Test to look after your sexual health

escc logoPEOPLE across East Sussex are being encouraged to look after their sexual health and get tested regularly for sexually transmitted infections following a reported rise in infection rates.

Public Health bosses are reminding people that free home testing kits for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are available and can be ordered quickly and easily online.

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Successful outdoor activity service seeks new operator

escc logoORGANISATIONS interested in taking over the running of the county’s successful outdoor activity service are being asked to come forward.

East Sussex County Council is looking at options to ensure Buzz Active can continue to grow as a centre of excellence for outdoor education and activities for children, young people and the wider community within East Sussex.

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£1m boost for skills projects across Hastings and Rother

A RANGE of projects designed to support training and boost employability across Hastings and Rother will share Government funding worth £1 million.

East Sussex County Council will distribute the Skills Capital Fund between a total of 11 projects that will help enhance the local skills and training offer in line with the priorities of Skills East Sussex, the local multi-agency strategic skills board. Continue reading

Landowner fined for second planning notice failure

A LANDOWNER suspected of the unauthorised disposal of waste on his farm has been fined after failing to respond to a planning notice for the second time.

In July Ian Hobden, 67, of Giffords Farm, Battle Road, Dallington, pleaded guilty for failing to respond to a Planning Contravention Notice when he appeared at Hastings Magistrates’ Court. Continue reading