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Wealden council awarded £70K via Swimming Pool Support Fund
Publish Date: 23 March 2024
The award of more than £70,000 will help implement interventions to help improve energy efficiency at Hailsham Leisure Centre – run in partnership with Freedom Leisure – and assist the council to meet its commitment to being carbon net zero by 2050 or sooner. The interventions include installation of PV solar to offset grid electricity...
Wealden to partner with University of Brighton to deliver Net Zero business support
Publish Date: 22 March 2024
The session – on Thursday 20 June at the Horsted Place Hotel, Little Horsted, Uckfield - is one of several Net Zero 360 workshops, developed by the University of Brighton’s Clean Growth UK, to help businesses unlock the benefits of sustainability action. Those benefits include cutting costs, winning new customers, attracting and retaining employees, meeting...
Wealden Community Lottery is a huge success for communities
Publish Date: 22 March 2024
More than 80 people from a range of local organisations and partners within the Wealden community attended the event. The celebration party included a presentation by external lottery provider Gatherwell to explain how the lottery would benefit local organisations, Wealden District Council representatives on funding opportunities, as well as talks from Sussex Support Services and...
Wealden council supports English Tourism Week
Publish Date: 22 March 2024
Taking place from 15 to 24 March 2024, English Tourism Week, and this year’s campaign, uses the strapline “supporting tourism, the heart of our communities”, which aims to highlight the industry’s important economic, cultural and social impact and celebrates the importance of the sector. Knockhatch Adventure Park, located in Hailsham, offers exciting attractions which continuously...
New Changing Places facility has opened in Polegate
Publish Date: 20 March 2024
Over £70,000 of funding, secured by Wealden District Council, for the Changing Places facility was received from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) Changing Places Fund. This is the third Changing Place facility within the district to receive funding from this fund. The other two facilities are located at Seven Sisters Country...