A big congratulations to PARC who won charity of the year at the Argus Community Stars Awards.

Play Area in Rottingdean Committee raised £85,000 to build Connor’s Court in 2014.

PARC also raised £19,000 the same year to build Owen’s Shelter in Saltdean Oval Park in memory of Owen Bergin. This is next to the Skate Park we funded in 2004.

Don’t forget that we also built the Play Area in Ovingdean as well as the Rottingdean Play Area and toilets – all adding up to just under half a million pounds invested over twenty years in the local community.

All of this is made possible by the terrific support of our loyal volunteers, our generous customers and donors to the Charity Shop and large funders such as the Argus Appeal, Lloyds Bank and Rottingdean Parish Council.

Currently we are looking to mark the 20th anniversary in 2016 of the first Play Area being built at Rottingdean Recreation Ground by giving it a facelift and replacing some of the older pieces of equipment.

If you and your family use the play area please let PARC know what sort of improvements you would like to see.

Contact PARC on Facebook or email: cathytaylor57@hotmail.com

PARC have recently commissioned local craftsman Michael Herriott to carve these wooden signs dedicating the play area to Emma Harris and Alexandra Yates. We want people to continue to put up posters for community events and suggest using the adjacent trellis panel.

See pictures below

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When members of PARC heard that a number of caravans had made their way to the Recreation Ground we immediately notified the police and the council that there is an event planned for the Rec on Sunday.

Debbie Taylor Secretary of Brighton theatre Group Youth had invited 50 children and their families to a celebration of their recent production of “Grease” to a BBQ and picnic at our local park.

We advised the council and police that money had already been spent on food and that it was too short notice to contact everyone to reschedule or move the venue. This evidence has given the council and the police sufficient cause to move the travellers on so that the event can take place tomorrow and they should all have gone by 6pm this evening.

Early reports show that damage has been done to the table tennis tables.

Thanks to local councillors Lynda Hyde and Mary Mears and to MP Simon Kirby for support in expediting this.

PARC raises money for play facilities for children and teenagers in the local area. Our Charity Shops have recently been undergoing extensive repairs and refurbishments due to the very poor quality of the buildings we rent from the council.

These works are already showing great new looks but are not yet completed. Over the next few weeks the outside of the shops will be brought up to scratch and we are doing this with limited funds. Please bear with us while these works continue.

Please continue to support us with your donations of clothes, toys, books and bric-a-brac. The little toys we put in the 20p bin are a great attraction so please keep sending them to us. We are open 7 days a week.

If you would like to volunteer in the shop for a couple of hours a week please contact me Cathy Taylor Shop Manager on cathytaylor57@hotmail.com

Cathy