January 2025

'Feel Good' farmers' market

Chichester Farmers’ Market returns to the city centre on Friday 17 January, offering a ‘Feel Good’ twist for the first market of the new year. As well as our regular stallholders there will be a variety of organisations on hand to chat about a range of wellbeing issues. Keep checking our events and markets Facebook page for details.

Vegan market returns

The Vegan Market Co returns to Chichester's East Street on Sunday 26 January. You’ll find a range of artisan producers offering a variety of products including vegan street food, craft cheeses, handmade cosmetics, ethical clothing and jewellery, arts, crafts and more. The market will run 10am-4pm. Keep an eye on our events and markets Facebook page for details.

Have your say on our housing strategy

So that we continue to meet our residents’ housing needs, we’re developing our new Housing, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030. Have your say on the aims and actions we’re looking to include in the strategy by completing our survey when the consultation goes live on 20 January. In the meantime, you can find more information, including frequently asked questions, on our consultation hub.

Protecting our waste warriors

We’re asking residents and visitors to take care on the roads when driving around the Waste and Recycling collection crews and their vehicles. Unfortunately we’ve seen an increase in the number of incidents where crew members have experienced a risk to their safety by other road users. Find out more

We're all in the business of recycling

If you run a business, new regulations will soon require you to have a dedicated recycling collection by 31 March 2025, which includes the separate collection of food waste. Our Business Waste & Recycling team are on hand to help you become compliant easily, quickly and cost-effectively. Visit our website for more information, or email our team

Council meetings and decisions

If you want to keep up with decisions made by your district councillors, don’t forget that you can watch council meetings live or watch a recording afterwards. You can also find agendas, minutes and meeting dates

Reminder - tree scheme funding

If you’re a landowner in our district then there’s still time to apply for funding to support tree planting projects as part of our 'Tree Chichester District' initiative. Funding applications are open until Friday 17 January 2025 – find out more about eligibility and then email our tree scheme officer.

Be weather ready

We’re encouraging people to make sure they are ‘winter ready’ by following a few key actions to keep you and your loved ones safe. There are many things we can all do to make sure our homes, gardens, businesses are ready for the winter months. Please find out more on our emergencies section and we have also included lots of information in the winter edition of Initiatives magazine.

Find out what's on

If you’re looking for things to do then don’t forget our What’s On pages featuring events from across the district. And, if you’re organising a community event our district then don’t forget that we can add all the details to our pages for you, simply email us all the details.

Advice for students

If you’re a student in our district or a parent or grandparent of one, then you may be interested to learn that we’ve created a one-stop information page. This details the range of services and support available for students, including financial support; waste and recycling information; health and wellbeing support; and events and activities in the area.

Would you like to cut down your alcohol intake?

Our specialist alcohol wellbeing advisor is here to help you if you feel that you need some support to reduce your intake. Find out more