Community News

News items about Storrington and the local area submitted by local people and local organisations.

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18
Jan

Scam alert: help available

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Community.

9
Jan

Extension to Chantry Lane soft sand quarry: public consultation

Posted by Post Contributor in Community, Have Your Say, Parish Council, Storrington, Sullington.

Proposal to extend the disused Chantry Lane sand quarry to extract 1,000,000 tons of soft sand. The public consultation runs from 6 January 2020 to 2 March 2020. West Sussex County Council and the South Downs National Park Authority have […]

9
Jan

Glebe Surgery moves to new building 28 February to 3 March

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Community, Storrington, Sullington, Thakeham, Washington, West Chiltington.

Letter to patients from Dr. Newsom 8 January 2020 Dear Glebe Surgery Patient Once again, I would like to thank you for all the support you have provided to the surgery throughout 2019. As I am sure many of you […]

6
Jan

Glebe Surgery PPG Newsletter January 2020

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Community, Storrington, Sullington, Thakeham, Washington, West Chiltington.

PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP UPDATE Firstly, may I wish you all a Happy New Year, I hope you have all had a wonderful time over the festive season and that you enjoyed reading our first newsletter and found it interesting and […]

3
Jan

Storrington featured events to note

Posted by Administrator in All.

2
Jan

Controlled Burning to combat devastating heather beetle attack on Sullington Warren

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Community, Storrington, Sullington.

Did you notice in late summer that large parts of the heather on Sullington Warren were not purple with flower but a reddish brown? This was the result of a massive heather beetle infestation of this section of the Warren. […]

2
Jan

Let Rotary recycle your Christmas Tree for charity

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Community, Storrington, Sullington, Thakeham, Washington, West Chiltington.

Rotary Christmas tree re-cycling scheme raises funds for charity The Rotary Club of Storrington & Pulborough District provides a seasonal service that is welcomed by the Community and which helps to ‘green’ our area. For the third year running Rotary […]

21
Dec

Thakeham children raise nearly £300 for Samaritans

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Community, Thakeham.

Sophie and Joshua Morris, of Thakeham have raised money for the Samaritans, for the second year running. Accompanied by their grandmother, Hayley Morris, of Crawley, they sang carols for the charity, as their father did when he was a child. […]

17
Dec

Launch of Our Village Scheme in Storrington

Posted by Post Contributor in All, Business, Community, Storrington.

The Storrington Neighbourhood Wardens have just launched the Our Village scheme, designed to protect vulnerable members of the local community. The scheme is an initiative which originated in Horsham and it allows individuals to enter a business venue that displays […]

5
Dec

Storrington Conservation Society – November Newsletter

Posted by EBA MB in Community, Storrington.

On 18th October a Climate Change Public Forum took place in Pulborough Village Hall. Five very knowledgeable speakers provided information to a full audience about the causes of climate change and what needs to be done to prevent it becoming […]