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You can change your cookie settings at any time Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports Bulldozers are back on the beaches again to carry out vital shingle replenishment work throughout January between Shoreham and Lancing This work will help give better protection to local communities from coastal flooding this winter Recent winter storms and gales have eroded some of the shingle beach in Lancing that provides a soft-engineered flood defence to the West Sussex frontage Following consultation between Shoreham Port Authority Adur District Council and the local nature reserve the Environment Agency has begun recycling shingle from the nature reserve area to replenish the Lancing beach  The work to recycle suitable but limited material at Shoreham Fort will also include some shingle from the local nature reserve beach frontage whilst carefully avoiding any environmental sensitive areas Environment Agency representatives will be available to interview about the coastal defence work outside the Perch Cafe BN15 8RA between 10am to 12 noon on Wednesday Please confirm your attendance in advance by contacting the Environment Agency’s South East press office on 0800 141 2743 flood and coastal risk manager for Sussex at the Environment Agency We are taking shingle from Shoreham Fort and moving it along the beach to the eroded areas at Widewater at Lancing Beach Green Sea levels are projected to rise by more than one metre in the south of England over this century and with more frequent powerful storms also predicted the risk of increased coastal erosion and flooding is likely The shingle recycling will help to maintain the flood defences offered by the beach and to provide the standard of protection required by the coastal defence scheme completed by the Environment Agency in partnership with Worthing Borough Council in 2005 The Environment Agency will move approximately 20,000 tonnes of shingle from Shoreham to Lancing This is enough shingle to fill the Albert Hall three times over The shingle is loaded into dump trucks by an excavator which then transport the material along the beach frontage to where it is needed Bulldozers then position the material into the beach profile but the Environment Agency is advising the public to be cautious and keep a safe distance from working machinery call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 or follow @EnvAgencySE on Twitter 0800 141 2743 or communications_se@environment-agency.gov.uk Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details Run report for Lancing Beach Green parkrun event #248 – 26th April 2025 This week's run report comes from Gill Holmes who visited us from Maidstone River Park  I’ve completed 452 parkruns at 243 different locations (nearly in the Freyne Club!) including some parkruns outside of the UK as amongst many of the other parkrun challenges I am trying to fill in the gaps of my “Wilson Index” on the 5k app and Lancing Beach Green being event number 248 It also gives me another event for “South East England” Initially I had planned to travel by train however I noticed last night that the 1st train that I intended to take had been cancelled I debated trying to drive to a different station Although I try to avoid driving to parkrun Despite a hold up on one of the roads due to a lorry going off the road I arrived in Lancing with plenty of time to park up before meeting the other volunteers The first timers briefing was given by Adam Collard who also gave the main briefing He certainly earnt his post parkrun tea and breakfast Today parkrun were celebrating “parkwalk” with the aim of encouraging people to be part of a record-breaking biggest walking weekend ever at parkrun We had 7 parkwalkers at Lancing Beach Green parkrun and a further 2 tail walkers A lot of people can think “parkrun isn’t for me” The tail walkers ensure no-one is last and the park walkers walk a bit further ahead to encourage and support the faster walkers If you can’t convince people to come run/walk at parkrun perhaps encourage them to do some volunteering and they can see what it is all about Many parkrun volunteers are not runners/ walkers but they still get the benefit of the sense of community and fresh air not to mention the appreciation of those of us running and walking The Lancing Beach Green course is an out and back section on the grass before a short sharp incline onto the coastal path for a longer out and back section We had the beach and sea on one side and the Widewater nature reserve on the other Even though the course is narrow in parts participants were great and kept to the right ensuring everyone could enjoy the event regardless of whether they were at the front of the field or further back I joined Yvonne Davies and Harry Degiovanni I then took the finish tokens to the café to be sorted I was delighted to find that all 231 tokens that were given out were returned – well done everyone whose enthusiasm and support motivated us around the course and ensured that we stayed on track who gave up their time at Lancing Beach Green parkrun Did you know you can have the best of both worlds and be able to run AND volunteer at a parkrun carpark marshal and pacer can be combined with participation in the parkrun they can help with barcode scanning after their run  Roles available can be found on each parkrun event website or on the 5k app  Simply email the event you wish to volunteer at with your barcode number and you’ll be welcomed with open arms finish tokens and barcode scanning are great for when you fancy giving your legs a rest Don’t forget junior parkruns on Sundays; they also welcome volunteers too Junior parkrun volunteering is a lot of fun and it is important that we encourage our younger parkrunners/ walkers to enjoy all the benefits of parkrun For those of you who enjoy the challenges on the 5k app Volunteer Ratio and Volunteer Tourist challenges Some volunteer roles are suitable for those younger parkrunners who are completing their Duke of Edinburgh awards and need to do some volunteering as part of it – ask one of the Run Directors for more information There was a great mix of people running and walking at Lancing Beach Green parkrun today; 40:60 female: male  Runners and walkers ranged from Martha Weston in the JW15-17 and Emmett Morley (on his very first parkrun) in the JM10 categories to Heather Garrett in the VW80-84 and Hugh Garrett in the VM85-89 category proving that parkrun really is for everyone There were 231 runners and walkers finishing at Lancing Beach Green parkrun today 15 people were showing up in the results as “unknown” It is well worth downloading the 5k app to your phone You can access your barcode using this app ensuring you get a credit for each parkrun/walk you complete plus there are some great challenges for running/ walking and volunteering to keep you motivated I also find it really useful for when I am doing tourism to find new parkruns and information such as parking/ facilities that they offer I’d recommend also taking a screenshot of the barcode on your phone in case the App has a rare technical issue The first finisher was Chris Emery on his 3rd visit to Lancing Beach Green parkrun with a PB time of 19:12 The first female finisher was Martha Weston on her 21st visit to Lancing Beach Green parkrun with a PB time of 23:19 The highest age grading was 80.46% achieved by Gill Cammack   The highest male age grading was Mark Whittington with 76.70% Jeff Parkinson and Julie Gordon achieved new PBs Gillian Standing and Richard Cloake joined us for their first parkrun today Saturday mornings will never be the same again!  I hope you continue this journey and one day earn those lovely red 50 Linda Woolley joined us for her first parkrun volunteering today as a tail walker We had 38 tourists visiting Lancing Beach Green parkrun for the first time I have started to include the “volunteeriest volunteer” in my run reports as an alternative to “runniest runner” A high number of runs is impressive; however it would not be possible without our volunteers who ensure week in week out Today’s volunteeriest volunteer was Yvonne Davies having also volunteered at 243 locations including parkrun volunteering in Ireland Yvonne began her volunteer journey at Watergrove as “other” on the 1st January 2017 She has fulfilled 10 distinct volunteering roles; Barcode scanning Jill has completed 3 parkruns at 3 different locations; Barrow Yvonne began parkrunning at Barrow parkrun on the 3rd August 2019 Yvonne and all the other wonderful volunteers best wishes for everyone taking part in tomorrow’s London Marathon including Lancing Beach Green parkrun’s Kate and Tanja © parkrun Limited (Company Number: 07289574) No part of this site may be reproduced in whole or in part in any manner without the permission of the copyright owner Nine young people have successfully completed the latest IGNITE course run by West 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