Councillors’ Surgeries   The Council is continuing to hold its Bi-monthly Surgeries, to enable members of the local community to have the opportunity to meet with a Councillor to air their views in respect of the way in which the Parish is managed, maintained and enhanced, as well as any other issues of interest or concern. Future Surgeries will be held at the Village Information Centre in the Churchill Car Park from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm as follows:-   Saturday 28 August 2010 - Cllr Mrs F Harrison Saturday 23 October 2010 - Cllr J Bennett Saturday 11 December 2010 - Cllr P Warren Saturday 26 February 2011 - Cllr D Rogers Saturday 23 April 2011 - Cllr J Ceiriog-Hughes __________________________________________   Allotments Competition The Council’s Allotments Committee judged the three Allotment sites (at Penfold Lane, Worthing Road and Conbar Avenue) on 5 July. Trophies and cheques are awarded to the winners at each site and, are presented at the Reception following the Council’s Annual Civic Thanksgiving Service on 19 September. ________________________________________________   Request Corner ...   From time to time requests are received from local Charitable Organisations for the Council to publicise their services. Here are two we have recently received:   VOICE OF PROGRESS Voice of Progress is a local Charity which distributes free audio-tapes and CDs for the visually impaired in the Littlehampton area, which obviously includes Rustington. Each fortnightly issue comprises of approximately forty minutes of local news, and a similar length general interest magazine.   If you, or anyone you know, might benefit from a local talking newspaper, please contact: Voice of Progress, Rustington Hall, Station Road, Rustington BN16 3AY Tel: (01903) 776569 or Email: n.myer@btopenworld.com   There is no obligation - just cancel if the service is not for you.   SOFAS & STUFF Sofas & Stuff recycle and repair furniture and white goods, which they sell on to people in need. They are based in Littlehampton, but are proud to provide a service to the residents of Rustington. The furniture and white goods are collected and delivered free of charge.   As well as providing a much needed service for people in need, the service also assists the environment. Through these efforts, items are able to be used again, instead of being sent off to landfill sites.   So, if you have any items of furniture or white goods that you no longer require, please contact Sofas & Stuff on (01903) 714812, where Louise and Emily will be delighted to hear from you, and will make the necessary arrangements for them to be collected at a time that is convenient to you.

 

Rustington in Bloom

 

The judging date for the South and South East in Bloom Competition has been set for Thursday 15 July from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm. The In-Bloom Campaign is movingalong swiftly, with everyone involved anxious to maintain the extremely high standard set last year, when the Village was declared ‘Champion of Champions’ in the Competition. The judging route has now been agreed, with only a final few amendments to be made, and the roads

to be visited by the judges will include:-

 

Ash Lane, Broadmark Lane, Chatsworth Drive, Chaucer Avenue, Claigmar Road, Cowdray Drive, Cudlow Garden, Georgian Gardens, Harsfold Road, Holmes Lane, Manor

Road (Conbar Avenue Allotment Site), North Lane, Old Manor Road, Sea Lane, Sea Road, Seafield Road, Station Road, The Street, Windsor Drive, Woodlands Avenue and Worthing Road.

 

New projects to ‘wow’ the judges will include the Community Partnership Garden at the rear of the Museum and all that it offers for everyone in the local community, the refurbished and improved Chaucery Memorial in Chaucer Avenue, and the first of three newly designed and planted flower beds on a piece of land currently maintained by the District Council in Holmes Lane at its junction with Milton Avenue. The Committee has, this year, held a Design-A-Flower Bed Competition for all members of the 1st Rustington Scout Group, and the winner and runner-up entries have been selected, with the winning design being used for the aforementioned flower bed. It is hoped that both the Girl Guides and Village Pre-Schools will participate in a similar competition in future years for the enhancement of the remaining two neglected flower beds.

 

The Committee’s fund-raising efforts are proving to be most successful this year, with the Horse Race Night,

which was held on Saturday 6 March, raising in excess of £1,200.00.

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Meetings

 

Parish Council Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of each month (apart from August and December) commencing at 7.15 pm in the Roger Montgomeri Room, The Woodlands Centre, Woodlands Avenue. 

 

All members of the public are welcome to attend these Meetings, and time is set aside before each Council and Committee Meeting commences (7.00 pm) to give members of the public an opportunity to pose questions.  A copy of the Agenda for each Meeting is displayed at the Public Library, on the Website and on Notice Boards around the Village.

Click here for a full list of Meetings, Agendas and Minutes.

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Blood Donor Sessions

 

Regular Donor Sessions are held in

the Village Memorial Hall at the

Woodlands Centre and posters are

displayed on Council Notice Boards.

Please come along and support this

lifesaving cause.

 

NEWS