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 […]
Council’s Armed Forces Champion to welcome Royal Navy vessel
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 […]
LOCAL PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM HANDOVER OF NEW COUNCIL HOMES
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 […]
Council awarded green scheme grant funding
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 […]
Sussex causes to benefit from co-operative fundraising
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 […]