Best dressed Christmas window 2022
Best Shop Window 2022
Sholden Village Store in Sholden has been chosen as the best Christmas Window for 2022. Sylvia and Martin Sims are shown being presented with the Chamber of Trade Cup by chairman Peter Jull. Other highly commended nominations included Wale and Son in Walmer, Teresa's in the High Street, Merrygardens in the High Street and many others making it a difficult competition to judge. Sylvia and Martin Sims were thrilled at receiving the trophy as they work very hard on their...

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Chamber News Roundup
Chamber Member, Rosie Wall, Maximalist Abstract Artist is proudly preparing to exhibit at the Linden Hall Studio, Deal will be featuring in a Winter Exhibition  at Linden Hall Studios a fellow member. The exhibition commences 3 Dec 2022 and it will run until end Jan 2023. All enquiries can be made via the gallery website at lindenhallstudio.co.uk Martha Trust events not to miss, listed below: Saturday 10th December at 3pm – Martha Trust Christmas Carol Concert at St Georges Church. Wednesday...

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Deal Christmas Trees and Lights
120 trees have been put up costing less than £1 to run for the whole of Christmas and the 800 metres of light strings cost the equivalent to running 2 x 60 Watt light bulbs. Due to the torrential rain there will be a few outages which the team are rectifying, a big thank you to the lights team for getting soaked several times putting the lights, and stage up and taking the stage down. If you have not paid...

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Deal Christmas lights auction 2022 News
A BIG thank you for cash donations from George Romans, DVD man at market, Der Bar, Anne Hardy, Mrs Ryan, Mr and Mrs Hutchings and Veronica – Your cash donations were an important building block before the auction has started! We would like to thank all donors that provided lots for sale, you have been instrumental in us raising just over £1,400 for this year and next years lights in the town, you should be proud of yourselves. We still...

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The Landmark Centre
The Landmark Centre, a focal point of Deal High Street, is a community centre run by the Deal & Walmer Community Association for the use of the residents of the district. This beautiful former church provides a community cafe, a community pub/bar, three Halls for hire (two with bars), a lounge with pool and darts (also with a bar), meeting rooms and training rooms. The Centre, home to organisations such as Deal Radio and the Rotary Pirates, has rooms hired...

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Lights Summary
The light switch on night was a success, with the snow and special effects from Gareth Hopkins the DJ who kept the whole show going with great compere work from the “Duncan Disorderly Girls” - Lisa Lauder and Michelle Duncan on the night. Nadine Miller a Deal Town Council representative and two colleagues came on stage to tell everyone about Deal Warm Welcome more information at  www.deal.gov.uk/DWW Santa Clause and his helpers Pick & Mix AKA Toni Davies and Karen...

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New Member: AnySomething Photography and Styling
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Welcome to our latest new member  AnySomething Photography and Styling Laura Sutcliffe is the proud owner of AnySomething Photography and Styling, she is passionate about helping small businesses by providing them with affordable, relaxed imagery styled to their brief. From flat lays to styled imagery, to photos for your website and social media, she can shoot both the products and the people that make your brand special. Laura covers all aspects of branding photography from styling and photographing products in...

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Martha Trust Christmas Raffle Appeal
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Martha Trust will be running their big Christmas Raffle for Martha this year and have secured some fabulous prizes including 3 x top Cash Prizes. There are 20 prizes in all. Tickets can be bought online at https://www.marthatrust.org.uk/how-to-help/christmas-raffle/  they are also looking for businesses and people to sell tickets for them too, please contact Kerry Banks B.E.M - Fundraising & Events Officer on 01304-610448.

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A great big Deal Warm Welcome
Deal Warm Welcome begins on Tuesday 1 November so people can meet up for a bite to eat, cup of something warm and a chance to chat and share. Any companies that may want to offer a venue or wish to donate products or monies towards this scheme please call Nadine Miller on 01304 361999 or e-mail Nadine.miller@deal.gov.uk Each weekday this winter at least one venue per day will be opening its doors to welcome people, there is no charge...

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Can you help Smugshot?
Whether you know anyone who might be interested, or you would like to come along yourself - you might be interested in a FREE workshop Smugshot are running. They will be sharing their knowledge to help you use your phone to make your own short videos to promote your organisation, charity or community group. Current research shows that over 80% of traffic on social media is video. The workshop will be on Monday November 28th from 10am - 2pm, in...

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