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We have news of a blue plaque unveiling in Queen’s Park and the latest on the development of Brighton Gasworks in Kemptown. We have an old photo of an award-winning bakers that used to be near Fiveways and is now a bathroom shop and a poetry competition in aid of Sussex Cancer and literally loads more! So, relax, put your feet up and get tuned in!

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As usual this month’s edition of The Brightonian is full of events and local news and information. Have a look through the magazine to find out what is going on in your local community.

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Hollingdean & Stanmer Councillor News One of the current issues that applies to the whole council is the ward boundary review, and the draft proposals were published at the start of February.

There are some quite big changes proposed and for the different parts of Hollingdean and Stanmer, the ward will actually be split up into three wards! There are pros and cons to this, but we want residents to submit their comments to the consultation which is open until 21st March so please engage in this process.

For Hollingdean, one of the biggest issues that has been filling our inboxes recently is the antisocial parking along Davey Drive, and this ties in with the beginning of the consultation on a parking permit scheme, with the first round of consultation scheduled to start in March. We’re open minded to the outcomes and will see what the responses to the consultation are, which is why it’s very important for residents to engage in this process too.

ommended for a visit, and work has started on the agricultural buildings in the village Up in Coldean, the development along that have laid unused for well over a decade Coldean Lane is still a concern for residents now since the last tenant farmer moved out. but we had a helpful site visit with residents There is a lot more to do in Stanmer, but earlier in February and developers are further work will be taken forward this year taking forward concerns raised. One positive including a plan for Stanmer which will align that has come out of the conversations with the City Downland Estate Plan, and about this though, and the more general which is progressing well and hopefully will issue of student accommodation, is that the be published later this year. community have formed a Neighbourhood There is a lot of other work I could have Forum and will work on a Neighbourhood highlighted as there is just so much going Plan for the area so that residents can have a greater say in future applications. I’ve been on in the ward, and if you want to discuss anything with me, then you can always very impressed with the progress that the forum has made in a matter of months, and contact me directly on Martin.Osborne@ brighton-hove.gov.uk and I’m happy to find I’ll do all I can to support them in this proa time to meet, or you can book a slot into cess going forward. one of my ward surgeries.

Finally, in Stanmer, the walled garden goes Martin Osborne from strength to strength and is highly recHave a local editorial item? Email info@brightonandhovemagazines.co.uk

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News from Martin Osborne, Green councillor for Hollingdean and Stanmer…

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Fiveways councillors The councillors for Preston Park ward (to the west of Ditchling Road) are Amy Heley (Green), Siriol Hugh-Jones (Green) and Leo Littman (Green).

The councillors for Hollingdean & Stanmer ward (to the east of Ditchling Road) are Theresa Fowler (Labour), Martin Osborne (Green) and Zoë John (Green).

Their contact details are:

You can contact them at:

Amy Heley:

Theresa Fowler:

Amy.Heley@brighton-hove.gov.uk tel: 07562 437616 Siriol Hugh-Jones:

Theresa.Fowler@brighton-hove.gov.uk tel: 07562 437605 Martin Osborne:

Siriol.Hugh-Jones@brighton-hove.gov.uk tel: 07562 437623 Martin.Osborne@brighton-hove.gov.uk tel: 07510 500383

Leo Littman:

Zoë John:

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Zoe.John@brighton-hove.gov.uk tel: 07708 492596

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What’s more, the physical nature of tree planting, and the fact that you can see a tangible impact, sets it apart from many other forms of climate action - breeding hope, optimism, and a sense of people power - three essential ingredients in taking action to address the climate and nature crisis. Here are three practical ways to get involved: 1. Plant Your Postcode Working with Brighton & Hove City Council, Plant Your Postcode is helping to plant new trees and replace old or dying ones to increase tree cover across the whole of the Greater Brighton area. You can register your interest to get involved, or alternatively make a donation at: https://plantyourpostcode.org/.

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3. Hanover Action: towards a sustainable community Hanover Action has been helping to get new street trees planted locally since 2018. We were pleased to come together recently with Plant Your Postcode volunteers to celebrate the planting of three new trees at the bottom of Elm Grove on January 29th. The large Turkish hazel saplings were planted to replace elms lost to disease, with help by Brighton council tree staff and funded by money from the estate of the late Neil Smith. In addition, the

council have offered two free places on their ‘leadership’ training course for tree planting operations. Once trained, the two volunteers should be actively involved in tree planting. Hopefully this is the beginning of a more collaborative partnership between the council and communities on tree planting.

Plant and seedling swap and sale Sat 21 May 2022 10.30am – 1pm Venue: The Green Space, opposite the Constant Service, Islingword Rd Bring your own plants and seeds to swap – or just come along and pick up a bargain.

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12 News from Elaine Hills, Green councillor for Hanover & Elm Grove…

Hanover & Elm Grove Councillor News It looks like 2022 will be a year of big changes in our ward.

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We want to be sure that the liveable neighbourhood scheme works for those who live here. I’ve been engaging with residents on the changes they’d like to see, to optimise our outdoor space and create safer streets, since the council agreed to a pilot scheme in June 2020.

This followed a request from Hanover Action being agreed by the council.

I’d like to thank the many of you who took part in last year’s consultation and shared ideas about how this could be achieved. Consultants are now putting together four options of what the scheme might look like, based on the consultation results.

Electoral wards are redrawn every ten years or as demographics change. The council and the Local Government Boundary Commission try to ensure there are a similar number of residents in each ward, so that everyone’s vote carries a similar weight and councillors across the city represent a similar number of residents. There was a consultation on the new boundaries last year and draft recommendations have now been drawn up.

Residents will be invited to community engagement workshops this month to discuss these options. The plan is to listen closely and tweak proposals, if needed. Then a second consultation will follow, to give everyone in the Hanover and Tarner area the chance to select the option that they think would benefit the area most.

Meanwhile, the first of the new secure bike storage will be installed across the ward in the coming months. And by the time this goes to press, the council should have installed dropped kerbs and tactile pavements at eight points along Islingword Road, to make it more accessible to people with wheelchairs, visual impairment and other disabilities.

My fellow ward councillors and I also are supporting residents in the Wellington Road area who would like to see traffic calming measures introduced there.

We’re disappointed that the proposals move the Phoenix Estate out of Hanover and Elm Grove and into Queen’s Park ward. The estate is a core part of our ward and we work well with a number of people there. Sarah McCarthy from the estate’s residents’ association does a brilliant job chairing the Hanover and Elm Grove Communities Forum.

To have your say on the mooted changes go to: consultation.lgbce.org.uk/ node/29490. For those not online who’d like to share their views, please call or text one of us.

Finally, if you have any used PPE or lateral flow tests, they can be recycled at the Sea Life Centre. Just ask at the entrance and they’ll guide you to the recycling box.

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Ebenezer Chapel The Ebenezer Baptist Chapel had stood on the north side of Richmond Street for 130 years when this photo was taken in November 1956.

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It was demolished in 1966 to make way for access to the tower blocks in Ashton Place and Grove Hill. A new chapel was built on the other side of the street to replace it, but that was also demolished in 2007. The current chapel on Richmond Parade opened in 2010 on the ground floor of a new block of flats.

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17 News from Green councillor Clare Rainey…

Councillor news for Queen’s Park The Eastern Seafront Master Plan encompasses the Madeira Terrace restoration project and the Black Rock project, and I was very pleased to attend the presentation of the first draft to both project boards, as well as to councillors from relevant wards. The plan covers the vision and principles for the regeneration of the seafront from the east of the pier to the marina. It aims to develop an improved space which promotes wellbeing, sustainability and heritage, and unite surrounding neighbourhoods. Existing habitats such as the vegetated shingle and historic

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Work on the Eastern Seafront Master Plan, which I proposed for inclusion in the council budget, has now been initiated.

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last year) are both looking great, thanks to the hard work of residents and commugreen wall will be safeguarded, and new nity volunteers. The new fencing at White habitats created. A series of external Street community garden, for which my engagement sessions, including walking ward budget was specifically contributed, workshops, are planned, covering amenity has now been installed. and business, accessibility and inclusion, In other news, a new blue plaque honsustainability and biodiversity, and health ouring Mercedes Gleitze, who, in 1927, and well-being. became the first woman to swim the The public consultation for the Queens Channel, has been unveiled at the former Park playground upgrade opened on home of the swimmer in Queen’s Park February 25 and will run until April 8. This ward. This was an amazing achievement online survey is a great opportunity for

by Mercedes Gleitze, who also helped local people, particularly parents and to support and promote women’s sport carers, to identify potential improvements across the board, a process which is still and help shape the future of the play area ongoing and very much needed. for children and young people. Please visit I am always happy to hear from residents consultations.brighton-hove.gov.uk to parso please contact me at clare.rainey@ ticipate in the playground’s refurbishment. brighton-hove.gov.uk with any issues or As we come into spring, Bedford Street suggestions. and White Street community gardens (which were recipients of my ward budget Cllr Clare Rainey New lights/sockets Darren Clarke to full re-wires Home Electrical Guaranteed low rates Services Call Darren

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18 News from the Friends of Queen’s Park…

Show us the money!

Last month, led by our hardworking secretary Caroline Burnard, much time was devoted to pulling together in a bid for funds from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to create a community garden, writes Geoffrey Bowden, Chairman of the Friends of Queen’s Park.

The RHS will have received thousands of applications and, as there will only be one winner in each of the home countries, we recognised that the odds may be stacked against us. However, our view was that if you ain’t in the race, you can’t win the winner’s medal.

Our proposal is to create a sensory garden using “Universal Design Principles” in the park’s Quiet Garden.

It’s clear that, as funding from central and local government becomes increasingly problematic, volunteer groups, such as the Friends of Queen’s Park, will need to become more expert at sniffing out pots of money from external sources and more skilled at bidding for a share of what is on offer.

The reality is that the days of Friends groups just being a bunch of committed local volunteers willing to muck in for a session of litter picking, supervised pond maintenance and bulb planting are over.

The reality is that the days of Friends groups just being a bunch of committed local volunteers willing to muck in for a session of litter picking, supervised pond maintenance and bulb planting are over.

Sure those traditional volunteer tasks will always be there, but now community involvement has become more strategic and will need to focus as much of its efforts on developing and executing an effective fundraising strategy as on coppicing, re-

moving suckers and thinning out brambles.

Our biggest and most immediate challenge will be raising ring-fenced support for the second phase development of the children’s playground. The Council earmarked £147,000 for the first core phase.

This was made up from accumulated funds from agreements put in place with developers, Section 106 agreements, to mitigate the negative impact those developments might have caused.

However, Section 106s are now out the window and their replacement, the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), is unlikely to generate significant funding anytime soon. All of which means that the Council will be looking to the Friends of Queen’s Park to find a second slug of money to complete the playground refurbishment.

The Friends are all too aware of the many other areas of the park, such as the old bowling green and the cascades, that need attention too. The common limiting factor is the amount of money available from Council coffers – another reason why we will have to become as effective at fundraising as removing pond weed.

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21 Music in Queen’s Park…

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Ulrich will be playing in the perfect setting of St Luke’s Church on Friday 25 March (7.30pm), supported by another electronic musician Richard Norris, with live visuals by Innerstrings, a Lewes-based psychedelic visual artist.

Based in London, Ulrich also plays keyboards for UK indie band Longview and has been a member of Tangerine Dream since 2014.

Tickets are available from seetickets.com.

Music & Wine at St Luke’s Music & Wine are hosting two concerts this month.

On Friday 4th March we welcome back the popular band Buffo’s Wake for an evening of up-tempo Klezmer, Balkan folk and Romany melodies, taking you on a whistle-stop musical tour of Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and further afield. Cimbalom, violin and accordion are accompanied by double bass and guitar.

start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.

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And on Friday 18th March we present a piano duo – featuring pianists Clelia Iruzun and Yoko Ono. Their programme will take you around the world and beyond, with selections from Holst’s ‘The Planets’, Mozart, and South American composers Mignone, Miranda and Cosentino.

The concerts take place at St Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park Road, BN2 9ZB, and

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A blue plaque was unveiled at 124 Freshfield Road on 24th January to commemorate forgotten British heroine Mercedes Gleitze, coinciding with the completion of feature film Vindication Swim.

Mercedes Gleitze was an open-water swimming pioneer, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. She was born in Freshfield Road in 1900 and first learnt to swim as a child off Brighton beach.

A celebrity icon of the 1920s, the name Mercedes Gleitze has faded from public consciousness, but it is hoped that the blue plaque, along with the upcoming feature-length biopic depicting the events surrounding her 1927 swim, will rejuvenate her status as a female sporting trailblazer.

Besides conquering the Channel, Gleitze accomplished numerous other feats of endurance, becoming the first person to swim the treacherous Straits of Gibraltar and across the notorious waters dividing Robben Island and Cape Town.

Vindication Swim depicts Gleitze’s struggles against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s Britain, in order to retain her legacy as the first British woman to complete the swim. The film is due for release later this year.

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25 News from the council…

Update on Brighton Gasworks plan The formal consultation period for residents to comment on proposals to regenerate the former gasworks site in east Brighton has now ended.

Residents were invited to have their say on plans that include building up to 553 new homes and 2,700 sq metres of commercial space. St William Homes have applied for planning permission to build 9 apartment blocks, ranging in height from 3 to 12 storeys tall.

A council spokesperson said: “Hearing residents’ views early on in the process is important. We would like to thank everyone who has got involved in helping us to shape the future of one of the last, largest brownfield development sites in the city.”

Officers will now collate the consultation responses to help identify and flag with the developer any areas that need clarification or amendment to address the main concerns raised.

Affordable housing: In a city with a housing crisis, providing affordable homes is a key issue. Some people have queried the lack of detail given so far about how the scheme will address this. The information has been sought by officers and is required from the developer before a decision is made. The planning team has allowed the developer additional time to explore funding options for affordable housing provision and this information will be available for the next round of consultation.

Well-designed spaces: For the application to be successful, the Planning Committee will expect proposals that provide well-designed, quality spaces, while being

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The developer has held several consultation events in the past but the most recent consultation by the council was the first time residents have been able to make formal comments on the planning application.

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mindful of neighbouring residents, the environment, and our drive for a carbon neutral city by 2030.

Residents will be reconsulted once updated information has been received. Once officers are satisfied that the issues raised have been addressed, they will make a recommendation to either approve or refuse the planning application. A final decision will be made by the council’s cross-party planning committee later this year.

Specialist advisors: Due to the complex issues involved in developing this site, the planning service is working with several specialist advisors to evaluate the planning application. They include Leap Environmental who advise on contaminated land issues.

If you missed the deadline and wish to comment on this application, go to planningapps.brighton-hove.gov.uk and search for application BH2021/04167.

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27 Kemptown entertainment…

Joan As Police Woman Acclaimed American singer-songwriter Joan As Police Woman will be performing at St George’s Church on 30th March in her rescheduled tour.

Joan and her trio will perform music spanning her career, including songs from her new albums and reworked classics.

Classically trained, she is a prolific collaborator and has worked with the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Damon Albarn and Sufjan Stevens.

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Wednesday 30th March, St George’s Church; doors open at 7pm. Tickets cost £25 + booking fee or £29 on the door and are available from seetickets.com.

St George’s Film Club A film club is launching at St George’s Church on Thursday 10th March with the cult classic tragicomedy Little Miss Sunshine, about a little girl who dreams of winning a beauty pageant.

Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7.30pm start. Homemade snacks will be available from the café, as well as drinks from the bar.

Tickets cost £5 from the church café or from www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5361658

The Big Broadway Sing - 2 Following the huge success of The Big Broadway Sing last October, Music Theatre and Showtime Productions are presenting “The Big Broadway Sing – 2” on Saturday 5th March at St Mary’s Church in Kemptown. There will be two performances - at 3pm and 7pm.

The Big Broadway Sing 2 will feature a large cast of singers, with songs from classic and contemporary shows, such as Oklahoma, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, Beauty and the Beast and many more, under the direction of conductor Simon Gray. The cast features several experienced West End performers and many local singers all coming together to sing in support of the Martlets Hospice.

Once again, the concert will be hosted by actor Brian Capron, best known for his role as serial killer Richard Hillman in Coronation Street.

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29 Lina Talbot on how St George’s Church is a meeting place for all local residents…

St George’s Community Centre and Café Easy to find if you know it’s there: St George’s Church also functions as a community centre, with activities both inside the church and below it, in the revamped Crypt.

There really is something for everyone – from mother and baby to children of all ages, and for adults including those over 65 and possibly trying to stave off dementia. There’s also a tool repository which just might be able to lend you that tile cutter or pressure sprayer you need. It’s a community enterprise that all came about when the Reverend Andrew campaigned within the parish church council over 20 years ago: to change a nigh empty church to one that could become a focus for the parish of 15,000 residents, a meeting place to be used by all, both the religious and not.

So first of all, the church noticeboards need to blare out: “We are here!” Yes, there’s info about the community activities and café – with its gorgeous Portuguese food (see The Brightonian 8/21) – but it does not catch the eye passing by. Though attracting a fair number of folk, both the community activities and the café could serve many more people meeting up as well as dropping in for coffee or lunch. In the recent past, St John’s College ran the café in the Crypt, thereby helping to train its pupils with

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Not only hosting concerts from respected pop groups and choirs, but also other community activities such as meetings of U3A (University of the Third Age) groups as well as those for music, dance and movement of all descriptions, and support groups for alcoholics and the drug addicted. A film club is coming March 10th.

special needs - and there were queues up the stairs! The changes that have taken place in both the community centre and in Kemptown itself over the past 20 years are fascinating and will be explored next month.

Hopefully by March we will be well past peak Covid, and the church has the advantage of a high ceiling and warm air rising, while the Crypt’s two halls each have ventilators. At present (Jan 20th) I would still respect Omicron’s progression and keep my mask on between slurps of coffee, especially in the Crypt. It’s been a harsh winter for socializing. Maybe an “App Class” for acquiring skills with laptop and video calls could attract some of our older/less techie residents, who would meet others for real – and also prepare for the next Covid wave!

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31 Kemptown news…

From Kew to Kemp Town The plants arrived in the city in December to enhance the new wildlife site being created as part of the Black Rock Rejuvenation Project. The first stage of the project saw plants from the original wildlife site re-located to a new area of beach immediately next to the new boardwalk. This 600m long boardwalk runs through the entire new wildlife site allowing close range views of the habitat.

It will open in March.

Expert horticulturalists Working with experts from Kew, members of the Black Rock Project Team took cuttings from the plants which were taken to Wakehurst. The cuttings of ‘Crambe maritima’ (sea kale) were used to propagate and grow young plants by horticulturalists at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank.

Other plants including ‘Glaucium flavum’ (yellow-horned poppy) and ‘Solanum dulcamara’ (bittersweet) were also grown from seed gathered in Sussex.

seed within the sands and grits is already germinating.

It is expected that the new wildlife site will become increasingly rich in birds, butterflies, bees and other small insects to markedly enhance the biodiversity of this unique coastal habitat. Sightings of small flocks of wagtails shows how this process has already started.

Transforming the coastline

The Black Rock Rejuvenation project is part of a large-scale regeneration effort After several months, the team from Kew to transform this part of the coastline were delighted to hand over almost 1,000 and enable further development in the future. Other plans for the project include young plants to be transported back to restoring the Temple and Grade-II Listed the city and re-planted in the vegetated Old Reading Room and an expanded sea shingle at Black Rock. A unique ‘wave’ design has been carefully formed to pro- wall. There’ll also be a seafront classroom for children and young people to take advide a range of micro-habitats. This uses vantage of when visiting the area as well a mix of beach shingle and seed-rich sands and grits from the original beach at as creating new seating and lighting.

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33 We hear about a great local project which is currently expanding…

Give Street Project Give Street Project works with local communities to facilitate donation drop-off events for people experiencing homelessness. Founder Darren Skilton tells us more…

Why did you set up Give Street Project?

How does it work?

Give Street Project facilitates drop-off events in local communities where we encourage the public to bring food and clothing which we then make sure go to the outlets most in need. We collect new and good condition clothing, food, pet supplies, baby supplies, hygiene products and other essentials. By collecting all these items in one place at one time we save people taking multiple journeys to places such as the clothing bank, charity shop and food bank. We also work alongside local youth services to give young people the opportunity of volunteering.

Where do the donations go?

We have collected for charities, mutual aid groups, sheltered housing facilities and other non-profit organisations. We ask outreach services to identify which items they need most. All the organisations we collect for directly support people experiencing homelessness, hygiene poverty and food insecurity as local to our events as possible.

What parts of Brighton have you been operating in?

Our recent events have been in Coldean and Hanover, including a very successful Christmas drop-off at the Hanover Community Centre at the end of 2021. We are always looking at other areas in and around Brighton where we can extend our support.

We think it’s important to move around different communities to broaden the number of people who can get involved in donating and supporting people in need.

Do you have many volunteers?

At present we have three directors of Give Street Project, Ruby, Emily and Darren, who all work on a voluntary basis. We also have some other fantastic volunteers who have been helping run the project. As the project expands we are actively looking for more volunteers, both to help with the management of the project, media, community cohesion initiatives and on a more one-off basis at our drop-offs where you can pitch in for a few hours and it will be much appreciated! If you’re interested in getting involved, drop us an email at givestreetproject@gmail.com or message us on our social media.

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Brighton has a huge problem with homelessness. Give Street Project was created in response to this and evolved from a one-off community event on Christmas Day in 2017 where people were invited to donate items which were then distributed to local support services for people experiencing homelessness or insecure housing. Since then it has become a registered CIC (Community Interest Company) which has developed into a full-time project running regular drop-off events.

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37 News from the council…

New app for EV charging People who drive electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are being asked to switch to a new app to access the city’s charging points.

The new app, EB Go!, will allow drivers to set each charge to a fixed amount of time or money. Drivers will be able to charge their vehicle as a guest, without inputting personal data, or choose to register.

The new EB Go! app is available to download for free from the App Store or the Play Store. More information can be found on the council’s electric vehicles and charging webpage.

Accessible charge points A new project is trialling an accessible EV charge point designed for disabled people. Two accessible EV charging bays will be installed at Rottingdean Marine Cliffs Car Park and the council will be asking for feedback from users.

Primary school pupil numbers City councillors have voted not to reduce pupil numbers at local primary schools as of September 2023, following the outcome of the consultation process.

The council’s Children, Young People and Skills Committee on 31 January considered a recommendation to this effect from the council’s cross-party School Organisation Working Group.

our schools open if we possibly can. But the council has no budget for keeping schools open where pupil number forecasts suggest schools may encounter serious financial difficulties.

The chair of the working group, Cllr Sarah Nield, said: “We’re grateful to all the governors, headteachers, families and residents who engaged with our consultation and gave us their views. We have amended our proposals in response to these.

Locally and nationally we are facing a very serious problem with falling numbers of children set to start school in the next few years. We are committed to keeping all

“We acknowledge that nearly all of our schools are currently managing within existing budgets or have clear recovery plans in place. With this in mind we think it is reasonable to see how parental preferences for this September’s intake affect things. But with falling pupil numbers continuing to be a serious issue, we will continue to engage with our family of schools about any concerns they have.”

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39 Local history from Lindsey Tydeman of The Keep archive centre…

On the Chain Pier, c1890

It’s represented in many photographs and paintings, but this might be the only image in existence of a view taken from the end of the pier itself (ref HA903359).

It’s a fabulously ambitious and technically outstanding photograph. Behind the gentleman with buttonhole and cane is ranged the length of the pier and the whole of Brighton’s seafront, from beyond West Street on the left to Chichester Terrace on the right. You can see the Steine where it opens on to the highway and you may be able to pick out the building site and supports which mark out the early stages of the Palace Pier. The first few Madeira Arches can be seen to the right, as can the lift on Madeira Drive which descends into the public reading room (now the Concorde 2). Magnifying the image reveals a host of detail; the stairways from the road to the beach, the bathing machines ranged along the shore, the advertisements for newspapers pasted on walls, even individuals on the beach.

Walking to the end of the Chair Pier would have been a worthwhile exercise for our Victorian ancestors, and looking back would have given them a wonderful vision of an architectural whole.

Unfortunately, we know very little about the context of this image, which came

to The Keep from a collection of large, mounted photographs previously held at the Brighton History Centre. But it is stamped with the name of the photographers, W and A Fry. The Frys were brothers and ran a studio in East Street, although by this time the elder brother Walter had left the business. Brighton was awash with these studios; there was Thomas Donovan in St James’ Street and a branch of the high class court photographer Alexandra Bassano on the King’s Road. Much of their business would have been the small ‘cartes de visite’, the Parisian fashion whereby individuals would be photographed against a background of their choice and in one of various suggested poses. It was the 19th century’s equivalent of the selfie!

Looking at our photograph, it’s impossible not to speculate on the man in the middle of the pier. Knowing that Brighton photographers were very much on the cutting edge of the developing photographic technology, it may be Allen Hastings Fry himself (online images do show a likeness). The presence of the figure certainly provides a human interest which contrasts with and emphasises the impact of the huge skyline. It’s a touch of genius which one would expect from a professional at the top of his game.

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Everyone who lives in Brighton has heard of the Chain Pier, the town’s first suspension pier which was built in 1823 and blown down in a storm in 1896.

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41 A consultation on new council ward boundaries…

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New boundaries are being proposed for council wards in Brighton & Hove City Council. The Local Government Boundary Commission wants to hear what residents and local organisations think about the proposals. A 10-week consultation on the proposals is running until 11 April 2022.

The commission is the independent body that draws these boundaries. It is reviewing Brighton & Hove to make sure councillors will represent about the same number of electors, and that ward arrangements will help the council work effectively.

The commission has published proposals for changes to Brighton & Hove. It is proposing that there should be 54 councillors (the same number as at present) representing 10 three-councillor wards and 12 two-councillor wards across the city. There would be 22 wards in total, one more than there are now.

There will be changes to most ward boundaries. The Fiveways community would be united in one ward and there would be a new ward for Kemptown & Marina.

Give your views The commission has a dedicated section on its website (consultation.lgbce.org. uk/have-your-say/29490) where people can see the detail of the proposals and comment on the names of wards, their boundaries and the number of councillors per ward.

You can give your views by emailing reviews@lgbce.org.uk or by posting to the address below: Review Officer (Brighton & Hove) LGBCE PO Box 133 Blyth NE24 9FE

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43 Brighton news...

News from the council…

Award for disability Being a dance group founder Councillor The British Citizen Award, in partnership with One Stop, recognises exceptional individuals who positively impact their communities. Natasha will be honoured on 24th March with The British Citizen Award for Services to the Arts and will receive the coveted BCA Medal of Honour.

Natasha has been dancing since she was three years old. She has taught inclusive dance to thousands of people with disabilities, helping them unlock their potential through the power of dance, opening up possibilities they may never have known existed. The projects she delivers improve motivation, communication, health, independence and more importantly happiness.

She has developed new methods to train the next generation of inclusive dance teachers and in 2019 co-created a community interest company ‘Parable Dance’ with the purpose of providing a space for creativity, individuality, and opportunity for people with disabilities through dance.

Take part in an informal event on Being a Councillor and find out about this crucial role in city life.

The events are primarily for people who are considering standing for local council elections or want to find out what being a councillor involves.

The events will be held on: Monday 7 March, 1-2.30pm Tuesday 8 March, 6.30-8pm City councillors come from all walks of life and different communities. You will hear from current councillors and talk to senior council staff.

These interactive sessions will take place virtually, and you’ll have the chance to ask questions. The Local Government Association also have a dedicated webpage on the role (local.gov.uk/be-councillor/becoming-councillor), which includes details on who can and can’t become a councillor.

The next local elections take place on 3 May 2023 and you may already have thoughts about standing as a councillor. Come along to one of the events and find out more!

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Natasha Britton from Brighton is to be recognised this month at the Palace of Westminster with the prestigious British Citizen Award (BCA) in recognition of her extraordinary endeavours.

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47 Entertainment news…

News from Theatre Royal Brighton Oral history project Sharing the Limelight is a Heritage Lottery Funded oral history project about the Theatre Royal in the 1950s and 60s, focusing on the people who worked there and attended as an audience.

Toreador’s Song. Madama Butterfly will be sung in Italian, and Carmen in French with English surtitles.

A group of local volunteers are currently interviewing various people around the city with stories to tell about the theatre. They are still on the lookout for more memories.

Ring Jackie on 01273 764415 or email Sara at inroadsproductions@me.com.

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There’s a “Then and Now” open morning on Saturday 5 March when you can drop in, take a look backstage, meet members of the project team and find out what it was like in the 50s and 60s. (Free, drop-in, 11am1pm; enter at stage door on Bond Street.)

Love Your Local Theatre National Lottery players can get 2-for-1 tickets for shows at Theatre Royal Brighton taking place throughout March in a campaign to Love Your Local Theatre, as theatres recover from the pandemic.

Shows include The Da Vinci Code, An Hour and a Half Late, Beautiful, BalletBoyz and The Glenn Miller Orchestra. The Love Your Local Theatre promotion is available to anyone who is a National Lottery player and possesses a National Lottery ticket. Visit loveyourlocaltheatre.com.

Opera at Theatre Royal Award-winning opera producer Ellen Kent returns to Theatre Royal Brighton with the International Opera Festival tour. Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on Wednesday 9 March will have exquisite sets, including a spectacular Japanese garden. Carmen by Bizet on Thursday 10 March includes perhaps the best-known baritone aria of all, The

Madama Butterfly will be at Theatre Royal in March

Beautiful Beautiful – The Carole King Musical visits Theatre Royal from 29 March to 2 April.

This new production of the award-winning West End show is based on the story of Carole King’s remarkable rise from singer/ songwriter to chart-topping music legend and will feature countless classics such as Take Good Care of my Baby, You’ve Got a Friend, Locomotion and You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling. The talented company of actor-musicians will be led by Molly-Grace Cutler as Carole King.

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49 A children’s poetry competition to raise money for the Sussex Cancer Fund…

Children’s poetry competition celebrating Sussex Local charity the Sussex Cancer Fund have been joined by guest judges Dame Jacqueline Wilson, popular children’s writer, local author Jill Hucklesby and Dr Ollie Minton, Director of Cancer Services, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, to create a children’s book of poetry celebrating ‘Why We Love Sussex’.

Children between the ages of 6 and 16 are being invited to write and illustrate poems about why they love Sussex. The winning entries will be published in a book, which will be sold to raise funds the charity will use to continue their work.

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Children between the ages of 6 and 16 are being invited to write and illustrate poems about why they love Sussex.

David Witham, Fund Manager, said: “The Sussex Cancer Fund’s work has always been about making treatment more bearable for patients, improving facilities and therapies and funding cancer research • You must be aged between 6 and 16 projects. All very positive actions. We years old and the closing date for enwanted to create a fundraising project that tries is Monday 4th April 2022. reflects this positivity, and what better way • You can also include a separate picture than celebrating this amazing county that or illustrate your poem directly if you we love and serve.” would like to.

How to Enter • Entries should include your full name, age and school and then be • Poems can be about anything to do with sent via email to: uhsussex.scfadminour fabulous county, Sussex, and why istrator@nhs.net or by post to: Sussex you love it! Whether that celebrates our Cancer Fund, Sussex Cancer Centre, amazing countryside, our fantastic towns Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighand cities or our villages. It can be about ton, BN2 5BE. our customs and traditions or maybe even our wildlife. The choice is yours!

• Poems can be any length up to a maximum of 250 words, they don’t have to rhyme and can take any form.

If you would like to find out more about the Sussex Cancer Fund’s work or about how to get involved with the poetry competition, please visit www.sussexcancerfund.co.uk.

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51 Introducing a local service aimed at men in Brighton…

Is Pilates just for women?

In turn this has helped them to improve their posture and prevent injury. What hasn’t made Pilates accessible to men is the emphasis on pelvic floor, which women gravitate towards. Men you have a pelvic floor but Pilates is much more than strengthening this one group of muscles. It’s way more than that and men you need it because it will benefit you in the following ways: •

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No way! In recent years Pilates has become more accessible to men with professional athletes singing its praises of how Pilates has transformed their body making it stronger and more flexible.

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53 Local entertainment…

Coming up at Brighton Dome Here is just a small taster of what’s coming up at Brighton Dome.

The annual International Women’s Day Celebration will take place on Saturday 5 March, from 10am, at Brighton Dome, with a day of discussions, music, dance, workshops, arts and crafts. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

Live at Brighton Dome Brighton’s biggest stand-up night returns on Saturday 26 March. March’s show will be hosted by award-winning comedian John Robins. He’ll be joined by Mock The Week star Sindhu Vee, Funny Women award-winner Sophie Duker and Never Mind the Buzzcocks star Simon Amstell.

John Cooper Clarke The “people’s poet”, Dr John Cooper Clarke, will be at Brighton Dome on Wednesday 30 March, with a breath-taking showcase of poetry and spoken work, sharing stories from his life and hugely successful career.

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: Season Finale Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season closes on Sunday 27 March with a powerful programme conducted by Sian Edwards, with Joanna MacGregor on piano. They will play Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro Op.47, followed by Mozart’s Symphony no.41 K551 (Jupiter, and Brahms’s magisterial first piano concerto.

April shows Among the performers coming to Brighton Dome in April are comedians Nish Kumar and Ed Gamble. James Morrison will be visiting as part of his first ever Greatest Hits tour, featuring his five Top 10 hits, together with a selection of fan favourites.

Also in April, at Test Match Special Live you can spend an evening with cricket legends Phil Tufnell and Jonathan Agnew, who will share memories from their international playing careers.

For the full programme and tickets, visit brightondome.org or phone 01273 709709.

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55 An arts trail and Third Thursday event are brightening up Brighton city centre…

Enliven Brighton Art Trail Brighton cultural organisations, artists and creatives from the ABCD Cultural Recovery Plan have teamed up with city centre businesses within the Brilliant Brighton Business Improvement District to showcase Brighton’s vibrant art scene with a colourful art trail.

The Enliven Brighton Art Trail is curated by award-winning identity and wayfaring designer Richard Wolfströme, from Brighton. It features colourful artwork from a varied range of talented professional artists, including murals from Dave Pop and Eelus, and bright graphics from Josef Cabey and Gil Mualem-Doron to add colour to bus stops.

Kate Forrester’s delicate detailed sea-inspired illustrations are brightening up planters, Liberty Cheverall’s work aims to spread positivity on litter bins, and artists from Rocket Artists Studio continue to further add vibrance, with artwork wrapped around lampposts in Preston Street and North Laine.

The trail is in place for six months and runs until June 2022.

David Sheppeard, Co-Chair of the ABCD Cultural Recovery Plan’s Enliven strand, says: “Brighton’s cultural sector is at its best when it’s bold and collaborative; these values have driven the ABCD plan for cultural recovery. Third Thursdays and the Enliven Brighton Art Trail are born from these values representing a new platform for the city’s artists, organisations, businesses and audiences to come together to make unforgettable experiences happen. We’re hugely grateful to Brilliant Brighton for going on this journey with us and for videoclub’s and Richard Wolfst-

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röme’s dynamic creative visions. We hope to see you all enjoying Third Thursdays and the Enliven Brighton Art Trail.”

Third Thursdays Third Thursdays are a monthly opportunity to see, experience and take part in art, music and culture, which aim to make Brighton city centre the place to be, with events, performances, film projections and new artwork commissions.

For March’s Third Thursday (17th March), the theme is “environment”. As well as the film trail and films in selected windows, there will also be live music throughout the city centre.

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Work by local artists is encompassing walls, bus stops, lampposts and street furniture throughout Brilliant Brighton, and there are also exciting cultural events each third Thursday of the month.

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57 Great advice from Brighton and Hove Food Partnership for Food Waste Action Week…

Wasting food feeds climate change Did you know that throwing away food is one of the biggest contributors to climate change? 25-30% of global greenhouse gases are caused by food production, yet a third of all food produced is never eaten.

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As well as being a significant contributor to global warming, wasting food costs an average family of four around £720 a year. 5.

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Most fruit and veg keep fresher for longer in the fridge, but onions and potatoes prefer a cool dark place in your cupboard. Bananas will ripen other fruit so store them in a separate fruit bowl.

Perfect your portions. A mug is handy for measuring uncooked rice – a full mug will feed four adults. Use a spaghetti measure or grab a pound coin, a bundle the width of the coin will feed one adult.

Food Waste Action Week 7-13th March is a national campaign to get us to reduce our food waste and Brighton and Hove Food Partnership have some great tips to help.

The Love Food Hate Waste website has lots of tasty waste-busting recipes as 1. Make a shopping list and meal plan well as tips to help you cook the right before you shop. It’s never a good idea to go shopping when hungry as portions, get to grips with confusing date you tend to buy more than you need. labels and store food to make it last longer. Head over to 2. Chill the fridge out. Your fridge will www.lovefoodhatewaste.com keep food safer for longer if set beBrighton and Hove Food Partnership is tween 2 and 5 degrees. a non-profit organisation helping people 3. Freeze leftovers and items typicallearn to cook, eat a healthy diet, grow their ly wasted like bread and milk. Just own food and waste less food. about anything can be frozen except Find us at www.bhfood.org.uk or follow us cucumbers and lettuce. Food can on social media @btnhovefood be frozen right up to its ‘use by’ date.

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In the UK, most food waste - 70% - is wasted in our homes. It would take land the size of Wales to grow the 4.5 million tonnes of edible food that we chuck into our bins each year!

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59 A community event on 19th March…

The climate emergency - what can I do?

Many of us are worried about climate change - the way we seem to have lots more storms blowing in across Brighton and Hove now, and the news about the loss of our birds and other wildlife in the UK, ash die-back and elm disease killing our city’s beautiful trees.

It can feel a bit overwhelming. And it’s not always obvious what we can do about it as individuals.

That’s the question that has inspired a group of people in the city to organise a community event on 19th March at Brighton Unitarian Church on New Road.

The event is called, simply, The Climate Emergency - What Can I Do? To help answer this question, community groups and projects from across the city will be hosting stalls, talks and creative activities to help us all get some practical ideas and inspiration to take home and start doing more.

There will be fun things to do on the day like printing and art-making, musicians to entertain and raise spirits, delicious food and drink, and lots of helpful tips and information.

For example - would you like to do something useful with your food waste?

Or maybe you would like to get a compost bin going in your backyard? Or maybe a community compost bin for your block of flats or street to use? The Compost Club will be there to help you find out how to make it happen.

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Maybe you’d like to start growing some veg of your own to help your intention to eat less meat? There will be people there who can help you get started.

Or perhaps you’re finding the whole climate thing too depressing to think about? Come along and spend time with people like you who are happy to talk and help with practical exercises to cope with climate anxiety.

Organised by people who are part of Brighton Extinction Rebellion, there will be talks and demonstrations and lots of hope. If you’d like to find out more you can contact the organisers at xr_brighton@protonmail.com Put the date in your diary: 19th March, 12pm - 4pm, Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton Tamsin Bishton

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61 A new display starting this month…

The Regency Wardrobe at the Royal Pavilion 19 March – 11 September 2022

Artist Stephanie Smart said: “I’m very excited to be seeing the pieces on display in rooms that sum up the possibilities of the time and would have been known intimately by the Prince Regent himself.”

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The show taps into the current obsession with Regency fashion inspired by hit Netflix series Bridgerton. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a new dress on display in the Music Room. Symphony of Stars is a stunning life-sized court dress inspired by the architecture of the Music Room and the Chinese wallpaper in the palace. Stars made of rolled paper decorate the border of the train, platinum in colour in honour of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Local entertainment…

Oska Bright Film Festival Oska Bright Film Festival 2022, presented by learning disability art organisation Carousel, will be running from 16-22 March for its 10th anniversary edition.

It’s the world’s leading festival of short films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism. Films will be shown at Fabrica Gallery, Dukes at Komedia, Komedia Brighton and Depot Cinema in Lewes, and there will be installations at Jubilee Library.

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At the Royal Pavilion a display of costumes inspired by Regency history tell stories of seafront promenading, grand balls and musical evenings. Each piece is created by artist Stephanie Smart, using only paper and thread, bringing life to the beautiful rooms.

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