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Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.
Last weekend, at our nursing daughter's suggestion, Donna and I completed a first aid course for children. Now we are grandparents we thought this was a good idea. It included seizures, burns, poisons and CPR. It also included defibrillators, choking and meningitis. It was a very worthwhile use of our time. We were joined by expectant, new and longer running parents, as well as a 5-month old baby.
On Monday, Donna had West Sussex County Council’s Governance Committee which she now chairs (as Chair of the Council.) Amongst other things, it considered some constitutional changes, appointing a chair of the Electoral Review Panel and filling vacancies on the Member Development Group. It was the June Full Selsey Town Council meeting which included considering the Annual Governance and Accountability Review, reviewing the Council’s current financial position and several policy documents.
On Thursday Donna and I had Chichester District Council’s Growth & Registration Board, which I joined remotely from school. Donna later had a Stonepillow meeting at County Hall. Next week she has CDC’s Grants and Concessions Panel on Wednesday then is joined by Val on Thursday for their Housing, Communities, Culture and Sports Panel.
We hope to hear the Government's final decision on Local Government Reform by July 16th, 2026 now their further consultation has ended. The question for our area is whether we will be joined with Worthing, Adur and Arun or Crawley, Horsham and Mid-Sussex.
You can watch CDC meetings here and watch WSCC meetings here.
I recently read that the way human beings walk is pretty much the same globally. Have a read and see what you think: -
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-strange-global-pattern-in-the-way-humans-walk
A celebration of reading and music is the theme of this year’s free Summer Reading Challenge in West Sussex libraries. Called Read to the Beat, it encourages children to explore the link between storytelling and sound. West Sussex County Council’s library service works to help improve children’s reading skills and confidence, which the challenge does in a fun way. Children can register now ready to start in any of the 36 libraries from July 4th, 2026. Running throughout the summer until September 12th, 2026, the challenge is aimed at children aged 4 to 11 years, whilst under-4s can take part in a Mini Challenge. Once registered at libraries.westsussex.gov.uk/src, children receive a special code word. They then reveal this to staff at their local library to get a Read to the Beat sticker booklet and a bespoke edition of Storytime magazine.
Finally: -
As always, from the whole Team, stay safe.
Tim
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