About the Partnership
Rupert Simmons - Chairman
of Heathfield Partnership Trust Co. Ltd Board.
The Heathfield Partnership works for the people of Heathfield and surrounding villages by seeking to provide a range of diverse business opportunities, employment, training, shopping, low cost housing, leisure and tourism facilities and close liaison and project working with the Police. By creating a sustainable environment these services can then grow naturally for the future. There were five major objectives at the commencement of the Partnership, which was in 1995, and these have been expanded several times to increase the role of revitalisation in the community. The projects are:
- Phased improvements to the High Street.
- Many initiatives to stimulate business inward investment and increased customer footfall, such as installing three tourist/information boards, three new gateway signs and eleven signs to car parks and public amenities and producing a shopper’s guide (available to download from this website).
- Installation of four public accessible kiosks (known as public information points) in a variety of places throughout the town and rural community (see Projects for locations).
- Holding computer training programmes for learners.
- To create a new indoor swimming pool for Heathfield at Heathfield Community College.
- Continually updating website provision for Business and Police and creating website provision for Youth and Tourism.
- To either create a new local bus service or work with an existing provider.
- The police project was formed to support our own Police Force in serving our community and it brings together representatives from all parts of the Community in endeavouring to look at priority issues. This has then lead to investigating how best to deal with those issues and indeed how to seek better resources.
- Holding a monthly Farmers Market selling local produce (see Farmers Market section).
The Heathfield Partnership comprises people from various local organisations, such as officers and appointed representatives of East Sussex County Council, Wealden District Council and Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council. There are also representatives from Heathfield Chamber of Commerce and Trade, Churches Together in Heathfield, Heathfield Community College, Heathfield Community College Youth Council and Heathfield and Waldron Rotary Club.
Contact Information: For all enquiries relating to the Partnership, please contact the Heathfield Partnership Co-ordinator by any of the following:
c/o 92 High Street , Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 8JD
Telephone 01892 610314 or email:
heathfieldpartnership@fsmail.net
For updating the website only, write to:
partnership@heathfield.net
