9 June 2023

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Armed Forces Day 24th June 2023

 

Mid Sussex District Council’s Standards Committee – call for Nominations for Town and Parish Members

(Sent by Mid Sussex District Council to all Councillors within the District)

We currently have four vacancies for Town and Parish Councillors to sit on the Mid Sussex District Council’s Standards Committee. The purpose of this email is to seek nominations for these vacancies.

 

I would be grateful if you could please circulate this information to your Members for them to consider. If Members would like to sit on this committee, please could you send your nominations to committees@midsussex.gov.uk by 5pm Monday 31 July 2023. Please do include whether they have sat on this, or a similar committee in the past. We will be in touch to advise who has been appointed.

 

Standards Committee

The Committee comprises of six District Councillors and four Town and Parish Councillors. The role is for a four-year term until April 2027.

Three Independent Persons are also in attendance at committee meetings.

The Committee meets approximately twice a year, with meetings normally held in the evenings at 7.00pm at the Mid Sussex District Council Chamber in Haywards Heath.

The first Standards Committee meeting will be held on Monday 11 September 2023 at 7pm.

 

What does the role entail?

 

We are seeking Town and Parish Members to provide representation from across the District.

 

The role requires an ability to act with integrity and impartiality. The Council’s Standards Committee has a number of duties relating to:

• the promotion of high standards of conduct by Councillors,
• reviewing and monitoring complaints under the Council’s Complaints Procedure and
• monitoring the operation of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.
• Should a complaint against a Councillor require assessment, you may be required to sit on an Assessment Sub Committee and Hearings Panel. This would be on an ad-hoc basis and would comprise 3 members of the Standards Committee.

 

Should you require further information please do let me know.

 

Planning Applications & Decisions

 

 

Mid Sussex Business Crime Partnership

 

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Digital support and scams awareness day at East Grinstead Library next Wednesday (14 June)

 

 

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Digital support and scams awareness day at East Grinstead Library next Wednesday (14 June)

There are two parts to the day:

Between 10am and 11.30am there is an in-person session with Claudia Deamer providing attendees with the knowledge on how to spot scams and what to do if they, or their family, become a victim of online fraud.

Then from 11.30am – 3pm there is the ability for anyone to drop in and have a chat with members and volunteers from the Digital Safety Team and the West Sussex Libraries Digital Access Team and Digital Volunteers to support people with any kind of digital enquiry or to provide information on how to be more scam aware.

“When talking isn’t working”

(Written by Katy Bourne OBE to all major stakeholders)

 

Hello Last week I visited Parkfield Equine Solutions, a West Sussex-based charity who deliver the world-renowned work of The Horse Course. Their programme welcomes young people who are facing a variety of issues including mental health difficulties, ADHD or those who are at risk of offending. I was delighted to award them £4,750 from the latest tranche of my Safer in Sussex Community Fund and it was wonderful to see, first-hand, how the funding is making a difference and to watch how effective their innovative support programmes are. Parkfield Equine Solutions say they’re there for ‘when talking isn’t working’. They usually work with participants who have been referred to them by partners such as social services, schools, youth charities or police early intervention programmes and, often, the participants have previously struggled with talk-based therapies like counselling. On my visit, I met young people who were taking part in the charity’s flagship course ‘Restart’. It’s a 5 day, 1-to-1 equine-assisted intervention and includes children and young people working with the horses through a variety of agility type obstacles. Participants are guided by trained staff members and volunteers to practice 8 core skills including calmness, focus, communication and empathy. Terri Martinus, the CEO of Parkfield Equine Solutions, told me that 8 out of every 10 young people they work with will perform better in school and foster better relationships with friends and family as a result. It is vital we have services providing less conventional options for those who are struggling. We know if people can’t access support that works for them, they face a higher chance of experiencing social isolation and this can lead to them being more vulnerable to becoming a victim of crime.

Funding awarded to 16 services supporting victims and witnesses of crime

In my role as Police & Crime Commissioner, I am provided with funding from the Ministry of Justice to support local services who work with victims and witnesses of crime. I established my Safe Space Sussex Funding Network in 2018, inviting eligible services to apply for a grant of up to £20,000. The grants can be used to build on their existing work, increase training programmes, advance their technology, hire additional staff or buy essential equipment needed to provide the best support possible for those who need their services. A large part of their funding application asks how they work with partners to provide support to victims who may have multiple vulnerabilities and how they exchange knowledge across specialisms. This includes how services work with Sussex Police as well as mental health services and our county councils. I have now awarded my most recent round of funding within the Network. Over £250,000 has been given to a range of organisations offering tailored support in Sussex including: LGBTQ+ services; stalking awareness organisations; programmes that deliver support for victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse; as well as support for elderly survivors of crime; and development of training for staff focusing on child sexual exploitation. All the services that have been awarded funding display dynamic and innovative approaches, thereby strengthening the effective support we are able to offer across the county and reaching people most in need of help. You can read more about my Safe Space Funding Network and the organisations who have received financial grants on my website. Finally, 1-7 June is Volunteers Week. We’ll be highlighting the work of our Independent Custody Volunteers, our Restorative Justice volunteers and mediation services on our social media throughout next week. You will be able to read more about the week and how important volunteers are to the work of my office and Sussex Police in my next newsletter. Katy Bourne OBE Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner

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