NALC launches consultation to update the Model Financial Regulations
We’re working with The Parkinson Partnership LLP to update the 2019 Model Financial Regulations for England and Wales. The model financial regulations are part of a support package that local (parish and town) councils receive through their NALC and county association membership. Read more…
Please see the below attachment for the latest news from Lewes District Council.
On 3rd July 2023, the ESALC Board voted to elect Councillor Keith Stevens as the Chairman of ESALC.
From the count of ballot papers held on 26th June, the declared results are set out below:
West Sussex
Votes received
Alun Alesbury 9
Theresa Bennett 6
Patricia Hewlett 3
Jane Mote 5
Roger Morgan-Grenville 3
Sue Nyfield 3
Andrew Shaxson 12
Richard Watts 1
Alun Alesbury and Andrew Shaxson were duly elected
East Sussex
Paul Bevan 0
Tim Bryant 1
Ian Douglas 0
Tom Jones 2
Mark Marsh Read more…
Nomination papers have been received and councils within the National Park may now vote for their representatives on the Board.
Ballot papers will be sent to clerks during the week commencing 5th June 2023 and should be RECEIVED by WSALC c/o The Returning Officer, WSALC Ltd, Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, Read more…
Last month we welcomed Balfour Beatty Living Places as our new highways contractor. For the next seven years Balfour Beatty will be responsible for maintaining the county’s roads, pavements, drainage, streetlights, traffic lights and bridges, providing winter gritting and delivering highway improvement schemes.
Although the contract officially began on May 1, Read more…
Looking to kickstart a project that creates positive change in our county? Last year East Sussex County Council provided match funding to 26 projects and will be pledging a further £50,000 this year through Crowdfunder. Each project can receive up to £5,000 in funding from the East Sussex Community Wellbeing Read more…
East Sussex County Council have recently launched FlexiBus – a new flexible, on demand rideshare service operating across the county. Available in more rural areas of the county where traditional bus services don’t quite reach, FlexiBus can take you to meet a friend, to the shops, your nearest town or to Read more…
I am sure Members will be saddened to learn of the passing of Stephen Catlin, Chairman of the ESALC Board until May this year and Chairman of LDALC. Stephen was Mayor of Lewes for 2021/22 and very well known in the Town. Stephen had been treated for cancer and was Read more…
Coronation celebration events
I write to you in my capacity as a member of the South East Reserve Forces & Cadets Association to invite you to think about plans you may have in your community to mark the Coronation.
Some events benefit from a uniformed military presence but a request for attendance Read more…