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Charity & Community News £30,000 to tackle graffiti Leading councillors at Chichester District Council have agreed to allocate £30,000 to tackle a recent increase in graffiti and fly posting across the district. A targeted removal campaign will be delivered over a twelve-month period. Information about graffiti and fly poster removal will also be collected, including identifying hot spots, common themes, and repeat offenders. This will be shared with the police and other agencies and recommendations will be made for the future management of graffiti. Under the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse, Chichester District Council is responsible for keeping highways and public areas clean. This includes the removal of litter, detritus and fly tipped waste, but it does not require the removal of graffiti and flyposting. Instead, it recommends local agencies work together on an agreed approach. Chichester District Council hopes that the £30,000 investment in the targeted removal campaign will not only help to tackle the problem but will also shape how the council and its partners manage graffiti in the future. Rotary provides interview coaching Do you worry before interviews? Many people do, yet few are given interview coaching and guidance. Earlier this month, nine members of the Rotary Club of Chichester Priory worked with Bishop Luffa School to give over 200 14-16 year olds such help, using considerable support from leading employers in the area. Thirty-three professionals from eight organisations such as Lewis Brownlee, Chichester Festival Theatre, RollsRoyce, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Chichester District Council, The Sussex Pub Company and Irwin Mitchell Solicitors contributed their valuable time to the project. The students who had little or no experience of interviews grew enormously in confidence. rotarychichesterpriory.org Coultershaw Heritage Site new information panel The Coultershaw Heritage Site has helpful interpretation boards placed along the riverbank and around the site. The most recent can be found on the west bank, and tells of two aspects of the history of the site: milling and canal navigation. It includes a painting of the old Coultershaw Mill that burnt down in 1923 with a barge moored up beside the Rother Navigation illustrating how the scene may have looked in its working days.
Holding the painting (right) in front of the new interpretation panel are the artist David R. G. Johnston, (left of photo) and Tony Sneller, a trustee of The Coultershaw Trust. The painting, donated by Mr Johnston, represents his interpretation of those bygone milling days. Application for Acoustic camera for A272 Gillian Keegan MP, for Chichester, has submitted an application to the Department for Transport as part of their Roadside Vehicle Noise Measurement project. Gillian’s application has asked for an acoustic camera to be installed along the A272. The site sits at the heart of the South Downs National Park and transects the Chichester constituency east to west, from Wisborough Green to the A3 Petersfield. There are multiple villages either situated on the A272 or surrounding it that are impacted by the noise.
