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LEADERS have welcomed approval of their plans to collaborate in a single strategic authority for Sussex with a directly elected mayor.
The government has agreed to move forward with a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) and confirmed the first mayoral election will take place in May 2026.
THE CONTRIBUTION of volunteers is being celebrated with the development of an app to make it easier for people to find opportunities.
East Sussex County Council is working with The Tribe Project on an initiative to boost community involvement across the county and support voluntary organisations in finding the right volunteers for the right roles.
The app, currently in development, will help support the work of Rother Voluntary Action (RVA), Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) and Wealden, Eastbourne, and Lewes Voluntary Action (3VA).
WALKING, wheeling and cycling schemes in East Sussex have been given a £1.22 million boost thanks to Government funding.
East Sussex County Council successfully applied for Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to support schemes that encourage people to become more active and help reduce carbon emissions. Continue reading
WITH summer on its way East Sussex County Council is reminding people of the risks the county’s spectacular cliffs can pose.
Each year thousands of tonnes of chalk fall from the cliffs – which stretch from Eastbourne to Seaford Head – without warning, posing a danger to those on the cliff top and those walking or sitting on the beach below. Continue reading
Rother District Council and East Sussex County Council understand that residents are anxious to know more about the Home Office’s proposals to use the Northeye site in Bexhill for the accommodation of up to 1200 single male asylum seekers.
We share residents’ concerns about these proposals and have repeatedly sought further information from the Home Office – disappointingly we have no further information at this time. Continue reading
