Charity & Community News

Chichester will host a fringe festival in June Applications are now open for a new season of fringe events in Chichester. Chichester Fringe is playing host to a series of theatre and comedy nights, spoken word, dance and music performances in local spaces throughout the community from 1st to 18th June 2023. Performance spaces will include more traditional venues as well as cafés and local entertainment hotspots and will include a popular canal boat. One special aspect of Chichester Fringe is that no fee is required to take part. The organisers are looking for passionate performers of all backgrounds and experience, to take part. Theatre companies, comedians, spoken word artists, dance groups, musicians and solo performers are encouraged to apply before the end of March at www.chichesterfringe.co.uk.

175th anniversary celebrations, and the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative, the builders merchant planted 175 beech trees at Selhurst Park near Chichester in November. The company, which has depots on Station Yard, Bognor Regis and Quarry Lane, Chichester, also gave £5 for every purchase during its annual Help for Hospices charity week last year, raising over £32,000 for hospices in the south, including St Wilfrid’s Hospice.

MP welcomes Chichester College investment Gillian Keegan, the Member of Parliament for Chichester and the current Education Secretary has welcomed news that the Government will be investing almost £6 million in Chichester College Group as part of efforts to boost skills training across communities. This new funding will mean providers can invest in state of the art facilities,