What you can do
If you are unhappy about the proposed changes, then you need to make your opinion known.
Write a letter
- Your local councillors - again, go to WriteToThem.com or details can also be found at the Brighton & Hove Council website.
- The key decision makers
Write or send an email to all 10 members of the Council's Children, Families and Schools (CFS) committee. This committee discharges the Council's functions regarding education and children's social services including services to persons up to the age of 19:
Address (all): Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS
Pat Hawkes Chair
Labour (Hollingbury)
tel: 01273 291159
email: pat.hawkes@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Vanessa Brown
Conservative (Stanford)
tel: 01273 291143
email: vanessa.brown@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Jack Hazelgrove
Labour (Moulscombe)
tel: 01273 291160
email: jack.hazelgrove@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Anne Giebeler
Conservative (Goldsmid)
tel: 01273 294364
email: anne.giebeler@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Lynda Hyde
Conservative (Rottingdean)
tel: 01273 291187
email: lynda.hyde@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Sue John
Labour (Portslade)
tel: 01273 291163
email: sue.john@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Richard Mallender
Green (Preston Park)
tel: 01273 294367 / 501195
email: richard.Mallender@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Juliet McCaffery
Labour (Preston Park)
tel: 01273 291173
email: juliet.McCaffery@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Ken Norman
Conservative (Withdean)
tel: 01273 291182
email: ken.norman@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Jan Young
Conservative (Central Hove)
tel: 01273 294361
email: jan.young@brighton-hove.gov.uk
- The Argus - you can write online at Letter to the editor.
- David Lepper (your local MP) - go to WriteToThem.com, key in your postcode and you will be given details of how to contact your local MP, MEPs and councillors.
Sign our petition
Please sign the petition – there should be people collecting signatures outside the schools – or you can download a copy [Word file, 24KB] and collect some signatures yourself.
Attend a meeting
See News page for any forthcoming meetings.