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Creative Catalyst Thanet: a fantastic end to 2025

9 Dec 2025
By 
James Bonthron

We held our big end-of-year celebration last Friday 5 December, showcasing the talent of16-24 year old creatives taking part in our Creative Catalyst Thanet work placement programme.

Over the year, young people took part in paid and unpaid placements at local creative organisations in Margate and Ramsgate, including A+C animation studios, Ramsgate Radio, Don't Miss Margate, Clockhouse Museum, The Margate School, Shoreline Partners, Ark, Looping the Loop, Heritage Lab, Stress Matters, Ramsgate Lumiere and Nuerodivergent Friends in Thanet.

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A group of young people on Creative Catalyst Thanet

COP30: your guide to the planet’s biggest climate conference

20 Nov 2025

You’ve probably seen the news mention COP30, but you might not know that it’s the most important meeting discussing climate change this year. 

Co-relate’s apprentice, James, has the answers to some of the questions you might have about it. 

 

     Q&A 

  1. What is a COP? 

COP (which stands for Conference of the Parties) is a United Nations meeting which talks about environmental issues once a year. 

In total, there are 198 countries which are split into 5 regional groups, with the conference’s president being a senior official from the country which is hosting the conference. 

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Unmissable Green Skills and Careers event for 16-25 year olds this Saturday

24 Sep 2025
By 
James Bonthron

Following on from April’s successful green skills introductory workshops, we're offering a free experience day, aimed at 16-25 year olds, taking place on 27 September at The Margate Caves.

You’ll learn what sustainability really is, get to meet industry professionals and, best of all, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge needed to start your career. 

There really is no better opportunity to meet the climate crisis head on in your hometown. 

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Important plastic news this August – and what you can do to help

20 Aug 2025
By 
James Bonthron

This month, plastic has been all over the news.

On 3 August, the Lancet launched its new Countdown on health and plastics, a way to independently track action on plastic.

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Green Skills and Careers Workshops: in their own words

8 May 2025
By 
James Bonthron

You may have seen our previous blog post in April about an upcoming 2-day crash course in sustainability.

Here's what we achieved:

  • 13 young people took part in the programme
  • 21 local organisations were highlighted
  • 16 volunteering opportunities were shared with participants
  • 3 young people signed up for work experience/volunteering and a further 6 said they were interested
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The first workshop, in Pie Factory Music, Ramsgate. The speakers and participants are sitting at a table, discussing.