TELSCOMBE TOWN CRIER

Telscombe Town comprising Telscombe Cliffs, East Saltdean and Telscombe Village

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Neighbourhood

First team

Litter picking

Staff & Cllr updates

Bingo dates

Saltdean Lido campaign

Citizens Advice new office

The Civic Centre car parking

Council contact info

Committee /

meetings info

Council’s contact telephone number:-

01273 589777 See page 7 for

email and website addresses

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Issue 66 – Apr/May 2018

Playground Refurbishments

Chatsworth Park South

A small working group of Telscombe Town Councillors have been working on a plan to update the

three play spaces in our Towns for the last year. Chatsworth Park South and North along with

Robert Kingan in East Saltdean have been in desperate need of a revamp. A partial

modernisation was completed in 2013 using Council budgets match funded against successful

grant applications delivering new equipment costing £110,000. pto

Playground Refurbishments - Chatsworth Park North

On the 1st of May 2018 an extensive refurbishment will begin at all three play spaces. This will

complete the project to upgrade these valuable and well used facilities. New equipment, ground

work and perimeter fencing will bring all of these playgrounds up to a high specification. We have

worked with LewesDC to deliver the project and the contractors Playsafe have now been

awarded the contract. On behalf of the working group Cllr Andy Smith said ‘We are very pleased

that the Town Council is now embarking on fully upgrading our playgrounds started 4 years ago.

When completed we will have some of the most up-to-date playspaces for our children to enjoy.

We are aiming to have these important facilities ready before the Summer Holidays’.

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Playground refurbishments - Robert Kingan

More information will be available on our website www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk The works being undertaken represent a Council investment of £220,000 in total which has mainly

come from the Council’s reserves. A number of successful grant applications both large and small

have helped with the funding. We would like to thank the Telscombe Residents Association and

The House Project for the donation of new seesaws which will be installed in Chatsworth Park

South and North.

Neighbourhood First

Neighbourhood First is a new team of community advisors being launched by Lewes District

Council.

The team will work within communities to improve neighbourhoods and act as a link with the

council. Advisors will work alongside a range of volunteers, groups and other council staff to

maintain the quality of the environment and provide help and advice to local residents.

Leader of Lewes District Council, Councillor Andy Smith, officially launched the new service at

Saxon House, Newhaven, on Tuesday April 3rd.

Cllr Smith said: “This is a fantastic new initiative that will be of real benefit to residents in the

district. As well as assisting on a range of issues, Neighbourhood Advisors can carry out

inspections on local streets and open spaces to make sure issues such as littering, and graffiti are

quickly addressed.

They can also give advice on access issues to local support services and attend community, town

and parish council meetings.”

Neighbourhood Advisors can help & assist residents to try and resolve a range of issues, such as:

Dog fouling Fly-tipping Littering and street cleaning Abandoned vehicles

Fallen down trees. Find out more about the work of Neighbourhood First at:- www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/Neighbourhood-First

Staff Updates & Councillor Updates Following on from the article in the last newsletter, we can now update you on further changes.

We welcome two new members of staff, Diana Joel, Admin Assistant who works in the

afternoons and Bianca Buss, Amenities Officer who works 3 days a week.

As a result of the recent by-election, we welcome two new Councillors, Christine Robinson and

Isobel Sharkey. We look forward to working with them.

Peacehaven

Heights

School Get

Stuck In Our grateful thanks

go to pupils at

Peacehaven

Heights School who

recently undertook a

litter pick at

Chatsworth Park.

The activity was to

help the children understand how important it is for us to take care of our environment.

Unfortunately litter has been highlighted globally as having a dramatic, negative impact on the

wildlife and health of our planet. They were there for several days and collected a phenominal

amount of rubbish.

It is a shame that there was so much to collect and we would ask that visitors to the park use the

numerous bins provided to throw away their rubbish.

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Future bingo dates at the Civic Centre

Friday 25th May Friday 29th June Friday 27th July

Friday 31st August Friday 28th September

Eight games for £4 plus a snowball (50p per ticket) and £1 flyer game. Cash prizes.

Free tea, coffee and biscuits. Start time 7pm prompt

Seating is limited and based on a first come, first served basis.

Proceeds to the Mayor of Telscombe’s charity fund

£104,000 Needed from Local Residents To Unlock £4 million from The Lottery

Dear residents of Telscombe and East Saltdean

Saving Saltdean Lido’s pools and building has always been about preserving our heritage and providing much-needed leisure and community facilities in the area.

Opening the marvellous new pools last summer was phase one of our project and cost some £3 million.

Phase two is the restoration of the building. The Lottery has set aside £4 million towards this. However, it has said that our community needs to contribute too.

And so we now have to raise £104,000 from local residents and businesses by mid-June which is when the lottery committee next meets.

If we don’t reach this target then the lottery money will go away forever and we won’t be able to proceed with phase two. This would be a real blow for the area and would see the building boarded up and continue to be an eyesore that blights rather than benefits our community. The library and community centre housed within the building will both close.

The future of the pools will also be in doubt as they cannot survive without revenue from a heritage café, rooms for hire and events in a revamped building

So far, our crowdfunding campaign has raised some £20,000 (in online pledges and cheques), we have another eight weeks to reach our target.

We are therefore asking local residents to please show their support by pledging money. This is a promise to pay. If we don’t reach the £104,000 target then the lottery money will go away and we won’t need to draw the money down from you.

(If you are self-employed or own a business then you can offset your pledge against tax.)

There’s never been a magic money tree for the lido and it’s down to people who care about it. This is it!

Please send a cheque payable to Saltdean Lido Trust (Charity number 1173503) to Saltdean Lido Trust, Saltdean Lido, Park Road, Brighton BN2 8SP

Or you can pledge online at www.spacehive.com/saltdean-lido

Please feel free to call us direct to discuss or email [email protected]

We can do it if we all contribute. Please, please help us restore the lido building to its former glory. Come on we can do it!

Bridget Fishleigh and Deryck Chester – lido volunteers. 07946 342 903

Citizens Advice New Opening Hours The Citizens Advice have opened a new office in Chapel Street, Newhaven. A list of the opening

times for all their advice centres are available from the Civic Centre or from their website. You

can also contact them via the various ways listed below:-

Email advice - www.eastsussexcab.co.uk or via our website www.lewesdistrictcab.org.uk

Telephone 03444 111444

Citizens Advice self-help website- www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Easter Bonnet Competition Pupils at Telscombe Cliffs Primary

School nursery recently held an Easter

Bonnet competition. The entries were

lovely and the winners are pictured

below:-

Left - Joshua Lean

Right - Leah Poon-Wai-Wan

Civic Centre Car Park Car park control measures have been discussed

following an issue with a member of the public

falling in the car park whilst not visiting the Civic

Centre. The associated insurance claim which will

result in a large pay-out. Also we have lost a hirer

as they could not find parking spaces and have had

complaints from weekend hirers due to longer term

parkers during the day and overnight. These factors

will have a detrimental affect on the Council’s

income. At the moment the Civic Centre is the only

Committee whose income mainly covers the

expenditure and we want it to stay that way. Even if

someone going to the shops only parks for 5

minutes, it could coincide with hirers arriving to park

and not finding a space available. We are therefore

investigating the possibility of a manually operated

permanent barrier, bollards and new signage to

alleviate any further insurance claims that directly

affect the insurance premium and cost to the

Council and tax payers. We hope you will realise the

problem we face and work with us and avoid using

the car park unless you are visiting the Centre.

Spring into Spring The Mayor’s recent entertainment

evening, Spring into Spring, proved

a huge success with a bumper

attendance.

‘Elvis’ the guest entertainment

proved a huge hit and as well as

providing a fun evening for

everyone, just over £400 was

raised for the Mayor’s charities.

Thanks to everyone for coming and

all those that helped on the

evening.

Please let us know if you would like

us to put on another similar event.

Drop-in Councillor Surgery and Residents’ Association Coffee Morning First Saturday of each month, 10 -11am at Telscombe Civic Centre:-

2nd June, 7th July, 4th August, 1st September 2018

Contact Us - Telscombe Town Council, Telscombe Civic Centre, 360 South Coast Road, Telscombe Cliffs,

East Sussex, BN10 7ES. Open Monday to Friday 9am - 4.30pm, excluding bank holidays

Telephone: 01273 589777 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.telscombetowncouncil.gov.uk

Town Clerk & RFO: Stella Newman, PLSCC Email - [email protected]

Amenities Officer : Bianca Buss Email - [email protected] (Mon, Wed, Fri)

Senior Admin Assistant : Karen Shaddick Email - [email protected] (9am-1pm)

Admin Assistant : Diana Joel Email - [email protected] (1-4.30pm)

Telscombe Town Council Meeting Dates - June to September 2018

Planning & Highways Monday 4th June

Planning & Highways Monday 25th June

Policy & Resources Monday 2nd July

Planning & Highways Monday 16th July

Council Wednesday 18th July

Amenities/Civic Centre Monday 23rd July

Planning & Highways Monday 6th August

Planning & Highways Monday 29th August

Grants (sub-com) Monday 3rd September 6.45pm

Policy & Resources Monday 3rd September

Planning & Highways Monday 17th September

Council Wednesday 19th September

Amenities/Civic Centre Monday 24th September

15 minute public question time at

beginning of each meeting.

Meetings start at 7.30pm unless

otherwise stated.

Meetings held in Telscombe Civic

Centre.

Agenda as displayed on Council notice

boards and the website.

Dates are subject to change - if you wish

to attend please phone the Civic Centre

on 01273 589777 to ensure the meeting

is being held or check the website.

The Council, members of the public and

press may record/film/photograph or

broadcast meetings when the public and

press are not lawfully excluded.

Contact a Councillor *also district Councillor + also County Councillor

Councillors—East Saltdean Ward:-

Job Harris 01273 583050

Andrew Mendoza 07809 121852

Brian Page 01273 302220

Christine Robinson 07954 338062

David Wright 07905 039210

Councillors—Telscombe Cliffs Ward:-

Tim Armour 01273 302486

Daryll Brindley 07734 694189 Deputy Mayor

Andy Loraine 01273 580919

Gwen Maskell 01273 585819

Ron Maskell* 01273 585819

Isobel Sharkey 07818 243405

Andy Smith*+ 01273 584484

Joanna Wilkins [email protected] Mayor

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Amenities & Civic Centre - Cllr D Brindley, Chairman * Cllr G Maskell, Vice Chairman

Policy & Resources - Cllr D Wright, Chairman * Cllr B Page, Vice Chairman

Planning & Highways - Cllr J Harris, Chairman * Cllr D Brindley, Vice Chairman

Committee Chairmen/Vice Chairmen:-

For info - there is a defibrillator situated by the entrance to the Civic Centre

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MP ’s contact details - Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour party) is the MP

for the Kemptown Constituency which includes

Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean. His

contact details are as follows:-

Parliamentary - email

[email protected],

tel 0207 219 2280

Constituency - email

[email protected], tel 01273 550121

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