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
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
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
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 :)
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:
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
Thank you to our 20 volunteers on today's #GreatBritishBeachClean - We were logging what we found in quite a detailed way as part of the Marine Conservation Society citizen science survey of rubbish on the UK's beaches
Our next Beach Clean will be at Walmer Castle on Sunday 13th October starting at 10am
poo bags and fag ends around the prom shelters.
Thank you Andoni for coming down to film us today!
In July we have 2 cleans: on Weds 10th at 10am at Deal Pier (this is part of the Deal Festival musical project on 'Plastic' with composition, music making, discussion and hot drink 
at the Astor £5 ... but the beach clean is free. Please book at Festival website).
Then Sunday 21st July at 4pm we have our beach to support the Deal Carnival. Meet on the prom in front of Deal Castle.
Part of #TheGreatBIGGreenWeek
Thank you to our 21 volunteers on today's drizzly smirr Sandown Beach Clean...9 bags of rubbish collected on our first event of this year's #GreatBritishSpringClean
...there are events every day please see details at @PickDealClean
Our next beach clean is on Sunday 21st April at Deal Pier 9.30am
We also supporting the Kent Wildlife clean on Saturday 30th March at Sandwich Bay (no tolls for beach cleaners) (please book online at https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2024-03-30-sandwich-bay-beach-clean )
We just worked out the 20.5tons of produce we collected in 2023 over 60 gleans equates to some 48.9k meals! thats a lot
If you are interested in joining us in the field or are a food charity which could use some fresh local produce please get in touch gleaning@dealwithit.org.uk
Thank you to our 50+ volunteers on today's New Years Day Deal Beach Clean - over 60 kilos of rubbish picked up plus we had our colleagues from East Kent Climate Action with their 'Waves' installation on Plastic in the sea.
Our next Beach Clean is on Sunday 4th February 10am Walmer Green (meet near Sea Cafe)
Happy New Year all
Thanks to Chris Mansfield for the photos
