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

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.

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.

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.

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

Last Saturday we had a full house with over 100 attending at St Mary’s church hall, an interesting talk on past Goring, by local historian Chris Hare. This was our first event of the year and a Saturday morning rather than our normal Thursday evening. We had a lot of positive feedback on the day. Look out for details on our next event, Ali’s Music Bingo, which will be an evening event on Thursday 26 th March. Further details coming soon on the website and our Facebook page.

Happy New Year wishes from all the committee. Looking forward to the coming year with social events planned, plus welcoming new members.

Photo of one of the tables of GRA members, guests and committee, at Marine Gardens Restaurant yesterday, enjoying a hearty Christmas lunch....

The grand sum of £1100 which was raised at our race night event was donated at our AGM. Really needed funds for a very worthy cause. A note of appreciation received. Thanks to all who attended the event to raise the money.

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The Goring Residents' Association is still ging strong with a newly elected member committee.

Updates to local walking and cycling plans and strategy.