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► MCS Beachwatch Big Weekend - Sign up now and join thousands of volunteers helping to turn the tide on UK beach litter. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) urgently needs volunteers to take part in the UK’s biggest beach clean and litter survey which takes place on 18th & 19th of September.

Over 4,500 volunteers took part in Beachwatch Big Weekend 2009, cleaning 397 beaches. MCS is hoping that this year’s Beachwatch will be even bigger and better, and that more of the UK’s beaches will be cleaned and surveyed.

Click here for more information... Click here to sign up...

►Eastbourne Dog Show - This year's dog show takes place at the Eastbourne Rugby Club, Park Avenue, Hampden Park on Saturday 7th August from 11am.

Features Agility and Obedience Displays, Police Dog Demo, Eastbourne and District Dog Training Club, PDSA Pet Checks, Micro Chipping. Lots of classes to enter your dog in, including novelty ones, with judging taking place from noon. For location map see this leaflet on the event...

►Sovereign Harbour Art Group exhibitions - The Sovereign Harbour Art Group will be exhibiting their work and selling their paintings, prints and cards at two events in August.

• Saturday 7th August 10am-7pm The Bandstand, Eastbourne Seafront.

• Bank Holiday weekend 28/29/30 August 10am-4pm RNLI Regatta Sovereign Harbour.

More info about the Group on the The Sovereign Harbour Art Group web site...

beach work ►Open Meeting on Sovereign Harbour Trust contributions - SHRA has arranged a meeting open to all Harbour residents about the payments we contribute to the Sovereign Harbour Trust (SHT).

The meeting will take place at the Haven School, Atlantic Drive at 11am (doors open 10.30) on the morning of Saturday 11 September 2010. Representatives of the SHT and other interested bodies will be invited to attend.

If you have any concerns or questions about the annual payments we make to the SHT for flood defences you are urged to mark this date in your diary now and attend the meeting.

► Forthcoming Golf Events - Now entering their 16th year as a recognised golf society, and after organising well over 260 events, Heffle Golf Society, operating from Sovereign Harbour, are half way through their summer programme of fixtures.

Courses to be visited soon include Lewes, Weald of Kent and Crowborough. Full details on their web site...

► St Wilfrid's Hospice Events Summer 2010 - charity events in support of St Wilfrid's this summer include a Celebrity Team football match on Sunday 8th Aug, and a Jazz Up and Wined Down afternoon at Bentley Wildfowl on Sunday 29th August. A charity cricket match, a Twilight Walk and a fashion show take place on dates in September. Click here for more details...

► Added events at the Under Ground Theatre -The Eastbourne Under Ground Theatre is delighted to announce three additional NEW shows during its current season.

The American classic "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST" is being staged over four nights Wed 28th - Sat 31 July by Bootcamp Theatre.

Then on the night of Saturday August 7th, there's professional drama from StraightUp Theatre performing "THE OPEN COUPLE", by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, providing an hilarious insight into a stormy marriage, and featuring two actors with strong local links, Peter Sundby and Martina Moss-Clarke.

Finally, we are celebrating the arrival of our magnificent new concert grand with two piano concerts. There's to be a classical concert in our next season, in early September (details to follow) - but the JAZZ GALA PIANO CONCERT will be on Tuesday 24th August, with Ian Shaw, Neal Richardson, Roy Hilton and John Donaldson.

In addition, our August 21st JOHN GROSS art exhibition/coffee morning is being extended by three hours - and will now also feature a GRAND BAZAAR. Click here for more details...

► View Airbourne from sea - Sussex Shipwrecks, who operate out of Sovereign Harbour, have capacity on board during the Thursday (12th August Red Arrows 13.00) and Friday (13th August Red Arrows 16.30) of Airbourne.

Whole boat charter is £480 for 12 passengers, or £45 per person. £20 deposit required, to be refunded if rough sea forces cancellation of trip. Tea, coffee and cold water available free, fridge available for storage of your own drinks. Boat has a toilet. Start of Show to end of Show 10:00 or 11:00 to 16:00 or 17:00. Pick-up point is North Harbour pontoon near to SHYC.

Contact by email: dive@sussexshipwrecks.co.uk
Tel: 07711 570 294.
Early booking recommended.

► Police street meetings changed - it has been decided to change the location of the street meetings. Instead of meeting in various local streets, future meetings will be held at central venues with high visibility stands or stalls. Their purpose remains the same; to meet your local police officers to raise issues or concerns, offer feedback or just to say hello.

Tuesday 17/08/2010 19:00h - Outside ASDA

►The Under Ground Theatre publishes summer listing. The popular Under Ground Theatre has published its listing of events and performances for the period May to August 2010. Click here to read it...

Further details will be found on the theatre's web site...
If you would like to get involved by helping at the theatre as a volunteer see the web page here...

► Walking for Wellness programme - Pevensey Bay walk added - Eastbourne Age Concern organise three weekly walks that you are warmly encouraged to join.

The first is an invigorating short walk of under a mile along the seafront from the Lifeboat Museum to the Pier. Meet at the Lifeboat Museum (opposite Carlisle Road) on Mondays at 10.00am (except Bank Holidays).

The second is the three mile circular walk from Sovereign Harbour to the Sovereign Centre and back. Meet outside Bright Ideas on The Waterfront at Sovereign Harbour on Thursdays at 10.00 am.

A new, weekly, half-hour walk around Pevensey Bay started this week. Meet outside HSBC Bank, Richmond Road, Pevensey Bay at 10.45. Click here for information poster...

All the walks finish at a cafe and are a fantastic way to find out about the health benefits of walking, meeting new friends and taking in the uplifting scenery.

Please remember to wear comfortable shoes, dress appropriately for the weather and bring some water. If you are worried about your health, please make sure you check with your doctor before increasing your level of activity.

► Forthcoming St Wilfrid's Hospice fundraising events - St Wilfrid's are staging a number of events this Spring, including an Easter Egg Hunt, Bluebell Wood Walks (great for photographers) concerts and, if you're really brave, a sponsored 10,000 feet freefall parachute jump! Click here for the full list...

► On your bike! Rides for the over 50s -The Pedal East Sussex programme of rides is suitable for those already cycling as well as those returning to cycling after a break. Consequently the programme begins with shorter rides and builds up to longer ones.

Each ride begins and ends at a train station and many include both on and off road stages. They take place from April through to August. All rides have refreshment stops; certainly at the end. Click here... for leaflet.

► Shoresearch 2010 - If you enjoy being out in the open air, are interested in rock pooling and learning more about our coastal habitats and species, then this may be exactly what you are looking for. A series of field trips from March to November to nine lovely beach locations to help survey the intertidal plant and animal life. Full details in this Shoresearch information sheet.

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