Posts Tagged ‘environment’

The Future Car Challenge plus guests

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

On Saturday 5th November Crawley’s Central Sussex College was the hub for the Future Car Challenge for yet another year.

The purpose of the challenge:

More than 65 low-emission vehicles – some not seen on UK roads before – completed the second annual Brighton to London RAC Future Car Challenge this weekend. The challenge put to the entrants was who could use the least amount of energy whilst travelling the sixty mile route.

The vehicles:

Those taking part ranged from enthusiasts driving their own vehicles to major car manufacturers including BMW, Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Renault, smart, Toyota, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Land Rover. Many of the vehicles, such as the Land Rover Range_e, BMW Active-e and Volkswagen Golf Blue e-motion will not be on sale for two or more years and had rarely been seen on UK roads. As well as low-emission conventional (internal combustion) engined cars, the entry list included electric vehicles, hybrid models and cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

The entrants and the route:

The entrants started this morning from Madeira Drive, Brighton at 7.30am each were flagged off by the Mayor of Brighton Cllr Anne Meadows. Many of those who took part are wellknown motoring celebrities – including British Formula One legend and 1996 World Champion, Damon Hill OBE, Quentin Willson (TV presenter and magazine columnist), Gordon Murray (former F1 designer), Mark Goodier (Smooth Radio DJ) and Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs TV programme presenter).
Source: www.futurecarchallenge.com

Shelley popped down to see what all the noise was about and found there was no noise whatsoever! In fact, the cars were so quiet the risk of being run over by several of these amazing vehicles was a high risk :-) Shelley got to meet some wonderful people at the event including our very own Mayor Carol Eade and Youth Mayor Pravin Sanasy. Along side the two Mayors, Shelley got to speak to the delightful Damon Hill, Robert Llewelyn and Mark Goodier.

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Crawley MP Welcomes Lotto Charity Awards for “Good Causes”

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Crawley MP Welcomes Lotto Charity Awards for “Good Causes”

Henry Smith is delighted to extend his support to the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) for their essential work in raising funds for good causes in regional communities throughout the UK, including world-wide relief efforts.

Henry said, “I know that Crawley, as a town, would benefit immensely from available lottery money and I will support any bid that will be a benefit to Crawley and its residents.”

While discussing the local funding possibilities, Henry continued, “We live in a vibrant town with many organisations dedicated to helping others enjoy a better standard of living. Grant awards from BIG would certainly make a huge difference to those in need of support and benefit the groups who make it all happen.”

BIG is the grant-making charity created by the Government to administer the funding of worthy projects to help change people’s lives. Following the creation of the National Lottery, BIG has awarded over £3.6 billion to voluntary and community projects supporting health, education, environment and other charitable purposes.

BIG have provided numerous grants to individuals and organisations in the South-East, including Crawley; on behalf of BIG’s ‘Heroes Return’ programme for the 65th Anniversary of VJ Day, Henry called for all veterans and widows the chance for a fully financed commemorative trip, including travel and accommodation, to visit the places where they saw battle all over the world.

Recently, The Big Lottery Fund South-East Team also announced they are “sharing over £1.5 million in Lottery good cause funding”. With the Crawley Museum’s bid to move to a more central location with the help of Lottery grant money, local good cause agencies are already taking an initiative to request assistance from the charity, with Henry’s full support.

It appears BIG is already starting to make ripples in the Crawley community; If you know of an organisation which could benefit from such an award, or want to learn more about the Big Lottery Fund, please check out their website at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk or for other lottery funding queries, please contact BIG’s South East Regional Team via email at southeast@biglotteryfund.org.uk

Follow Henry daily on Facebook by visiting: www.facebook.com/henrysmithmp

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Capture Sussex with revamped Image Library

Friday, July 17th, 2009

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More than 15,000 images of West Sussex and the surrounding area can now be viewed and downloaded from the improved Sussex Image Library website.

The high quality images, many of which are free to use, cover all the characteristics of West Sussex, from countryside scenes and sandy beaches to our historic towns and villages.

The library mixes iconic city and rural settings with tourist attractions, farming scenes, business and transport pictures.

The site, which has a number of new, easy to use features, is the result of a partnership between West Sussex County Council, Arun and Horsham District Councils and the South Downs Joint Committee. The day-to-day business is run by PPL Photo Agency in Walberton.

County Council Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy, Deborah Urquhart, said: “There is a wide selection of free to use images, which we are sure will prove very useful, especially for organisations working to promote business and tourism in our area.

“Photographers will also find it a useful medium in which to publicise their work.”

For further information visit the site at www.susseximagelibrary.com, or email ppl@mistral.co.uk

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