West Sussex County Council Update – Split up with smoking and more

Split up with smoking this October

Smokers are being urged to break their unhealthy relationship with cigarettes as part of the national Stoptober campaign.

An estimated 87,000 adults in the county are smokers and the figures show more than one in four (27.6%) of the county’s manual workers are current smokers.

Adur, Crawley and Worthing have the highest local rates of smoking in West Sussex, while Horsham has the lowest.

Stoptober is a national campaign which has so far supported more than 1.9 million people in England on their journey to quit. This year Stoptober is encouraging smokers to ‘split up’ with smoking.

It is based on the insight that people are five times more likely to quit for good if they can stop smoking for 28-days.

The West Sussex Wellbeing Website has lots of useful advice as well as details of venues that provide support to help people who want to ‘break-up’ with smoking.

Visit www.westsussexwellbeing.org.uk/smokingservices to find out more.

 

Age Well

New campaign to help you Age Well

We’ve launched our new Age Well campaign, aimed to celebrate and support our older residents.

As part of the initiative we’re running a survey throughout October, asking people what it’s like to grow older in West Sussex. Those who take part will be entered into our free prize draw to win leisure passes in their local area. We’ll keep you updated over the next few months about a range of practical information, advice and activities from how to make sure you are connected well to your local community, have good financial plans for the future, to how to be active and well as you grow older.

Visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/agewell to take part in the survey, sign up for an e-newsletter to receive lots of valuable information and find out more about the campaign.

 

Take our recycling survey today

How much do you know about recycling? What information would help you to recycle more?

As part of our mission to help cut the confusion of recycling we’re running a survey to gather information on what you’d like to know and we’d love you to take part.

It just takes five minutes and will ask you questions about your knowledge of what can and can’t be recycled in West Sussex and how you would like to receive information in the future.

Your answers will help us to help you in the future so please take our survey today.

 

Small Schools Consultation opens today

A consultation looking for views on potential changes to a small number of West Sussex schools has launched today.

Five small primary schools have been identified as potentially vulnerable. As a result, views are being sought on options that are being explored which may include federation, merger, relocation, no change or closure, at the following schools:

• Clapham and Patching CE Primary School, Clapham, Worthing
• Compton and Up Marden CE Primary School, Compton, Chichester
• Rumboldswhyke CE Infants’ School, Chichester
• Stedham Primary School, Stedham, Midhurst
• Warninglid Primary School, Warninglid, Haywards Heath

People can give their views online at the have you say website or by filling in a paper consultation form, which will soon be available in West Sussex libraries. The consultation closes on 25 November 2019.

Public meetings about each school will be held throughout October and November – see the consultation website for details. The first public meeting about Clapham and Patching CE Primary School will take place on 8 October, 6.30pm-8pm at The  Angmering School, Station Road, Angmering, BN16 4HH.

 

Consider a rewarding job in care

If you’re compassionate, reliable, friendly and positive a rewarding career in care could be for you.

Care providers across West Sussex are actively looking for care workers in a variety of roles. The Proud to Care website currently has over 300 jobs advertised.

If you’re based in Worthing why not pop into our Care Recruitment event on Wednesday 23 October from 10am – 2pm at Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road in Worthing. Our friendly Proud to Care  team will introduce you to over 20 local care providers – see the website for details.

 

Changes to opening hours at Household Waste Recycling Sites

Winter opening hours at all 11 Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRSs) in West Sussex started on 1 October 2019.

Sites are now open from 9am until 4pm until 31 March 2020.

There are also some seasonal changes to the days sites are open. Burgess Hill, Chichester, Worthing, and Crawley will open for six days a week during the winter months.

Chichester closes on Tuesdays and Burgess Hill, Worthing, and Crawley close on Thursdays.

Householders who drive a commercial-type vehicle are also being reminded to obtain a free permit before visiting the HWRSs.

The permits are designed to help address congestion at the sites and eliminate illegal disposal of commercial waste.

 

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