Mel Casey from Eastbourne has been raising money for Cancer Research UK by carrying out the Cold Water Challenge for the 30 days of November. Every day she has been swimming in the sea and has smashed her £150 target, raising more than £600. Geoff Tagliaferro, Mel’s dad, said: "It has taken a lot of motivation and positive thinking to do the challenge, and she couldn’t have done it without the love and support from her family and friends, especially her husband Andrew and her two swim buddies, Anna and Magda." SUS-211124-132343001Mel Casey from Eastbourne has been raising money for Cancer Research UK by carrying out the Cold Water Challenge for the 30 days of November. Every day she has been swimming in the sea and has smashed her £150 target, raising more than £600. Geoff Tagliaferro, Mel’s dad, said: "It has taken a lot of motivation and positive thinking to do the challenge, and she couldn’t have done it without the love and support from her family and friends, especially her husband Andrew and her two swim buddies, Anna and Magda." SUS-211124-132343001
Mel Casey from Eastbourne has been raising money for Cancer Research UK by carrying out the Cold Water Challenge for the 30 days of November. Every day she has been swimming in the sea and has smashed her £150 target, raising more than £600. Geoff Tagliaferro, Mel’s dad, said: "It has taken a lot of motivation and positive thinking to do the challenge, and she couldn’t have done it without the love and support from her family and friends, especially her husband Andrew and her two swim buddies, Anna and Magda." SUS-211124-132343001

Eastbourne community news round up for November

Here’s a round up of what the Eastbourne community got up to in the month of November - everything from Scout news to a woman’s cold water swim challenge to raise money for a cancer charity.
By Julia Northcott
Published 29th Nov 2021, 10:24 BST
Updated 29th Nov 2021, 10:43 BST

These picture stories were printed in the Eastbourne Herald for that month.

If you have some community news you would like to share with us, email a short write up and a photograph to [email protected] and we’ll do our best to include it in the newspaper.

Members at Bay View Golf Club raised £200 for the British Heart Foundation with the support of golf course owners Park Holidays, who sponsored a trophy for a new annual competition, The Memorial Shield. The shield is in memory of former players and friends, and each year the winner will choose which charity will profit from the event. The inaugural winner of the shield was Glenn Mason. PICTURED L-R: Danny Sands, Derek Galsworthy, Glenn Mason and Craig Armour. SUS-211117-135206001

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Members at Bay View Golf Club raised £200 for the British Heart Foundation with the support of golf course owners Park Holidays, who sponsored a trophy for a new annual competition, The Memorial Shield. The shield is in memory of former players and friends, and each year the winner will choose which charity will profit from the event. The inaugural winner of the shield was Glenn Mason. PICTURED L-R: Danny Sands, Derek Galsworthy, Glenn Mason and Craig Armour. SUS-211117-135206001

Cosy knitted tops to post boxes have been popping up in Brassey Avenue, Hampden Park. Herald photographer Jon Rigby photographed this one, in support of the Poppy Appeal. The tops are thought to have been made by local knitters in a bid to cheer up the community, an idea which has taken off in other parts of the UK.

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Cosy knitted tops to post boxes have been popping up in Brassey Avenue, Hampden Park. Herald photographer Jon Rigby photographed this one, in support of the Poppy Appeal. The tops are thought to have been made by local knitters in a bid to cheer up the community, an idea which has taken off in other parts of the UK.

Eastbourne-based roofing company Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd has been awarded its 12th Gold Safety Award in a row from the National Federation of Roofing Contractors, together with Sussex Heritage Trust awards, for roofing and restoration work at a farmhouse near Newhaven and a property near Alfriston. The farmhouse project was also shortlisted for an NFRC Roofing award in the tiling category at the UK Roofing Awards ceremony in London.

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Eastbourne-based roofing company Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd has been awarded its 12th Gold Safety Award in a row from the National Federation of Roofing Contractors, together with Sussex Heritage Trust awards, for roofing and restoration work at a farmhouse near Newhaven and a property near Alfriston. The farmhouse project was also shortlisted for an NFRC Roofing award in the tiling category at the UK Roofing Awards ceremony in London.

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