Local News From Eastbourne Newhaven Peacehaven Polegate and Seaford
Five new projects are launching in the community this month to explore creative ways to overcome the strains of lockdown and think about public health and wellbeing beyond COVID. Commissioned by East Sussex County Council Cultural Strategy and Public Health staff, the Everyday Creativity programme is being managed by Lewes-based […]
Lewes District Council’s Armed Forces Champion, Councillor Sharon Davy, will be greeting a Royal Navy vessel when it docks at Newhaven Marina on Wednesday (March 24) for an overnight stop. HMS Ranger is a P2000-class vessel of the First Patrol Boat Squadron, usually based in Portsmouth, and is affiliated to Lewes District Council and the town of Newhaven. As one […]
The momentum behind Lewes District Council’s drive to develop affordable homes continues to pay dividends for local families as one housing development is completed and another is set to start. On the recently finished Old Hamsey Lakes development in South Chailey the council has made 12 homes available to people […]
East Sussex County Council has taken a step closer to reaching its carbon neutral target by securing grant funding worth just under half a million pounds. The council has successfully secured £478,423 from the government’s £1 billion Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme which provides grants for public sector bodies to fund […]
As a new pot of funding opens for applications, co-operative colleagues in Sussex are celebrating their successful store fundraising in 2020. A total of £12,925 was raised last year at The Co-operative Food stores in Sussex thanks to the support from customers and local residents. To show Southern Co-op’s appreciation […]
People in Eastbourne will go to the polls on May 6 in elections for East Sussex County Council and the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner. There will also be a Hampden Park by-election for Eastbourne Borough Council. Voters have a range of options for casting their ballot – in person, […]