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Herne Bay, England, CT6
United Kingdom
Community website for all things Herne Bay (Kent, UK). Covers: The Downs, Herne Bay Museum, Herne Bay Historical Records Society, Herne Bay Pier Trust, Herne Bay in Bloom, East Cliff Neighbourhood Panel, No Night Flights, Manston Airport, Save Hillborough, Kitewood, WEA, Local Plan and much, much more...
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Never let it be said that our councillors aren't brimful of good ideas. Here's a snippet from the recent HBAMP - the meeting of Herne Bay's councillors:
Councillor Baker, the Portfolio holder for Communications, gave a brief update regarding the creation of a community website for Herne Bay. Read MoreIt's not. And denier is an insult because of Holocaust deniers. As a geologist I know about ancient climates and where the atmosphere has been going for hundreds and thousands of years. Yes, there is an impact that man is having on the climate but there’s not much we can do about it, because we're looking at the symptom and not the cause, which is that there are too many people on the planet using up the natural resources. While people are trying to save trees, they aren’t looking at the population issue. Man is affecting the planet on such a scale because of sheer numbers, and that's what needs focusing on.
HB Times interview with Cllr Gilbey, 15th July 2010
If you would like to find out more about the thoughtful elimination of the human race, and Cllr Gilbey isn't available, have a look at The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. They advocate phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed, arguing that "crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense".
Myself, I think that smarter actions, rather than fewer people, would be a better way of being "less dense".
People United is a charity
that uses the arts and creativity
to promote social cohesion and kindness.
In truth, I've been waiting for this (or something like it) for ages.
These people have got the sense and courage to
rear up on their hind legs and say out loud:
"It's nice to be nice."
Officially.
Have a look at their website for more stuff.
People United
Canterbury Innovation Centre
University of Kent
University Road
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7FG
01227 811800
Email: info@peopleunited.org.uk
Behold the Herne Bay Cultural Trail!
The Herne Bay Cultural Trail is a step by step trip through the history of Herne Bay from the bronze-age through to the modern day. See the historical, famous faces and postcard from Herne Bay murals. The statue of Sir Barnes Wallis and thirteen other key attractions. The Cultural Trail is open throughout the year, 7 days a week.
As you can see from the map, the suggested route is rather convoluted, but I'm sure you can choose your own path. You can visit the Cultural Trail website for more details on each of the stopping-off points listed below the map.
1 Historical Mural
2 Museum
3 Ship Inn
4 Barnes Wallis Statue
5 The Kings Hall
6 Attraction coming 2009/10
7 A Postcard from Herne Bay mural
8 Smugglers and Barges
9 The Clock tower
10 Bandstand Central Parade
11 Victorian Fountain
12 The Pier
13 The Famous from HB Mural
14 War Memorial
15 Attraction coming 2009/10
16 Brides in the Bath Murders
17 In Memory of a Young Pilot
18 Herne Bay Railway Station
Incidentally, the News section of the Cultural Trail website contains the following cryptic image...
;)
This is a site that gets your street fixed - FixMyStreet. It's that simple. Enter your postcode, stick a pin in the map, type in your problem and zoom!… off it goes to the council. It’s so simple that getting on for 25,000 problems have been reported through it so far.
FixMyStreet does a whole lot more than this though. It lets you browse the problems currently reported in your area. It lets you set up email or RSS alerts to be told when problems get reported within a radius of your house or workplace, or within your ward or council. It provides posters and flyers that you can use to tell people about the service, and encourage them to get their streets fixed...
This is marvellous: Freedom of Information made easy. WhatDoTheyKnow helps you get information out of government departments and agencies. Just visit, pick a department, type a request, and they handle the rest.
Even better, WhatDoTheyKnow is an archive of requests and responses made by other people, so you can find out what information other people have found, or even set up email or RSS alerts to get notified when anything comes in that you’re interested in...
Here's a very handy website for finding out about our MPs actually do, and for keeping tabs on them: TheyWorkForYou.com
It provides citizens with a range of information on their politicians, such as:
* Who their local MP is
* What MPs said in Parliament
* Summaries of how MPs have voted
* Text of debates in Parliament
* Video of MPs talking in debates
* Written questions MPs have submitted to government departments, and the answers they’ve got back
* Email alerts whenever an MP speaks, or a topic is mentioned in Parliament
* Comments and annotations from our users on what has been said
You can find out what your politicians have actually done. For example, here's some of what they have to say about Roger Gale: 
Got something on your mind? Here's a very handy website that makes it easy for you to find out who to tell. It's called WriteToThem, and it's free, it's easy, and it works!
Just bash in your post code, and you get instant email links to all your District and County Councillors, your MP, and MEPs. This makes it a doddle to congratulate your elected representatives on the skill and wisdom of their approach to absolutely anything...
This is a service that encourages your MP to talk with you about things they think are important, and it gives you a chance to talk back. It’s a simple, low-effort way of keeping tabs on your MP’s interests - HearFromYouMP
You just enter your details, and you're added to a queue of other people in your constituency. When enough have signed up, your MP will get sent an email which will say “25 of your constituents would like to hear what you’re up to. Hit reply to let them know”.
If they don’t reply, nothing will happen, until your MP gets a further email which says there are now 50, then 75, 100, 150 — until it is nonsensical not to reply and start talking... When your MP sends you mail it won’t be one-way spam, and it won’t be an inbox-filling free-for-all. Instead, each email comes with a link at the bottom, which takes you straight to a web page containing a copy of the email your MP wrote, along with any comments by other constituents. To leave your thoughts, you just enter your text and hit enter. There’s no tiresome login — you can just start talking about what they’ve said. Safe, easy and democratic.
Herne Bay Town Partners is a voluntary, non-profit making organisation formed in 2006. They are developing an effective partnership between the public, private and voluntary sectors, so together we can achieve a safe and vibrant place in which to work, live and visit.
The Town Partners market, promote and are actively involved in enhancing the activities and amenities within the town of Herne Bay. They are leading and being instrumental in the development of promotions, events and activities within the town. This will benefit the townspeople, the business community and its visitors. Herne Bay is actively meeting the challenge of competing with other towns. They are planning to enhance the whole of the town; it’s activities and attractions to make every visit to the town a worthwhile experience. Herne Bay has been designated a regeneration area, Town Partners will contribute to and assist with the process.
See more on their website.
The Herne Bay Pier Trust was set up in 2008 by Canterbury City Council who have appointed 11 founding trustees. They are currently the most active body promoting the (re)development of the Pier, and our best hope of getting anything done.
The preservation, renovation, reconstruction and enhancement of Herne Bay Pier and the surrounding area as a building of special architectural and historic interest.
The promotion and use of the Pier for recreational purposes and as a community and heritage building for the general use and benefit of all the inhabitants of and visitors to Herne Bay and the surrounding area.
Find out more at their website.
