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Tim's Top 10 Bright Ideas

  1. Hands off our hospitals - Tim set up the The KWASH Logo Nurse Sunshine Keep Worthing & Southlands Hospital (KWASH) campaign to focus protests at the threats to close Southlands and downgrade Worthing hospital by shutting A&E, maternity, paediatrics and other departments. So hands off our hospitals Minister.
  2. Give us a bypass - people in Worthing & Adur have been campaigning for over 30 years to get a bypass around Worthing/lancing. we need a by-passOver that time thousands of extra houses have been built to make Worthing the largest town in Sussex whilst traffic on the A27 is gridlocked and forecast to rise by a further 23% over the next 15 years. So what hope for ambulances diverted from a downgraded Worthing hospital? It's time to look at our bypass again seriously Minister.
  3. Stop the Garden Grab - due to changes in planning regulations by Government and the demand to crowd ever more houses into Sussex to meet centrally imposed targets houses with large gardens in Worthing & Adur are being bought up by developers to replace with high density flats often out of keeping with the local area. This is why Tim supported Caroine Spelman MP's Private Members Bill to change the planning rules to protect gardens.
  4. Midnight football midnight football- based on a successful idea in Scotland, Tim organised a series of pilots last summer with the help of Adur Council, West Sussex Youth Service, Adur police, Impulse Leisure and Adur Athletic who kindly supplied volunteer referees. Between 10pm and midnight on Saturday evenings the Southwick Leisure Centre was opened to locals aged 13-17 to come and play informal football, off the streets and out of trouble. Where the scheme is run full time in Scotland there have been noticeable falls in anti-social behaviour. Over 40 boys and girls turned up for the sessions and the feedback was tremendous. Work is now underway to see if the scheme can be extended elsewhere across the district on a permanent basis and with other activities such as basketball to appeal to both boys and girls.
  5. Mobile phone masts - let the people decide - we are facing a deluge of mobile phone masts all over the place, many too close to houses or environmentally sensitive areas for comfort, but if they are below 15m they usually do not require planning permission whatever people think. Tim has been calling for the mobile phone companies to publish maps of all their proposed mast sites and give local people greater say over where these things go. It's time to give people more say.
  6. Making Worthing Worth It - Tim and Peter Bottomley set up this campaign to give young people a say in how the local community is being developed particularly on key sites like Teville Gate and the Aquarena. We need to get on with a state of the art mixed development at Teville Gate to include leisure facilities for young people easily accessible by transport links. Either the new Aquarena should go there or stay in central or east Worthing.
  7. Fair Deal for Fishersgate -petitiion Fishersgate has been the neglected corner of West Sussex for too long. Now that the future of Fishersgate Community School has been secured after a hard fought fight Tim is working with councillors to get a comprehensive new children's centre attached to the school and regeneration for the area.
  8. An ice rink for Worthing - Tim has put forward plans for the development of an ice rink in Worthing. Based on the popular temporary ice rinks that have sprung up in other towns and cities, Tim has written to the Leader of Worthing Borough Council to suggest that it would be good idea to try and replicate this success in the town this winter.
  9. Supporting the Climate Change Bill - Tim is supporting a Parliamentary Bill to combat climate change by setting annual targets for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions until 2050 and to place duties on the Prime Minister regarding the reporting on and achievement of those targets; to specify procedures to be followed if the targets are not met.
  10. Marine Bill to stop the destruction of marine wildlife - At present less than 0.001% of our seas are protected by law. As an island nation, we have a responsibility to care for our seas and protect the wildlife that lives there. Like climate change, the destruction of marine wildlife is an urgent global issue and Tim is urging the Government to take a lead in protecting our seas.

Tim's Top 10