The Parish Council is backing NHS Blood and Transplant and urging local residents to give blood.  Stocks always run low at times of big sporting events like the Olympics, or when there are a string of Bank Holidays.  An astonishing 96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood – so let’s try and redress the balance a little.  First time donors should be aged between 17 to 65, weigh at least 50kg (7Stone 12lbs) and be generally healthy.

There is an upcoming donor session at Majestic House, Blatchford Road, Horsham on Friday 18th May 2012, so to book an appointment call 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk

North Horsham Parish Council is proud to be supporting a scheme to help prevent bullying, abuse and harassment of people with learning difficulties that has been launched in Horsham and could be set for a countrywide rollout.

The Safe Place Scheme is a joint County Council and Sussex Police initiative that provides a place of safety for anyone with a learning disability whenever they feel threatened or unsafe.

Scheme members carry a card that can be presented to staff at participating businesses and shops, displaying the person’s name and number of someone they trust who can be contacted.  A ‘Making Our Community a Safer Place’ sticker is displayed in shop windows of participating businesses.  Membership is free.

For more information, visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/safeplace
or email gary.capelin@westsussex.gov.uk

Following recent community concerns the Horsham District Community Safety Partnership is seeking to establish a Local Action Team (LAT) in the Roffey area.

Local Action Teams are community led groups that come together to address issues relating to crime, disorder and other community concerns.

The inaugural meeting of the Local Action Team will take place in the Roffey Millennium Hall, Crawley Road on Tuesday 15th May 2012 at 7pm.

For further information please contact PCSO Claire Bonnyman on 07917 501716 or Neil Worth, Community Safety Officer on 01403 215116.

The Horsham District Wellbeing Hub has been set up to help promote and improve the health and quality of life of District residents and employees.  As part of this service, Wellbeing Drop-In Sessions have been arranged, on a trial basis, to be held at Roffey Millennium Hall, Crawley Road on Thursday 3rd May 2012, Thursday 14th June 2012 and Thursday 5th July 2012 from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

The service is a free ‘one stop shop’ for information and advice on physical, mental, emotional and social aspects of people’s wellbeing.  It is a friendly and impartial service, where people are able to talk to an advisor about their health concerns and find out about local services and support groups.

Among the many areas people may wish to get help with are getting themselves or their family fitter, doing some regular exercise, eating a balanced diet, avoiding illness, dealing with stress, loneliness or isolation, kicking a habit or simply improving their general wellbeing.

The planning application for the derelict Crawley Road site (opposite Roffey Millennium Hall) has been submitted by Guinness South to Horsham District Council.

The application is for the demolition of current buildings at the site, and the erection of 14 new dwellings consisting of four 2-bedroom flats, two 1-bedroom flats, and eight 2-bedroom houses, as well as parking for 21 cars.

The Parish Council will be displaying the proposed plans for the site, which will be on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 from 11.30am to 8.30pm at Roffey Millennium Hall.  Please come along to discover the intentions for this important site in the centre of Roffey.