WOFA is the Whitstable Oyster Festival Association, which works in partnership with Canterbury City Council to programme and deliver the Festival. Canterbury City Council provides core funding used for logistics, co-ordination, programming and marketing. WOFA provides local knowledge, supports the Co-ordinator and sources vital additional funding for festival events.

Whitstable Oyster Festival Association (WOFA) 2011

Chair: Brian Baker

Secretary: David Roberts

Accounts: Gordon Dalston

Daphne Bird

Liz McGown

Paul George

Emily Turner

Emma Standen

Festival Director: Mair Stratton

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Canterbury City Council, Events Support Officer:

Laurel Niven – Tel: 01227 862 066

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Correspondence address:

WOFA, 73 St. Johns Road, Whitstable, Kent. CT5 2RL

Emergency contact: 07771 630056

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WOFA ensures that the Whitstable Oyster Festival remains relevant and true to the heritage of the town. We are always open to suggestions, fresh ideas and new perspectives, so if you live locally, and are interested in being involved we invite you to join us. Our Constitution aims are:-

“to promote, maintain, improve and advance, education, celebration, appreciation and understanding of the culture and heritage of Whitstable and the surrounding areas, through the curation and development of the annual Whitstable Oyster Festival. The Association will do this through the provision of a programme that is accessible, inclusive and participatory, involving residents and visitors of all ages in events that embrace without limitations the arts, heritage, food and sport”.

The Association’s members attend monthly meetings during the year and liaise more often by other means in the period leading up to the Festival. The members have included local business owners, artists, teachers, historians and residents who share a common pride in our town and a desire to assist and develop the local community.

If you feel that you have something to offer, whether it be marketing, financial, organisational or community development skills, can afford a couple of hours a month and would like to join a friendly, but dedicated, group of people, then let us know. On the other hand, if you just fancy some very rewarding fun in the sun, then check out our Volunteers page.