Wealden District Council’s Chairman Chris Hardy has chosen the JPK Sussex Project and Heathfield Works! as his two official charities during his term in office.—Wealden District Council, 24 June 2016
The JPK Sussex Project is raising money to provide residential accommodation for people with learning disabilities in the East Sussex area. Some 140 local people with learning disabilities aged 25-40 are still living at home and will require some form of supported independent living when their carers become too old.
Heathfield Works! is part of the Tomorrow’s People initiative, helping 16-25 year olds in isolated rural areas find work and or get back into education. It started in Heathfield on 2012 and expanded into Hailsham in 2013.
“When I became Chairman of Wealden District Council, I said I was particularly interested in focussing on the needs of young people and those with learning disabilities,” said Councillor Hardy. “Both of the charities I have chosen do this. But they also highlight the particular difficulties experienced by these two groups in rural areas, where transport is a problem if you are not a car driver, and support services may be far away.
Representing Hartfield on the Council, I am only too well aware, living in such beautiful countryside, how reliant we are on helping each other when we are unable able to fully support ourselves.”
“I will be finding out more about the work of both the JPK Sussex Project and Heathfield Works! during my period as Chairman and encouraging others to support them too.”
More information about the JPK Sussex Project can be found here: http://www.thejpkproject.co.uk/
More information about Heathfield Works! can be found here: http://www.tomorrows-people.org.uk/regions/view/24/heathfield-and-hailsham
Wealden District Council Chairman Chris Hardy
