Deal With It
Status:
Muller
Approximate number of members:
30
Initiative type:
Local Initiative
Community type:
Town
Geographic region :
South East
Geographic region :
England
Geographic region :
United Kingdom Last updated: Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Address
Dealability
43 Victoria Road (4th Tuesday each Month)
Deal CT14 7AY
United Kingdom
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About
'Deal With It' is a community group active in trying to minimise impact on the environment and tackle climate change in the Dover and Deal area, in Kent UK.
This group of enthusiastic and committed local people share common values and aims with the Transition Initiatives movement, which was created to address the challenges of climate change and peak oil.
Recent activity
- Plastic Bag campiagn 2008
- Start of Beach Cleans with MCS 2008
- The very popular ‘Celebrate Your Deal’ event headlining local produce & green issues Oct 2009
- The packed meetings with Caroline Lucas, MEP and Michael Meacher MP 2009
- Film showings of the ‘Age of Stupid’ at the Pines Calyx 2009
- The groups involvement the district council’s Local Development Strategy 2009
- Working with the Energy Saving Trust to get local home energy audits.2009
- Green Energy Forum March 2010
- Climate change and Kent's wildlife April 2010
- The Great Big Deal Chicken Count August 2010
- Bee's meeting July 2010
- Transition Workshop @ Rippledown Sept 2010
- Delicious Deal - Food Group launch Oct 2010
- Zero Carbon Concert Nov2010
Our priorities for the Group in 2011:·
- To work towards Deal gaining ‘transition town’ status
- To support and extend the campaigns on transport and especially local train provision
- Establishing more local links with villages and other local organisations
- Re-run the ‘Celebrate Your Deal’ in October
- Launch Deal Garden Share Scheme in Feb
- Rerun our Urban Chicken Open Run
- Get our Local Green Energy community provision off the ground (working with low carbon village St Margarets)
Sucesses (so far) in 2011:
- Deal Garden Share launched
- Great meetings on Waste, Green Energy for the home
- Mega but cold Beach clean in Feb
- Great response for the 'Big Fish Fight' locally - We are the first Transition Town Group world-wide to be endorsed by a local fish & chip shop!
We meet on the 4th Tuesday of every month at Dealability, 43 Victoria Rd Deal, Kent CT14 7AY.
Please come along and join us.
We welcome both active and supportive members.
We have about 150 on our mailing list and meetings vary between 10-50 people.
Contacts
Initiative email:
DealWithittoday@yahoo.co.uk
Primary point of contact:
Rosemary Rechter
Media point of contact:
Stephen Wakeford Web point of contact:
Volunteer point of contact:
Victoria Nicholls
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Education
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Energy
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Health
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Housing
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Inner Transition
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Local Government
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