Tag: Jonathan Breeds

RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018

MAYOR’S OVERVIEW OF THE YEAR

Rye Town meeting took place at the Tilling Green Community Centre on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The Mayor of Rye, Councillor Jonathan Breeds gave his annual address to a meeting of around 150 Rye residents. We print it here in full for the benefit of those that were unable to attend. Report and comment will appear in the May Issue of Rye’s Own.

Community assets

I am pleased to report that we successfully completed the purchase
of 97 South Undercliff for the purpose of letting it to a Rye household
at a discounted rent.


We have only recently advertised a tenancy at a discounted rent because
we needed to be certain that our Discounted Accommodation scheme does
not contravene equalities legislation. Those of you who took part
in the consultation that gave the Council a mandate to obtain a loan
to buy a property may recall that the intention was to let it to a Continue reading RYE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2018

Amber at Rye Festival of the Sea

Home Secretary Takes a Break from the Action and Relaxes at Rye’s Festival of the Seas

By Jim Hollands

The thousands that attended Rye on Saturday 22 July to enjoy the excitement of the Raft Race and enjoy the music, stalls and entertainment at the Strand were delighted to see Rye & Hastings Member of Parliament, Amber Rudd The Home Secretary,  in attendance and presenting the prizes.

 

Amber with Skinners Raft Race Winners

The Home Secretary obviously enjoyed her outing to Rye and spoke excitedly about the Raft Race when presenting the winning team, Skinners of Rye, with the trophy.

Amber is very popular in both Rye & Hastings, a fact I have noticed since I first met her in Hastings just after she had become the prospective Conservative candidate to fight the Rye & Hastings Constituency.  The number of people she knows by name in both towns is amazing and her ability to keep in touch with what is going on in the constituency, in spite of her enormous national work load, underlines her dedication .

Rye Hastings MP Amber Rudd

As Home Secretary, Amber has responsibilities for the internal affairs of England & Wales,  for immigration and citizenship for the United Kingdom, policing in England & Wales. Our MP is also deeply involved with matters of national security, as  MI5, is directly accountable to the Home Secretary.

Despite all this weight and responsibility on her shoulders, Amber Rudd is still a highly active constituency MP.

 

 

The Rye Ukulele Festival

Sunday 24th May 2015 at the Cinque Ports, Cinque Ports Street, Rye, TN31 7AN from 12.30 onwards.

The Rye Ukulele Experiment is delighted to announce the first Rye Ukulele Festival. Continue reading The Rye Ukulele Festival

Blur of Action at the Community Centre

£3,500 Raised for Tsunami Disaster Fund Rye Community Centre was packed for a special tsunami fund raising event on Saturday 5 February.

Top local bands, including Buick Six, Pass the Cat and solo percussionist Nana Tsiboe from Ghana, gave their services free and performed in front of a capacity audience. Continue reading Blur of Action at the Community Centre