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Community sports charity, Tennis for Free is returning to Maidenbower Park, offering residents the chance to learn a new skill and improve their fitness, completely for free!   Tennis for Free is a community sports charity that provides free coach led tennis sessions and access to tennis courts in local parks…

Local dance schools and community groups are invited to take part in a ‘Day of Dance’ at Goffs Park in July.  The Friends of Goffs Park were recently awarded funding from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Cultural Fund to provide a professional standard outdoor dance stage for their Summer Fayre in the park on Sunday 5 July from 12…

The monitoring centre for ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s Lifeline service will be managed by a new contractor from 1 April this year.  Lifeline is the council’s personal alarm system, allowing customers to access medical help, the police and fire and rescue service at the touch of a button, 24 hours a day, seven…

A town centre car park has become the fourth purchase for ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council in its bid to generate alternative sources of income to support its services to the public. Kingsgate Car Park, on Queensway opposite the Memorial Gardens, is a 10-level car park with 496 spaces. It is currently let to National Car…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Question Time is back for another year, giving residents an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them. The annual event takes place from 7-9pm on Thursday 12 March at ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ College in the town centre. ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Question Time takes the form of an independently-chaired general debate and…

The wet winter means that this year’s grass cutting season will start later than planned. Between September and mid-February, ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ saw more than 530mm of rain – more than 36 per cent above the average – which means that the grass verges are very wet and would be churned up by mowing equipment. Conditions will be…

A housing development currently under construction in Northgate is set to be named after a Royal Marine from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾. Royal Marine Scott Summers, tragically died after sustaining serious injuries in a road traffic accident, aged just 23, while on tour in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Located on Woolborough Road…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s Community Wardens have successfully retained their Sussex Police accreditation.  The Community Warden Team was granted accreditation status again in December 2019 by the Chief Constable of Sussex Police, Giles York. This lasts for three years. ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s wardens have…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council has uncovered 132 cases of incorrect claims of Single Person Discount, resulting in more than £75,000 of extra Council Tax being collected. Single Person Discount (SPD) is claimed when there is only a single adult who is liable for Council Tax at a property. The council’s Fraud and…

The Employ ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ jobs fair is back for its third year, offering residents the chance to find out more about local vacancies.  The event is open to all ages and takes place in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Library from 10am until 3pm on Thursday 5 March. Come along and meet with a wide range of local employers from various…