What's on in Cooling

Kent, England

No stadium concerts here, just the good local stuff: markets, meetups, and events where you'll probably bump into someone you know. Classic Cooling. Quiz nights, coffee mornings, craft fairs, book clubs, film screenings — the sort of calendar that makes somewhere feel properly local. Village halls with heating that works on a good day. Community centres that smell faintly of old carpet and possibility. Pubs hosting quizzes and open mics and talks about things you didn't know existed. We've found it all and put it in one place, because life's too short to check seventeen different websites every week.

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Home Educator Day - Empire and Women of the Dockyard
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Home Educator Day - Empire and Women of the Dockyard

Join us for a special Home Educator Day at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, designed for 11 to 16-year-olds. Explore fascinating aspects of local and national history through two engaging sessions: Women of the Dockyard - 10.30am Learn about the women who worked at the Dockyard or were connected to naval life. From challenging gender norms to opening new opportunities, these stories reveal the important roles women have played throughout history and offer inspiration for today. National curriculum links: Understanding how people’s lives have shaped the nation; connections between local, regional, national and international history; cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; short and long-term timescales; First and Second World War naval dockyard challenges; local history studies. Empire - 12.30pm Discover the main themes of British imperial history and explore how Chatham Dockyard and its exhibits connect to this story. This session introduces key figures such as Sir John Hawkins and Olaudah Equiano, highlighting their roles within the wider context of the British Empire. National curriculum links: Ideas, political power, industry and Empire: Britain 1745–1901; local history studies. Entry Price: £9 per adult and £9 per child (aged over 3 years) There is no additional charge for the 'Empire' and 'Women of the Dockyard' sessions, these can be booked upon arrival. Book Now Questions? If you have any questions about our Home Educator Day or...

Thu 23 Apr10:00The Ropery(4.3mi)
In Our Own Time: Shared Reflections in Creativity and Wellbeing
Arts & CultureWellness & Wellbeing

In Our Own Time: Shared Reflections in Creativity and Wellbeing

This exhibition brings together artworks created within a Shaw Trust & Live Well Kent funded person-centred art as therapy programme that places process, presence, and personal rhythm at its core. Across a series of workshops in abstract drawing, painting, printmaking, and clay, participants engaged with materials as a means of exploration rather than mastery — allowing gesture, texture, and form to emerge through attentive experimentation. The title speaks to pace. In a culture often defined by urgency, productivity, and comparison, in our own time proposes an alternative tempo — one that honours the unfolding of insight, memory, emotion, and growth without pressure or predetermined outcome. Within the therapeutic space, creativity becomes less about achievement and more about attunement: to one’s inner landscape, to the tactile dialogue between hand and material, and to the subtle shifts that occur when expression is given room to breathe. The works presented here are not endpoints but traces of encounter — moments of reflection made visible. Some are bold and expansive; others quiet and restrained. Each carries the imprint of a process rooted in curiosity, vulnerability, and self-trust. Together, they form a collective testament to creativity as a restorative practice: one that allows individuals to move, pause, return, and begin again — always in their own time.

Thu 23 Apr10:00Sun Pier House(4.9mi)

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