Storrington & Sullington Community Partnership

Membership is now well above 50 with volunteers active in several different projects for the benefit of our village community.

The Traffic Action Team’s Campaign Plan has been accepted by the Parish Council. An ex-Met. Traffic Police officer is a member of the group, and working contacts with the Police and Statutory agencies have been established. The Team is pursuing various speeding alert and monitoring initiatives and air pollution monitoring in the village roads is underway. 40% of the speeding infringements on the village roads are by local residents.

Please set a better example to those ‘foreigners’ rushing through the village!!

The JobCentreplus trial, through February and April with 5 visits by the mobile unit stationed in Place Villerest went very well, with 30 to 50 drop-ins on each occasion by Job seekers and prospective employers alike. The Mobile unit has now moved on to other villages but we are trying to establish a JobCentrePLus service operating from our Community Hub in Forge House on Mondays. However the Mobile Unit will make 2 further visits in June and July.

A Transport Project is about to get underway to assist local people with information about public, private and community transport.

The Environment Action Team held a Public Information evening about the proposed Greening Campaign for Storrington, there will be a stand on the subject at the forthcoming Village Day on the 26th of June and the Campaign will be officially launched on the 10th of July in the Village Centre.

Spurgeons have now taken over the running of the Children and Families Centre in Forge House whilst the premises at 24-26 West Street are being refurbished. The move to there will likely take place in early July. Meanwhile, the Partnership will continue to promote and co-ordinate other community service support activities in the Forge House Community Hub on Mondays.

The Partnership’s Annual General Meeting on the 12th of May was a lively event with 33 participating. The Annual Report had been previously sent to the 50+ paid –up members of the Partnership and the Accounts were adopted. Project reports were given, and an interesting talk was given by Jeremy Leggett, the Chief Executive of Action in Rural Sussex on 10 Rural Priorities for 2010. (this excellent paper can be seen at http://www.ruralsussex.org.uk/assets/assets/AirSruralpriorities2010.pdf ).

In accordance with the Constitution, 2 Trustees stepped down from office, and 1 offered himself for re-election. Peter Herbertson did not stand again and was warmly thanked by the Chairman for all his work for the Partnership and the village.

The Partnership Board now consists of Paul Mackie, re-elected Chairman and a Trustee, Mrs Heather Walker Vice Chairman and Trustee, David Wright, a Trustee and Mrs Catherine Hodgson, the  Company Secretary, who had previously been appointed a Trustee. The Company Treasurer is Mr Daniel Hobbs who also serves on the Board. The documents presented to the AGM are available on the website, via the Partnership page
at http://www.storrington.org.uk/community_partnership.phtml

The Parish Council and the Partnership have formed a new Working and Liaison group, consisting of 3 members each from their organisations. Their principal task will be to review actual, planed and potential new activities for the benefit of the village and to consult widely in the process. The aim will be to produce a new draft Action Plan.

Anyone interested to support the village through local volunteer action would be very welcome to join the Partnership.

If you are considering engaging more fully in Community Action, do ‘phone Paul Mackie (01903 745 669) or Heather Walker (01798 812882) for a chat.

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