Crawley Borough Council has agreed grant funding to Three Bridges Football Club to help it install a synthetic pitch at Jubilee Field.Three Bridges FC had raised about £70,000 itself but received most of the funding for the £1 million cost from the Premier League, The FA and government’s Football  Football…

Major works to improve a town centre bottleneck for 10 million passengers a year and transform the living and business environment have begun.The Western Boulevard bus service improvement scheme started on Monday (11 March). The public realm and highways improvement scheme is being delivered as part of the Crawley…

Members of Crawley Borough Council’s Cabinet have agreed a significant investment in the town’s public CCTV network to keep pace with the technology linking them to monitoring centres.The current analogue circuits linking the cameras will be turned off, along with the national landline phone system, over the next two…

New attractions, events and improvements are coming to Goffs Park, the oldest park in Crawley.Visitors to the park will be able to take advantage of a tree trail, sensory garden and blossom trail, the reopening of the light railway, plus a wide variety of events, in the coming months.The 2024 opening of the Goffs Park…

Kingsway Care has won the Business of the Year (up to £1m), sponsored by Crawley Borough Council, at the 16th Gatwick Diamond Business Awards last week (Thursday 21 March).The Hove-based firm was selected as winners by Gatwick Diamond Business judges. The award was presented to Olly Carter, Founder, and Vicky Haines,…

A proposal to build housing on parking spaces in Bristol Close, Pound Hill, has been cancelled by Crawley Borough Council.A recent consultation gave residents the chance to give their views on the proposals for eight affordable homes – four maisonettes and four apartments – in a three-storey block.Following residents’…

The new programme of cycling sessions provided by Crawley Wellbeing and Out There has begun on the BMX track at Cherry Lane in Langley Green. Members of Crawley Borough Council’s Cabinet joined the Wheels for Wellbeing team which provides a range of adapted bikes for both adults and young people with disabilities…

The new names for Crawley Borough Council’s fleet of bin collecting lorries have been confirmed.Sir David Attenborough, Vin Diesel and comedian Romesh Ranganathan are among the celebrities to have their names recycled for the lorry monikers.They were selected by a combination of personnel from Biffa, the council’s…

Seven organisations have benefited from a share of £12,693 from Crawley Borough Council’s small grants pot.The recipients are:Melting Pot Project – £2,496 for English language support to groups in needMenshare Listening Group – £2,316 for listening circlesCrawley Town Lifesaving Club – £2,000 towards pool hireGatwick…

Fourteen not-for-profit organisations have been awarded new strategic grants totalling more than £255,000 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:£50,000 for Crawley Open House’s…