COMMUNITY
The Parish has two Neighbourhood Wardens who will assist the community by:
- Providing a reassuring, uniformed patrolling presence.
- Providing an efficient eyes and ears service aimed at reducing fear of crime for residents in the community and improving
the quality of life. - Dealing with environmental crime issues, notably dog fouling.
- Reducing incidents of criminal damage and anti-social behaviour by collaborating and working closely with the police and ASB team, referring relevant behaviour for enforcement action.
- Supporting the community by encouraging the establishment of diversionary activities for young people.
- Engaging with older people in the communities and working with organisations and voluntary groups to reduce isolation and encourage social inclusion.
- Offering advice on crime prevention and fire safety in the home.
- Working in partnership with other agencies to help benefit the community.
- Acting as professional witnesses.
What we don’t do:
- Neighbourhood Wardens are NOT a replacement for the police.
- We are not an emergency service or response team. Crime and anti-social behaviour should be reported to the police directly.
- As we are not in the Parish 24/7 there will be times when neither warden is on duty.
- We do not have the ability to issue parking tickets or enforce parking contraventions, although we will happily issue words of advice.
- When dealing with the elderly and vulnerable, we are not there to provide a care service but we are able to direct to the relevant agencies.
If you wish to speak to the Wardens on any matter in confidence please contact them via their mobiles or Twitter.
Tweet us @HorshamWardens
IN AN EMERGENCY ALWAYS DIAL 999
Warden Info
Neighbourhood Warden Update 18th January 2021
SBUB Warden monthly report – March
SBUB Warden monthly report – February
SBUB Warden monthly report – January 2024
Dementia Friendly Village: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
Dementia Friendly Update from Upper Beeding Parish Council
The HUB -UB Baptist Church
Community Wardens SBUB.Wardens@horsham.gov.uk
Melody for the Mind Location Steyning Library
Carers Support http://www.carerssupport.org.uk/
Love to Move: worthing.shoreham@rightathome.co.uk
West Sussex Dementia: https://www.westsussexdementia.org.uk/
Tottington Woodlanders
Tottington Woodlanders are an active group of conservation volunteers who manage 13 acres of ancient woodland in Small Dole.
The main objective of the work that the Woodlanders carry out is to restore Tottington Wood as it was in the past and as a result produce quality timber and thus products. As a result of putting the wood back into a coppice cycle, the habitat is improved which therefore benefits and supports the local wildlife. This will hopefully increase the numbers of species present and perhaps encourage the return of those previously lost.
Tottington Woodlanders is a registered charity (CIO) managing an area of ancient woodland next to the village of Small Dole near Henfield in West Sussex.
Our volunteers cut hazel coppice on Sunday’s throughout the winter. We produce and sell some a small quantity of garden products such as bean poles, pea boughs, stakes and etherings (hedging binders). We also make charcoal in our own kiln in the woods. During the summer we attend local fetes to promote coppiced woodland, demonstrate traditional green wood crafts and to educate the public.
The whole wood is managed on a continuous coppice cycle which ensures a variety of habitat for the diverse plants and animals which live in the wood. Butterflies and flowering plants enjoy the sunshine in the more open areas. Regular surveys are carried out to monitor the changes in the woodland as it evolves.
Could you help?
New volunteers are always welcome. All levels of ability are catered for and we provide training and tools for all the jobs we undertake. For further details please contact Vernon Hewitt on 01903 879276.
Membership costs £5 per year for adults and £2.50 for (accompanied) children.
This entitles you to regular newsletters on the group, the opportunity to participate in coppicing, surveys, woodland skills development, charcoal making, and the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to conserve and maintain an important community woodland.
The Parish council has joined with other parish Councils and declared a Climate Emergency.
Draft Joint Climate Action Plan
- Ensure Climate actions are a standing item on each Full Council meeting
- Include a Climate action page on Parish website
- Use green energy suppliers for Parish premises and maximise the use of local renewable energy eg solar panels and heat pumps
- Ensure that Parish buildings are well insulated to reduce use of energy and have LED lighting and adjustable heating controls.
- Minimise waste from parish premises, reducing use of unnecessary printing and consumables.
- Ensure that the Council uses an ethical bank.
- Scrutinise local plans for their carbon impact by adopting local green planning guidance checklists.
- Sign up Parish Council green spaces to the Weald to Waves project.
In doing this the Council has also taken the step to support the Climate Change Bill which is going through the commons.
Upper Beeding Heritage Trail
Explore our village’s unique past
Have you ever wondered why the flint wall in the High Street is so tall or who owned Valerie Manor before it became a care home? Would you like to know the tragic secret in the history of South Cottage in Hyde Street or when monks came to Sele Priory? The answers to these and other fascinating facts about our village are all in a new colourful Heritage Trail leaflet for Upper Beeding, one of twenty similar trails across Horsham District. Created by members of the Beeding and Bramber Local History Society, this trail is part of a Lottery Heritage Fund project which saw other history societies producing a total of twenty similar enjoyable and informative leaflets for other villages including Steyning, Bramber and the Adur Valley. Our trail, whilst taking you on a leisurely two hour walk around the village, will also transport you through 1,000 years of history! So with the weather improving and restrictions being lifted, why not pick up a leaflet and explore the treasures in our local community? (But please comply with any other relevant COVID rules in place at the time.)
Click to download the poster
The leaflets are available from Beeding News and the Parish Council office at Gladys Bevan Hall, opposite St Peter’s Church.
Also see https://beedingtrail.org.uk for the trail online with a link to an interactive map, more exciting facts and other trails.
Clubs & Societies
Small Dole Tuesday Club Program ; 2023 brochure
Steyning History Society: _2023-24 Steyning History Programme
Youth Project
- Junior Youth Club
Thursdays (term time)
6:30 – 8:30pm
Upper Beeding Sports Hall
9-13 years
£2
Primary Youth Club
Fridays (term time)
16:00 – 18:00
The Steyning Centre
6-11 years
£2
Friday Lates
Fridays (term time)
19:00 – 21:00
The Steyning Centre
13 years+
£2
- Sports and games
- Games room with consoles like like X Box and PS5
- Tuck shop
- Special events and workshops, sometimes featuring new technology like virtual reality (VR)
- A safe and friendly place for socializing and relaxation
- Contact: Vicky Heales at vicky.heales@steyningpc.gov.uk
- Follow them: On Facebook or Instagram
- Cost: £1 for members, £2 for non-members, with the first visit being free
- Support: The club is a community effort involving Steyning, Upper Beeding, and Bramber Parish Councils, aiming to provide a supportive environment for local youth
The three parishes (Steyning, Upper Beeding and Bramber) are working to provide a new service.
Collectively the three parishes agree to create a partnership to be known as the “Joint Parish Youth Committee ’’ (JPYC) to facilitate the provision and contract management of Community Youth Work in the Parishes of Bramber, Steyning and Upper Beeding.
The three parish councils have agreed a shared vision for the provision of Community Youth Work within the collective area:
“Together, we want to enable and empower young people of our local community to make informed, positive lifestyle choices, which promote active, healthy, holistic, safe and social lives. We will do this through providing opportunities that encourage young people to enjoy, grow and develop valuable social skills; participate positively in their local community and achieve their highest potential; thus supporting them as they transit into adulthood.”
This Vision is underpinned by a set of shared Values:
| • Commitment of partnership to vision and towards young people,
• Quality relationships that are built on honesty, openness and trust, • Experience, knowledge and training, • Serving, supporting and offering guidance to young people, |
• Community leadership and ownership, which promotes investment in the community and encourages sustainability,
• Longevity, • Conversation and Dialogue, • Accessible, flexible and responsive approach |
The detail of the Youth service provision in the Parishes in pursuit of the shared Vision will be determined by the Youth Leader in the first instance and then in agreement with the JPYC.
There will be Key performance indicators set out and agreed by the JPYC in advance of the commencement of the service
The locations and duration of each session will be set out by the Youth Leader and agreed by the JPYC in advance of the commencement of the service
- Volunteers: The scheme is run by local volunteers supervised by Sussex Police.
- Data Collection: Volunteers use approved detection devices to record the details of speeding vehicles.
- Process: Vehicle keepers identified as speeding receive advisory letters from the police. Repeat offenders may receive a visit from local police and could face prosecution if the issue persists.
- Not Enforcement: The scheme itself is an educational and preventative feedback system, not an enforcement or prosecution body.
- Contact the Upper Beeding Parish Council directly.
- Visit the national Community Speedwatch Online website to register or find out general information about the scheme.
- Report specific incidents of speeding or anti-social driving via the Sussex Police Operation Crackdown service.