Nov
7
Sat
CAN Zone alongside the Repair Café
Repair Café & CAN Zone: Sustainable Christmas
- Saturday 7 November 2026, 10am–2pm
- Market Hall, Lockmeadow, Maidstone ME16 8LW · Map and parking
- Free entry, no booking needed
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Ania’s Angels & Glass Magic
Unique angels handmade from broken glass and china.
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Cas Holmes – Christmas Boxes from Waste Paper
Textile artist and author Cas Holmes will be showing how to make your own Christmas gift box from waste paper, a simple, beautiful way to wrap presents this year without buying anything new.
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CJS Garden Enhancements
Production of hand made & bespoke garden furniture from tables & benches to various planters & novelty items. They are hand crafted using traditional joinery methods & joints and reclaimed timber is often used.
All timber is given a protective treatment as part of the service where necessary.
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Cobnuts Steiner Kindergarten
Cobnuts Steiner Kindergarten is an early years setting based on the Steiner Waldorf curriculum. Here, unhurried creative learning through play is regarded as the serious work of childhood.
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FutureMakers Festival
FutureMakers Festival is a community arts project delivered in collaboration with Maidstone CAN and Creative Maidstone, inviting our community to explore climate action through music, poetry, textile upcycling and theatre workshops culminating in a community created immersive exhibition held in our town centre.
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KCC Textile Gift Wrapping
Kent County Council will be running a textile gift wrapping workshop using discarded textiles. They will show you how to wrap presents in fabric rather than having to buy single-use wrapping paper. Textiles are one of the biggest contaminants found in kerbside recycling bins!
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KCC Environment Team
Kent County Council’s kerbside team, sharing tips on recycling food waste over Christmas — pick up free caddy liners while you’re there.
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Kent Wood Turners
Showing wood turning bowls and other home made items.
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Kettle Bridge Concertinas
A concertina playing group based in East Farleigh
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust- Recycle & Reuse walking aids
The Trust will be joining the Reduce Reuse Recycle Zone to promote the recycling of crutches and walking aids etc. Do you know someone with spare equipment? Come and find out how to return it.
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Maidstone CAN- Re-Gifting
Have you been given a gift that just isn’t you & is sitting in your cupboard gathering dust? Why not donate it to the Repair Cafe so someone else can get the use out of it. Even better you might see something that catches your eye & for a small donation you can have something new! A great way to share unwanted items.
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Maidstone Sling Library
Sling Library, Workshops, Consultancy.
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One You Kent (Maidstone Borough Council)
Making simple changes every day will help towards being healthier and make you feel good. The One You team are here to help you reach your goals.
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Reclaimed Christmas
Unused, Unwanted, Upcycled Christmas treasure.
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Sue Pritchard – Wreaths from Scrap Textiles
Local artist Sue Pritchard will be demonstrating how to make Christmas wreaths from scrap textiles, giving old fabric a festive new life.
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Suez
SUEZ recycling and recovery UK is one of the UK’ s leading waste management businesses. They will be collecting ELECTRICAL RECYCLING in their PINK bins.
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The New Poets Society
Poetry group in Maidstone started around 13 years ago to bring together like-minded people who enjoyed writing poetry as well as reading their work out when the group meets every 3rd Saturday of the month.
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The Ocean Blue Irregulars – Christmas Carols
Local saxophone group The Ocean Blue Irregulars will be playing Christmas carols, providing a festive backdrop to the Sustainable Christmas Zone.
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