We had more requests for Ray Freeman and the Number 10 slide, and to prove he actually went.

so here it is.

This Thursday! Hove Town Hall – drop-in times below…

Join in the discussion on our plans to make services fairer, easier to access and better for everyone…

NHS Brighton and Hove, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and Brighton, and Hove City Council provide services for everyone in the city – and we all deserve to be treated with fairness and respect.

We’re making plans for the future to improve what we do: how we work with communities and respond better to what people need, how we employ the best staff who represent the diverse groups in the city, and how we work together with other organisations and community groups to make our services easier to access. These actions will form our equality schemes – and guide how we will improve and measure our success.

Tell us what you think of our plans and what we should include. You can either drop-in to one of our sessions -

This Thursday - 29th October: 10am – 1pm, 2pm – 5pm and 6pm – 8pm

If you want to read more about the plans, please see the attatched file

Are you in the neighbourhood watch?

Can you be our new community reporter? contact us now!

Ray at 10 downing street,

stay tuned for more reports and pictures.

Wednesday 29 September

Justice Secretary Jack Straw spoke to offenders and community leaders when he visited a pioneering Community Payback project in Brighton on Monday 28 September.

Taking time out from the Labour Party conference Mr Straw spent more than an hour at the Bristol Estate, where offenders have completed nearly 9,000 hours of work since January 2008.

The project is an excellent example of the community working closely with Sussex Probation Area to direct the work being carried out by offenders, with an emphasis on making the estate look better and feel safer.

Work carried out has included:

• Refurbishing the basements of 11 tower blocks
• Painting old internal coal storage areas, bin stores, communal hallways and porches throughout the estate
• Cutting back overgrown and overhanging branches, bushes and undergrowth to prevent them being used as cover by street drinkers and drug users
• Planting new beds and shrubs
• Clearing litter and fly-tipped rubbish
• Renovating allotments

• see the Gallery of his visits