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Treebourne Tree Care Event | Sevenoaks Rec | Saturday 26 April 2026

Join Treebourne at Sevenoaks Rec this Saturday to tend to some of the 10,500 trees they planted in the 2020/21 season and see how they’ve grown. Come lend a hand, enjoy the fresh air, and help keep the trees thriving!

📅 Saturday 26 April

🕐 9am – 12pm

📍 Sevenoaks Rec – google maps link to meeting point

Volunteers will be clearing around the trees, tools will be available to borrow, but please wear gloves and suitable footwear if you have them (it might be muddy).

Feel free to turn up anytime between 9am and 12pm. There will be a break for refreshments at around 10.30am.

Eastbourne Carbon Neutral 2030 Symposium on Saturday 26 April 2025

A variety of speakers will provide the background for the Carbon Neutral 2030 campaign and review the progress made so far, followed by reports on major EEAN initiatives of 2025. Our keynote speakers are Professor Scarlett McNally and Richard Watson, OBE.

Kidical Mass Bike Ride – Saturday 10 May

Bike riders of any age and ability are welcome to join Bespoke Cycle Group Eastbourne for Eastbourne’s next Kidical Mass! A happy, marshalled group bike ride along the seafront.

Departing from the Spring Water Festival’s Eco Fair (Saturday 10 May 2025) at 11 am from the Western Lawns, up to Princess Park, and back to the Fair. Gathering point: Duke of Devonshire Statue.

Come early from 10 am to decorate your bike for free with recycled materials at the Bespoke Cycle Stand, see the WaterCycle and Puppet Show, and explore the fair.

Kids must be accompanied by an adult. The littlest or slowest riders set the Pace.

The ride will take place on-road, and so is not suitable for balance bikes and scooters.

Bring your refillable water bottles, helmets for kids, dogs on bikes, and a picnic to eat on the lawns afterwards! Food will also be available at the Fair.

Upcoming elections in Langney and Upperton wards

If you live in the Langney or Upperton Wards of Eastbourne only, there will be local borough by-elections on 1 May. This is due to the resignation of a councillor in these two wards.

The government postponed East Sussex County elections due on 1 May 2025, as it is in an area which is part of its priority programme for English devolution.

Find out more about the upcoming elections at www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/Upcoming-elections