“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving a curse in its own soul.”
Attributed to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1866

Take a look at our brief introduction to One Folkestone – to give you some idea of what we’re all about.

Who are we?

One Folkestone is a collective of partners, building a community project together.
It’s currently supported by the team at Sunflower House, with advice and input from many others, including New Folkestone Society, Folkestone and Hythe District Council, Creative Folkestone and others.
Thank you for your interest and your input via our social media, and in conversations, meetings and other ways…..

A work in progress

Please bear in mind that the One Folkestone website is under continuing development – a work in progress…

We are adding information to this community platform bit by bit: our aim is to bring together the Folkestone community as the voice behind long term regeneration plans, alongside practical projects to support local people.

We’re already engaging with representatives of the ‘third sector’ – community groups and charities – and with community representatives at all levels of government.
We’re also meeting leading local employers, business people and others who play a key role in our community.

Interesting times!

2025-2030 will see changes in local government, public services and all of this will directly affect our community and our communities. For many this is a very challenging time personally and in terms of beliefs or values.

There are clear signs of a divide, both globally and in our local streets.
There are those who are angry and disillusioned who often blame and denigrate others for the problems we all face. There are many who are apathetic and have simply given up being bothered.

In contrast, there is also immense generosity in evidence in our community. Many individuals and groups continue to give their time, passion and personal resources for collective benefit and to show real moral purpose.

Together, we need to rebuild a sense of common purpose – community – and to find a way to challenge and change the growing inequality between those who have health, security of a place to live, lives which are enjoyable on a daily basis and those who do not have these opportunities.

Practical help in hard times

We’ll be adding a directory very soon for some of the amazing partnership groups in Folkestone and the surrounding area and making this easy to search if you need help or know somebody you want to help. Please do let us know if you have suggestions…

Have a look at some of the first links we’ve put together which we hope will support people in our local community on the Help and Support page – with a special section for families – maybe you could suggest some useful info about the Folkestone community we could usefully add to the site…