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Sturry Fundays Weekend 2025
After the success of last year’s Sturry Sunday Funday we are being more ambitious this year and are planning events from Friday 13 June to Sunday 15th. With the support of Sturry Church and Sturry Parish Council, we will be holding an arts and crafts-themed fair on the Saturday, a classical guitar concert by the acclaimed musician Bob Drury in St Nicholas Church on the Friday evening and a talk in the church on Sunday afternoon. There are still a few stall spaces left for local makers at our craft fair. Our members get £5 discount for the stall fee…
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A meeting with councillor Keji Moses
Some members of the Sabora committee had a meeting on the 6th February with one of our two local Canterbury City Councillors. We had lots of questions, and we received some answers. too! You can follow the topics we covered in the report of the meeting below. As you will see, there are some things yet to be answered and we will keep you updated on our Blog. If you have any comments that you would like to make, please email us; info@sabora.co.uk or fill in the form below.
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Sturry Christmas Fair
The Green SABORGS were delighted to take part in the Sturry Christmas Fair selling handmade decorations to raise funds for Greening up Sturry and Broad oak 2025!
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Our first leaflet for Sturry and Broad Oak
Thanks to some concentrated funding and the dedicated help of our committee and volunteers, Sabora has now distributed 2000 welcome leaflets across Broad Oak and Sturry. We apologise if we didn’t get to your house, but here is a pdf version for you to read online. Our original leaflet contained a mistake. Sturry Library holds its coffee mornings on Tuesdays, not Wednesdays as the text implied. Below we have included up to date details of contacts and opening times for this much treasured resource! Please use it, it has lots of information on our area. Sturry Library Opening hours: Monday:…
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Election Hustings announced for Sturry and Broad Oak
As you may already be aware, Sturry and Broad Oak are no longer in the Canterbury Parliamentary Constituency. We are now part of Herne Bay and Sandwich. We encourage everyone to vote on July 4th, and as a residents’ association endeavour to remain non-political. We want the best for our area and have organised a public meeting – a hustings – to further this. We have invited all the candidates to come to speak to us, and answer your questions. So far all have agreed with the exception of the Liberal Democrat candidate who has yet to reply to our…
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SABORA’s response to the Local Plan proposals
Unfortunately, Sturry Parish Council disbanded its planning sub-committee a few months ago. As a result, SABORA has put together a response that we hope fairly represents the views of our local community. Please let us know what you think, either in the publicly viewable comments below, or by email at info@sabora.co.uk Extending the platforms at Sturry Station is welcomed in our response Response to Canterbury District Draft Local Plan May 2024 from SABORA (Sturry and Broad Oak Residents’ Association) This response focuses on the implications of the Draft Local Plan for Sturry Parish, considering the over-arching and district-wide policies in…
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No 7 Bus Survey
Please fill in this survey, put together by our city councillors, Keji Moses and Harry McKenzie. They will arrange another meeting with Stagecoach at some point to go over some details and further discuss reinstating the Number 7 bus. In preparation, they have created this survey to gather thoughts, points, and questions related to the Number 7 bus from local residents that they can take to their next meeting with Stagecoach. Could you please fill this out and circulate to your contacts? Just click on the link below, and once you have filled it in, click ‘Submit” Thank you https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX7qdx2rL8T_zliULYGh_VQORkzCkLIo0gObivPOH2WRw9vA/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Local Plan: How to respond
On Friday 10 May over 50 people attended a public meeting where just some of the details of the local plan were put before the audience. Also in attendance were some of our parish councillors, our two city councillors and leader of CCC, Alan Baldock. At the end of this article you can see outline minutes from that meeting. Everyone is urged to read and respond to the plan. At over 600 pages, we have put together some guidelines that may inform your response. At the bottom of this page are pdfs of the presentation that was shown. Respond to…
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Find out how it will affect you!
We are holding a public meeting about the local plan. Where will the disruption be? What are the benefits for Sturry and Broad Oak? Come and have your say. Everyone welcome!
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Local plan proposals for Sturry and Broad Oak
We have extracted the relevant pages that propose development areas in Sturry and Broad Oak. Please ensure that you send any comments to info@sabora.co.uk
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A complete guide to recycling from CCC
Harry McKenzie, our local Canterbury City Councillor, has put together this comprehensive guide to recycling and household waste procedures. New Bin Collection Arrangements Information: Below we provide some answers to some frequently asked questions on waste collection in our district – if you require further information, there is more information on the council website below or you can ask us and we’ll either know the answer or we can find the answer for you. https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/bins-and-waste What goes in what bin? There is a really useful guide on the CCC website that details exactly what goes in what bin at the…
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Sturry and Broad Oak Walking Group
Sabora are pleased to announce that our Walking Group is now up and …err…running! Would you like to join a mindful walking group? Many of our walks will be suitable for most people and children, dogs etc lasting an hour, but some will be more of a stretch, for example walking to Blean Woods to see the Bison, using local footpaths and fields. It is open to everyone, dogs welcome (Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.) You can sign up using the form below, or a simple email to info@sabora.co.uk. We will do our best to ensure…