Chichester Local Magazine Sep 2016

September 2016

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WILD ABOUT WILDLIFE Sussex Wildlife Trust’s new chairman Carole Nicholson

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Book, The Chronicles of Freylar Tickets to see ‘King of Pop’

WHAT’S ON

September events

GARDENING

A colourful September

NEWS

Charity & Community news

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Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Local Groups, Property, Local trades & services, Local Business Directory

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Cover Photo Slindon Pumpkin Festival www.slindonpumpkins.co.uk courtesy of Sheila Mills

Welcome...

The schools go back this month - good luck to all the new starters, including our youngest! There’s still time to enjoy the pleasant weather (if it continues...) and you could join one of the local guided walks see page 18. For more things to do this month see our What’s On guide starting on page 4 - with more events listed on our website, don’t forget to add yours at www.sussexlocal.net - it’s free!

September often does bring good weather, along with conkers and blackberries, the latter seem to have come early this year.

Why not go ‘blackberrying’ then try our simple blackberry fool recipe on page 12.

This month you can win tickets to see ’King of Pop’. This outstanding tribute is not to be missed for any Michael Jackson fans and it stars Michael’s main ‘body double’ Navi and his original guitarist who accompanied him on three world tours. See page 11.

You can also win a fantasy novel, The Chronicles of Freylar by local author Liam Young - see page 10.

Our main feature this month is on the Sussex Wildlife Trust, we talk to their new chairman Carole Nicholson. See page 27.

Andrew from Glorious Gardens talks colour and how to get more in your garden in our September gardening article page 15. He also gives ideas of the main gardening tasks you should consider this month.

Thanks for reading,

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...........................................................................What’s On ...........Win a copy of he book: The Chronicles of Freylar ........................................Win tickets to see ‘King of Pop’ .................................................................................Recipe ...................................................................In Your Garden ........................................................................Local Walks ..............................................Charity & Community News .................................................................Prize Crossword .........................................................Sussex Wildlife Trust ..............................................................Business Directory ...........................................................Index of Advertisers

October Deadlines Bookings, editorial - 1st September Finished artwork, events - 7th September

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10 Competition

Win a copy of The Chronicles of Freylar Callum is a member of the Shadow Class, the lowest social class in human society. His kin lead desperate lives, often dying young. Those who survive depend on the scraps left in the wake of an over-indulgent postapocalyptic humanity, which clings to the remains of a broken metropolis. The Shadow Class becomes an increasing concern as its numbers swell; a direct result of ineffective government policies that fail to address the problem. This ultimately prompts a desperate government to begin an unethical process of forced relocation, known as ‘The Rout’, ignored by an uncaring society looking to bury its problems. Abandoned by his parents, left to endure a nomadic childhood in various children’s homes, followed by teen life surviving outdoors on the streets, Callum develops a resolute determination to endure the horrors life throws at him. He is a, survivor; able to think fast on his feet, yet his principles hasten his near death during a chance encounter with an enigmatic alien entity.

Callum is given a choice; either take his chances with his now ruined body, or gamble on a new life.

those half-seen horrors born of shadow. Rayna is inducted into the ranks of The Blades as she tries to navigate through her strange new world, and master new and wonderful abilities, yet she finds herself fighting two battles; one against the repressed memories of her unfortunate past, and the other a war against fresh nightmares looking to claim dominance over her new world.

Awakened within the comatose body of a non-human female and faced with a distraught father, Callum is reborn as Rayna, in an entirely new world, presenting the opportunity to start a new life. This world also has a darker undercurrent, however, and it falls to The Blades, a militant order, to defend the people from

Send your answer and full contact details including daytime tel. no. to: Chronicals of Freylar, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or send an email to: c ompetitions@sussexlocal.net. The winner will first correct entries drawn after 30/9/16. Please indicate if you would like to be on our mailing list.

visit our website www.thechroniclesoffreylar.com

Win a copy of The Chronicals of Freylar.

Q. What is Callum’s new name when he is reborn?

A) Rayna

B) Fraya

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Win a Pair of Tickets for ‘King of Pop’ Starring Navi (chosen By Michael Jackson) Featuring Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson’s Guitarist for over 10 years) at Portsmouth – Guildhall on Wednesday 28th September!

The KING OF POP starring Navi is back and for the very first time, Navi will be joined on stage by Michael's original guitarist - Jennifer Batten, Direct from the USA. Jennifer performed with Michael on all three world tours (Bad, Dangerous, History) and the iconic Super bowl half-time show.

Along with his incredible live band and dancers, Navi and Jennifer will be taking theatres across the UK by storm with this thrilling new show that will take you closer than you ever imagined to an original Jackson concert.

Navi is the only MJ tribute ever to be chosen by Michael Jackson himself who described his performance as ‘Incredible’. Navi was regularly hired as a body double to distract fans and press when Michael was on tour.

Don’t miss this special concert featuring all the great-

est hits such as Smooth Criminal, Beat It, Billie Jean, Black or White, Man In The Mirror and the ‘Jackson Five’ classics in a show suitable for the whole family.

Tickets from £23.60 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Win a pair of tickets to see ‘King of Pop’ starring Navi.

To be in with a chance of winning 2 tickets to see King of Pop starting Navi just answer this question:

Q. How many world tours did Jennifer perform with Michael Jackson?

A) 1 B) 3 C) 4 Send your answer and full contact details including daytime tel. no. to: King of Pop Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or send an email to: competitions@sussexlocal.net. The winner will first correct entries drawn after 21/9/16. Please indicate if you would like to be on our/M P Promotions mailing list.

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Simple Blackberry Fool Delicious, fresh blackberries are a late summer treat and, what’s more, there are plenty available for free in our local lanes and gardens, mind the prickles though!

Ingredients Serves 8       

1L whipping cream 125g icing sugar, halved 125ml soured cream, (room temperature) 6 drops almond extract (optional) 2 punnets of fresh blackberries 8 strips of lemon zest, for garnish 8 sprigs mint for garnish

Method

 Pour the cream into a large bowl with 1/2 of the icing sugar and almond extract. Whip until stiff.

Fold in soured cream. Refrigerate.

 In a separate bowl, toss washed blackberries

with remaining icing sugar. Let stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes.

 In 8 glasses, layer whipped cream and

blackberries, beginning and ending with whipped cream. Garnish with a strip of lemon zest, a few blackberries and a sprig of mint.

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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens Ornamental grasses can really come into their own in September with Miscanthus throwing up enormous plumes of pink seed heads. Try growing Japanese anemonies amongst them. Both are bullet proof and will give a grace to that part of the garden.

Colour up your September!

September heralds that paradox of seasons where the sunshine is still strong, nature is still lush, memories of the Summer holiday still fresh yet the light starts to brighten and thin out, the air becomes heavy with that Autumn musty scent and the night arrives earlier each day.

Nature offers up all it’s hard work during the Summer in the form of fruit and vegetables.

However sometimes a garden can start to look faded before its time.

Your garden should still look sumptuous and colourful in this month.

Let’s start with your herbaceous borders...

Dahlias, Chrysanthemums and Asters can be dotted about and each species has a selection of heights so you can weave them in and out of your planting combinations.

As long as you have kept up with dead heading, Pennstemons can flower well into November and can give you a wistful romantic quality, with bright whites, pinks and deep purples to balance the fading of other plants as Autumn starts to suck green and colour from the beds.

I like some splashes of Erigeron Karvinskianus with its bright daisy flowers that self seed at the front of areas of the beds. These are nice amongst Verbena rigida and is a combination that will flower well into Autumn.

In pots you can have Autumn/Winter pansies and Winter Cherries that can last up till Christmas providing the frosts are kind.

For your shrub borders, look to the enormous range of Hydrangeas and ones like Paniculata ‘Unique’ which loves semi shade. What goes well with these are the Rosa rugosa range, with their bright red rose hips. Ceratostigma plumbaganoides puts out the most ultra violet blue flowers which you can see from down the road and is an excellent mid border choice.

The architectural Sedum range, with their bright pink or reddish plate like seed heads start to sing out loud this month and can be included in both a shrub and a herbaceous border.

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The Japanese range of Acers will always look great- look up Acer palmatum’ ‘Fireglow’ if you want a well behaved feature tree in your lawn or in the middle of a large bed.

orchard and veg garden you can buy a good selection of perennials. You can also have tours of the house and gardens.

4th September - Open Air Theatre with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men 24th-25th September the Parham Harvest Fair - with live cookery demonstrations, deer walks, gun dog displays, fungi foraging, working horse cart rides in the Parkland, falconry displays, Tudor cooking demonstrations and Tudor dancing in the House.

Wide array of stalls selling food, drink and country wares.

Euonymous plamipes, the Spindle Tree, have the brightest pink seeds possible and thrives on a chalk soil. If you have a large garden you MUST have a Liquidamber or two. No tree can counter the Autumn Blues better than this one.

For climbers a late flowering Clematis is ‘Casandra’ with its lavender blue flowers.

Things to do in September Time to visit Parham house As well as a 4 acre walled garden, glasshouse,

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What to do in September Don’t forget to plant bulbs now! If you aim to plant a lot, which will make the best display, look on line to order from the bigger companies. And always plant in generous clumps in your beds- 12 tulips here, 12 in another area. Better clumps than lots of little single ones which can look a threadbare and lonely.

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Other things to do: Divide any of your favourite Perennials (the RHS web site often has videos to show you how to divide particular species)

Ideally you will consult your little Spring note book which you assiduously marked down where you needed to put more Daffodils, Tulips and Alliums!

As well as the usual suspects if you have really good free draining soil, a raised bed or a pot near the front door try planting Crown Imperials. They will amaze visitors and herald the Spring like no other bulb.

And though they seem to have gone out of fashion, bedeck your lawn with Crocus bulbs. All your neighbours with their astro turf will peer over the fence jealously (unless they have developed a plastic version of them that you screw in for Spring!)

Keep on eye on the weather and if early frosts set in gather the rest of your outdoor tomatoes indoors and let them ripen in a bowl (Greenhouse tomatoes should be ok till October) Harvest the rest of your potatoes You can still sow lettuce and start planning the beds if you want to sow winter salads.

You might like to net up your pond if you have big trees nearby so the water won’t get chocked with rotting leaves all winter.

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Local Walks - September These walks are supported by Chichester District Council, are led by volunteers and are designed to cater for all ages and abilities. No booking is required but please arrive 10 mins before the walk is due to start. Dogs are welcome unless otherwise stated but must be kept on the lead. If the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled, if unsure please check. 01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk. L = Walk Leader Thurs 1st 10.30am Amberley Village L: Peter 2 hours Walk back round the castle and along the river Arun. Meet: Car park at Amberley Station

4 miles

Mon 5th 10.30am Rowlands Castle L: Anne 1hr 30 minutes Hilly, some stiles. Not suitable for beginners. Meet: Recreation Ground off Links Lane

4 miles

Tue 6th 10.30am Durford Heath & Wood L: Fiona 2 hours Walk through parts of the Sussex border trail and the Serpentine Trail. Fiona 07767 400039

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Wed 7th 10.30am Angmering L: Peter 2 hrs Mainly flat walk through woods and meadows. Meet: Car park in the woods at the Dover

4 miles

Fri 9th 9.30am Walderton to Compton L: Jane 2hrs 30 minutes 5 miles 3 steep climbs with some gentle slopes and stiles. Stop at village teashop before catching the bus back Mon 12th 10.30am North Marden L: Andrew 2hrs 4 miles Over early autumnal Downs to Telegraph House; views of Uppark; hilly. Meet: Hidden layby on right of B2141. 400 yards past turning on left to North Marden Mon 12th 10.30am Emsworth Boatyard L: Anne 2 hrs Flat but could be muddy. 2 stiles. Meet: Emsworth Town Square. Park in public car park

4 miles

Tues 13th 10.30am Sidlesham L: John 1 hour Flat, 3 stiles, can be muddy when wet. Meet: Pagham Nature Reserve car park PO20 7NE

2 miles

Wed 14th 10.30am Bognor to Felpham Meet: Bognor Regis pier on the seafront

2.5 miles

L: Jane

1 hr 15 minutes

Fri 16th 10.30am Chichester Canal Basin L: Janet 1hr 30minutes 3.5 miles A level walk. Return by bus. Can be muddy in places when wet. Meet: Chichester Canal, PO19 8DT Sunday 18th 10.30am Black Rabbit L : Dominic 2 hrs Easy, flat riverside walk, no stiles Meet: Mill Road car park by river in town centre (charge)

5/3 miles

Thurs 22nd 10.30am Pagham to Hunston L: Jane 2 hrs 30minutes 5 miles This flat linear walk takes in fields and lanes, finishing at the canal at Hunston. Return to Pagham by bus Fri 23rd 10.30am Eartham and Stane Street L: Peter 2 hrs Meet: Forestry Commission CP on the right, ž of a mile north of The George PH at Eartham

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Mon 26th 10.30am Emsworth to Langstone L: Anne 2hrs 30 mins Level walk along the foreshore to Langstone returning via the fields and Warblington church.

Car park though town on the right

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Wed 28th 10.30am Lordsworth L: Bruce 2 hrs Ascent 125m. Heads east to the banks of the river Rother and into River Common.

Meet: Lodsworth Village Shop / Hollist Arms, GU28 9BZ

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Fri 30th 10.30am Pagham L: Jane 2 hrs 4 miles A flat walk taking in parts of Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve and seashore. Some stiles and can be muddy and slippery underfoot. Meet: Car park at the junction of Sea Lane and The Parade

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Sussex Snippets Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) is making an urgent appeal to its members and supporters to help protect dormice living in the county and, to give dormice a fighting chance of survival, is hoping to raise £40,000 to improve woodlands on their nature reserves providing ideal habitat for the nocturnal mammals to breed and thrive. Dormouse numbers have plummeted throughout Britain during the past hundred years and they are now vulnerable to extinction because of habitat loss. Find out more on: www.sussexwildlifetrust.or.uk/dormice or donate by phone 01273 497532.

‘Shake Up September’ is a national activity logging challenge run by Workplace Challenge, which aims to encourage employees to bring physical activity into the workplace by trying out as many Olympic or Paralympic sports as possible throughout the month.

Inspired by Team GB, workers across the region are being urged to sign up to Workplace Challenge for free and try at least five different sports throughout ‘Shake Up September,’ - the more activities they log via the Workplace Challenge website or mobile app, the more points they will earn for their workplace as they go for gold on a national challenge leaderboard. www.workplacechallenge.org.uk/shakeup.

Beating Bowel Cancer is looking for budding bakers in Sussex to help beat the UK’s second biggest cancer killer, and wants volunteers to whip up cakes or biscuits for a bake sale fundraiser at work, home, social club or sports club. The challenge is taking place anytime over the summer, and the charity aims to raise £10,000 towards its Hidden Heartache appeal, so they can support more patients and families - the money could cover the cost of the charity’s nurse helpline for three months, which could support over 600 bowel cancer patients, families and friends. bakeit@beatingbowelcancer.org, Tel:Sarah Webster, Community Fundraiser, on 07780 000996 or email: sarah.webster@beatingbowelcancer.org www.beatingbowelcancer.org.

CHICHESTER LOCAL Following the success of the first Horsham District Jobs and Skills Fair in September 2015, employers offering jobs, apprenticeships and career opportunities will once again advertise their opportunities and meet with local job hunters at the Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham on Wednesday 14 September from 11am to 5pm. The fair, organised by Horsham District Council in partnership with The District Post, Horsham Jobcentre Plus and The College of Richard Collyer, provides an opportunity for those seeking a job, thinking of changing their existing one or considering on-the-job training through an apprenticeship to meet a wide range of employers eager to recruit and grow their organisations.

As part of the National Citizen Service (NCS) summer programme, groups of West Sussex teenagers have come together to build skills for work and life while taking on new challenges: this year’s Midhurst NCS team have helped with three different projects renovating Stedham Campsite, a video to raise awareness of teen suicide, and a sponsored sleepout without tents to understand the feeling of isolation through mental illness. NCS is a country wide programme which brings together groups of 1617 year olds to help build their confidence, mix with different social groups and inspire long term change through local community-based action projects, including residential trips and a Social Action Project. www.yourspacewestsussex.co.uk From Saturday 3rd September, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery examine the ‘beauty and the beast’ in nature and human nature in their latest Main Gallery exhibition Our Nature: from Poetic to Grotesque. With a deliberately ambiguous title, the exhibition is an exploration of the constant struggle between good and evil ever present in both human nature and the natural world and how ultimately, people tread a fine line between light and dark, and the idea that beauty exists on both sides.

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Creating Little LifeSavers Little LifeSavers is a new organisation teaching essential Basic Life Support and Life Saving skills to schoolchildren in West Sussex.

The organisation consists of volunteers who are doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals as well as non-medical or lay members of the public from all walks of life who have been trained to deliver CPR. Little LifeSavers aim is to reach as many schoolchildren (over the age of nine years) as they can, to pass on these essential skills and so improve on the ten percent chance of receiving bystander CPR, which is the current national average. The first teaching session took place at West Chiltington

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School and created 30 Little LifeSavers in West Sussex. Contact: barbara@littlelifesavers.org or Twitter @littlifesavers or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LittleLifeSaversWS/

Green Light for Technology Park Arun District Council Planning Committee has approved a decision to build a multimillion-pound Engineering and Technology Park on the University of Chichester’s Bognor Regis Campus.

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Clive Behagg said: ““It is a … development-project that will link schools, colleges, local authorities and businesses to increase the aspirations and opportunities for our young people.”

The Park will include a Department of Engineering and Applied Design to offer a practical projectorientated engineering workshop, fabrication laboratory, specialist 3D printers, and hands-on educations spaces for the schools and colleges.

Permission has also been granted for new halls of residence to accommodate additional students. www.chi.ac.uk

Co-Op Help Food Bank The Chichester Trussell Trust Food Bank’s warehouse is run entirely by volunteers and has fed 7,227 people by providing 2,998 food parcels since its inception in September 2012.

The Southern Co-operative has a large quantity of food bank drop off points across their food stores and funeral homes, and colleagues who took part, including Directors, Chief Operating Officers and the Chief Executive, were able to be part of the next stage of the process - helping to sort goods, clean and clear shelves for new goods and put together food packs. The food parcels contained a variety of essential food products with each parcel containing approximately three days’ worth of food. Contact: chichesterdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

Pet of the Month – Valentine This four year old male cat arrived at the Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre in Sidlesham on Valentine’s Day this year, hence his name. He enjoys fuss, but will let you know when he’s had enough, and would ideally suit a home with no other cats, no dogs and no children.

Contact: The Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre, Holborow Lodge, Chalder Lane, Sidlesham, PO20 7RJ Tel: 01243 641409 Email: info@crrc.co.uk Visit: www.facebook.com/catandrabbitrescuecentre www.crrc.co.uk

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Local Greens Slam A27 Plans Plans for the A27 at Chichester are on the table and local Greens say that all of them will have an adverse impact on the environment.

Chichester and Bognor Green Party is encouraging residents to show their concern about the impact on ecology, landscape and scenery, history and also on residential properties and quality of life. Green traffic experts warn that adding road capacity usually results in increased road traffic, adding to pollution and eventually to even more congestion. The least damaging option in the proposed plans, say the Greens, is Option Three – also the most cost effective. They add that the worst effects of the bigger, busier road should be mitigated by measures to reduce noise and light pollution. The Green Party also continues to advocate that a full alternative transport policy is drawn up, and are planning to present their plans to local councillors.

A public meeting is being arranged to discuss the full range of options on 16 September. Contact: Sarah Sharp, on 07789 843556 or sarah.ccc@gmail.com or Isabel Thurston at isabel_thurston@yahoo.co.uk.

A27 Chichester Bypass Consultation The Villages Action Group (VAG) was formed to figh tlarge scale development around Aldingbourne and Westergate. Although not technically a VAG issue the group feels that local people will be seriously affected when the Chichester Bypass upgrade begins.

The VAG also states that an important aspect of the consultation is that two of the original options for consideration of possible routes were for a Northern route and therefore a new Bypass altogether, free from roundabouts, rather than just upgrading the existing Bypass. These two options have now been eliminated from the list and it is not now possible to officially comment on them. www.villagesactiongroup.wordpress.com www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a27chichester-improvement/ Editor’s note: Highways England are holding two public consultation exhibition days on the proposals on 14th and 15th September at the Chichester Assembly Rooms from 10am to 8pm.The consultation runs until 22nd September.

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Pensions Freedoms Threat

By Richard Cohen JP FPFS ACII MCSI Chartered Financial Planner Less than two years after the “pensions freedoms” regulations came in and there are already suggestions that members of final salary and other defined benefit schemes could see their freedoms curtailed. In 2015, at the same time as most of the population were being given new flexibility in how and when they could access their pensions, those in public sector “unfunded” schemes, such as members of the uniformed services, teachers, doctors etc had their right to transfer and with it their rights to exercise these freedoms withdrawn. This means they would not benefit from the ability to spend their pension pot when and how they want whilst leaving the remainder, which can be hundreds of thousands of pounds, to their family.

There are fears that an inquiry by the Work and Pension Select Committee could recommend giving all defined benefit schemes the right to stop transfers.

The fear from the is that as more and more people transfer out of schemes that are in deficit there is less and less in the pot to pay the pensions of those who remain. Over time transfers out mean the schemes deficit gets bigger and potentially unsustainable for the employer backing the scheme. Graham Vidler, head of

policy at the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association, a trade body which represents final salary schemes said that suspending savers' ability to transfer funds may prove a "necessary" step, despite "directly contradicting" the Government's pension freedoms.

Furthermore, to assist schemes to manage their ever increasing liabilities it has been suggested that they should be able to retrospectively reduce pensions of those who aren’t yet in receipt of their pension without going through the courts. This could save schemes but could therefore cost members millions of pounds.

Despite all this, defined benefit pensions remain an excellent benefit for those fortunate enough to have access to one. It is exceptionally rare that employees who have access to such schemes should opt out whilst an active member. However, the fact that transfer values are at record highs, combined with these threats mean those who have pensions with former employers really should see a pension transfer specialist sooner rather than later.

See www.nsurefinancial.co.uk or to arrange a free review call Sarah Gray on 01903 821010

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Across: 7 Concentration, 8 Calories, 9 Dyed, 10 Density, 12 You've, 14 Being, 16 Prayers, 19 Stew, 20 Launches, 22 Possibilities.

Down: 1 Sofa, 2 Echoes, 3 Anxiety, 4 Irish, 5 Studio, 6 Moreover, 11 Election, 13 Proudly, 15 Newest, 17 Yachts, 18 Globe, 21 Ever.

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Wild about Wildlife - Sussex Wildlife Trust Veronica Cowan speaks to new chairman Carole Nicholson Many threats face the British countryside.

Don't take my word for it: experts at the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, said in a recent policy paper that biodiversity - the sheer variety of life on earth - is declining, and up to a third of animals are threatened with extinction.

It states: “In England, much of our biodiverCarole Nicholson sity, including many of our birds, butterflies and plants, is declining. Our wildlife areas are too disjointed and fragmented, which makes it harder for wildlife to flourish and respond to climate change and other pressures, like pollution. All countries need to act to improve biodiversity and preserve natural ecosystems. Otherwise the natural environment, wildlife and human life - as we know it - are all at risk.�

Wildlife Trusts want to eradicate, or, at the very least, significantly reduce such threats, and there is a Wildlife Trust working for wildlife and wild places in many local communities, 38 in England alone, 6 in Wales and Trusts in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Alderney. Each are independent, autonomous charities with their own trustees. Their primary concern is the conservation of nature within their own geographical area.

Sussex Wildlife Trust is the largest nature conservation organisation in the county of Sussex, and is the only conservation charity solely concentrating on the habitats and wildlife for the people of Sussex. It has 30,000 members, but would love you to join if you are not already a member. Its work includes environmental education, working with landowners, businesses and local communities and the care of downland, woodland, wetland and heath. Carole Nicholson is its new chairman. She lives in Plumpton with her husband, Paul, and whilst she is interested in the countryside, she doesn't let the grass grow under her feet. She played a leading role in the Plumpton Village Action Plan, which achieved an 82% response rate in its original questionnaire, and had 80 volunteers helping to make the aspirations of the community become reality. One of the achievements has been the foundation of a thriving Wildlife and Habitat Group in the village.

She had been a trustee of the Sussex Wildlife Trust since 2011, and for the past four years held the role of honorary treasurer of the registered charity, based

28 Local Charity at Henfield, West Sussex: "This melded in with my accountancy skills,” she observed. Her professional background is in finance, and she spent 14 years with MEPC plc, a leading British-based property investment and development business, where she was group treasurer and finance director of the UK operation. She then spent ten years in consulting and finance director roles, including at the Excel Exhibition Centre in Docklands and BPD plc, a start-up pharmaceutical business. She has also been a non-executive director and chairman of audit committees in several Ministry of Defence departments, and in 2009, became a nonexecutive director on the Board, and chairman of the audit committee of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

With all that business and financial acumen, she clearly knows how to manage money, but how does the Trust raise funds, and are there governmental grants it can access? "We have been in receipt of an EU grant for managing land in the countryside, a stewardship role but we don't do a lot of that and it is not a huge part of our income. The mainstay of the charity is its members, appeals and legacy income. We have also received charitable trust grants.” The Trust is having its inaugural fundraising ball on 17 September, in the grounds of Folkington Manor, in the heart of the South Downs National Park near Eastbourne.

It is also keen to ensure that nature conservation is given proper consideration in a post-Brexit economy, and that funding for environmentally friendly farming will be retained and developed, and that legislation to protect wildlife will be strengthened in an independent UK. Mrs. Nicholson said that, as a member of a group of 47 other wildlife trusts around the country, they will lobby to get at least as much protection as before.

Does the Trust need more volunteers, and what kind of work is done by volunteers? "Volunteers are very important and we currently have over 400,” she said, explaining that they can work outdoors, doing jobs such as scrub clearing, or work with groups of children and young people, or help in an office environment. Mrs Nicholson reports that the Trust has recently taken on a volunteer development manager to make it a centre of excellence for those who help with the environment. The aim is also to develop and expand volunteer opportunities throughout the Trust to enable it to increase capacity in delivering its aims, including fundraising and professional skills.

Examples of its work appear in the Trust’s regular newsletters, and July’s edition reported that Graffham Common, in West Sussex, was to pass a significant milestone over the summer, with the arrival of some of the Trust’s British White cattle. This would be the first time this site has been grazed in decades. The Trust had acquired the nature reserve in two phases.

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It was a pine plantation with enough heather to show its potential, but needed a lot of work to restore the heathland. Another nature reserve, known for its spring displays of Wild Daffodil and coppice management, is West Dean Woods. Under Richard Ede, its Volunteer Reserve Manager, the volunteer group continued to thrive, and although he recently stood down, he will remain involved as a volunteer.

As well as being Chairman of the Trust, Mrs Nicholson uses any spare time to volunteer for it, doing fixedpoint photography on its nature reserves to support the work of its Land Management team and is one of

through the door a team of ‘lookerers’ who play a vital role in ensuring the Trust’s livestock are checked regularly. She and her husband have been members for seventeen years, and her becoming chairman coincides with the rewriting of the Trust’s vision for Sussex. She sees herself as the lead motivator in the new strategy, but stresses: ”It is a shared endeavour as we are all in this together. No one part of the organisation can do it alone.”

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Sussex Wildlife Trust has a thriving department working with children and young people, and teaches around 20,000 children a year, and Mrs. Nicholson explains: “A crucial challenge is to create and maintain a living landscape, and we need to bring people with us. There is a vital connection between people and nature and we want to get children enthused about nature.” Social media is one way of doing this, because one problem is reaching young people. “We need to get them as young as possible but getting schools to put this on the curriculum, with all the other demands on schools, is difficult,” she explains.

Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex BN5 9SD 01273 492630 Email: enquiries@sussexwt.org.uk WildCall: 01273 494777 To volunteer contact Liz Francis, Volunteer Administrator Tel. 01273 497562 E-mail: lizfrancis@sussexwt.org.uk.

Fundraising Ball enquiries, contact Anne Weinhold, Corporate & Community Fundraising Officer on 01273 497522

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