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Coming to Chichester Library this half term…..

Dive in to your library this half term for some fishy ‘tails” and fun crafts.

Wednesday 29 May – 2.30pm to 3.30pm

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Kitchen Sink Productions are hosting a 4 day intensive theatre workshop for students aged 12-17! Across 4 days, learn theatre making skills, performance and boost your confidence, as you work with a professional theatre company to make your own show! 

Join us at the Council House, North Street from 9:30-4 on the 2-5th April with a performance on the final day to parents and friends!

All HAF students are provided with a healthy and tasty lunch from UK Harvest.

We are offering 10 places on a first-come basis to any students on free-school meals and who qualify for the HAF West Sussex scheme!

Book your place today at:

HAF students – https://haf.bookinglab.co.uk/westsussex/37147/login (please book your child in for each day of the workshop (4 days total) separately as the system doesn’t take a block booking)

Other students – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easter-drama-workshop-w-kitchen-sink-productions-tickets-861396138037

Are you a Chichester based community group?

Is your fundraising a problem?

Would a small grant help?

Chichester City Council offers a variety of grants to groups based in the city or whose work is mainly focused within the Parish of Chichester and you may be eligible if you are:

• a not for profit making organisation
• Chichester focused, either through geographic location or target group

Grants fall into three categories:

• Large Grants: Up to £5,000 per year for core running costs for a maximum period of the current Council term.
• Community Grants: Up to £3,000 for one-off projects, events or activities.
• Free Use: Organisations can apply for free use of Council facilities.

Grant applications are considered on a rolling basis throughout the year at the quarterly Community Affairs Committee meetings.

For larger projects that are beyond the scope of Discretionary Grants, the City Council may be able to advise on alternative funding sources.

Please contact Chichester City Council for more information and an application form.

• Chichester City Council, The Council House, North Street, Chichester. PO19 1LQ

• Tel.: 01243 788502

• Email: administration@chichestercity.gov.uk

Alternatively, application forms and detailed guidance are on our website:

https://chichestercity.gov.uk/services/community-grants/

Want to know more about the Elizabethan or Victorian times in Chichester?

These upcoming talks at Chichester Records Office (located in Orchard Street) may be of interest.

The material culture of life in Elizabethan Chichester

Join us for this fascinating talk by historian and archivist Dr Caroline Adams

The talk will last up to an hour, with an opportunity to ask questions (via the chat box for our remote audience).

Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD

Date: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8.00 (attending in-person, £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members); £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom)

Booking: To attend in person, please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online, please book via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/765631342957]

What did the Victorians do for Chichester?

Visually Chichester did not alter substantially under the Victorians so its character remained – and remains to this day – essentially Georgian.

In this illustrated talk Alan Green explores the Victorian era in Chichester including the coming of the railway, new buildings and the provision of the cattle market, as well as significant happenings such as the collapse of the cathedral spire in 1861 and the sorry saga of why, despite regular cholera outbreaks, a sewerage system was not to be installed until 1892.

Along the way the movers and shakers of the day will be met.

The talk will last up to an hour, with an opportunity to ask questions (via the chat box for our remote audience).

Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD

Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8.00 (attending in-person, £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members); £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom)

Booking: To attend in person, please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online, please book via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/726791361527]

DEADLINE EXTENDED to 14 February 2024

The draft City Plan for 2024-2029 has now been published for public consultation and we want to hear your thoughts!

Do you live or work in the Parish of Chichester? Does the postcode where you live or work start with PO19? Do you live or work in the area marked on this map? Are you a regular visitor to Chichester?

Then we want to hear from you!

The City Plan sets out the draft aims and objectives for the City Council for the next five years and it is important that you, the residents of and visitors to the city, help us to guide these future plans so we can all work together to make Chichester a place where everyone can thrive.

For more information and to take part in the consultation, please go to: City Plan – Chichester City Council

If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the draft City Plan 2024/2029, please contact:

• City Plan 2024/2029 consultation, Chichester City Council, The Council House, North Street, Chichester. PO19 1LQ
• 01243 788502
• councilplan@chichestercity.gov.uk

Holocaust Remembrance Day – the international day, on 27 January, remembering the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups and during more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

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Chichester City Council is seeking tenders from companies for the supply and maintenance of hanging baskets and street level planters in the city centre.

The successful applicant will enhance the floral aspects of the city and provide a high degree of floral excellence.

There is also an option to tender for planting and maintaining 2 municipal flower beds near to Chichester Cathedral.

For more information and/or to apply, please visit the HM Government Contracts Finder service here:

Chichester City Floral Displays 2024-2026

Closing date: 31 January 2024 – 12 noon

Let’s Chat, an informal English discussion group for anyone with English as an additional language, is returning to Chichester Library from 5 January 2024.

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Coming to The Minerva Theatre on Saturday 27th January 2024 for one day only, “Women Who Resisted”, Chichester Marks Holocaust Memorial Day presents a specially commissioned one-woman show from local author Kate Mosse.

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