Please join us on Friday December 4th from 7.30pm as we put the FUN in fundraiser with the Wealden Lib Dems' first ever virtual Quiz Night hosted via Zoom by quizmaster extraordinaire Chris Bowers (pictured below hosting at our last pre-COVID quiz night).
Please note that this is a festive, social event and open to Lib Dem Members, Supporters and Friends from throughout Wealden and beyond - i.e. NO BORDERS! :)
After a short opening talk at 10am, Tim has kindly agreed to answer some questions, so WLD members and/or supporters who'd like to put a question to Tim are invited to please email it in advance to: lucy@wealdenlibdems.com
We are now producing a quarterly digital newsletter aimed at our members and supporters across Wealden.
Please click on the links below to access our recent newsletters - and if you'd like to subscribe just let us know by emailing us at: info@wealdenlibdems.org.uk
Calling all Wealden residents - we would love to hear your views!
We've created an online survey for all Wealden residents, which is running in tandem with the more locally targeted paper surveys* currently being delivered to some homes in and around Crowborough, Hailsham and Uckfield. Everyone is welcome to fill out either version, or both.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our second Curious Conversations event last month, a very lively and informative virtual live Q&A session with Liberal Democrat President Mark Pack, brilliantly hosted by our very own Lucy Buck.
We are currently planning our next Curious Conversation and some other great events too, so please do watch this space!
Across Wealden, there has been a sharp increase this year - both in terms of speed and volume - in the granting of permissions for major new housing developments, including many that local communities have lodged objections to, and even some that had been previously rejected.
The fact that this is also happening alongside proposed cuts to the Fire Service and budget shortfalls for other essential public services, together with inadequate infrastructure (already under-capacity for the existing population) seems odd, to say the least.
In his latest message to the residents of Hailsham, Town Mayor and Chairman of Hailsham Town Council, Liberal Democrat Councillor Paul Holbrook, praised people for 'shopping local' in recent weeks and encouraged everyone to continue to support local traders.
"While we still have a very long way to go in our ongoing battle with and recovery from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, it is clear that we are seeing some return to normality," said Mayor Holbrook. "Perhaps the most visible indicators of this are the increased easing of social distancing and lockdown restrictions, and the reopening of many local businesses in Hailsham. As more and more businesses gradually reopen in Hailsham, I encourage people to shop local and ask residents to continue to buy local products and services to help our local economy get back on its feet.
Shortly before Christmas, residents of the new Cuckoo Meadow housing development in Hailsham (due to be completed next year) began complaining about foul-smelling water in the continuation pond, which is overlooked by many of the new houses. The pond was also overflowing, so they suspected that sewage was somehow leaking into it. Their plight was immediately taken up by two local Wealden District Councillors, Neil Cleaver (Liberal Democract, Hailsham North West) and David White (Independent, Hellingly), who realised at once that this was an urgent matter. "Not only did the pond water smell terrible," says Councillor Cleaver, recalling his first visit to the site over six months ago, "but it was also constantly overflowing, even during a dry spell."
While the recent national media focus has focussed on the Black Lives Matter rallies in London and other major cities, there have been plenty of smaller protests happening in towns and villages across the country, including here in Wealden.
Mia Lederman, LibDem Town Councillor for Crowborough North attended the BLM rally in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday June 6th with her daughter (pictured left and below), and described the rally as being entirely peaceful and really inspiring - not least because everyone who attended wore masks and practiced social distancing in family groups.
