Monthly Archives: July 2024
Wealden partners with The Conservation Volunteers to deliver free Green Gym sessions and health walks
Wealden District Council has recently partnered with The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to deliver a series of health and wellbeing focused conservation activities. From July, TCV will begin delivering weekly guided health walks and Green Gym sessions along the Cuckoo Trail, completely free for residents to join and get involved in. The programme of activities will... Read more
31st July
New funding for enhancement of green spaces in Wealden
Community Spaces Grants Programme helps to fund improvements at local rural green spaces within the district Sometimes a little goes a long way. It’s always worth applying for grants as the recent benefactors of funding from Wealden District Council’s Community Spaces Grants programme have discovered. Seven projects have been allocated support towards initiatives to help... Read more
31st July
East Sussex Fire Authority wants your views on the future of Mayfield On Call Community Fire Station
Information events are being held as part of a consultation by East Sussex Fire Authority on future options for Mayfield On Call Fire Station. The consultation opened on 5 July 2024 and runs until 27 September, with the findings considered at a Fire Authority meeting in December 2024. The full Options Appraisal was presented to... Read more
25th July
Daring skydivers raise money for Hospice in the Weald
Daring skydivers raise money for Hospice in the Weald Seventeen intrepid fundraisers from teenagers to an especially intrepid octogenarian took to sunny skies on Sunday 16 June, skydiving from a height of 12,000 feet in aid of Hospice in the Weald. Accompanied in tandem with an experienced skydiver, all had different motivations for jumping. From those who had skydiving... Read more
18th July
No change for Sussex Weald or Bexhill & Battle but Heathfield Community College ex-student wins Hastings
Post election, residents of Heathfield and surrounding villages are not looking at any change in the colour of the party representing them. Unlike the national trend, the area will continue to be represented by the Conservative candidates who have been re-elected. Nus Ghani for Sussex Weald with 34.1% of the vote, a reduction of 29.6%... Read more
8th July
Herstmonceux Castle welcomes visitors to the gardens and cafe this Summer.
Herstmonceux Castle, a Scheduled Monument and Grade 1 listed manor house, is undergoing an assessment of repairs needed to the outside walls. This popular event venue and gardens located in Herstmonceux is also the home of Bader College, which delivers degree level education to students enrolled at Queen’s University at Kingston, in Ontario, Canada. Following... Read more
5th July