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GEOFFREY CHAMBERS LAUNCHES SOLO EXHIBITION
Margate-based artist Geoffrey Chambers presents Love is the Answer, a solo exhibition exploring love and lore through paintings, sculpture, performance and film. The work creates sites of communion where migration, labour and cultural memory intertwine.
Born in London of Caribbean heritage, Geoffrey Chambers is an expanded arts practitioner. His practice is informed by Afro-surreal cultural texts and explores belonging and reparative storytelling.
Rooted in Chambers’ Clay Chorus workshops of summer 2025, the works emerge from shared acts of reflection, healing and imagination. In Love is the Answer, these collaborative gestures evolve into intimate and speculative worlds where ancestral stories, mythmaking and lived experience combine.
“ The lore and the myths that you carry with you, that have built within you from being a child, are often the places where you are strongest and most able to confront the things that are happening in your world,” said Chambers.“ This exhibition grows out of moments shared- stories exchanged, hands in clay, breath and rhythm moving together. Love is one of the most powerful tools we have for repair and for returning to ourselves. These works honour the communities, cultures and histories that have shaped my journey.”
NEW DARTFORD VEGAN FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED FOR 2026
Vegan Events UK, organiser of vegan festivals across the UK, has announced that its popular event will be heading to Dartford’ s Mick Jagger Centre for the first time on 14 June 2026.
The event will feature more than 60 vegan stalls showcasing a wide range of plant-based food vendors alongside sustainable fashion, ethical clothing, cruelty-free beauty products and plant-based wellbeing advice. Visitors will also be able to attend talks and live demonstrations led by vegan experts.
Animal welfare charity Miracle Mission will also be in attendance, raising awareness of animal welfare issues and educating visitors on the impact of product testing on animals, while fundraising to support its work providing care and protection for vulnerable animals.
“ Since 2017, we’ ve been bringing the best of vegan living to communities across the UK,” said festival organiser and founder, Victoria Bryceson.“ Our festivals offer a one-stop destination where you can discover amazing plant-based products, support small family-run businesses and see just how delicious, accessible and varied vegan living can be.”
£ 48,000 RAISED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE
Thanks to the generosity of mhs homes group colleagues, customers and partners, £ 48,000 was raised for their charity of the year, Child’ s Vision.
mhs homes is a charitable housing association which provides and manages more than 10,000 homes in North Kent, aiming to help end the housing crisis by providing safe and sustainable housing.
Child’ s Vision is a charity dedicated to supporting children who have witnessed or been affected by domestic abuse. The charity’ s small but passionate team delivers a wide range of support, from one-toone school partnerships to specialist teen services.
“ We’ re so grateful for this partnership,” said Rachael Hudson, CEO and founder of Child’ s Vision.“ This funding doesn’ t just support our work today- it sets us up for the next two years. It’ s already enabled us to bring another team member on board, which has helped us reduce our waiting lists and reach children quicker.”
The total was raised through a series of fundraising events organised by mhs home groups staff, including golf days, dragon boat races, charity football matches and a London-to-Paris bike ride. www. insidekent. co. uk • 191