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West Sussex County Council has launched Skills Bootcamps, a new initiative designed to help people gain in-demand skills that local employers are actively seeking. The programme offers access to industry-recognised, flexible training courses tailored to meet current workforce needs.
Skills Bootcamps, which are funded by a £4.3million grant from the Department for Education, are open to anyone aged 19 or over who lives or works in West Sussex, whether employed, unemployed or self-employed. The courses last up to 16 weeks and have a guaranteed job interview or career progression opportunity at their conclusion. Participants gain both technical and soft skills relevant to local industries, helping them secure employment, start an apprenticeship or advance their careers. In addition to up-to-date industry-relevant knowledge, learners receive tailored support, including:
Councillor Garry Wall, Cabinet Member for Economy and Skills, said: “I’m really pleased that we are working with local employers and training provider partners to provide this much-needed programme. “Skills Bootcamps offer a new way for people living or working in West Sussex to gain in-demand skills, leading directly to sustainable employment and real career progression - especially in our county’s key growth sectors. “By equipping residents with the skills local employers are actively seeking, Skills Bootcamps support the county council’s commitment to inclusive growth - helping residents thrive, supporting local employers and strengthening the economy.” Employers play a vital role in the programme, actively shaping course content to meet real-world needs, mentoring participants throughout their training, offering hands-on experience and facilitating interview opportunities. In turn, they’re supported to address skills and recruitment gaps within their workforce, which helps boost productivity and drive business growth. Training is targeted at addressing local skills gaps and supporting employers of all sizes. As such, the programme includes a wide range of courses across the county’s key employment sectors, including:
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From Spring 2026, we will start rolling out a new weekly food waste recycling collection for households. Implementing a new service like this is a big job, and requires a lot of forward planning, but we are excited to have placed orders for our trucks, caddies and bins.
Each household will receive a small food waste caddy to use in the kitchen and a larger bin for outdoor collection. These will be distributed next year in time for the service rollout, which will take place between March and the end of May 2026. The rollout for properties who share communal bins will start later in the year and more information will be released nearer the time. Food waste collections will be every week, with all household recycling, waste, and garden waste (if subscribed to) continuing as usual every two weeks. Currently, about a third of the waste in the average household bin in the district is food. By collecting food waste separately, it can be recycled via Anaerobic Digestion — a process where food waste is broken down to produce biogas and bio-fertiliser and is a much more efficient and environmentally friendly way of processing. The new service is also expected to encourage residents to reduce their food waste, potentially saving around £20 per person per month. For tips on how to reduce your food waste, you can visit: www.westsussex.gov.uk/fightagainstfoodwaste To help you prepare, we are encouraging you to download our free Chichester District App from either the Apple or Google Play store and turn on your notifications. This is the best way to receive regular, tailored updates about your bin collections. By turning on notifications, you can get reminders and updates specific to your collection schedule and stay up to date with information on the new service rollout. This means that we can let you know if our crews are running late, and it allows us to notify you of planned changes to your collection schedule — such as collection day changes over bank holidays. The app also allows you to view your personalised waste and recycling dates and provides recycling advice and helps you to identify which items should go in which bins. We’ve received great feedback from those using the app because it enables us to keep you well informed if our crews have any issues on the roads, or if severe weather is preventing us from reaching you, and it provides excellent reminders and information. The app allows you to complete ‘Report It’ forms for issues such as street cleaning and fly tipping, or even to request a new bin. You can also view local food hygiene ratings for restaurants and cafes — which is especially useful if you are planning a night out or are looking for somewhere to meet up with friends. It also allows you to find your nearest facilities, such as recycling centres, car parks and public toilets. In order to access this, all you need to do is visit either the Apple app store or the Google Play store and search for the Chichester District Council app. You can also find out more about this at: www.chichester.gov.uk/chichesterdcapp Introducing the food waste service is a significant change that promises to bring substantial benefits to our district. We will keep you well-informed of our progress and provide more details as we approach the launch of the new service. You can also find out more at: www.chichester.gov.uk/food-waste Best Wishes, Cllr Mark Chilton. Cabinet Member for Finance, Corporate Services and Chichester Contract Services at Chichester District Council West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service has today launched a public consultation on its proposals for its next Community Risk Management Plan. This plan will set out the direction of the fire service for the next four years.
The service is keen to hear from as many people as possible on its proposals, and so I invite you all to take the time to review the public consultation and share your thoughts on our proposals. I would also ask you to raise awareness of this public consultation with your councillors as well as residents living within your communities and encourage them to have their say too. The consultation comes after the service ran a community questionnaire last year in which it asked residents to highlight the areas of risk within their communities that concerned them the most. Many of you will have taken the time to complete this questionnaire and we are incredibly grateful for all of the valuable insight that you shared, which has helped us prepare this set of proposals based on your feedback. Our consultation can be completed online, or by filling out a paper copy of the consultation. If you would like a paper copy, please email [email protected]. If you would like a paper copy, please either email [email protected] or 01243 786211 and one will be sent out. If you have any notice boards that we could display a poster on promoting our public consultation as well we would be very grateful if you could let us know, and these can also be sent out to you. The land was purchased by the Parish Council from the Hillreed (developer of Willetts Way) for £1 about 15/20 years ago. The developer wanted to develop the land as part of the Willetts Way development but could not because the Loxwood Society applied for TPO's on the 5 Maple trees which then grew on the land.
The Parish Council own the land and it is registered in their name with the Land Registry. There are documents deed of transfer, sale and purchase documents from Hillreed. Hillreed does not exist anymore, they were bought out by another developer. West Sussex County Council seeks residents’ views on draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment28/5/2025 West Sussex County Council is inviting residents to comment on its draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA).
In February of this year the county council carried out a public survey asking people in West Sussex for their views on pharmacy services to help understand how residents and communities use them. Thousands of residents fed back during the initial survey, which has helped to inform a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment. A public consultation is now open, and residents can view and comment on the draft assessment until Monday 28 July at westsussex.gov.uk/pharmacy A Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment is a statement of needs for pharmaceutical provision within a local area and takes place every three years. The West Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board is required to undertake and produce the report, which is used by NHS England, local authorities, and local NHS systems, to plan and deliver pharmaceutical services across the county. The Health and Wellbeing Board brings together representatives from the county council, the NHS, district and borough councils, and the voluntary and community sector, who work in partnership to improve the health and wellbeing of the local population and reduce inequalities. West Sussex has 142 community pharmacies, 12 dispensing GPs, five dispensing appliance contractors, and two distance-selling (internet or mail order) pharmacies. Councillor Bob Lanzer, West Sussex County Council's Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing said: “We would like to thank all those who took part in the public survey earlier this year for telling us about their experience of using pharmacy services in the county – the comments and feedback we have received have been so valuable in helping us to put together the draft PNA. We encourage everyone, especially those who took part in the initial survey, to now review and share their thoughts on our draft needs assessment.” For anyone who doesn’t have internet access, the draft PNA can be viewed online for free at any West Sussex library. The final PNA will be published on the West Sussex County Council website by Wednesday 1 October 2025. For further information please contact the news desk on 0330 222 8090 or email [email protected]. For urgent out-of-hours enquiries please call 07767 098415. Residents in the Chichester District who want to make their homes more energy efficient can now access a new website that allows them to develop a free personalised home improvement plan. Chichester District Council’s free ‘Energy Saving Plan Builder’ website — https://energysaving.planbuilder.co.uk — enables residents to explore and customise the energy efficiency improvements that could be most appropriate for their home and budget. The online tool is designed to support residents in taking the first step towards healthier, more comfortable homes that are cheaper to run and have a reduced carbon footprint. The personalised plan provides estimated costs and savings for each measure, which residents can use as a starting point before seeking professional advice. On the website, householders can type in their postcode and select their property. Once they’ve confirmed that their property information is correct, the Plan Builder tool will create a summary of energy improvement ideas for their home. “Making changes to improve the energy efficiency of our homes can lower our energy bills, make us warmer and more comfortable, and reduce our carbon footprint, but it’s not always easy to know the best place to start,” says Councillor Jonathan Brown, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environmental Strategy at Chichester District Council. “This is why we have worked in partnership with Horsham District Council to create this free online tool, which is designed to support residents in both the Chichester and Horsham districts. “The new website will empower homeowners to take the first step towards making their home more energy efficient — also known as retrofitting. You can customise the recommendations by setting different goals or budget options and by selecting different combinations of measures to find out how these could reduce your bills and carbon footprint. By registering a free account, you can have your plan emailed to you, or save it and log back in to edit it at a later time. You can also edit your property information, if needed. “From fitting LED light bulbs to installing an energy-efficient heating system, making energy efficiency upgrades to your home can make a real difference. While the Plan Builder website isn’t a substitute for professional advice, it will help to get you started on your home improvement journey, providing estimated costs and savings of each measure. The personalised plan that the website creates for you can be taken to a retrofit assessor who will be able to offer further guidance on the measures that will suit your needs.” Residents can access the free Energy Saving Plan Builder website by visiting: https://energysaving.planbuilder.co.uk. More information about home energy efficiency, including details about grants that are available to help residents install energy saving measures in their homes, visit: www.chichester.gov.uk/homeenergyefficiency Residents in the Chichester District can keep up to date on climate change projects and initiatives by signing up to the council’s climate change email newsletter at: www.chichester.gov.uk/climatechangenewsletter WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
(LOXWOOD & WISBOROUGH GREEN: SKIFF LANE & ADJOINING ROADS) (40MPH SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 202* NOTICE is hereby given that West Sussex County Council proposes to introduce a permanent Order, the effect of which will be to introduce a 40mph speed limit on Skiff Lane, Brookland Lane and Walthurst Lane. As part of the legal process West Sussex County Council is required under the Road Traffic Regulation Act to undertake a formal consultation with you. I am pleased to attach a weblink. This will enable you to view: · Plans showing the proposed lengths of roads to be subject to the new speed limit · Statement of Reasons for proposing to make the Order · Public Notice outlining the proposal that will be advertised in the Chichester Observer · Draft Order https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/traffic-regulation-orders/live-consultations-for-permanent-tros/chichester-live-tro-consultations/ if you have any problems accessing the consultation documents via the link please contact me immediately. In the usual way if you wish to express support or raise an objection about any part of the proposal please e-mail [email protected], or write to TRO Team, West Sussex County Council, The Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH quoting reference TRO/CHI2308/RC Please note the statutory consultation period ends on 13 June 2025 and any comments you wish us to take into consideration should be received before this date. The Wisborough Green Community Bus has been extended to cover Loxwood. The service offers social days out and shopping trips and a calendar of events will be published each month in this newsletter or use the contact details below. The service picks up and drops off at your house. They are offering a one year complimentary membership and thereafter membership at very reasonable rates. The service is run by West Sussex. Contact email is [email protected] and telephone 0300 772 7735.
WSCC are holding a consultation on the provision proposals across the county available here if you would like to comment.
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/news/progress-in-send-services-a-commitment-to-supporting-every-child/ This closes 3rd April 25 |
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