Neighbourhood Watch Roundup
Surreal is a word used best to describe the goings on of 2020, a year that has proven itself to be one that has challenged all of us to the extreme. Resilience is another, and we here at NHW must commend our Neighbours for weathering everything with the grace, kindness and sensibility that you have. Seaford and Bishopstone have proven once again that ordinary people can, and do, achieve extraordinary things when they come together with common purpose. There are a few organisations that must be commended for the body of work they have done for our town. First and foremost is the Seahaven Foodstore who rallied from the start and in quite challenging circumstances, grew their food parcel distribution from an already stretched 30 households to well over 150 households per week. Our ability as a community to help wherever needed is demonstrated in the volume of food, supplies and support given through this tumultuous year and our foodbank continues, because of our great community, to give to those most in need. Volunteers all, a round of applause from the neighbours to the Seahaven Foodstore – where Toucans (two cans) really do make all the difference and where sharing means everyone is fed. The Seaford Rotary Clubs have stepped in across the entire community, most noticeably with the Storehouse, arranging funds, collection and delivery, and willing volunteers to pack, fetch and carry, and have shown once again that the heart of any town is in its people. This is great neighbourliness and again, the neighbours are applauding. Seaford Town Football Club called the town to action to provide free school meals during half term – within hours of raising the call, the community rallied, as we do, with an astonishing sum of money and Morrisons stepped to the fore with donated food items. 62
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children who would otherwise have been hungry, were well fed, once again, by volunteers. Applause all round for an absolutely sterling example of kindness and care. Seaford Volunteer Emergency Team svet.proffer.org. uk have been the backbone of community support since day one and have tirelessly and without falter provided support to the entire town, however that support may be needed. From fetching and carrying of medicines, groceries, food parcels and errand running to a friendship service calling isolated and lonely neighbours to keep in touch and in contact, the service they have given to our town is absolutely incredible. Again, entirely volunteer driven and run, we cannot heap more praise if we tried. They embody great neighbourliness and deserve our utmost gratitude and respect. Sew Sussex www.sewsussex.co.uk started as a group of a dozen or so seamsters and grew in a matter of weeks to an army of over 2,000 who have not stopped sewing and with the help of S&BNHW, have produced nigh on a hundred thousand wearables and scrubs to support the NHS. They realised early on that to get through, they have to travel together and we are delighted that these sewing champs have formed a fully established social enterprise out of their good works and continue wherever they are needed. There are many more to mention and for our neighbours who have helped, fetched, carried, cared, stepped in, donated, volunteered and through their willingness, carried us through – you make our town the best there is. We exemplify neighbourliness. We did not get caught in neighbourhood snitching – we were too busy helping.
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