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Comment
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Parish Council Update
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Support For Local Job Seekers
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Trail Blazing
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Garden View
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Southwater Business
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Pets’ Corner
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School Admission Arrangements
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West Sussex Connect to Support
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More Care Workers Are Needed
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School Admissions Arrangement
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Sussex Miscellany
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increased pressure this year with the additional
On page 12 you can find out about a new programme
workers are needed across the care sector to keep
launched across the region to support both
elderly and vulnerable people safe and well.
s the impact on the economy of two
The care sector in West Sussex will be under
‘Lockdowns’ begins to bite the numbers seeking work is escalating across the County.
challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. More care
unemployed and economically inactive local people
The county council’s Proud to Care initiative is set up
progress to job search readiness or move into paid
to help anyone thinking of working in care and
employment.
particularly wants to hear from people who can work in
The programme, which will be delivered by
care this winter. The Proud to Care website advertises
Education Development Trust, has seen the first
hundreds of vacancies and contains information,
participants join. Each participant in the programme will
guidance and case studies of others who now work in
receive support from their Making a Difference
care. There are more details on page 32 and at
Employment Coach at regular intervals for up to four
www.ProudtoCareWestSussex.com
months, with the frequency of the intervention and the
Wishing you a very Happy New Year and good luck if
type of activities undertaken to be determined by
you are seeking work in these unprecedented times.
agreement with their Employment Coach, tailored to
Richard Milbourn, Editor
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S O U T H W AT E R PA R I S H C O U N C I L
FUND TO SUPPORT LOCAL RESIDENTS Parish & District Councillor online surgeries
investigation is complete, WSCC and HDC will be able
Southwater residents can raise concerns directly with
to advise a way to fix the issue.
Councillors online. 1st Saturday of each month except
• Parish 2021/22 Budget and Precept preparation –
August. Informal, no booking required. 10am to 11am
SPC is making progress with the preparation of the
via online connection. Details will be placed on
2021/22 Budget and Precept. These two important
Southwater Parish Council’s Facebook page and
official estimates must be presented to Full Parish
website each month or Contact the Clerk at
Council for acceptance before 31 January 2021. With
clerk@southwater-pc.gov.uk or call and speak to the
current financial uncertainty continuing into
Clerk on 01403 733202.
subsequent years, the budget will be looked at closely.
Vacancies
COVID 19 has impacted over local government tiers
Southwater Parish Council (SPC) has the following
particularly with impacts on income streams.
vacancies; 2 x volunteer Parish Councillors and 1 x
• Neighbourhood Wardens Working Party – A working
Litter Warden. For further details, please contact the
party has been set up to look at the current and any
Clerk at clerk@southwater-pc.gov.uk or call and speak
future service provision of Neighbourhood Wardens in
to the Clerk on 01403 733202.
Southwater.
In the news
• The Horse is back – The old Church Lane play park
• Coronavirus (COVID 19) - Keeping up to date – The
Rocking Horse is getting a new home, all-be-it
Community is reminded of their responsibility for
without the “rock” due to safety requirements. The
following Government guidelines. Keep up to date
static Horse will be installed, at one of SPC’s existing
with the latest Government information and
play parks.
guidelines at https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
Did you know?
• Chairman Discretionary Fund – As there was no
• Residents sometimes ask why HDC and the police do
Christmas Fair due to Government restrictions because
not evict Gypsies and Travellers as soon as they arrive
of COVID 19, National and Local Businesses of
on a public open space. HDC has published a FAQ
Southwater have contributed to a special fund
document to assist residents with these and other
overseen by the Chairman of Southwater Parish. This
queries. See HDC website
fund is being used to support local residents only.
https://www.horsham.gov.uk/community/gypsies-and-
Further details of how to access this fund will be
travellers
available on the Parish Website. Southwater Parish
• Without the appropriate Traffic Regulation Order
Council would like to thank those businesses for their
(TRO), example double yellow lines or zigzags or a
thoughtful donations and gestures of goodwill.
specific offence being committed, Neighbourhood
• Flooding on Cripplegate Lane – West Sussex County
Wardens cannot implement an enforcement action
Council (WSCC) and Horsham District Council (HDC)
against inconsiderate and unlawful parking by
are investigating the continuous flooding issue on
owner/drivers. To request a TRO, visit WSCC website
Cripplegate Lane. At the end of November, the
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-
drainage system under Cripplegate Lane was jetted
travel/traffic-regulation-orders/about-tros/apply-
and cleared of the usual autumn leaf fall. Once the
for-a-tro/
Southwater Parish Council, Beeson House, 26 Fairbank Rd, Southwater, RH13 9LA. Phone 01403 733202, email clerk@southwaterpc.gov.uk or website www.southwater-pc.gov.uk/default.aspx Neighbourhood (Community) Wardens - Dominic Woodhead – 07789 943193 or Jacquie Cave – 07789 943156, Tweet them on @HorshamWardens, or email Southwater.Wardens@horsham.gov.uk and see web page www.southwater-pc.gov.uk/NeighbourhoodWardens.aspx Content correct at time of preparation.
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SUPPORT FOR LOCAL JOB SEEKERS
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new programme has been launched across the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) region to support both unemployed and economically inactive local people progress to job search readiness or move into paid employment. The Making a Difference Programme is a three-year European Social Fund match funded programme delivering support to people living in the Coast to Capital region, which includes East Surrey, Sussex, and Croydon. The programme, which will be delivered by Education Development Trust, has seen the first participants join. Each participant in the programme will receive support from their Making a Difference Employment Coach at
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regular intervals for up to four months, with the frequency of the intervention and the type of activities undertaken to be determined by agreement with their Employment Coach, tailored to their individual needs. There are many different activities designed specifically to benefit the participant, from workshops covering CV’s and interview skills, through to taster days with local employers. In addition, there will be regular employment events, such as jobs fairs and roadshows showcasing different sectors, run across the region and open to all. Participants interested in joining the programme can be referred via their JCP Work Coach, or through direct contact with the Making a Difference team by calling 01329 559177. The first appointment will be held with a National Careers Service Adviser who will be able to explain the benefits of the programme and book the induction appointment at a time to suit the participant. Dave Burchett, Assistant Director, Careers, at Education Development Trust commented: “We are delighted to be taking on delivery of this exciting new programme at a time when for many people this type of support is hugely important. Our new team is now in place and we are looking forward to forming strong links with individuals and employers to aid in the economic recovery of the South East of England.” If you are interested in finding out more about the programme please contact the Making a Difference team on 01329 559177 or email mades@educationdevelopmenttrust.com You can also follow the Making a Difference programme via Twitter at @employ_support and via Facebook @EmploySupport
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TRAIL BLAZING
Created by local people as part of a district wide initiative, funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund and Horsham District Council, with help from Community Partnerships Forum and Horsham Museum, 20 new heritage trails have been created to explore places we all think we know.
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people search out local walks that connect them to their place and so contribute to a sense of wellbeing, as the Heritage Lottery Fund were keen to promote. Though the trails were the final outcome, what was as important was the training of volunteers in writing and producing trails. So a guide for groups to create their own has also been written, pointing out, as the trails do, interesting features and the path to follow to create an engaging well thought out route to the destination. Drawing inspiration from the Millennium Heritage trail, some 32 plaques scattered across the district the Heritage lottery funded project enabled community groups to explore further their local heritage and explain to others why they should seek it out. It captures people’s passions for their area, stories that grabbed their imagination, be it a gate post from a long lost garden on the outskirts of Horsham to a Burmese door in Storrington. Most of the trails are designed for walking, though two that
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explore the various churches are more suitable for the bike or car. But what all the trails do is reveal either interesting sites or picturesque views, from country lanes to meandering rivers, to the farmland of the downs, or the urban setting with its mixture of architecture. So if you want to discover Storrington, Sullington, Steyning, Southwater, or Bramber, Beeding, or Henfield, Horsham, The Adur, Arun, or Rusper, Rudgwick and then down the road to Billingshurst, or Coolham, Cowfold, or Knepp, then pick up the free trails. If you want to discover famous musicians, money men, poets, soldiers and statesmen, quirky houses to quintessentially English views then these are the trails to find. If you want to create your own trail, follow the route in the manual. Horsham District Heritage trails was a project involving Local heritage groups across the district, the Horsham District Community Partnerships Forum, Horsham Museum (Horsham District council)
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Horsham Trail.
Treetop Design and print and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, without whose financial support and all of those who buy the lottery ticket this project would not have been possible. The free printed trails are full of images will be available at local libraries post lockdown, whilst those on line are far simpler in look, so they are easy to download and can be found on Horsham Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website: www.horshammuseum.org/heritagetrails
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GARDEN VIEW
THE WINTER GARDEN but gain a second lease of life when covered with frosted cobwebs. Plants like these will make you want to get out in your garden even in winter, so add a little scent with a winter jasmine or a sarcococca confusa (Christmas box) which has tiny white highly scented flowers. These late flowering plants provide a source of nectar for early pollinators. I no longer tidy my flower beds. I leave piles of fallen leaves and debris in beds to provide shelter for wildlife. f I say ‘winter garden’ what do you imagine? A
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The leaves to rot down in the end which is good for
stately home? Evergreen shrubs? Topiary maybe? It
the soil too. But I do spend time neatening the edge of
dawned on me a few years ago when I was out
the lawn and sharpening the edges of my borders. It’s
walking the dog on a frosty morning that winter
amazing how much smarter my garden looks with
gardens are really all about the light. From late autumn
minimal effort.
through the winter there is a pink-gold low slanting
I wish you a Happy New Year and happy gardening.
light in the morning and afternoon which makes frost
Rachael Leverton
and raindrops sparkle, casts interesting shadows and makes everything look magical. Watch your garden throughout the day from the rooms you where you see it best. Watch where and when the sunlight falls and plan accordingly. Grasses look beautiful when they are covered in frost and backlit. The red or yellow winter stems of Cornus (or dogwood) however seem to glow when winter sunshine illuminates them directly. Most suburban houses have smaller gardens, easily visible from the house so it’s important to choose plants which look good in more than one season. As well as shrubs with good stem colour, look for smaller trees with pretty bark. There are plenty of small Japanese Maples which can be grown in tubs. If you have a little more space a silver birch can look stunning, or even my favourite, the paper-bark maple, Acer griseum, which is a slow-growing small tree, pretty all year round with crimson leaves in the autumn then a characteristic chestnut bark which peels naturally to reveal bright orange red bark underneath. Look for plants with architectural shapes such as one of the sculptural eryngiums (sea holly), salvias or sedums. All look beautiful in the summer and autumn
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HATS OFF TO HOMELESS SHELTER
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Preparation time: 15 minutes Serves: 4 INGREDIENTS 75g pinhead oatmeal (you can use rolled oats, but the steel cut pinhead variety are nuttier and less porridge-like) 1 tbsp soft brown sugar 250g raspberries 500ml double cream 4 tbsp honey, plus a little extra to drizzle 4 tbsp good Scottish whisky
remaining oatmeal, the reserved raspberries, a drizzle of honey. Serve immediately. Did you know? Cranachan is a Gaelic word for a kind of milk churn.
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The county council’s Proud to Care initiative is set up to help anyone thinking of working in care and particularly wants to hear from people who can work in care this winter. The Proud to Care website advertises hundreds of vacancies and contains information, guidance and case studies of others who now work in care. Amanda Jupp, Cabinet Member for Adults and Health, said: “Working in care is so rewarding and offers long term career opportunities for anyone motivated by helping and improving the lives of others. Christmas will be a difficult time for many people this year, so providing care to people that cannot be with their loved ones is, more than ever, vitally important. “Many ideal care workers come from many different backgrounds including retail, hospitality and customer services as they have the transferable people skills needed to be good carers. As we continue to be under restrictions to day to day life a number of people in these industries are facing redundancy so care work offers a great new opportunity.” Former shop manager Lesley now works as a Care Assistant in the Chichester area. She said: “Not only do I feel like I’m giving something back but the people I care for give so much to me too. I feel so valued and appreciated, I wouldn’t go back to working in retail now. To be a good carer you need to be friendly, versatile, quick thinking and enjoy conversation.” Local care providers have a range of vacancies offering full or part time hours and either temporary or permanent contracts. This flexibility is perfect for people looking for work to fit around their lifestyle and family commitments, particularly over Christmas. To find out more about working in care and search for jobs in West Sussex visit www.ProudtoCareWestSussex.com or email www.proudtocare@westsussex.gov.uk
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NEW OCCURRENCES, STARTS & CHANGES By Kevin Newman, a Sussex-born author, historian, tour guide and history teacher
W
ith the commencement of a new year we tend to use the occasion to review where we’ve been and see the first month of each
year as a time to look ahead. This year we welcome what we hope will be the first month of the year we enter the post-COVID-19 world. I thought I’d use this opportunity therefore to examine new occurrences, firsts, start-ups and changes from Sussex’s past. Many find that New Year is a time for new careers
Brighton’s Metropole Hotel.
and developing new skills. Many of us have developed a
out mid-talk and disrupt the meeting but the dust
portfolio of professions as the age of a full-time job for
within led to an unfortunate sneezing bout; foiling their
life has moved into the past and many now multitask
plans as their hiding place was discovered. So, should
different job roles. his is nothing new though. Before
you decide to recreate this fate, or indeed join a new
World War I, William Avenell, the first Chairman of
pressure group this year then you might not want to
Brighton and Hove Albion was also its fundraiser and
get rid of your COVID mask just yet.
even the club’s first photographer. If you too fancy
If your new year’s resolution instead is making sure
taking up photography as a new year’s hobby, then you
Fido and you both get enough walks, then you might
might be inspired that here in Sussex Agnes Ruge was
want to visit Brighton as in August 1894, the Palace
not only Brighton’s first female photographer, but one
Pier’s Brighton Dog Show was the first ever dog show
of the nation’s first. She owned a daguerreotype
ever to take place on a pier. Or if you plan to make
business that was based in Western Road.
2021 the year you discover your musical roots and learn
Brighton and Hove got its first female police officers
a new instrument, then head slightly west from there
in 1918 but it was not until 1942 sadly that the folk of
to Brighton’s Metropole Hotel. This is where on August
East Sussex would gain their first female Police
21st 1962 Brighton hosted the first ever ‘Disc Festival’ –
Constable. Perhaps they should have done the same as
as played by ‘Disc Jockeys’ (in other words, a records
Miss Mary Hare who in 1915 set up her own Women’s’
and music fair). Should you be awaiting your first live
police force against the wishes of her local constabulary.
gig in ages, then you might want to know two decades
If you are considering a new business venture or job,
later Kylie Minogue played her first ever live
then hopefully it’ll be better than the experience of
performance in Britain at the very same hotel in the
women who were first allowed onto the East Sussex
1980s. Should enjoying your music for free rather than
County Council from 1919 but were advised ‘not to
paid gigs be more your thing, then investigate
speak for the first six months’.
Worthing which in the 1970s was home to ‘Phun City’:
No wonder women early in the 20th century had joined the Suffragettes, formally known as the WSPU,
the UK's first large-scale free music festival. Festivals are often places of heavy drinking though
with one of their first branches opening in Brighton by
and so if you want to cut down on the demon drink
1906. It had gained over 150 Sussex members by 1907,
for 2021, then you might like the new concept one
two of whom attempted to sabotage a talk at the
Sussex pub landlord back in the early 1990s came up
Dome by the Prime Minister who had refused to give
with. He devised a pub that deliberately tried to make
them the vote, Herbert Asquith. The Suffragettes
its customers as miserable as possible. And no, it wasn’t
attempted to hide in the Dome’s organ ready to leap
Wetherspoons. The Argus reported back in 1992 about
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Brighton’s grumpiest guvnor, Ian Thomas who was
otherwise you could possibly cause embarrassment when
proud of the fact that his bar, ‘Bianco’s’ had a hideous
travelling. This happened back in 1883 when Brighton’s
pink interior and of his reputation for being miserable.
Volks’ Electric Railway suffered humiliation on its opening
He moaned about the fact that he had to be cleaner,
run. The combined weight of corpulent Aldermen
barman and doorman despite the fact this was due to
assembled in the railway carriage of the world’s first and
him laying off all seven staff just two days after taking
oldest continually running electric passenger railway
over. Bizarrely, the pub’s takings soared in the first ten
temporarily proved too much for the then futuristic
days that Ian was in charge, despite his stock line of
method of transport. Thankfully, this doesn’t seem to
“what the hell do you want?” when asked for a drink.
have happened to the i360 yet, but judging by how
The customers seemed not to mind his hefty prices and
much my office chair is currently creaking, I think I’ll pass
moaning at them to “sit up straight!” Fittingly for such a
on going on it again just for the moment.
dour drinking hole, the pub had not a happy hour but a
For zoom or (eventually) group Sussex talks and
grumpy hour, repeated from 11am to 11pm.
motorised tours, please call All-Inclusive History on
Finally, we move from drink to food. Especially whilst
07504 863867 or email info@allinclusivehistory.org.
we wait for our turn to be vaccinated, this New Year is
Other tours, talks and events are available including
definitely one where many of us plan to focus on health,
‘Spooky Worthing, ‘Brilliant Brighton’, ‘Super Sussex’ and
and for some of us after Christmas excess, we need to
‘Scrumptious Sussex’. Kevin’s next book, ‘Celebrating
fight the flab and part with those pounds. Weighing too
Brighton and Hove’ can be pre-ordered from
much when COVID and obesity are linked is one good
www.waterstones.com/book/celebrating-brighton-and-
reason for exercise, but another reason could be
hove/kevin-newman/9781398100206 for £15.99
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ADVERTISEMENT INDEX Art Classes Creative Art Classes 2 Broadband Box Broadband 8 Hey! Broadband 27 Building Services / Carpentry / Handyman Tru English Bespoke Joinery 36 Car Services Nightingale Service Centre 18 Care Services Saltimmary Homecare Professionals 13 Carpet / Flooring Berwicks of Horsham 35 James For Carpets 5 Community Ascot Care 4 Horsham District Council 33 West Sussex County Council 14/25 Curtains / Blinds / Interiors Mobile Curtain Showroom 6 Electricians Aphilian Electrical Services 41 Equipment Hire & Sales King & Stevens 15 Estate & Letting Agents / Homes for Sale
At Home Estate and Lettings Agency 43 Brock Taylor Estate Agents 44 Fascias / Soffits / Gutters Clean Slate Roofing & House Maintenance 23 Garden & Landscaping Services DB Garden and Tree Care 32 Excel Driveways and Landscapes 22 Leyton Landscapes 17 REM Landscapes 41 Traditional Gardening & Landscapes 29 Home Improvement AF Bespoke 12 Kitchens / Bedrooms Alexander Kitchens 34 The Kitchen Store 26 Locksmiths Lee's Locks 36 Music Suppliers UK Vinyl Vault 4 Painting / Decorating / Plastering Services Tony Billings 14 Parish Council Southwater Parish Council 10 Pest Control
The Pest Man 30 Planning Services WPS Planning 1 Roofing Contractor Cardinal Flat Roofing 19 G & S Roofing & Guttering 3 Hazelhurst Roofing 4 SR Roofing & Building 11 Sussex Roofing 31 Satellite & Aerial Services A&S Sussex 21 Solicitors Flackwoods Solicitors 39 Smith Gadd & Co 13 Sports Clubs Bluecoat Sports 40 Sports Equipment Jim Hills Sports 7 Vets Arthur Lodge Vets (Downslink) 17 Maltman Veterinary Clinic 24 Wills & Estate Planning Thy Will Be Done 37 West Sussex Wills and Trusts 6 Windows, Doors & Conservatories Best Choice Roofing 4 Heath Windows 28
DISCOUNTS & OFFERS g ^ k r ^ ov = O M O N = = = G&S Roofing
15% discount
West Sussex Wills
Free home visit
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Jim Hills Sports
Huge bargains
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SR Roofing & Building
10% discount
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Nightingale Service Centre
£15 Amazon voucher
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Cardinal Roofing & Building
Various offers
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A&S Aerial & Satellites
10% discount for OAP’s
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The Fascias & Soffits Specialists
Free guttering
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The Kitchen Store
£1,000 cashback
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Sussex Roofing
20% off
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Thy Will Be Done
Various offers
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Flackwoods Solicitors
Half an hour’s free advice
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Bluecoat Sports
Exclusive membership offer
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