A RAFT of events across the country helped mark Older People’s Day 2016 on October 1 – and residents in East Sussex have plenty more to look forward to.
There are a range of activities and events remaining in a two-month ‘Full of Life’ programme backed by East Sussex County Council and East Sussex Seniors’ Association, in partnership with leisure centres, local councils, charities and community and voluntary organisations. Continue reading
TWO services for disabled people previously offered by a now closed East Sussex charity are being run by new providers.
East Sussex Disability Association (ESDA) closed its doors earlier this year after 78 years of providing services for disabled people in the county. Continue reading
PEOPLE in East Sussex are being warned to be wary of websites charging people unnecessarily for Blue Badge applications.
East Sussex County Council is advising people they don’t need to pay charges as high as £49 being asked for by some websites to apply for a Blue Badge online. Continue reading
A MOTORIST from Hastings has been fined for displaying a fake blue badge bearing her dead mother’s name while on a shopping trip.
Geraldine Roberts, of Ironlatch Avenue, was caught out by an eagle-eyed police officer while parked in a disabled bay at the Tesco Extra store in Church Wood Drive, St Leonards, in June 2016. Continue reading
