Crawley Borough Council has awarded a total of £31,016 from its small grants fund to 18 local voluntary and community organisations.Small grants of between £50 and £2,500 are available for not-for-profit groups who aim to foster greater levels of community activity through their projects and events for Crawley…

Crawley Borough Council is holding a beacon lighting event at Tilgate Park to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May.This significant day marks the end of World War II in Europe and honours the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom. The beacon lighting is part of a…

Sixteen not-for-profit organisations have been awarded new grants totalling more than £375,770 from Crawley Borough Council.A range of community grants have been awarded for new and existing activity that will benefit Crawley residents and visitors. These grants include:£140,569 to Citizens Advice in West Sussex for…

Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution Jim McMahon OBE MP officially opened the Crawley Innovation Centre in a ceremony yesterday [8 April] as part of a wider visit to Crawley.Following the opening, the Minister joined a tour of Crawley’s key areas of regeneration and development on a hydrogen…

All year eight students in Crawley recently attended a Safer Schools event, which aims to raise awareness of drug and knife crime and involvement in gangs and county lines.The event, which is organised by the Crawley Schools Pastoral Network Group with support from Crawley Borough Council’s Community Development Team,…

Crawley Borough Council is delighted to announce the ongoing success of its participation in the Noel Burr Daffodil conservation programme at Worth Park, an initiative that has seen the preservation of 11 unique cultivars of daffodils.As part of the National Dispersed Collection across Sussex, and in collaboration…

Crawley’s weekly town centre regular market has relocated from The Broadway and Haslett Avenue West to Queensway as of Wednesday 26 March. The three times a week market, which takes place on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, offers a variety of goods from household essentials, artisan breads and cakes, and great…

Danny Campbell has won the Employee of the Year Award, sponsored by Crawley Borough Council, at the 17th Gatwick Diamond Business Awards held last Thursday night.Danny works for Carnegie Group, a steel building company for the South-East and across the UK and was selected as a winner by Gatwick Diamond Business Awards…

The Deputy Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Jilly Hart, joined the club Chairman at the opening of Three Bridges FC new 3G synthetic pitch at its facility Jubilee Field on Saturday 22 March.The £1 million cost of the pitch was mostly funded from the Premier League, Football Association (FA) and government’s Football…

West Sussex councils have submitted their draft interim plan for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) to the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution, Jim McMahon, outlining their progress and seeking guidance on several critical issues to ensure a successful final submission in September 2025.The interim…