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Young Journalist Project

During the Folkestone Book Festival freelance journalist Rhys Griffiths ran a Young Journalist Project to encourage the next generation...

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Christmas Lights Parade

Christmas Lights and Bright Ideas Lantern Parade Friday 22 November 5pm starts from Folkestone town centre Join us for a parade from...

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Arts and culture - funding, participation and value

On Tuesday 3 December the Creative Foundation's very own Chief Executive Alastair Upton will be talking as part of a seminar about...

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Quarterhouse Garden Party

Summer is rapidly vanishing before our eyes. Soon the nights will be getting longer and those lazy summer days will be just a fading...

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Folkestone seafront plans approved

It has been a long time coming, but finally developments have been given the go ahead for the Folkestone seafront development. An almost...

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School for Creative Startups arrives in Folkestone

  Next month the Creative Quarter welcomes a new family member in the form of the School for Creative Startups. School for Creative...

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East Kent: City of Culture by Alastair Upton

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Animation workshop success

The future of animation showed off their skills at Quarterhouse recently as part of a young persons animation workshop. The young animators...

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Reasons to have pride.... A new monthly blog by Creative Foundation Chief Executive Alastair Upton sharing his thoughts from the town's artistic hub!

AS ONE of life's simple pleasures is a great sandwich, I was made up by a fantastic chicken and thyme sandwich from Fresh and Easy...

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Mermaid stays in Folkestone for good!

Cornelia Parker’s Folkestone Mermaid, has now also been confirmed as a permanent work for Folkestone. Originally commissioned for...

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Folkestone Artworks - Contemporary art in Folkestone gets a new name!

“Folkestone Artworks” has been announced as the new name for the collection of works originally commissioned by The Creative Foundation...

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Grow For It

The Creative Foundation is proud to support Grow For It, a regional campaign that offers support in businesses across East Kent. ...

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