communities Through Regenerative Farming”.
#SixInchesOfSoil
Monday, November 11, 2024
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Sandown Castle Beach Clean 10th Nov 2024
Thank you to our 22 volunteers at today's Sandown Castle Beach Clean - we collected about 18kgs of rubbish off the beach. A lot of dog bags and fishing line found.
We were joined by a squad of 4-6 seals today which was nice.
Our next Beach Clean will be at Walmer on Sunday 8th December 10am meeting at the Sea Cafe .. xmas themed one with mince pies :)
Friday, October 18, 2024
Six Inches of Soil - Deal Film Shows Nov 2024
‘Six Inches of Soil’ Film Show 6:30pm
Two showings: Thursday 14th and 21st November
Kent Museum of the Moving Image, Stanhope Road
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
Free Film Show but donations welcomed.
Kent MoMI will have refreshments available from 6:30pm £.
Film will start promptly at 7pm and no entrance after film start.
Guest Speaker: Jack Scott – Local Regenerative Farmer & Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2023.
Part of a set of events marking #COP29 – Organised by Deal With IT and EKCA
NB: Advanced Tickets ONLY – Book for either date using the following link
Apple Gleaning at Worth 17th October 2024
Thank you to our 16 volunteers at today's apple glean in Worth - we collected and distributed some 1.3tons to FareShare Kent and local food charities and schools:
- Bechange Community Hub/ Aylesham Pantry
- Deal Foodbank
- Dover Pantry
- Age Concern Sandwich
- Age UK Deal
- Golf Rd Community Centre Cafe
- Landmark Community Centre Cafe
- United Families UK
- Leaps & Bounds
- Pilgrims Hospice QEQM
- SE Kitchen
- Emanus Dover
- Meals Made with Love Thanet
- Bright Sparks Nursery
- Sandown Primary
- Hornbeam Primary
- Beacon Primary
- Kingsdown Primary
- Eyestone Primary
- Warden Primary
If your charity or school would like to get produce please email gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk
This was our 40th glean of the year and so far we have collected and distributed 17 tons of produce
Thanks again to Rory &Verity at Felderland Farm PYO for hosting us again
#gleaning
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