Sussex Wildlife Trust is leading fun-packed outdoor activity days for children across the county throughout the school holidays. From bug-hunting, survival skills, camouflage games, rock-pooling, to arts and crafts from natural materials; there is something for everybody. ‘Wild Woodies’ may join in the muddy minibeast mayhem in the woods, or […]
A MYSTERY adventure in which a boy’s life changes forever when a giant sinkhole appears under his home has been named East Sussex children’s favourite book. The Jewelled Jaguar, by Sharon Tregenza, came first in a poll of county schoolchildren to claim top prize in the East Sussex Children’s Book […]
The NSPCC has joined forces with the Sussex County FA to host an online safety workshop. Media are invited to attend this workshop, which has been devised in partnership with O2, to help tackle the growing concerns of children’s safety online. The evening is an opportunity to help parents and […]
The Book Folk have been making an appearance at all 17 of the county’s libraries, inspiring youngsters to use their local library. The show, Between the Books, follows a group of puppets who live among the bookshelves, wake up when the library closes and spend their nights reading and looking […]
For our children and young people, the internet is a wonderful place where they can explore, learn new things, communicate, be entertained and much more, with their curiosity and appetite for new content evolving and growing as they do. At Get Safe Online, we embrace these benefits, but equally, we […]
A COLOURFUL new story book and resource pack for teachers and parents aims to protect thousands of young children across East Sussex from accidental poisoning. Launched to coincide with Child Safety Week, June 3 to 9, Staying Safe with Sam uses interactive stories to help youngsters stay safe around laundry […]
Katy Bourne awarded the charity’s Speak out Stay safe service £5,000 from the Safer in Sussex Community Safety fund which was launched by her office in 2013 for crime reduction and community safety initiatives. With the help of mascot Buddy, specially trained NSPCC volunteers teach pupils aged four to 11 […]
Seaford Town Council is now in receipt of three exciting designs for the new skate-park to be built in The Salts recreation ground. Seaford Skate park Association has been consulted on the criteria for the tenders, and the Council would now like to invite skaters, park users and residents […]
Our Reporter Delores William went along to a session of Wildlife Watch held by the Sussex Wildlife Trust for children between the ages of 5-11. They started them for older children after the success of their Nature Tots sessions. Delores recorded part of the session please listen to […]
