Community Focus: West Sussex Wellbeing - Dry January

Dry January is the UK’s one-month booze-free challenge - are you in?

After the excesses of Christmas and New Year’s, a popular New Year’s resolution is to lower the

amount of alcohol we drink. West Sussex Wellbeing is here to help with this, as part of the charity

Alcohol Change and their annual push to promote a Dry January. Their aim is to get people thinking

and talking about their drinking habits and to reassess them.

Research shows that participants lose weight, sleep better, feel better overall and save money.

So ditch the hangover, reduce the waistline and save some serious £££ by giving up alcohol for 31

days.

For help achieving this, visit 

www.dryjanuary.org.uk

#DRYJANUARY

Community Focus: Litter Ladies of Chichester

Have you heard of the Litter Ladies?

Just look around you and unfortunately, there doesn’t to be a single road, lane, park or any other area that appears to be litter free these days. So, with that in mind and having been inspired by #2minutebeachclean, Mandy Hine founded the Litter Ladies by litter picking whilst walking her dog, Twiggy.

Then, in April last year when four of Mandy’s friends went to her house for supper, Mandy arranged to pick her friends up but told them they had to wear old clothes as they’d be doing an “activity” before supper. One of the ladies thought they were going mud sliding, but in fact they were about to do their first litter pick at Fishbourne Creek! “We all enjoyed it so much that one of the Litter Ladies, Elizabeth Sawday, suggested we do it on a regular basis … and that’s how the Litter Ladies was formed!” Since then the Litter Ladies has grown in numbers and has its own Facebook Page, meeting up once a month (normally in the evening) to pick litter.

Mandy Hine said “We have a wonderful group of volunteers who give up their time to clear areas that are particularly covered in litter. We are not just ladies we have men too! We walk, talk, laugh and enjoy helping the community and hopefully it makes a better visual appearance of the beautiful city we live in”.

Mandy continued “sadly, litter is a constant issue in our towns, cities, beaches and rural areas. We need to educate people not to drop it, it’s not only irresponsible but it’s also a huge danger to our wildlife and sea life. The litter often ends up in rivers and washes into the sea. Some of the consequences of dropping litter is birds ingesting the plastic, sea life getting caught in plastic bottle rings or swallowing plastic thinking it’s food, ultimately causing death.”

One of the main items of litter found by the Litter Ladies are single use plastic bottles. Did you know it takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to break down? Mandy asks; “Please encourage everyone to have a reusable, refillable bottle, which will save yourselves huge amounts of money whilst doing something great for the planet!”

For more information or to help the Litter Ladies, contact Mandy on:

Facebook: Litter Ladies

Email: mandy@message-on-a-bottle.co.uk

Call: Mandy on 07788410233

Community Focus: West Sussex Wellbeing - Dry Janurary

Dry January is the UK’s one-month booze-free challenge - are you in?



After the excesses of Christmas and New Year’s, a popular New Year’s resolution is to lower the amount of alcohol we drink. West Sussex Wellbeing is here to help with this, as part of the charity Alcohol Change and their annual push to promote a Dry January. Their aim is to get people thinking and talking about their drinking habits, and to reassess them.

Research shows that participants lose weight, sleep better, feel better overall and save money.

CRJ Lettings featured in two new local magazines

I'm pleased to be a part of two new West Sussex magazines this month, having written all-new articles about the local housing market for The Business Magazine and QFT Magazine.

The Business Magazine is now into its second issue, produced by the same team that bring you the Chichester, Midhurst & Petworth and Bognor Observer.

The Business Magazine is an exciting new publication aimed at local businesses. It is packed with news and information about West Sussex, including the opportunity for businesses to tell their story and learn about others successes. This issue's cover story is about the upcoming Observer and Gazette Business awards.

My particular article discusses how property in West Sussex has outperformed the UK average over the past 12 months and delves down into particular West Sussex areas and how their performance compares against one another.

The Business magazine is available at networking groups, city centre pick-up points and the Chichester Observer offices at City Gates. You can also view the 'e-mag' on the Chichester Observer website.

The QFT (Quite Fancy That) magazine is a brand new publication being delivered to 13,000 homes locally; so watch out for it landing on your door mat!

It's full of the latest community stories and events, alongside competitions, offers and discount vouchers for local businesses.

My article takes a look at Chichester's property market as a whole and how that may influence future house prices in the area.

Whilst the QFT Magazine might well have already popped through your letterbox, there is also plenty more content on their website (www.quitefancythat.co.uk) alongside a digital version of the magazine (here) and a list of places you can collect a copy from in town.

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E-mail me on clive@crjlettings.co.uk or call 01243 624 599.

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