East Kent Federation

EAST KENT FEDERATION WAS FORMED IN 1919, AND COMPRISES 113 WIS WITH APPROXIMATELY 4,000 MEMBERS. OUR OLDEST WI AT 98 YEARS IS WYE, NEAR ASHFORD.

EAST KENT IS ONE OF TWO FEDERATIONS IN KENT AND IS BORDERED BY WEST KENT AND EAST SUSSEX FEDERATIONS.
GEOGRAPHICALLY THE FEDERATION STRETCHES FROM THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY IN THE NORTHEAST TO ROMNEY MARSH, WELL KNOWN FOR SMUGGLERS, IN THE SOUTHWEST. IT IS LARGELY RURAL ALTHOUGH THERE ARE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF WIS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF, AND WITHIN, THE TOWNS OF OUR AREA. THERE ARE MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING WIS TO CATER FOR THE BUSY LIFESTYLES OF OUR MEMBERS.
A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED AT LOCAL AND FEDERATION LEVEL – NOT JUST CRAFTS BUT MUSIC-MAKING AND CONCERT VISITS, DRAMA COMPETITIONS, WALKING, SPECIAL INTEREST DAYS AND OUTINGS. PUBLIC AFFAIRS CAMPAIGNS AND DEBATES ARE SUPPORTED WITH ENTHUSIASM, AND INDIVIDUAL WIS ARE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS.
WE PUBLISH OUR OWN NEWSLETTER 12 TIMES A YEAR, AND THIS GIVES MEMBERS UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON FORTHCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
EAST KENT FEDERATION OFFICE
THE FEDERATION OFFICE HAS RECENTLY RELOCATED TO A BUSINESS PARK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CANTERBURY WITH PLENTY OF PARKING FOR VISITORS AND ON A GOOD BUS ROUTE. VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT THE OFFICE AND THE FEDERATION STAFF ARE ON HAND AND HAPPY TO HELP WITH REQUESTS AND QUERIES.
ADDRESS: CROWN HOUSE, JOHN ROBERTS BUSINESS PARK, PEAN HILL, WHITSTABLE CT5 3BJ TELEPHONE: 01227 464106