Deal With It - Whats on in December

EVENTS 2019

Saturday 30th Nov – Xmas Eco Fair at the Landmark Centre 10am to 1pm
Lots of stalls of plastic free produce & ideas for xmas. Organised by East Kent Climate Action

Saturday 30th Nov – Mass Tree Planting in North Deal Rec from 10am
Please bring tools – there is about 80 trees to plant. Organised by North Deal Recreation Park Group

Tuesday 3rd December – Captains Garden Garden Group 10am to Noon (Depends on weather)

Weds 4th December – Landmark Garden 10:30 to 12:30 – Garden Tidy up

Thursday 5th December – Captains Garden Garden Group 10am to Noon (Depends on weather)

Thursday 5th December – Deal Station Garden 2pm to 4pm
Litter pick/tidy up of station area and continuing to work in new triangle area. Please bring tools

Tuesday 10th December – Captains Garden Garden Group 10am to Noon (Depends on weather)

Thursday 12th December – Captains Garden Garden Group 10am to Noon (Depends on weather)

Sunday 15th Dec – Walmer Beach Clean 10am (Hut55 + Mince Pies & Teas)
Please bring a mug for a free drink from Hut55 (tea or filtered coffee) we will also have a mix of vegan, veggie, Gluten free mince pies

Tuesday 17th December – Captains Garden Garden Group 10am to Noon (Depends on weather)

Thursday 19th December – Captains Garden Garden Group 10am to Noon (Depends on weather)

Saturday 21st Dec – Winter Solstice Celebration @Landmark Garden 5:30pm to 7pm
Mulled drinks, food, music, storytelling and company to gather and celebrate another year of great green community activities.

Please bring a jar and tea light so we can cover the garden & chase away the darkness.

Also we are asking people to please to bring a mug and if you are making/donating eats please label what’s in them 😊

If you got some spares you can donate please leave them in the garden by the planter

Weather dependent … if bad we will have a drink and music in the Landmark Bar

Weds 1st Jan 2020 – New Year Deal Beach Clean 10am Deal Pier

Mon 13th Jan 2020 – Dover Repair Café 6pm Biggin Hall (org by Transition Dover)

Tues 28th Jan 2020 – East Kent Permaculture Network meet & eat 6pm Canterbury

Thurs 6th Feb – Deal Hop Farm Season IV launch meeting Lighthouse 6:30pm

Sat 15th Feb 2020 – Guardians of Deep Conference at Pines Calyx

Deal With It July 2019 Diary

DWI July 2019


Saturday 6th July – Open Day at the Captain’s Garden @ Deal Castle
Supporting National Meadows Day – open 11am to 3pm

Sunday 7th July – Deal Beach Clean 9:30am meeting at Sandown Castle Community Garden

Monday 8th July – DEMAIN (Tomorrow) At Deal Film Club Astor Theatre £8??
Adrian Sullivan from Deal With It and East Kent Climate Action Introducing Film 7pm

Tuesday 9th July – Captain’s Garden Volunteer Session 10am to Noon

Thursday 11th July – Captain’s Garden Volunteer Session 10am to Noon

Thursday 11th July – Deal Station Clean Up Crew 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Monday 15th July – Dover Repair Café, Biggin Hall Dover

Tuesday 16th July – Captain’s Garden Volunteer Session 10am to Noon

Thursday 18th July – Captain’s Garden Volunteer Session 10am to Noon

Thursday 18th July – Deal Station Clean Up Crew 4:30pm to 5:30pm (then every two weeks)

Thursday 18th July – Deal Hop Farm Monthly meetup
Smugglers Café Sandwich 6:30pm

Tuesday 23rd July – Captain’s Garden Volunteer Session 10am to Noon (then every week)

Thursday 25th July – Captain’s Garden Volunteer Session 10am to Noon (then every week)

Sunday 28th July – Sandwich Bay Beach Clean Cuddle Earth/DWI 10am
No Charge for access for beach cleaners.

Wednesday – 7th August – Plastic Free Deal meet up – Landmark Bar 6:30pm

Monday 12th August - Dover Repair Café, Biggin Hall Dover

Saturday 24th August – BEEFEST + Seedy Saturday at the Landmark Garden 10:30am to 12:30

Dover Beekeepers + Bee products + Plant Swap 

Sunday 25th August – Walmer Beach Clean 9:30am meet at Sea Café

Thursday 29th August – Deal Hop Farm – Harvest Briefing Meeting at Landmark 7pm

Sunday 22nd September – Great British Beach Clean meet at Deal Pier 9:30am
National Marine Conservation Society recording clean

Sunday 22nd September – Open day at the Captain’s Garden 12-4pm
National Heritage Day in Deal

Deal With It - HooHaa Saturday 28th Jan

Thank you to everyone who came to our annual gathering - the HooHaa - on Saturday. Great to see everyone. 

Deal With It - Transition Deal is in pretty good shape - we had a good year raising funds for our activities thanks to Deal Folk by the Sea, School and Adrian & Sue Sullivan's Open Garden last June. We are very grateful to them for their support.

It has allowed us to buy flags and pickers for our beach cleans, flag for DWI and fund things like the Transition Supper and launching the Deal Hop Farm.

We have had busy year with holding 8 beach cleans, involving some 176 volunteers with over 300 volunteer hours and some 420kgs collected. We held three Seedy Saturday's and a Winter Solstice celebration.

Meetings on Climate Change conference at the end of 2015, worked with Kent Wildlife Trust on their Guardians of Deep project, we supported DDC's Youth volunteer week and Coastal Towns Group. We had stalls at the Smugglers Festival on Walmer Green.

We had a Transition Supper with inspirational speaker Naresh Giangrande from Totnes Transition. This inspired us to look at a community hop growing/brewing project and a repairs cafe for 2017.

Locally our colleagues in Dover Transition have been a welcome addition to the district and we are developing good contact with new Transition Hub in London & SE.

2017 has already started well with a film show of the french film Demain, Beach clean and launch of the Deal Hop Farm...

Deal With It HooHaa 28th January 2017

Deal With It - Transition Deal has its Annual Gathering (Our 'HooHaa' - like a AGM but with considerably more cake) on Saturday 28th January at 1:30pm meeting in room near the cafe at the Landmark Community Centre (129 High Street Deal)

We will have an photo exhibition of what we did in 2016 from 25th January to 2nd February, The HooHaa will take a quick formal business and elect our three officers (Coordinator, Secretary, Treasurer) but most of the meeting will be what we want to do in 2017.

Anyone can attend and suggest ideas. If you are interested in getting more involved or have a specific project you want to get off the ground please get in contact at info@dealwithit.org.uk .

DWI Organising Group 23/1 despatch

Thanks to everyone who came to our Organising Group meeting today at the Landmark Cafe.

Lots to do in 2016. We are postponing the AGM on 30/1 to probably the 20th Feb as we are trying to get a speaker on the Goodwins.

Next OG meeting which is open to all is on 13/2 10am.

Deal Station Garden Group meeting on 31/1 3pm at sonja's.

First Seedy Sat will be on the 12/3 and we have beach clean's on 21/2 Deal and 13/3 at Walmer. 

Lots of work supporting Deal's entry into SE in Bloom ... ideas on wildlife day at the Garden

Trying organise a joint meeting with UNA on COP21 outcomes. Plans for permaculture garden at chequers... expansion at the Landmark Garden

Working with Kent Wildlife Trust for research/feedback on MCZ poss on 6/2 ... Love to Sue Delling who is on the mend ....

Mailing and details out on website/FB over the next week or so 

Phew ...

Deal With It - Transition Deal Monthly Huddle 23rd May

We had our monthly Deal With It Organising Huddle at the Landmark Cafe this morning:

Food Projects
- Next Seedy Sat (30th May) arrangements
- Progress on Landmark Garden Changes (should complete on Monday + time for willow raised bed) +£170 of new native planting
- Next Seedy will be on 4th July with Applefest 17th Oct and 'DealWali' 19th Dec
- Deal Station Garden running ok and coldframe up and working


Beach Cleans
- Still looking for finance to replace pickers stock
- Next one Walmer on Sunday 7th June
- Sandown 5th July
- Deal MCS one 20th Sept

Green Gym
- Jane getting details on Ash
- Chris T has prices on Rugby Club
- Sue has details on possible North Deal one

Energy Projects
- Reportback on Folkestone Community Energy meeting
- Workshops in Ashford Monday 8th June Sarah, Rosie, Steve attending
- Idea of developing a community energy audit pilot at Landmark
- More work on energy champions
- Stephanie looking at Green Doors event
- Possible project at Betteshanger

Anti-Fracking update from EKAF - Village groups looking at community energy

Finance
- Deal Folk By the Sea has raised over £300 for gardens. Big Thanks to them

AOB
- No takers yet for transition conference in sept
- Looking at ideas to support the formation of Dover Transition Group
- Ideas for COP Paris event in Deal in Dec
- Ideas for a 'Celebrate Your Deal' to showcase the range of community activity in Deal
- Meeting with Kent Wildlife Trust on new MCZs and their plans for Coastal Wardens

Next Huddle 27th June 9:30am Landmark cafe - all welcome

Deal With It Organising Group Monthy Huddle April

Deal With It's Organising Group had their monthly huddle at the Landmark Cafe on Saturday Morning...

Stuff we discussed:

• Deal Station Garden: lots of work on planters and staging area. The Big Dig meadow making very successful if hard work over 20 people involved. meeting with National Rail on fenced off area and possible water on ramsgate side. Donated cold frame now operational.Sarah arranged watering rota

• Landmark Garden: Core group Imogen, Tracy, Sue, Adrian, Sonja and Steve - £170 of interesting plants planted and looking at removing central bed to extend the 'people' space.  Town Council has flagged up we are stop one on the judges tour of SE in Bloom and they will also be going to Deal Station and to our colleagues at Sandown castle community garden

• Deal Seedy Saturday - Next one on Saturday 30th May. Tracy organising a gathering to look at themes etc plus plan for July, October applefest and December Solstice fair

• Beach Clean. March ones very sucessful with good tie up with colleagues in Kingsdown.
• May : MCS National Mid-week one organised with M&S Tuesday 12th May 10am Deal Beach
• June: Pop-up one for Walmer Beach meet at Sea Cafe Sunday June 7th 10am
• July: Special 'Sandown Castle' Big Clean - Beach & Prom areas Sunday July 5th 10am - To support the Sandown Castle Community Gardeners who are on SE in Bloom judging circuit on 10th July
• Green Energy
• 15th May - Folkestone Transition and Community Energy South (CES)have a meeting on community energy in Folkestone
• Lots of good work on Energy Champions locally saving over £700 off people's bills
• Regional switching option coming up based on CESMeeting in Ashford 8th June

• Green Gym
• Mini-golf area been taken down
• Contact artist group and Tides 

• Transition Towns Conference 18-20th Sept - see who is interested and work £ support
• Finance
• PLI in place but expensive
• Launching appeal for litter pickers (we need to replace about 20-30 @ £15)
• Income around the garden projects is ok but need more fundraising for core DWI needed. Want to avoid public funds except for specific projects with community outcomes.
• AOB
• Next Huddle on 23rd May Landmark 9:30am
• Need to discuss with DTC their representation after the elections
• Ideas for pop-up library at Deal Station (Steve)
• Ideas for Infogram on DWI (Stephanie)
• Meeting with Kent Wildlife Trust in May to discuss joint activity on MCZ

Deal With It HooHa 31st January 2015

Deal With It had its Annual General HooHa (like a AGM but with considerable more cake) at the Landmark Cafe on Saturday 31st January 2015.

In all we had about a record 35 attending the event which is a bit of a record.

There was great vibe - we managed to generate a lot of energy, ideas and raw enthusiasm for the coming year.

We used an exhibition of photos of some of the things we had done in 2014 which were a great talking point for people involved on those events but also a great way to explain what a transition group does to the public or people just wanting to find out a little more.

The formal business was done at a canter - Steve Wakeford, Vicky Nicholls and Jane Stubbington were thanked for their work in 2014 and re-appointed as Coordinator, Secretary and Treasurer respectively.

We had a number of new volunteers who wanted to get involved in the Organising Group and we will publish more on that after the first meeting on the 21st Feb.

The 'Postcard to Deal' worked well when we were engaging with people - so we will continue to use on our events. Thanks to Landmark, Golf Road Centres and Sea Cafe and Platform 1 cafe for hosting.

Vicky is collating all the ideas from the postcards for discussion at next organising group meeting.

All the photos from the day can be found here

DWI Spring Events roundup

20th March Thursday - Free Films at the Pines Calyx. 7:30pm Occupy Love. We do have a couple of cars going so please let us know if you want a lift. info@dealwithit.org.uk

21st March Friday - Deal Station Garden. Our new planters arrive at 9:30am so if you have some time please contact Alan on 01304-389553

Every Saturday - Landmark Community Garden from about 10:30-1pm. New volunteers always welcome. Please contact Steve 01304 372673 or Imogen Landmark@dealwithit.org.uk if you want to help.

22nd March & 29th March Saturday 10am-12pm. The Big Dig.
We are trying to transform the waste ground on the Ramsgate side of Deal Rail Station into a mini-meadow.

We need to clear the ground of annual weeds and need some volunteers for both sessions. We will need lots of willing hands to do this - so please do see if you can spare some time.

We will have some tools but please bring your-own (folks, spades, racks) if you have them and gloves. We have already done a small triangle in the Car park and are working on the waste ground in front of Deal telephone exchange.

The idea is to transform these eyesores into a bee & wildlife friendly areas, make them attractive but also as we are using a poppy mix to remember the 10m dead of WW1. Please contact Steve if you can help info@dealwithit.org.uk

30th March Sunday - East Kent Transition Gathering at Whitstable Steamwalk Community Garden 2pm. First get-to-together of 2014 the transition groups in Whitstable, Faversham, Canterbury, Hythe, Folkestone, Thanet and Deal. We have a couple of cars going so if interested contact info@dealwithit.org.uk

5th April & 12th April Saturday 10-12pm Deal Station Garden group. First Saturday need volunteers to help soil-up the new planters we have. The second is the planting day. Please contact Sarah or Alan station@dealwithit.org.uk 01304-389553.

9th April Wednesday 11am & 7:30pm Films at the Pines Calyx - Project Wild Thing

Beach Cleans - the end of April/May is the Marine Conservation Society's Beach Watch event so a lot are clustered together

26th April  Saturday - Kingsdown Conservation society have one at Kingsdown Beach from 10:30am at the Zetland.

30th April Wednesday - M&S corporate one at Deal Pier 10am.

4th May Sunday - 9am DWI one meet at Deal Pier (we will do the bits that the Weds one does not do). Wendy & Sue Organising

17th May Saturday - Canterbury Eco-Fest (DWI Stall)

24th May Saturday 11am-1pm Deal Seedy Saturday @ the Landmark Community Garden. Seed & plant Swap. Imogen & Tracy organising landmark@dealwithit.org.uk

Notes of DWI Committee Meeting on 23 November 2013

DWI Committee Meeting

23 November 2013

Various energy saving events are being planned – Green Doors trail, a Public Energy Saving event in Autumn 2014, a Draught-busting programme, and the hire of a thermal camera so you can identify where heat is being lost.

We are working on a Deal Spring Clean event to involve as many community organisations as possible.
Following the success of the Breaking Ice showing we hope to arrange future film shows. 
 
A Winter Solstice Fair is being planned at the Landmark Garden on 21 December, weather permitting.

Planning is under way for a seed and produce-swop early next year.

On a more bureaucratic note we are going to move forward to gain formal accreditation as Deal’s Transition Town Group.

Finances are relatively healthy at the moment but our fairly ambitious plans for 2014 will require a more intensive fundraising programme – details to follow.

Next meeting 11^th January 2014.

DWI Organising Group meeting October

These are some of the issues that we discussed at the DWI Committee meeting on Saturday 19 October.

Energy Saving event –generally positive feedback despite some unexpected challenges that arose on the day. Follow-up activity is being considered. Jane to call follow on meeting to look at options.

A wide range of ideas for projects in 2013-14 is being considered and will be prioritised over the next month.

Wendy and Sue organising Beach Cleans

New sites for Community Gardens are being sought. Ideas on Food mapping and Green Space mapping in walmer. Tracy to setup a informal meeting to look at options for a food event.

Benefit for Deal Station Garden 23rd Nov... Adrian

Solstice Fair idea at the Landmark ... Imogen looking at

A fundraising campaign, focusing on Standing Orders, is to be launched in November. Although currently our finances are reasonably strong but we wish to do launch some new projects next year and we do not have a regular funding stream of any kind.

Sharing the marketing and use to media to support the group - Steve to setup meeting

New 2014 Organising  Group:

Charles Franklin
Vicki Nicholls
Tracy Blunt
Sue Delling
Sue Mahoney
Cllr Chris Tough (Deal TC rep)
Cllr Kath Blackburn (Deal TC rep)
Jane Stubbington
Steve Wakeford

DWI AGM 28th Sept - 2pm Dealability

Deal With It - Transition Town Deal - Annual General Meeting

This will take place on Saturday September 28th at 2pm at Dealability , Victoria Road, and apart from the business , there will be refreshments and presentations explaining what is happening with the Station garden and at the Landmark.

Please come along and support us; much good work has been achieved this year, but if it is to continue, we need you!

Several of our present committee are retiring from the committee this year so we really need fresh energy and ideas!

In addition, after five years in the role of co-ordinator, Rosie Rechter is going to stand down.

So please come along , and self propose yourself to serve on the committee on the day, or contact us in advance so that we can propose you.

Landmark Community Garden Open day - Sat 6th from 11am

Nice piece in this week's EKM on our Community Garden at the Landmark... We got some music from Driftwood Deal and John & Elaine Dean, a bit of art from Penny Bearman and Imogen has got some interesting things to taste plus got the Mayor planting something. Starts at 11am...

All welcome ... pop down and say hi

June DWI meeting: Getting Around - Safely+Sustainably

The next Deal With It Meeting will be local transport with a focus safety & sustainablity.

Tuesday 26th June at Dealability, Victoria Street, Deal - drop in between 7.30 - 9pm - all welcome - refreshments provided.

A great opportunity to hear about developments in Sevenoaks and Sandwich that help car users and pedestrians enjoy shared access to the town centres we love, also a chance to check out the new more direct no 12 Deal to Canterbury bus route, get help to sign up to car share web-sites, and check out information from SPOKES – the Kent cycling group.

DWI Meeting 28th Feb - Banish Plastic Bags

Deal With It's Feb meeing will be on Plastic bags and their impact on the environment and wildlife

We have Amber Bytheway from the Deal based 'Banish The Plastic Bag' Campaign (if you have not signed the petition you can find it here ) and Patrick Old Chair of the Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory

The meeting ison Tuesday28th Feb at 7:30pm at Dealability, 43 Victoria Rd Deal.


All welcome

DWI meeting 24th Jan

DWI Meeting Jan 24th - Start of Green New Year

Starting a green new year !

An evening of Feedback, Feedforward and Discussion with Deal With It

Tuesday 24th January 7.30p.m. – 9ish

Dealability, 43 Victoria Road, Deal CT14 7AY.

We will have feedback from Alan Gleave about a climate protection conference in Detmold, Germany (Demold is in the same European Twinning group as St Omer & Deal);

an open discussion on the opportunities of the Deal With It partnership with Deal Town Council and a look at how other low carbon communities are building their resilience to cope future challenges.

Refreshments available, all welcome.  

DWI - Bio-Diversity meeting

Really cracking meeting on Tuesday - I certainly learnt a lot from Mel Wrigley from the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership which promotes and protects our lovely Chalk grasslands and habitats. http://www.whitecliffscountryside.org.uk/

Clive Grant from Walmer Parish Council and the Freedown Hawkshill Volunteers spoke about the fantastic work they do trying to keep the Freedown grassland and their 10 year plan.

Thanks to Sarah for organising and chairing.

DWI Permaculture Meeting April 2011

We had a small but perfectly engrossed audience for our monthly Deal With It meeting on Permaculture.

Dave Jones, the Head of Rippledown Environmental Centre at Ringwould, gave a clear and inspiring outline on how permaculture works to transform individuals and communities.

Behind the jargon there is much which people would recognise and with  'recovered' skills and knowledge on how we interact with nature gives a real way to live your life in a sustainable way. It was great fun and there was lively discussion. The Garden Sharers in the audience were very taken with digging-less future!

Rippledown have a open 'fun' day on Sunday the 5th June. Deal With IT will also be promoting the Centre's 2 day and 72hr courses on Permaculture amongst supporters later in the year.

A big thank you to Dave for a informative and energizing talk.

DWI Meeting Report - Green energy for beginners

Deal With It's Energy Group meeting about domestic renewable energy was very well attended by about 35 people and it was standing room only!

We were treated to an excellent presentation by Ian and David from Vaillant, leaders in both renewable energy and energy efficiency.

They told us about ground source heat pumps, solar thermal water heating as well as mechanical ventilation and heat recovery systems and explained about the Renewable Heating Incentives (RHI). Jason, our local 'green' plumber, explained the ethos behind his business and how he had moved into solar thermal technology to expand.

There was lots of time for people to ask questions and for one to one conversations between audeince and speakers while refreshments were served.

The Energy Group of Deal With It plans to offer help and advice to anyone in the Deal area who wants to consider greening their home or business, and believes that one day Deal could generate a large proportion of its own energy as does a similar sized town in Denmark!Contact us at energy@dealwithit.org

An excellent evening!

(thanks to Vicki for the report & Rosie R for the photos)