 Brighton & Hove City Council has agreed to a £1.135m match-funding package to support the Grade II* lido’s historic restoration.
Thanks to the budget amendment proposed by Cllr Joe Miller, and the city council who worked together to agree on a deal, restoration works to bring Saltdean Lido back to its former glory can begin later this year. The volunteer team behind the Lido restoration project have already secured money from multiple trusts, foundations and supporters but this could not be used until all the money was in place. Thanks to the amendment and the thousands of people who signed a petition and emailed councillors over the past few days, we now know that the project can begin. Derek Leaver, chair of SLCIC said: “This is a good day for Saltdean Lido, the city and all of our supporters. There is still a huge amount of work to do before we can put boots on the ground – saving the building is going to be a complex task. But this is a day to celebrate and we thank everyone who’s been part of the project over the past 10 years to bring us to this point”. Saltdean Lido will be restored as a national tourist destination, create dozens of new jobs and help boost our local economy. Thanks to everyone that voted last week backing the budget amendment. www.saltdeanlido.org Thank you, voting is now closed on our poll. We submitted the results to BHCC ahead of the vote and will be publishing the results soon. You can find out about the vote here: https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2021/02/20/conservatives-set-out-15m-plan-to-save-brightons-heritage-and-boost-tourism Saltdean Lido website:
https://saltdeanlido.org/slcic-blog  Brighton and Hove City Council will be voting on Thursday 25th of February for a budget amendment which would provide funding for, among others, the Saltdean Lido restoration project. Currently the Lottery Fund have released some of their grant to allow us to develop detailed plans for the remediation and restoration of Saltdean Lido, but construction work cannot start until all the required funding is in place. The last 12 months have seen all traditional grants diverted, understandably, to Covid relief but this has meant that while costs go up and the condition of the lido worsens our funding gap continues to increase, but so does the cost of ‘doing nothing’ and having to manage a deteriorating building. It is imperative that restoration begins before the building gets to a point where it is no longer viable. If this amendment can go through, which also targets the saving of other iconic City structures, the Saltdean Lido CIC will receive £1.65m which would give us sufficient funds, all to be spent locally, to ensure we can start the work later this year, and bring this 10 year target to fruition.  We therefore urge all councillors to vote in favour of this amendment on Thursday to finally secure the future of the council owned Grade II* listed building, as well as Madeira Terraces, Volks railway and seafront railings and shelters and give the City a post-Covid boost. The City needs and thrives on tourism and the employment and taxpayers it generates to sustain an economy. Improving tourist and heritage attractions is key. Councillor Joe Miller, who is proposing the amendment, says "There is no reason why we cannot get moving on these projects immediately. They would provide a focus for the City post-Covid, restore civic pride and create jobs. All they require is the support of the Council at next Thursday’s Budget". If you support this amendment, which will help secure the future of Saltdean Lido and create jobs and support the economy, ahead of the vote on Thursday 25th February please let all the committee members below know. Thank you. Derek Leaver Saltdean Lido CIC  BHCC Budget, Policy & amp; Resources Committee:
 A covered shopping area and small town houses were selected as preferences in response to the Peacehaven town centre Masterplan survey. Other preferences included agreement with the proposed new pedestrian streets and squares and backing for a business or enterprise centre.
Least favourite options selected included sheltered housing and pubs and bars. 844 responses were received in total which will be used to develop policies and as supporting evidence for the emerging Neighbourhood Plan. Cathy Gallagher chair of the Peacehaven and Telscombe Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) Steering Group said, "Although a slightly higher percentage disagreed with the Masterplan overall this gives us a fantastic idea of what people do want for their new town centre. We will now be busy feeding back these results to residents and other interested parties, drafting the Neighbourhood Plan and consulting on design codes for new developments." For more information about the Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) Steering Group see the website, Facebook and Twitter.  Valentines for Weirdos
Polyamorous mating If one spouse means monotony and two spouses bring bigotry just how many spice would you have to entice to trigger trigonometry? The cheek in question? A kiss on the hand may be quite continental but a bite on the cheek is so hard to forget cos when sat upon often, no matter how gentle the scar would be with you forever I'd bet. What's love got to do with it? There was a young girl from Verona who was not a complainer or moana about money because it filled cupboards and drawers since she married a rich racehorse owna. Copyright © Peter Black 2010 If you would like to send in your poetry for publication please message georgewhitecomms@gmail.com Check out activities, competitions and access support in the TCC Local Youth Newsletter...  
Brad of Peacehaven has been spending lots of time in boxes in lockdown especially as his owners keep buying more stuff. "Keep it coming", says Brad.
Enjoy the video where Brad shows his owners who is king of the castle. If you have any videos that you would like to share then drop me an email on georgewhitecomms@gmail.com  Stuck indoors because of the weather or lockdown? Then VisitEngland has over 50 top attrcations you can visit from the comfort of your home.
First on the list is the British Museum and you could spend days and days on here reading about the list of objects and the famous mummies. Check out the collections at the V&A including fashion, shoes, jewellery and the Glastonbury Festival archive. Step inside the Houses of Parliament with a 360 degree tour and check out all the masterpieces at the National Gallery. For the full VisitEngland list click here: www.visitengland.com/things-do-to-at-home-bored  The Saltdean Singing Club has it's first session of 2021 this week via Zoom. Saltdean Singing Club is an online club that enables you to take your voice to the next level, in a supportive and fun environment. The club meets regularly each month and all singing sessions are led by professional vocal coach/musician, Rachel de Cock.
Monthly membership is £15 for adults and £8 for children. Weekly membership is £10 for adults and £6 for children. More info here: https://racheldecock.wixsite.com/saltdeansingingclub  STORM SURGE
Our north-facing windows frame a palm tree, its long leaves the perfect windicator. On calm days, top ones lie limp – droopy, dozy dreadlocks. But even then, the lowest tremble and flicker, a pianist's hands limbering up for a Tchaikovsky marathon. In a lively breeze, they gesture like a many-armed conductor waking up a sleepy orchestra. But – when a scowling storm swaggers in, swathed in swirling, sleet-laced snow, and hustles huddled humans into hiding – they thrash incoherent, demented semaphore. Madness it is to venture out on days like those. Daft enough to try? From hillside – if you can stay upright and stop your hat blowing away – you look down on angry grey Channel crowned by murky, misty maze of sludge where sea and sky collide. Humpback waves, white with fear, flee terror and tempest, singing their song of suicide – kamikazes racing each other to death on slippery, sloping, snarling shingle. Others roar and smash at battered bulwarks, booming over seawall barriers, intent on wrapping puny pedestrians in icy, aquatic embrace and on dragging vanquished victims into oblivion of the deep. Yet finally – finally! – even storms must tire, and slink off to somewhere over the rainbow where these malevolent monsters lurk, playthings returning to their masters, there to gloat on damage, destruction and death strewn behind. And we are left in peace once more, gazing on placid, peaceful seaway gently kissing the bluest of skies. And – dominating the horizon – rampant Rampion* ranks, lancers on parade, mighty marine candles awaiting ignition on our cake of celebration. But for how long? Down in Hades, its potent, primeval, pagan pantheon – underworld warlords wielding weather-stained weapons of water and wind, earthquake and volcano – scheme and plot their next atrocity... copyright © Peter Black 2019 *https://www.rampionoffshore.com/wind-farm/ If you would like to send in your poetry for publication please message georgewhitecomms@gmail.com |
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