This years Annual General Meeting is being held on Thursday 17th September at St Mary's church hall commencing at 7.00pm. Following the formal process we are providing entertainment with songs from shows and musicals by a local singer. All members welcome, plus anyone wishing to join, can do so on the evening.

Last week we held our charity race night at St Mary's Church hall. A full house enjoyed the evening and helped to raise over £1000 for our nominated charity for the evening, Friends of Worthing Hospitals. The raffle alone raised £337, so thanks to all who bought tickets on the night and also thanks to local businesses, who donated prizes: James and James Estate Agents The COOK kitchen Sea lane Cafe Tides The Beauty Room by Emily Bird & Blend Tea Company Thanks to all who atte

For our July litter picking session, a small group collected an assortment of litter from an area of the Greensward, from Sea Lane cafe up to the Plantation. Little did we realize that within hours part of the area would be taken over by caravans and motor homes!

Our next community litter picking event in Goring takes place this coming Saturday 4th July. If you want to join us or are looking for further information, please use the contact form on our home page.

The following application for planning consent has been made: Commercial use of regenerated land, including use as a community green space for recreational and leisure use. Retention of land for biodiversity use. Bore hole for extraction of natural water. Use of land to produce natural green energy, for example solar. Provision of vehicle parking use (including overnight camping use for kite surfers and sea swimmers), 2 x 6m flag poles, provision of food and drink from tempor

The Friends of West Park School PTA are holding their annual Summer Fayre on Friday 3rd July. The event is held on the school playing field, with access from Wellesley Avenue. An event for all the family, with support from a number of local businesses. Monies raised help with providing additional support and facilities for the school.

Our road wardens will shortly be knocking on doors to deliver our latest newsletter and collecting subscriptions for those members that do not renew on-line. Alternatively, existing members and those that want to join can still do so, by completing the membership form on the tab above and making payment direct to bank our bank account.

A request from Northbrook college. Dear Goring resident. The SEND students at Northbrook College are starting a community garden project at Goring-by-Sea Station. We need to prep the planters ready for them to start. This is a plea for anyone who has spare topsoil who is able to help fill 2 of the planters ready for top layer of compost? If anyone wants to donate, they can contact Lynda at lynda@southeastcrp.org.

Due to concerns about the weather The Friends of West Park PTA have decided to cancel this event.

Back by popular demand – GRA Race Night is back and bookings are now open! Join the Goring Residents’ Association for an evening of fun, friendly competition and great entertainment, all while raising money for the wonderful Friends of Worthing Hospital Friday 26th June St Mary’s Church Hall, Goring-by-Sea 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start £12 Members | £14 Non-Members Includes Fish & Chip supper Licensed bar available Don’t miss one of the most popular nights of the year — gat

Friends of West Park are hosting a table top sale on Sunday 17th May at West Park Primary School on Marlborough Road. If you would like to be a seller please contact westparkcofepta@gmail.com to reserve a pitch space. Gates will be open to the public from 9am-12pm.

Our neighbours from the Ferring History Group are holding this talk by Ian Richardson, which residents of Goring may be interested in. He has previously given an interesting talk on past Goring at a GRA social event, which was well attended.

Our next community event of litter picking in Goring takes place this coming Saturday 2nd May. If you want to join us or are looking for further information, please use the contact form on our home page.

Last Saturday we hosted a very interesting talk by Mike Charman on the services provided by the Kent Surrey and Sussex air ambulance service. This charity provides valuable support to the NHS and costs over £20million each year to run. Over 90% of income is through donations and fundraising. It has a fleet of 3no helicopters and 4no rapid response vehicles, providing 24 hour support through the three counties.

On Saturday we carried out our second litter pick session, this time around the shops area at The Mulberry. Weather was a bit touch and go, but we still managed to fill several bags with litter collected, these were picked up by Worthing Council later in the day. Details on the next session to follow, If you wish to join future sessions, or want further information, use the contact form on our home page.

Local event on Easter Sunday for the family

On Saturday 18th April, we are hosting a free talk by Mike Charman on the work of the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Charity. The doors open at 1. 45 pm for the talk to start at 2.00pm. at our usual venue St Marys' church hall. This charity has a running cost of £20.8million, with 91% of its income from donations and fund raising events. This event is free, no need to book, just turn up and hear about the vital life saving work carried out by this charity, there will b

Last Thursday was our social event evening, hosted by Ali and her Music Bingo. The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all, with winner shown celebrating receiving the jackpot. The evening appealed to a wide range of ages, with nostalgia flowing hearing the hits, both originals and cover versions of the last 20 years or so.

Following the success of our first communty event, another litter picking session is being planned. This will be on Saturday 4th April. As last time, the equipment, including hi-vis, gloves and pickers are provided by Worthing Council, who also pick up the bags of litter collected. If you want to join or want further information, use the contact form on our home page.

Last Saturday we organised a small group of members to carry out a local litter pick. We spent a couple of hours collecting between George 5th Avenue and Goring Library. Bags, gloves, pickers and hi-vis jackets were supplied by Worthing Council. The amount collected was staggering, anything recyclable was kept separate, but what was collected included numerous cans and bottles and even a toilet brush. The bags were left at the bin near the library and collected by the Council