Great to attend the Social Enterprise Kent networking event in Canterbury today (despite the atrocious weather)- showcasing the launch of the Canterbury District Community Lottery plus future training opportunities. Grateful to also have the chance to highlight our work at East Kent Schools Together (EKST). Enjoyed chatting with colleagues from PorchLight and Canterbury City Council…
Read MoreUpdate- September 2025 Delighted to confirm that 7 of our partner schools are taking part in this amazing new project with generous support from backers of the partnership to whom we are very grateful. St Anselm’s Catholic School, Archbishop’s School, St.Edmund’s School Canterbury, The Abbey School Faversham, St. Lawrence College and Kent College are all…
Read MoreMany thanks to one of our university partners, The University of Kent, for opening up this special performance of Generation FOMO to our colleagues and parents/ caregivers. The sign up details for this event taking place on Tuesday 8th July 2025 are on the events section of the EKST website. We’re looking forward to attending…
Read MoreEKST is delighted to confirm that plans are underway to progress the fantastic new Art project across the partnership with huge thanks to our supporters for enabling us to run this. Wonderful news: 7 of our secondary school partners have now signed up to take part with students from Year 10- Year 13 participating. The…
Read MoreMany thanks to Michelle Butler and Canterbury City Council for the invitation to attend one of their early engagement workshops this week exploring the future of arts and culture in the district. Delighted to be representing East Kent Schools Together (EKST) to share feedback and ideas from the relevant secondary schools and university partners in…
Read MoreBrilliant to catch up with Gillian Wilson at Beach Creative CIC last week. Very exciting to hear about their work supported by the Art Fund. Beach Creative CIC is one of 44 museums and galleries to have received a grant to create programmes, events and activities for young audiences inspired by THE HERDS. A global…
Read MoreAbsolutely thrilled to announce that, with huge thanks to the generosity of EKST’s supporters, we are able to fund a brand new art project. This will kick off in May 2025 and culminate in a professionally curated exhibition of students’ work in June 2026 at the wonderful Daphne Oram Gallery at Canterbury Christ Church University.…
Read MoreEast Kent Schools Together is delighted to confirm that the University of Kent is the second university partner- alongside Canterbury Christ Church University- to join the education partnership. This takes the network up to 13 organisations with the universities plus 11 secondary schools both state and independent collaborating. David Elliott, current Chair of the EKST…
Read MoreSome great funded national training available which EKST colleagues could access- please see below re Sustainability Lead Training and separate webinar on climate action plans (which as you know all schools and universities need to have in place) as well as sign up links. They’ve confirmed with me that the Lead Training can be accessed…
Read MoreDelighted to represent East Kent Schools Together (EKST) at Canterbury City Council‘s Collaboration, Codesign & Community conference today. Brilliant to catch up with familiar faces and meet new people all passionate about partnerships and collaboration! Also, a great opportunity to explore how all the organisations involved already contribute to the council’s focus on the United Nations sustainable development goals and…
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