Love Local, Use Local – Promoting Camber Sands Businesses
OK…lets be honest. Camber has, these last few years, had it rough. And yes, that…
International Women’s Day – Together, Let’s #GiveToGain
International Women’s Day, IWD, (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. IWD has a long and powerful history of collective action, with many groups, countries, and bodies having actively contributed to its evolution. Today,…
World Book Day
World Book Day, the annual international celebration of reading and books, is on Thursday 5th March this year! Children’s books are sold at £1 each and, as well as the usual 12 titles to choose from across the UK, there will also be 3 exclusive books for Ireland and a Welsh title. Thousands of booksellers…
This & That – World Wildlife Day
In December 2013 the United Nations General Assembly decided to designate 3rd March as the international day of the adoption of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
Green Piece – Food Waste Recycling
Big Wins From Little Bins By sending your used metal cans, glass bottles and cardboard boxes for recycling, these materials can be turned into valuable new items and kept out of landfill, helping to protect our environment. For many households in the United Kingdom, recycling these kinds of items has become an automatic part of…
Where Have You Been? Feb 26
Over the winter, the newsletter hasn’t been out much in the UK – and who could blame it, with the terrible weather we’ve been having! It did, however, have a day out in Canterbury, visiting the Christmas Market, along with a coachload of Camber residents! The CRA organised the day-trip on 8th December (see page…
A full English Breakfast costs HOW MUCH??
Back in July 2022, Bloomberg News created a ‘Full English Breakfast Index’ as an indicator of food inflation when the cost-of-living crisis began to show. It measures the cost of ingredients needed to make a traditional full English breakfast: sausages, bacon, eggs, bread, butter, tomatoes, mushrooms, milk, tea and coffee. Despite being a traditional component,…
Going “Out-out” in Style!
Sadly, we reported in December of the closure of Camber Residents Association. However, they went out in style! On 8th December, a coach-load of Camber residents set out for a day-trip to Canterbury to visit the European-style Christmas market there. Passengers arrived in Canterbury to find the weather was not as bad as had been…
Church News – Feb 26
Christmas has come and gone. People often say to me that “it’s your busy time”. Yes … there is more public activity, but a lot of Christmas is about showing up (what Woody Allen says is 80% of success). The highlight for Camber was the talk given by Professor Emerita Tina Beattie, resident of Camber…
British Pie Week
British Pie Week is an annual celebration, held in the first full week of March, dedicated to the nation’s love of pies! In 2026, it takes place from Monday 2nd March to Sunday 8th March. The celebration began in 2007 and was originally a marketing push from Jus-Rol pastry, but it has grown into a…
