Arun and Chichester Good Food Fortnight is fast approaching! Run by Arun and Chichester Food Partnership, the event focusses on “celebrating local food and community today, working towards a flourishing food future for tomorrow”.
Starting from 26th September, there is a full programme of events and activities planned, including markets, talks and farm visits. Find out how you can get involved – 2025 Good Food Fortnight Programme FINAL web
Sussex Police are seeking resident’s views on crime in your area, to help them understand the problems at local level. You can access the survey directly via this link https://forms.office.com/e/iXZt8BCssv
A big thank you to everyone so far who has completed the online survey about the proposed Community Centre in a dis-used part of the village school.
We’ve had some really positive responses and clearly there are a lot of people who think it’s a facility that our community needs. As part of the survey we asked people to let us know if they had any specific questions, ideas or concerns about the proposal and we’ve now created a Q&A sheet to come back to you with some answers.
This is now available on the Community Centre Proposal page on this website and can be found here – Survey Q&A
You can still complete the short questionnaire if you’ve not already done so.. which can be found here –
Easebourne Parish Council aspire to create a 3500sqft Community Centre at the heart of the Village, by refurbishing a section of the Primary School that faces Easebourne Park. This part of the school has remained un-used for over 10 years and West Sussex County Council have no plans for it to return to use as part of the School.
The proposal would create a series of flexible spaces available to the community for a wide variety of uses, including social events, wellbeing activities, a space for local clubs and societies to meet, exhibition spaces, business & meeting rooms, a permanent home for the Council, a coffee shop and outdoor spaces. We fully expect this list to grow!
The project is a significant investment for the Parish Council, but we expect it will be entirely funded through grants and not the contribution the Parish Council receive as part of your Council Tax. Our aspiration is to have the facility up and running during Summer 2026.
We’ve now added a new page to this website where we will bring you the latest news and information about this exciting project. Over the coming months this page will be used to share updates and information so you can learn more about what the Centre could look like, the facilities we hope it will include, what it could be used for and our thoughts about timings.
We’ll also post on here important updates for when and where you will be able to view the plans and talk to Councillors, but in the meantime we would appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete our survey to let us know your thoughts on the concept. Please follow this link to access the survey – https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/wQqJ6gutAz
If you have any questions at any stage, please get in touch by emailing parishclerk@easebourne.org
A service of commemoration is to be held by Midhurst and District RBL at Easebourne war memorial at 10.45am on Friday 15th August, to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan. Wreaths will be laid by Easebourne Parish Council, Midhurst Town Council and Midhurst and District RBL. The service will be conducted by Rev Canon Derek Welsman. Everyone welcome.
The recent Swifts Walking Tour by Paul Stevens and hosted by Greenheal was a great success. We look forward to seeing lots of swift boxes going up aound the village very soon. Want to know more about Paul and his work? Have a look at this video –
The conservationist helping swallows, swifts and house martins – Latest From ITV News
A very important date for your diary!
Easebourne Fete in the Park is back for 2025 and is set to be bigger than ever! On Sunday 6th July from 11am until 3pm, come along to Easebourne Park for an afternoon of free fun!
There will be Go-carts, Scooter riding, inflatables, face-painting, donkey rides, Molly Moo cow, raffles and more!
We will also have live music from the B3s (back by popular demand from last year!) plus local talented singer Josh Eade, plus the Petworth Choir! Added to that there will be a dance display and a Gun Dog display by Cowdray!
To keep you busy before the day we have the Easebourne Bake Off – enter your most quintessential English bake, a horticultural competition – enter your best or funniest veg.. and a Dog competition! Rosettes and prizes, including a cup cake decorating and chocolate making experience for the Bake Off winner and their friends!
And to keep you fed during the Fete we have a BBQ, Pimms tent, bar, fresh coffees from Pinders Patisserie and an Ice-Cream van!
Look out for more information about the day on this website, on social media, through your door and on noticeboards!
