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Community Involvement
For a small town Rye boasts an impressive number and variety of community, sporting and voluntary organisations. There is something for every interest or need and there is no doubt that they are an integral and vibrant component of the life of the town. It is not unusual for Rye folk to be involved actively in up to half-a-dozen different local groups!
Rye Town Council recognises the valuable role these groups perform – as well as the need to engage, and work with the community at large and the smaller communities within it - and has therefore published a Community Engagement Statment of Intent.
Many councillors and staff are involved personally with local community and voluntary organisations. However, formally – in addition to organising public meetings as the need arises and publishing a newsletter and Annual Report – there are two main ways in which the Council engages with, and supports community groups and initiatives. It provides grants and appoints representatives (see below) to sit on a wide range of voluntary and public bodies.
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Organisation/Committee |
Representative |
| Action in Rural Sussex |
(Clerk) |
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Age Concern |
Paul Osborne |
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Chamber of Commerce |
Ian Potter |
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Community Centre Association |
John Izod* |
| Defend Our Coasts |
Granville Bantick |
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East Sussex Community Rail Partnership
(Marsh Link) |
Granville Bantick |
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East Sussex CC Liaison Committee (SLR) |
Clerk, Granville Bantick, Paul Osborne, Frank Palmer, Sam Souster |
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Fair Trade Steering Group |
Mary Smith |
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Marsh Link Action Group |
Granville Bantick [sub: Bernardine Fiddimore] |
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Rother Assoc of Parish & Town Councils |
Mary Smith, Clerk [sub: Mayor] |
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Rother DC Liaison Committee |
Granville Bantick, Jo Kirkham, Frank Palmer, Sam Souster, David Wright; Clerk |
| Rural Youth Partnership |
(Clerk) |
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Rye & District Council for Voluntary Service |
(Jo Kirkham, Ian Potter) |
| Rye Farmers Market |
Lona Hall |
| Rye Fund - Local Panel |
(Clerk) |
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Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Management Committee |
Frank Palmer (on behalf of The Mayor) |
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Rye HotCats |
Lorna Hall |
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Rye in Bloom |
Bernardine Fiddimore |
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Rye Local Action Team |
Sonia Holmes |
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Rye Marketing Group (Partnership) |
Lorna Hall, Shaun Rogers |
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Rye Network |
(Jo Kirkham) |
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Rye Partnership Members Meetings |
John Breeds, vacancies x 2 |
| Safer Rother Partnership (Property Crime Action Group) |
Sonia Holmes [sub: Brian Elliott] |
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Sports Hall Management |
Sam Souster |
| Sussex Assoc of Parish & Town Councils Exec Comm |
(Clerk) |
FIXED TERM/DETERMINED REPRESENTATION
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Organisation/Committee |
Representative/s |
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Cinque Ports Confederation Standing Committee |
The Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Clerk |
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Harbour of Rye Advisory Committee |
Sam Souster (30/09/2012) |
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Rye Art Gallery |
John Breeds (5/2010) |
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Rye Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Governors |
Jo Kirkham, Frank Palmer and the Mayor |
( ) appointed independently but Councillor/Clerk has offered to report anything of interest to the Council.
* Non-Councillor appointed by the Council
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