OLDER residents in Rye and Robertsbridge are being asked to share their experiences of life in rural Rother to help improve their communities for the future.
Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE) is a research and community action project, funded by Interreg 2 Seas and the EU’s European Regional Development Fund, that aims to empower and enable older people to define what support they need, reduce loneliness, and improve health and wellbeing.
A £300,000 emergency fund has been launched to help charities and not-for-profit organisations continue to support communities through the Covid-19 crisis.
East Sussex County Council is inviting voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations whose income has been significantly affected by the Government’s “stay at home” advice, to apply for a grant. Continue reading
A PROJECT designed to match organisations that need help and those that want to help their local communities has received national recognition.
The East Sussex Social Value Marketplace, a project between local authority partnership Orbis and East Sussex County Council’s Public Health team, was named Social Innovation of the year at January’s National Social Value Awards. Continue reading
THE dedication and achievements of a group East Sussex residents have been given the royal seal of approval.
As part of the diamond anniversary celebrations for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards, six young people from the county were among 1,000 to be invited to Buckingham Palace to receive their prestigious gold awards. Continue reading
