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Campaign to help smokers in Hastings find happiness

AN AWARENESS campaign designed to dispel a common myth that smoking is a way to relieve stress is hitting Hastings in the new year.

Representatives of South East Smokefree Alliance (SESA) will be at Priory Meadow Shopping Centre on Tuesday, January 6, to talk to shoppers about wellbeing, and the link between quitting smoking and feeling better. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Featured, Public Health on December 22, 2025 by karenb.

Wellbeing programme hands out milestone award

AN awards programme that encourages employers to create happier, healthier workplaces is celebrating its 100th award.

Four years after the launch of the Wellbeing at Work (WAW) programme, East Sussex County Council’s public heath team have reached the milestone, handing Rathfinny Wine Estate its silver award. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Economy, Public Health on November 20, 2025 by karenb.

New booking system to launch at county’s waste sites

recycling symbolsTRIPS to the tip will have to be booked from next week as a new system comes into effect.

East Sussex County Council is introducing a booking system to all 10 of its household waste recycling sites on Monday, November 24. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Transport and Environment, Waste and recycling on November 20, 2025 by karenb.

Consultation into future of local government launched

East Sussex residents are being urged to have their say and reshape the way services are run in the future.

The Government has launched a consultation into plans to replace county and district and borough councils in Sussex with single authorities, presenting two options for East Sussex. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Governance Services on November 20, 2025 by karenb.

Hundreds benefit from fall prevention events

MORE than 300 pairs of non-slip slippers were handed out during successful fall-prevention events.

Hundreds of people attending the East Sussex County Council-organised events in Hastings and Bexhill, which have some of the highest rates of hospital admissions for falls in the country. Continue reading →

This entry was posted in Adult Social Care on November 19, 2025 by karenb.

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