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Looking for events and fun activities to keep your children and young people entertained? The council’s Family Information Service holds lots of useful information about organisations in the city which offer activities for children and young people. The latest Half-Term Holiday Fun leaflet (PDF) is now available.
Visit the Family Service Directory to discover more, or go to the council’s Holiday Activities page for details of activities going on in school holidays.
The next joint Local Action Team (LAT) and Tenants’ meeting is on Wednesday 8th February, 7.00pm at Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road. The meeting is an opportunity to raise any issues of concern; it can be about anti-social behaviour, the environment, fly tipping, or housing.
Local councillors, Community Warden and the local PCSO all attend. We would also be interested to hear any suggestions you may have on ways to improve the neighbourhood. For more information, contact Liz Lee 01273 236 160.
Sunday 29th January – 4 – 7.30pm Directly behind Moulsecoomb train station, at the end of Crespin Way.
FREE (any donations will go towards rebuilding the shed)
Come and peer through a telescope at the stars with Dr Darren Baskill, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sussex and his team. Warm drinks, snacks and a roaring fire to keep you warm. More details here
The next joint Local Action Team (LAT) and Tenants’ meeting is on Wednesday 11th January, 7.00pm at Hollingdean Community Centre, Thompson Road.
Changes have been made to the way benefit payments are paid as of 1 January 2012.
The government has changed the rules that apply to most single people aged between 25 and 35, who do not have children, live in self-contained accommodation and rent from a private landlord.
The new rules mean that the maximum amount of benefit someone in this group can apply for will be that for a shared room, about £78 per week. More information on these changes is available on the council website.
Wassailing (or Howling, as it’s known in Sussex) is the custom of blessing the apple trees and bee hives to ensure a bountiful crop in the forthcoming season. This year, the Brighton Mummers, a theatre group based at Coachwerks are leading the Howl – a family friendly event involving the recital of the old wassail words, the toasting of the trees and the waking of the roots through the use of banging pots and the firing of their home made cannon!
Starting at the community orchard behind the Sure Start, they’ll Howl the trees awake, then invite everyone to join them on the walk over the hill to the Old Orchard at Stanmer Park, where two children will be crowned King Bean and Queen Pea, and lead a torchlit procession to the Home Farm Orchard, where there will be more merriment, bonfire, hot spuds, music, singing and good times. Read the rest of this entry »
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Many thanks to all the volunteer street reps for delivering the newsletter, and to our contributors, advertisers and readers.
Photo: Hertford Infants nativity 1954 (from their collection)
Brighton & Hove is celebrating as the city council’s bid for a £2.2 million Lottery grant to restore The Level has been granted. The money comes from the Funds’ joint Parks for People scheme. More information on the council’s website.
As part of the overall restoration of The Level, Freestyle Skateparks have been appointed to design and build the new skatepark and work will now start on the design. Skaters and local residents will have an opportunity to feed into the process.
Once a design has been developed, the project team will work with the Brighton & Hove Skateparks Association to prepare funding bid applications to raise the additional funding required to build the skatepark. More details about the timescales and the consultation and engagement process for The Level Skatepark will follow shortly.
Sunday 18th December 2011 – 5-6.30pm
St. Richards Church, Beal Crescent , Hollingdean, BN1 7BU
FREE entrance
All welcome! Come and enjoy a festive celebration with The Karavan Ensemble and all those who have been part of the workshops at Hollingdean Community Centre.
Lantern parade, chorus, films and hot drinks will be served up for some festive cheer as we approach the Winter Solstice and shortest day of the year! Read the rest of this entry »
Budget Bites, run by Food Matters is a four week course giving you the opportunity to learn how to cook from scratch, using low cost groceries to create meals and snacks that are affordable, healthy and appetizing.
The course runs at Hollingdean Community Centre starting Monday 28th November. More information on the Community Centre website.
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