Yearly Archives: 2019

Meals in the community subsidy could stay for most vulnerable

Boat on beachSUBSIDISED meals in the community could be kept for some residents – under proposals to be considered by a senior councillor.

Earlier in the summer, East Sussex County Council consulted on proposals to remove the meals in the community subsidy completely and change the way working adults are supported, as part of a plan to make almost £1 million of savings from adult social care. Continue reading

Waste site staff ‘muck in’ to find lost key

Julie Stockinger, pictured with (from left) Karl Brydon, David Cottell, Shane Arnold, brought gifts for the staff at Maresfield Household Waste Recycling SiteA MOTHER-of-two has praised the household waste site staff who saved her hundreds of pounds and days of inconvenience by trawling through a bin to fish out her car key.

Julie Stockinger, from Uckfield, feared the worse when the only key for her Saab 9-3 Estate slipped from her hand as she deposited rubbish at Maresfield Household Waste Recycling Site. Continue reading