HERITAGE AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS: HOW PROTECTING THE PAST CAN SAVE THE FUTURE   You are warmly invited to a talk by Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage.  She will outline the high-profile campaign to stop the demolition of Marks and Spencer’s landmark building on Oxford Street. This early twentieth century department store is at the centre of a raging debate over the future of our high streets and the climate crisis. Henrietta’s talk will chart the story so far – the campaign, the public inquiry and the implications for the future of high streets everywhere.   The Heritage Lecture is an annual event, organised jointly by the Canterbury Society and the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent.   From 6.00 to 7.30 pm on Friday 6 October in the Templeman Library Lecture Theatre, University of Kent

Canterbury Welcomes Refugees in association with The Diocese of Canterbury welcomes you to a special event at St Mary Bredin Church, Nunnery Fields, Canterbury   More details can be found here

An wonderful opportunity to taste and explore some fabulous local wines of Kent with Master of Wine Clive Barlow & discover the links with Aphra Behn   Location: St Dunstan's Church Hall, 80 London Road Canterbury CT2 8LS   7 Oct, Aphra Behn Society Kent Wine Tasting, , 12.30-2.30pm

To help avoid the huge environmental impact of materials sourced, manufactured, packaged, transported and then thrown away, the Repair Cafe in Canterbury is here for you to bring along any clothes, furniture, toys, gardening tools, bicycles and household appliances  in need of repair. There is also a clothes swap and energy advice desk. Repairs and advice are free but donations are welcome!   Also... if you have a repair problem, or solutions, ideas and skills for how to repair things ... do share them here! If you would like to help us with your skills at a future event please contact us at canterburyrepaircafe@gmail.com   The Repair Cafe is hosted at Hub Cafe, Baptist Church, St George’s Place, Canterbury CT1 1XB (just beside the mini roundabout by the entrance to Whitefriars Multi Storey Car Park)

Get ahead of the curve and learn about sustainable solutions to help reach your business goals at Insight Systems Business Sustainability Afternoon hosted at the Kent Spitfire Ground at Kent Cricket, Canterbury   Sustainability is the key to our future.   As we celebrate 20 years in business, we're helping to get ahead of the curve and learn about sustainable solutions to help reach your environmental business goals at our Open Day:   Discover innovative approaches and gain valuable knowledge to make your organisation more environmentally friendly and socially responsible without added costs.   We'll be talking about ways to: 🔋 Reduce energy consumption ♻️ Lower your Carbon Footprint and CO2 output 🌱 Boost productivity     Find out more here

POVERTY, POLICY AND THE RIGHT TO FOOD   You are warmly invited to this year’s Annual Civic Lecture, hosted jointly by the University of Kent and the Canterbury Society - on ‘Poverty, Policy and the Right to Food’.   The report, which was published earlier this year by the Canterbury Society, drew attention to the serious levels of poverty being experienced by large numbers of people in and around Canterbury. As a result, there has been a significant and deeply troubling increase in destitution and the use of food banks in the city.  At the same time an important national discussion is taking place concerning food insecurity, its impacts on education, health and wellbeing and on inequality across society.   The Food Foundation is at heart of these discussions, challenging us to consider food not as a commodity, but as something integral to dignity, equality and community.   From 6.00 TO 7.30 pm on Thursday 19 October, in the Templeman Lecture Theatre, University of Kent

Come along to this fabulously fun event held at the glamourous Cathedral Lodge with the ultimate party band Hullabaloo, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of The League of Friends Kent & Canterbury Hospital   £30 per person includes a buffet. For more information and to book please contact colin.barker@nhs.net   Further details can also be found here  

This Halloween there is loads do across the city starting from half term week (Monday 23 – Friday 27 October) in Whitefriars, The Beaney and various retailers. Then on Saturday 28 October Halloween is taking over the whole city (there's so much going on we've created a separate listing!)   Click here if you dare

Kent County Council's Prevent Team are bringing their Gaming Bus to Canterbury on Monday 23 October from 10am-1pm on Rose Square (outside HSBC). Their mission is to promote safety in gaming, to educate the community about hate and extremism in online spaces, and to safeguard against radicalisation. Find out more  

Can you help to create an army of LEGO® Brick Knights to fill Canterbury Cathedral? Join professional LEGO® Brick Artists and Designers from TV’s Celebrity LEGO MASTERS UK at Christmas - for three days of LEGO® Brick Masterclasses for the whole family, inspired by Canterbury’s medieval knights!