Adur & Worthing Councils

16/10/2026

Residents are being reminded not to dispose of gas bottles or canisters with household waste after one was found at a waste transfer station in Lancing this week.

Gas bottles can explode when crushed in waste collection trucks or sorting facilities. A gas bottle of this size has the potential to seriously injure or even cause a fatality.

The bottle is thought to have been thrown into a communal household waste bin in Adur and we are extremely lucky that it did not explode when it was picked up by one of our waste trucks.

Most gas bottles are designed to have a long life and can be returned to suppliers to be refilled and reused. All our recycling centres will also accept gas bottles up to 15kg in size.

For more information, please visit https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-waste-prevention-in-west-sussex/a-to-z-of-recycling/gas-bottles/.

15/10/2026

🎭 We’re delighted to welcome Louise Blackwell as the new chief executive of Worthing Theatres & Museum (WTM).

WTM plays a hugely important role in Worthing’s cultural life, bringing brilliant experiences to audiences across the town through Connaught Theatre & Studio, Worthing Museum & Gallery, Assembly Hall and Pavilion Theatre.

We’re proud to have a strong partnership with WTM, including our new five-year agreement which will provide the organisation with the financial stability it needs to plan confidently for the future and continue delivering an exciting programme of events.

We look forward to working closely with Louise and the wider WTM team as we continue to support Worthing’s ever-growing and increasingly ambitious cultural scene.

Welcome to Worthing, Louise – and best of luck in your new role!

Please give a big Worthing welcome to Louise Blackwell, our new Chief Executive 👋

Louise has spent 25 years bringing theatre, art and big ideas to people everywhere from London stages to town-centre streets, and she founded Creative Crawley just up the road. She'll lead our theatres and museum from January 2027, and will be full-time from April 2027.

"My aim is simple: that everyone in the town feels these buildings belong to them and through the extraordinary work we do together, we will raise the profile of this wonderful town"

Read more about Louise 👉 wtm.uk/news/our-new-chief-executive

What would you love her to know about Worthing? Tell us below 👇

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15/10/2026

Imagine more trees lining our streets, brightening our parks and creating cooler, healthier spaces for people and wildlife. You can help make it happen! 🌳

Our new tree sponsorship scheme is giving residents, community groups and businesses the opportunity to fund the planting of an ‘instant impact’ tree in a local street, park or green space. More trees can mean:

🔹 More habitat for wildlife
🔹 Cleaner air
🔹 More shade and cooling
🔹 Greener, healthier neighbourhoods

After the success of the Trees for Streets programme in Worthing, with more than 150 community-sponsored trees planted in three years, we’re bringing the scheme in-house and expanding it across Adur.

Trees sponsored over the coming weeks will be planted this winter.

Together, we can help our communities grow greener.

Find out more: https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/sponsor-a-tree/

15/10/2026

🔌🚗 It’s great to see more electric vehicle (EV) charging points being installed across Adur and Worthing, helping to make the switch to an electric vehicle easier for those who want to make the change.

There’s still more to do to ensure residents have access to convenient charging options, particularly those without off-street parking.

West Sussex County Council is currently consulting on proposed locations for new EV charging points across Adur and Worthing.

At this stage, there are no proposals to change parking arrangements at these locations, meaning other cars will still be able to park in these roads as before. However, it’s hoped that residents will help accommodate neighbours who need to charge their EVs.

The deadline for comments is Monday 19th October 2026.

Find out more about the proposed locations and take part in the consultation here: https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/ev-chargepoints.

14/10/2026

There’s not long left to apply for our Connected Communities Grant Fund ⏰

Voluntary, community and social enterprise groups have until Sunday 25th October to apply for up to £5,000 to fund projects in Adur and Worthing.

Please visit https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/connected-communities-grant/ to find out more about the fund and how to apply.

13/10/2026

There are still some tickets available for this year’s Jack on the Green!

The popular annual event, which we organise in partnership with community-led arts charity Same Sky, returns to Beach House Park from Friday 23rd to Monday 26th October with a dazzling display of lights and lanterns.

Bookings are available from 6pm to 8.30pm and cost £2 per person, with the proceeds supporting the charity’s important work with the local arts community.

Palm Court Pavillion will be open for hot food and refreshments throughout the event.

To book spaces for this year’s show, please visit: https://adur-worthing-eforms.onmats.com/w/webpage/3586BBFCD1?context_record_id=134408743&webpage_token=7d49e7f4429a7639346eb260ca917e53bd7d6a03e983686ddb8f75ff27598d10

13/10/2026

Huge congratulations to our incredible Highdown Gardens team, who have achieved another Gold at this year’s South & South East in Bloom awards! 🏆

Thanks to the dedication and hard work of our talented gardeners and wonderful volunteers, Worthing’s much-loved chalk gardens once again impressed the judges, taking Gold in the Heritage Parks & Gardens category.

This fantastic achievement continues Highdown’s success at these annual awards, which celebrate the teams working tirelessly to create beautiful, sustainable gardens while involving and inspiring their local communities.

Our gardeners and volunteers work incredibly hard throughout the year to keep our historic gardens looking their best, creating beautiful bursts of colour, interest and elegance across all four seasons.

A massive thank you to the whole team for everything you do to make Highdown so special. You absolutely deserve this award!

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12/10/2026

🌊 Discover the new plan to help heal the Sussex sea

Sussex Bay is bringing people together to discuss part two of its Blueprint for Seascape Recovery, and you’re invited to join the conversation.

On Tuesday 20th October at 7pm, Sussex Bay will be hosting an online webinar, featuring talks from its seascape recovery lead, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Sussex Dolphin Project and Harbour Oysters. The webinar is focused on continuing the conversation about the region's first ever blueprint for seascape recovery.

We’re particularly pleased to see Samantha Smithson from Friends of Adur SSSI joining the line-up to share a community perspective on protecting and restoring the Adur Estuary in Shoreham.

As a Site of Special Scientific Interest, the estuary is recognised for its nationally important saltmarsh habitats and wildlife, and is a vital feeding and resting place for migratory birds.

We are proud to be the host organisation for Sussex Bay, a collaborative project working to help restore our marine ecosystem. Stretching from Selsey Bill to Camber Sands, it’s supported by dozens of organisations, including councils, ecological partners and universities. While supported by the public sector, the project is externally funded.

Sussex Bay is leading or assisting with dozens of projects across the county, including initiatives benefiting our coastline and communities, such as Southwick Reef at Shoreham Port and a net recycling scheme for local fishers.

Together with more than 40 organisations, researchers, practitioners and communities, Sussex Bay has developed part two of the Blueprint, bringing together 126 proposed actions to help nature recover across 100 miles of Sussex coastline.

Register for the free webinar here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blueprint-for-seascape-recovery-webinar-tickets-2001165080626

You can also read part two of the blueprint and complete the feedback questionnaire. Your views will help shape the final plan and collective priorities for restoring Sussex’s marine environment: https://www.sussexbay.org.uk/blueprint-2

Whether you’re a coastal resident, researcher, fisher, business, community organisation or simply someone who loves the sea, this is your opportunity to be part of the conversation.

12/10/2026

Can you help us come up with names for our new food waste trucks?

We need schoolchildren in Adur and Worthing to help us come up with some fun and creative names for the trucks that started collecting food waste last month.

Entries can be as creative, imaginative or silly as you want!

Winners will have their chosen names displayed on the vehicle livery and have their picture taken with the trucks at a special presentation day.

A panel of judges will pick the top eight names, plus runners-up for the two vehicles that will join the fleet later on.

If your child would like to enter, simply help them fill out this short form by Monday 9th November: https://forms.gle/Y39Zchb3hrLToAqg9

To find out more about weekly food waste collections, please visit: https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/food-waste/

08/10/2026

There’s still time for you to give your thoughts on the early plans for the redevelopment of the former Caravan and Motorhome Club site off Titnore Way in Worthing.

We’ve agreed to sell Croudace Homes the brownfield site to the north of Titnore Way that has been earmarked for housing in the local plan for many years but has sat empty since 2023.

Croudace has created a website, croudace-titnoreway.co.uk/, with details of its current ideas for how the site could be redeveloped, where residents can have their say.

The centrepiece is the building of at least 134 new homes on the land, of which at least 47 would be for affordable rent or shared ownership. Mature trees would be retained and there would be space set aside for a play area and a community garden or orchard.

All the affordable rent properties would be used to help families on Worthing's housing register and would be managed by a housing association.

It’s important to remember that no decision is being made at this stage - this is just the first opportunity for members of the community to give their feedback on the developer’s current ideas for the site before they go to the final design stage.

You have until 14th October to visit the development website and leave your comments on the plans.

Once Croudace has submitted its planning application for the land, you will again have the chance to give us your comments as part of the planning process.