Our Vision for Canterbury is:
A City where people are happy and proud to live, work and play!
Our Mission is:
To provide a focus for all who care about our city; to campaign to protect our heritage; to improve the quality of life and of the City’s environment; to inspire civic pride, active citizenship and volunteering ; and ultimately to make Canterbury a better place to live, work and play!
Things we Care About:
Architecture – Arts – Biodiversity – Buildings – Climate – Community
Conservation – Council Matters – Culture – Cycling – Democracy – Design
Economy – Environment – Gardens – Governance – Graffiti – Green Spaces
Health – Heritage – High Streets – History – Homelessness – Housing – Leisure
Litter – Planning – Pollution – Poverty – Public Spaces – River Clearance
Shop fronts – Signage – Social Issues – Streetscapes – Sustainability
Transport – Trees – Tourism – Urban Growth – Walking – Wellbeing
Some examples of our projects include:
- River Clearances and Litter Picks
- Challenging Development and Urban Growth
- Challenging and Supporting Planning Applications
- Design Awards
- Community Champion Awards
- Garden / Tree Planting and Maintenance
- Traffic, Transport and Air Quality Campaigns
- Heritage Open Days and Campaigns
- Consultations to CCC on Policies and the Local Plan
- Local Democracy issues
- Poverty Forum
- Shopfront and Signage design
- Blue Plaques
- Canterbury in Bloom.
As a ‘Civic Society’ and member of the national Civic Voice movement the society works through volunteers to deliver a wide range of events, projects, campaigns, talks, research and awards which benefit the city and the people of Canterbury and surrounding villages.
We work in collaboration with partner organisations who share our ethos as well as community/voluntary groups, other civic/statutory bodies, businesses, education sectors, Canterbury City Council (CCC), Kent County Council (KCC), resident associations and many other groups who care about the quality of life in and around the city.
The work of The Canterbury Society is led by an elected committee and delivered by a number of ‘working groups’. We are strictly non-political and we rely on membership subscriptions, sponsorship, donations and grants to fund all our work. The Canterbury Society was revived in 2009 and is a registered charity.
Please support us: Get involved in the projects and campaigns that matter to you
– meet like-minded people and have some fun along the way!
With your support, we are making a difference!