Welcome to the latest E-Newsletter from West Sussex County Council
Budget Challenge communication survey… How did we do?
Our West Sussex Budget Challenge survey, launched in December, revealed that 55% of respondents wanted more information about the budget.
Taking this on-board, we increased our digital and traditional communication efforts and we now want to know whether this worked and made a difference to your understanding of our budget challenges.
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have the desire and skills to work but are often overlooked for jobs. We’re aiming to change that by working with West Sussex schools, parents and employers to encourage youngsters with SEND achieve their career goals.
Visit our website to find the latest guidance for anyone involved in career development for people with SEND. You’ll find videos of real success stories, including 19 year old Jordan who didn’t let his autism stop him from getting a paid job at a local leisure centre. Watch his appearance on ITV’s This Time Next Year, where he spoke to Davina McCall about his determination to fulfil his dreams.
Have your say on proposals to improve the A29...
We would like your feedback on proposals for a much-needed new stretch of the A29 east of Eastergate, Westergate and Woodgate villages.
The 4.34km long road would start from the existing A29 Fontwell Avenue, north of Eastergate and re-join the A29 Lidsey Road, north of Shripney.
The proposed road will help provide a more reliable connection to Bognor Regis and reduce traffic along the section of the existing A29 that is proposed to be bypassed.
This will improve people’s journeys by reducing journey times and help provide safer journeys for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists.
Key benefits include:
Reducing traffic hold-ups along the existing A29, especially at the Woodgate Level Crossing
In turn, this would improve air quality and improve people’s journeys
Providing the highway infrastructure needed to reduce the impact of planned new homes in the area and the development of other land for business use and employment creation
Improve pedestrian and cycle access and provide new facilities for walkers/cyclists
Enhance facilities for buses
Provide greater access to facilities east and west of the A29, including access to schools
To find out more and share your views, please visit our online consultation, which closes on Friday 26 April.
Students help to tackle textiles in new video
100kgs of textiles is thrown away into the general rubbish bin in West Sussex every five minutes costing over a million pounds a year in disposal costs.
So we went to Chichester Free School and got their students involved in our new film to get more people in the county Tackling Textiles.
We used 100kgs of clothes, towels, blankets and sheets in the video to create the recycling symbol. The students were also asked questions on their perceptions of recycling.
Check out the video and let us know what you’re doing to help tackle textiles in the comments on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
And remember, if you are unable to reuse or repair your textiles you can recycle them, by taking them to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Site or bring bank site and putting them in the textiles bin.
Read the latest edition of Taste magazine
Have you seen the latest edition of Taste West Sussex magazine yet?
It is packed with interesting features about local food and drink producers, plus the chance to win some fabulous prizes, including hampers and a paella party evening worth £300!
You can also view a copy of the magazine on our website.
Children’s Social Work: Meet the team event
Are you a social worker looking for a new opportunity?
If so, we would like to invite you to our next ‘Meet the team’ event being held in Chichester on the 17 April.
Come along and meet staff from the teams that make up Children’s Social Work at West Sussex County Council. Our team members are there to answer your questions, talk to you about how we work and what it’s like being a part of West Sussex.
You can meet members of the below teams:
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
Assessment and Intervention
Family Support and Protection
Child Disability Team
Children Looked After
Fostering and Adoption
Adolescent Family Resource
Child and Family Intervention Service
If you would like to meet the team in Chichester on the 17 April, simply book online. We will be running more ‘Meet the team’ events at other locations in the future. You can also visit our website to find out more information about working in Children’s Social Work.
