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Discover your local library! West Sussex Libraries have asked us to remind readers about all the things your local library can offer: • Free, warm welcoming spaces for everyone • Computers for people to use • Free Wi-fi in every library • Regular free activities – children’s rhyme times & story times, knit and natter sessions, reading groups, board games and jigsaws • Digital volunteers to help people get online if you are nervous or new to the internet • Take home toys – children can take home up to three toy bags (for up to three weeks, with no late fees!) • Newspapers and magazines • Books for people wanting to start new hobbies, learn a language and more They also offer Home Library Direct for people who are unable to visit personally. Lastly they are always on the lookout for more volunteers. www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries. Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) Katy Bourne is inviting residents to provide their thoughts on policing priorities in a survey about police funding through council tax. You can provide your views on potential increases and tell Katy what you want the police to focus on. The short online survey is at www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk. A new initiative from the West Sussex Waste Partnership (West Sussex and District/Borough councils). is aiming to improve recycling rates in students aged 15-24. The partnership is working with the University of Chichester and the Chichester College Group (at Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Haywards Heath, and Worthing). Concern about children’s mental health and the negative messages in children's media has led two dads to launch a fun and satirical podcast and magazine aimed at promoting kindness and mental resilience in children. Martin Spinelli is a professor at the University of Sussex while Lance Dann teaches at the University of Brighton. Their podcast is called The Rez and it has also just been accredited to be taught in schools as part of the PSHE curriculum. www.jointherez.com South Downs MP Andrew Griffith has made the views of his constituents known in his response to the new routes published by the Rampion 2 proposed windfarm, calling it a “cable motorway” that would “leave a scar on the South Downs”. Andrew says that “vast swathes of delicate chalkland in the South Downs will be trenched” to accommodate the cables and accompanying access roads which will run from Climping beach through to a new substation at Cowfold, via Storrington and Washington. Rampion say that all disturbed land will be restored after the work is completed. See the routes at www.rampion2.com/consultation-2022. A fresh and redesigned website has been launched by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to support those living with mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity conditions. www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk. West Sussex-landscaper Paul Greenyer is baring all for the horticultural charity, Perennial, in its ‘Naked Grubby Gardener’s calendar” for 2023. Proceeds are going towards its work helping people from the horticultural industry to improve their financial and mental well-being. The calendar is available to purchase online at www.perennial.org.uk. Potholes are a big source of frustration for all road users, and in the six months from April 2022 West Sussex Highways say approximately 22,000 were filled. They are also taking a holistic approach to the condition of our roads, with whole roads and larger sections completely resurfaced to make them more resilient to potholes, and “vastly reduce the need for smallscale, disruptive repairs”. You can report a pothole at www.westsussex.gov.uk or by phone to 01243 642105 if it is an immediate safety risk. The Sussex Sunday Walkers programme runs from October to March with walks usually 12 16 miles long, starting and ending at the same car park, with a pub stop along the route. www.sussexsundaywalkers.org.uk

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Unattached people - new year, new beginning! Many people find that those weeks after Christmas and New Year provide a time to reflect and make changes. The Group, a Sussex club for unattached men and women aged 55+, has venues in Worthing, Burgess Hill, Brighton, Lewes and Horsham. The Group isn’t a dating agency but it does offer a great opportunity to meet new friends of both sexes in a welcoming atmosphere. There are walks, pub evenings, theatre trips, golf, galleries, lunches and dinners, live music, holidays, and much more. The Group, a non-profit organisation, has been operating for 17 years with over 300 members. www.thegroup.org.uk Fire Service awards

West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service celeb r a t e d t h e courage, dedic a t i o n a n d selflessness of its staff at its annual Recognition and Achievement Awards Ceremony. Those honoured at Arundel Castle included serving firefighters, support staff and members of the public. A total of 31 long service and good conduct medals were given to members of staff that have served within the fire and rescue service for 20 and 30 years, with medals being presented by the LordLieutenant of West Sussex, Lady Emma Barnard. Cash for emergency homes for families Worthing Borough Council has been awarded more than £100,000 of Government money to kickstart Former RAF Air Cadets site plans for more emergency homes for families. The Council wants to redevelop the former RAF Air Cadets site in Victoria Road to create flats for families who are at risk of becoming homeless. The Government funding will be used to remove the existing huts from the site. Overgrown bushes will also be cut back and cleared.

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Have fun & stay fit Morris dancing! Chanctonbury Ring Morris Men will celebrate their 70th anniversary in 2023 and are looking for new recruits. Morris dancing involves mostly a set of six or eight dancers and Chanctonbury have devised some dances of their own in a more recent tradition. The group meets on Wednesday evenings, dancing at local pubs most weeks in summer. In winter they practice at Henfield on Wednesday evenings, after which they retire to The Plough for a convivial beer! www.crmm.org.uk, email bagman@crmm.org.uk. New Worthing industrial estate proposals Plans have been submitted for Worthing’s first new industrial estate this century. Worthing Borough Council would like to convert the former landfill site at Decoy Farm in Willowbrook Road into a seven-hectare business park. Detailed plans have now been submitted for 18 modern units on the land between existing units in Dominion Way and Worthing’s household waste and recycling centre. The Council believes the new industrial estate could create more than 350 jobs on the site, in addition to those involved in its construction. Picture shows before and after views. Decoy Farm was used as a landfill site between 1970 and 1979, so the Council secured almost £5 million of government funding to clean up the site before it could be developed. Hundreds of snakes, lizards, mice and voles were relocated to wildlife havens elsewhere in the borough. www.adur-worthing.gov/planning, and search for application AWDM/1745/22. Community stories printed free of charge. Please send your stories to info@sussexlocal.net