The car parks at Tilgate Park have been closed. Please follow the Government's guidance and avoid all non essential travel. If you must go to the park for your exercise you must remain at least 2m away from others, must be alone or only with members of your household.
Big fan of The Cure? Crawley Museum are currently showing temporary exhibition covering the early years of the band in Crawley, as well as their later worldwide success! The exhibition will be open from 10.30-4pm on Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat, and from 2.30-4pm on Sundays. Free entry.
And now for our last award – the Community Health Award. The winner is Saxonbrook Medical for the time, effort + commitment of the team, ensuring that vaccinations were available as soon as possible + delivered professionally, speedily and with a smile.
@Saxonbrookmed
#crawleyca
Best of luck to Gareth Southgate and his Three Lions as they take on Denmark in the semi-finals of the Euros at Wembley tonight.
Let's keep the St George's Flag flying outside the Town Hall until Sunday!
Please enjoy the match responsibly. Come on England!
#EURO2020
⚽🦁🦁🦁
The Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Jilly Hart, has written to the President of Pakistan,
@ArifAlvi
, on behalf of the town, offering sincere condolences to everyone affected by the catastrophic flooding in the country.
Crawley Borough Council and the residents of Crawley join the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
A book of condolence will be at the Town Hall from tomorrow 10am-4pm and then 9am-4pm during the period of national mourning, excluding weekends.
Our very own zoo has won a gold sustainability award from
@BIAZA
. The Tilgate Nature Centre team created fun, interactive activities for visitors on sustainable palm oil and litter pollution, 3D signage and a pledge tree
Next we have the Achievement Award. Matthew Cullis has picked up this award. Matthew is Practice Manager
@LeacroftMedical
, has overseen the vaccination hub for eight surgeries, worked with
@metrobus
to deliver the vaccine bus and secured the use of the
@AppleTreeCentre
#crawleyca
We are clapping for the NHS and all carers, alongside our waste and recycling crews at Biffa.
Thank you all for working tirelessly to look after others and difficult time.
#ClapforNHS
#ClapforCarers
The
@CrawleyMCBand
has opened the refurbished and relocated bandstand in the Memorial Gardens this afternoon with a fantastic set - from Lloyd-Webber and Michael Jackson to Bon Jovi and Queen!
@WSCCNews
@coast2capital
The BELONGING Bandstand has arrived in the High Street! There's lots planned for the bright, bold bandstand over the next week; including a performance from The Cureheads and other support acts, on Sunday 8 July from 3pm. For a full schedule, please visit:
Following the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore, flags at the Town Hall will fly at half mast tomorrow (3 February) to pay tribute to him and recognise the beacon of hope and inspiration he was to the nation.
Community Wardens have been awarded a Special Recognition Award at this year’s
@RSPCA_official
Community Animal Welfare Footprint Awards for their efforts – one of only three councils to achieve this throughout England and Wales!
We're exploring the possibility of applying for city status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations – on the 75th anniversary of becoming a new town.
Councillors will discuss whether to enter the Civic Honours competition next Wednesday.
Crawley was designated as a New Town on 9 January 1947, merging the villages of Three Bridges and Ifield with the small market town of Crawley filling in the gaps.
We'll regularly update our events planned to celebrate this diamond anniversary at:
The final award of the night is Fundraising. Presented by Sarah Barnes, Interim Head of Community Services at Crawley Borough Council and a Community Awards judge.
Congratulations to
@mlfoundation
for achieving this award!
#crawleyca
The Memorial Gardens, Worth Park, Goffs Park, Ifield Mill Pond and Tilgate Park are among this year's Green Flag award winners!
A huge congratulations to all CBC staff involved in looking after the town's many green spaces.
It’s an inspirational category next… it’s the Inspiration award! Tim Harris, a Community Awards judge from
@Crawley_Obby
presents this award to Ben Hulme. He’s got so much support with him tonight
#crawleyca
Our rubbish, recycling and GREENbin collection crews have worked tirelessly to keep emptying your bins during the pandemic.
Thanks to all the staff who have continued to deliver these services
@Biffa
#CouncilsCan
Exciting plans for a new Town Hall, offices, flats, a public square and restaurant / café were approved by Crawley Borough Council’s Planning Committee last night
Darryl Keech from
@K2Crawley
(managed by
@EveryoneActive
) is here to present Sports Person to... Peter Bennett! I’ve been informed that Peter has been a volunteer coach at Crawley Athletics Club for more than 45 years!
#crawleyca
Sky lantern & balloon releases look spectacular in the short term, but can have detrimental effects on local wildlife, include the threat of fires & unwanted litter! For this reason the release of lanterns/balloons is banned across council-owned parks & property.
@NFCC_FireChiefs
Thank you so much for this note and chocolate eggs, which were left for our refuse collectors. We've received lots of thank you messages; your support means a lot. We’re doing our best to keep collections running as normal as we can. Stay up-to-date visit:
Help your local economy recover from COVID-19, shop local! Every penny counts and you'll be helping to protect local jobs .
#shoplocal
#enjoysummersafely
We want you to tell us where it could be made easier and safer for people to travel on foot and by bicycle - while maintaining social distancing. Thanks for all the comments so far!
@Cmnplace
Every minute of the working day a shopworker is verbally abused, threatened with violence or physically attacked. Please show some kindness to the shopworkers helping to keep us all going this Christmas.
#KeepingChristmasKind
The audience loved the video message from Gareth Southgate – many thanks to
@GarethSouthgate
for taking the time to send that to us!
His parents have accepted the award on his behalf this evening.
#crawleyca
A joint statement from the Leader of the Council
@CllrPetesTweets
and Leader of the Opposition
@Tilgate_FGreen
:
"We are flying the Ukrainian flag outside of the Town Hall to demonstrate unity with the people of Ukraine and Ukrainians in Crawley and around the world.
Local school children, parents and their teachers are gearing up to ditch four wheels and take to two for their daily commute as part of
@sustrans
Big Pedal 2018!
Huge congratulations to all of this year’s Crawley Community Awards winners! And a thank you to all of the presenters, performers, our host
@eynon_duff
,
@thehawthcrawley
and
@PatSlatter
, for organising the whole evening!
#crawleyca
The festive season has arrived and, despite a year of uncertainty, we have lots of safe ways to have fun and get into the spirit of Christmas.
Find out more about our exciting events in Tilgate Park, the town centre and at The Hawth:
Merry Christmas!
We've got 15 new waste and recycling trucks and
@ReggieTheRed
, the
@crawleytown
mascot, is the first to have the honour of his name on one!
Each truck has had a name suggested by children and the crews who operate them - more names will follow soon!
The Surrey and Sussex Drum and Bugle Corps doing a splendid job leading the lantern parade. Very atmospheric.
We have speeches at 6.40pm in Tilgate Park main car park before a poem reading, performance of The Last Post and finally the beacon lighting by The Mayor of Crawley.
Thank you to every volunteer who works hard to provide support and look after others, especially during the coronavirus pandemic when so many people have volunteered to be there for others despite putting themselves at risk
The town’s Victorian bandstand will be reopened on Saturday (16 June) with a performance from
@CrawleyMCBand
. The bandstand has been refurbished, restored and relocated to the Memorial Gardens with funding from CBC,
@WSCCNews
and
@coast2capital
Our response to the news that
@CenterParcsUK
has dropped plans to create a holiday village at Oldhouse Warren.
Councillor Michael Jones, Leader of the Council, said: “I welcome Center Parcs decision earlier today to listen to our calls not to proceed with their plans.
Seven awards to go, next up is Volunteer! Simon Cuckow, Centre manager of
@County_Mall
, is presenting the award to Dennis Murray. Congratulations Dennis, your help at
@StCHospice
for the last six years has been invaluable!
#crawleyca
Now it’s time for the Local Hero Award. The winner is… Dan Armstrong of Spotted Crawley! Dan and his team worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to ensure anyone in need was taken care of. Well done Dan!
@spotted_crawley
#crawleyca
From today these leaflets will be sent to every home in Crawley. One has details of our Community Help Hub and how to contact us. Keep it safe. The other is to fill in and deliver to a friend/neighbour who may need some help. Download and print more at
Thanks to everyone who has supported our bid for city status, which was submitted last week. The full list of supporters can be found here:
#CrawleyCity
#NewTownToNewCity
We’re developing a scheme to provide free school meals to every eligible child in Crawley this Christmas. We’ve launched a crowdfunding page and will seek to match-fund community donations. For more details and to donate, visit
#FSM
#FreeSchoolMeals
We've received calls about people sleeping rough in these sub-zero temperatures.
Our emergency plan has been activated so please be assured, if you see anyone sleeping outside they will have been offered accommodation by ourselves or
@CrawleyOpenHse
(1/2)
2/2 We collected 26.5 tonnes of garden waste yesterday – the most ever. You’ve done lots of gardening! We’re aware this is also due to some bins not being collected; thanks for your patience and understanding. We’re pleased that
@Biffa
staff numbers meant we could collect it
The new Town Hall has been officially opened by councillors past and present.
Members from the past 30 years gathered at the new Town Hall, on The Boulevard, last night for a small ceremony.
More details:
Due to the drop in temperature and forecast low temperatures, we have activated our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol until Wednesday.
If you or anyone you know is in need of shelter for the night. Please come to the Town Hall or call 01293 438607 as soon as possible.
Uh oh! The police have arrived at
@TheHawth
! 🚨 Never mind, it’s only
@ChiefInspRosie
here to present the award for Special Recognition.
This year there are two winners – our very own Community Wardens, Chris Oakley and Stuart Adesilu. Well done on your dedication!
#crawleyca
Our first category tonight is Support Group. The award is being presented by Leader of the Council, Councillor Peter Lamb. And... Refugees Welcome – Crawley are our first winners!
#crawleyca
Now, a collection of students from
@MGC
-wsussex are performing a piece called ‘Against the Stream’. A very emotional, inspiring performance 👏🏻
#crawleyca
More than 300 nominations came in for this year’s
#crawleyca
, a record breaking amount!
Susan Brumpton, Chief Executive of
@crawleycvs
, is here to present the Volunteer Group award to… Young Leaders of Oriel High School Youth Club! Well done all!
Winter Warmers – friendly, comfortable spaces for free drinks and cost of living help – start today!
Head to community centres in Bewbush (9am to 5pm) Broadfield (1pm to 5pm), Ifield West (3pm to 7pm), Langley Green (9am to 3pm) or Tilgate (9am to 6pm).
We're
@thehawthcrawley
for tonight's Crawley Community Awards. If you're not lucky enough to be in the audience you can follow the action here using the
#crawleyca
hashtag from 7pm.
Location for Crawley Innovation Centre announced!
The building, in the former Travel House building in
@manor_royal
, will be converted to bring a much-needed economic, innovation and technological boost to the town.
@coast2capital
Best of luck to Gareth Southgate and his Three Lions as they take on Denmark in the semi-finals of the Euros at Wembley tonight.
Let's keep the St George's Flag flying outside the Town Hall until Sunday!
Please enjoy the match responsibly. Come on England!
#EURO2020
⚽🦁🦁🦁
All of today's rubbish, recycling and GREENbin rounds have been completed with the
@Biffa
crews all safe and sound.
The only collections that did not take place were missed bins reported yesterday and today. These will be collected on Monday.
Please use other green spaces across Crawley and not just Tilgate Park as it’s becoming increasingly difficult for social distancing to be maintained because of the number of visitors
Now for the Volunteer Group Award, which has been won by the Volunteer Screeners at St Catherine’s Hospice! When coronavirus meant many organisations had to close to visitors, the screeners made sure St Catherine’s could continue to have visitors safely
@StCHospice
#crawleyca
Next category is Education, presented by Chair of
@AutismSupportCrawley
Maria Cook. The winner is… Anne Woodburn!
A much-loved teacher at Bewbush Academy and longest serving staff member, Anne is the well-deserved recipient of this award.
#crawleyca
Do you run a micro or small business? You can now apply for a Discretionary Business Grant of between £2,500 and £25,000 from the funding we've received (£612,750). More details and an application form are here:
@manor_royal
@coast2capital
@gatwickdiamond
Why not visit the Continental Market in Crawley town centre today where you can find a mouth-watering range of food and delightful gifts? The event is open from 10am-6pm today and tomorrow, and 10am-5pm on Sunday. Please adhere to social distancing.
Crawley remains in tier 2 of coronavirus restrictions following today's announcement. However, cases have been rising quickly in recent weeks so please follow the rules and protect yourselves and each other.
#keepCrawleysafe