Dear resident,
As if the endless days of rain weren't enough to dampen our mood, February has brought another blow for Crowborough. Lloyds Bank have announced that the Crowborough branch will be closing in early June.
I immediately secured a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce and the Crowborough Mayor Cllr Natalie Whittle as I know that this will impact local people and local businesses. I am keen to continue working with the local community to ensure that we secure an alternative, walk-in facility for in-person banking services. There is a precedent for a well-functioning facility in Hailsham and it is clear that we now desperately need one in Crowborough.
I convened meetings with Cash Access UK who set up and operate banking hubs (read more 👉🏽HERE👈🏽) and LINK (read more 👉🏽HERE👈🏽) who make assessments and recommendations for new banking hubs, to challenge them on their criteria and evidence needed for a successful bid to set up such a facility in Crowborough.
❗️I am now working on gathering more data to appeal this assessment, and I need your help.❗️
💷 Please help me evidence that enough people will make use of a Banking Hub in Crowborough and spare a moment to let me know your views so that I can make the strongest possible case to LINK and Cash Access UK. Share your thoughts via my website: www.nusghani.org.uk/bankinghubs. 💷
Meeting with LINK, together with Crowborough Mayor Cllr Natalie Whittle and Crowborough Chamber of Commerce representative Juliet Morris
Update on Crowborough Training Camp
Having made several representations to the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence especially with regards to the Cadets, I also met with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve Reed MP to discuss concerns about unrest in Crowborough and what more can be done to secure more resources for Sussex Police. Read more 👉🏽HERE👈🏽
I have been working with the Army and the RAF Cadets to make sure that a suitable alternative site is secured for them in the meantime and I am supporting them further in securing funding for equipment that cannot be moved from the Training Camp.
Like many local residents, I am backing Crowborough Shield as the Wealden District Council have chosen not to take on the Home Office. I will continue to make sure that both the Home Office and Wealden District Council are both transparent and accountable to local people.
All updates on my work regarding the Crowboough Training Camp, are available on my website 👉🏽 HERE 👈🏽 and my most recent statement is available 👉🏽here.
👇🏽 Here's a look at just some of the other things I've been up to👇🏽
🤝🏽 Supporting and championing Sussex Weald kinship carers 🤝🏽
🎓 Joining Mayfield School's Sixth Form assembly as guest speaker 🎓
🚓 Raising local policing, rural crime & resources with Sussex Police 🚓
🚧 Sharing frustrations about potholes with the County Council 🚧
👶🏻 Update on Crowborough Birthing Centre following NHS meeting 👶🏻
👏🏽 Celebrating Hailsham's White House Academy Ofsted result 👏🏽
I was in the Chair for the debate on Ukraine, marking the 4th anniversary of the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine and recognising its impact. I continue working with our communities in Mayfield, Heathfield and across the area to ensure that Ukrainian families living in Sussex Weald are supported.
✍🏽 Have a say on local campaigns - my petitions & surveys ✍🏽
💧 South East Water survey 💧
Following many disruptions to supply locally, let me know whether you were impacted; whether SEW did their job and communicated with you; and whether you think you are owed compensation.
Share your views 👉🏽 HERE 👈🏽
❌ No to asylum seeker housing at Crowborough Training Camp ❌
8,700 signatures and counting! The site has already been rejected as being wholly inappropriate. I continue to do everything I can to challenge the Home Office.
Sign my petition 👉🏽 HERE 👈🏽
👶🏻 The fight to save the Crowborugh Birthing Centre continues! 👶🏻
We have 3,800 signatures, but we need more data to put even more pressure on the NHS Trust. Mums deserve a choice!
Sign my petition 👉🏽 HERE 👈🏽
💷 Access to banking services 💷
My survey is still open! Are local banking services working for you? Let me know via a short survey on my website, so I can be better informed when campaigning for additional facilities such as those secured for 📍Hailsham.
Share your views 👉🏽 HERE 👈🏽
☎️ Contact ☎️
Please note that this is a regular update on my activities in Sussex Weald and in Parliament, and any correspondence received in direct reply to this email will not be responded to.
📞 Casework is undertaken daily and surgery appointments continue taking place in person, over the phone, or virtually. If you need my assistance regarding a particular issue, please email me at [email protected] and provide as much information as possible about your query.
Yours sincerely,
Nusrat