The council’s new Crawley Homes contractors are now making visit to council tenants.  Mears and Wates Living Space were appointed by the council in November 2019 and will be managing responsive repairs, planned maintenance and empty dwellings for Crawley Homes properties.  The 10 year contract will…

The Crawley Wellbeing team offers a free and confidential health and wellbeing service to individuals and workplaces in the town. The service, funded by Public Health West Sussex, is here to support your workplace and employees to make positive changes that will improve overall mental and physical health. …

An empty retail unit in Crawley town centre has been filled, in a really positive move for the town’s retail offering and a welcome boost for the town centre economy. Previously occupied by HMV, the unit located in the Martletts has been taken over by Dunelm. The company has introduced a brand new ‘Edit’ store,…

Following the government’s announcement that non-essential retail can reopen on Monday (15 June), the council is attempting to make the town safe for the return of shoppers. The council will be installing signage and floor vinyls across the town centre to remind visitors to: Follow social distancing…

Three local business in Crawley have been awarded funding from Crawley Borough Council’s Small Business Grant Scheme. The funding comes from a county-wide pot and is entirely separate from funding sent out in response to the pandemic.  The successful small business grant scheme was created to help start-ups…

Crawley Borough Council is inviting residents, businesses and community groups to identify places where it could be made easier and safer for people to travel on foot and by bicycle, whilst maintaining social distancing. The council has teamed up with Commonplace to launch a consultation tool to help identify…

Crawley Borough Council is standing shoulder to shoulder with the town’s BAME community and supporting the peaceful Black Lives Matter protests. Councillors have been participating in events to show solidarity with protesters in the US and around the world, including the UK. The Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Raj…

Crawley Borough Council is urging residents to visit green spaces other than Tilgate Park in a bid to ensure social distancing. During this period of warm weather, Tilgate Park has been extremely busy, making it difficult for visitors to socially distance. Crawley is blessed with a wide range of green spaces…

Crawley Borough Council has paid a total of £11.7m in grants to more than 800 businesses affected by coronavirus – and is launching its Discretionary Business Grants for eligible small and micro businesses on Monday. The £11.7m given out equates to 97 per cent of the funding received from the government – one of…

Crawley Borough Council’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Taskforce Executive group met for the first time last week, to great success.  The Executive brings together the council, senior business representatives from across the borough, the local MP, a government representative, the Coast to Capital Local…