West & East Worthing Party including the constituencies of Aaron & Adur

Category Archives: Press Releases

Brian Paddick

I will end discrimination in stop and search – Paddick

12 Apr, 2012 in Elections, Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

Speaking at the Operation Black Vote hustings this evening in Kilburn, London Liberal Democrat Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick will say: Check against delivery I was a police officer for over 30 years, from a constable on the beat to one of the highest ranking officers at Scotland Yard. I was one of the few police [...]

Don't Cut Us Out campaigners - speaking up for the vulnerable across West Sussex presenting a 10,000 strong petition calling on WSCC to reverse its decision to cut benefits and care support to those judged to have 'moderate' disabilities. Front left to right: Councillor Peter Catchpole (cabinet member responsible for Adult Services), Jason Attenborough, Andrew Pickthall (both Aldingbourne Country Centre, Fontwell), Richard Padgham (Apuldram Centre, Chichester) and Dr James Walsh (Liberal Democrat County Councillor for West Sussex). In the background other protestors including Sheila Fink, Simon Coghill and Paul Johnson (Pericles Centre, East Grinstead), Melanie Wakeford, Rosie Ehrenzeller, Belinda Paddock, Jane Kilby, Grace Tunnel (Apuldram Centre), Colin Knaggs and Brett Humphrys (Ferring Country Centre, Worthing).

2012 West Sussex Tories Dossier of Shame – Published by the Don’t Cut Us Out Campaign

10 Apr, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

2012 Don’t Cut Us Out – WSCC Dossier of Shame West Sussex County Council says that there is no alternative but to cut front-line services and care support to 4,500 disabled and elderly people across the County.  Yet, as The Don’t Cut Us Out Dossier of Shame now exposes that during the 3-year period of [...]

Alan Rice

£130.00 tax cut for 329, 200 people in West Sussex – Cllr Alan Rice

5 Apr, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

Today (6 April 2012) the Personal Allowance will be raised for the second year in a row, meaning 329, 200  people in West Sussex will get a £130 Income Tax cut and the number of the lowest paid people who have been lifted out of paying any Income Tax will reach 15,800. Commenting, Worthing Lib [...]

Self-service terminals are being installed at Chichester Library

Put a spring in your step with Roundabout Poets

5 Apr, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

Kick off your spring celebrations by joining the Roundabout Poets at Worthing Library next week. The group, which took its name from members who step on and off the stage at any time, will be showcasing never-before-heard poems about renewal on Friday April 13. The afternoon event starts at 12pm and anyone attending can bring [...]

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Could you be a foster carer?

5 Apr, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

Find out more about fostering and how you can become a foster carer at a drop-in session in Worthing this month. West Sussex County Council is holding a year-long recruitment campaign of monthly drop-in sessions for prospective foster carers. The next session is on Tuesday April 17, from 10am to 4pm, at Worthing Library, Richmond [...]

Self-service terminals are being installed at Chichester Library

New self-service machines for Shoreham Library

4 Apr, 2012 in Adur District Council wards, Press Releases by Bob Smytherman

Shoreham Library will shut for three weeks from 5:30pm on Friday April 13 as it prepares for new self-service terminals. Readers will still be able to borrow up to 20 books or DVDs before the temporary closure or use other nearby branches – including Lancing, Southwick and Worthing. It will reopen with the state-of-the-art machines [...]

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SWAG – Spring News April 12th

4 Apr, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

 E-ZINE Henry House                                                                                        01903 232875 189 Heene Road  Worthing                                                     enquiries@swagonline                                         West Sussex BN11 4NN Spring news! Music,cabaret,art,craft and more……………. Shoreham Oratorio Choir Good Friday concert      6th April, 7.30 pm St Mary de Haura Church, East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea Mozart Requiem Pergolesi Stabat Mater arranged for SOC by conductor, Tony Allen Soprano Fiona Baines Alto Hilary Andrews [...]

Don't Cut Us Out campaigners - speaking up for the vulnerable across West Sussex presenting a 10,000 strong petition calling on WSCC to reverse its decision to cut benefits and care support to those judged to have 'moderate' disabilities. Front left to right: Councillor Peter Catchpole (cabinet member responsible for Adult Services), Jason Attenborough, Andrew Pickthall (both Aldingbourne Country Centre, Fontwell), Richard Padgham (Apuldram Centre, Chichester) and Dr James Walsh (Liberal Democrat County Councillor for West Sussex). In the background other protestors including Sheila Fink, Simon Coghill and Paul Johnson (Pericles Centre, East Grinstead), Melanie Wakeford, Rosie Ehrenzeller, Belinda Paddock, Jane Kilby, Grace Tunnel (Apuldram Centre), Colin Knaggs and Brett Humphrys (Ferring Country Centre, Worthing).

Susie Rowbottom featured on Tory Council Care Cuts report on BBC

4 Apr, 2012 in Press Releases, Worthing East, Worthing West by Bob Smytherman

Tory Council care cuts. BBC 1 6 O’clock News features Susie Rowbottom from West Sussex Susie Rowbottom, a 41 year-old Downs Syndrome sufferer from West Sussex, was featured in a Nationwide Special Report about cuts in care support on BBC 1′s  6 O’Clock News last night. Susie is one of thousands of disabled people to lose much [...]

Hazel with Liberal Youth and Nick Clegg MP

Liberal Democrat councillors working to protect services – Clegg

3 Apr, 2012 in Castle Ward, Central Ward, Durrington Ward, Goring Ward, Heene Ward, Marine Ward, Northbrook Ward, Press Releases, Salvington Ward, Tarring Ward, Worthing East by Bob Smytherman

Speaking at the launch of the Liberal Democrat campaign for local elections in England, Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg said: “Liberal Democrat councillors across the country are working to protect the services that people value most, while Liberal Democrats in the Coalition clear up the economic mess Labour left behind. “Our [...]