Events – fofc.uk

November 16, 2023

Honoring Heroes: Remembrance Day Commemoration 2023

On November 11th, the Remembrance Day event unfolded near the Machine Gun Corps Memorial in the historic Folkestone cemetery. Despite the gloomy and wet…

October 26, 2023

Talk: Triumph and Tragedy

In October, Carole, Rob, and Damon, three of our members, delivered a captivating public talk at Folkestone Museum (Town Hall). The well-attended event, followed…

October 10, 2023

Baby Loss Awareness Week

To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week this year (2023) our volunteer members have been busy with the crochet hooks and knitting needles – and…

April 11, 2023

StrangeCargo Art Collaboration

StrangeCargo is well known to local people – in their words this art company “has been built on the ethos of involving other people…

March 10, 2023

Caring for Gods Acre – Webinars

For those of you who love to learn more about cemetery history – take a look at ‘Caring for Gods Acre‘ webinars coming up,…

February 20, 2023

LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD WARS WITH THE CWGC

On this International Day of Education (24th Jan), we’d like to take this opportunity to reintroduce you to some of the resources we offer…

November 24, 2022

Armistice Day 2022

This year the weather stayed dry for us, although seasonally cold – and just before 11am a group of Veterans, Royal British Legion members,…

October 24, 2022

White Garden Plan

As with most gardens – the White Garden is a work in progress, there has been planting throughout 2022 although the very hot months…

September 26, 2022

Baby Loss Awareness Week – event

Baby Loss awareness week is coming up 9th to 15th October. To mark this significant time and to raise awareness of the White Garden…

July 28, 2022

Primary School Children Help With Cemetery Work

One of our volunteer group, now headmistress of Morehall Primary School – asked if she could bring a group of children along to the…