At 11.00am on Sunday 14 November 2021, 103 years on from the signing of the Armistice in 1918, Dover will remember all the servicemen and women who have given their lives in the service of their country. A parade of standards, veterans and other organisations will assemble outside the B&M Store in Biggin Street…
Local volunteers from The Royal British Legion (White Cliffs Branch) were working hard today to set out the nearly 200 official black RBL crosses in the 2021 Garden of Remembrance at the People of Dover’s War Memorial. Each cross represents a part of the armed forces where a local person served and gave their life…
Dover’s Market Square Kitchen is much more than a café. The Independent Police Advisory Group meets there regularly for a lively discussion of community issues. A priority is connecting the police and other public services with the wide range of diverse local groups in Dover. National Hate Crime Week this year (9th – 16th October)…
“It’s an amazing and important event for Dover” “It’s great to see an event link the Town and the Castle” “Wonderful and spectacular – the lanterns are beautiful” Hundreds of local people carrying 500 handmade lanterns and stars turned out on Wednesday 20th October to greet Amal and walk with her in procession from Pencester…
Thanks to local firm Pure Clean Group Ltd who have turned out to clean the People of Dover’s War Memorial for no charge to make sure it is looking its best for Dover’s Annual Remembrance of those who gave their lives in armed conflict. The White Cliffs Branch of the Royal British Legion will soon…
A Council grant of £6,000 from the Civic and Special Purposes Committee to St Radigund’s Community Centre will help support a professional Youth Coordinator to help some of Dover’s young people most in need. Nobody has found the last 18 months easy but there is increasing evidence that young people have been hit hard by…
Dover will shine with a Lighthouse of Stars, A grant of £1,500 will allow Future Foundry to go ahead with a spectacular lantern procession as the Town’s welcome to the Walk with Amal project. Amal is a 3.5m tall puppet of a refugee child made by those who created War Horse. She is walking 8000km…
Welcome back to Heritage Open Days – your chance to see inside some of Dover’s hidden gems. A warm welcome waits for you from the volunteers and organisations that work all year to preserve our historic buildings and share the stories of our town’s past for future generations.
Dover Greeters celebrated moving to their new information kiosk – a vintage beach hut on the Dover Marina Curve with an official opening by the Town mayor of Dover, Councillor Gordon Cowan on 1st September. Funding from the Town Council enabled the hut to be refurbished and fitted out to provide a fixed point of…