RACIST INCIDENT REPORTING • RACIAL EQUALITY • RADAR KEYS • RAFFLES • RAGWORT • RAIL • RAIL PASSES • RAIL TIMES • RAISE • RAMBLERS • RANGER (COUNTRYSIDE) • RECYCLING • RED CROSS • REDUNDANCY • REFUSE COLLECTION • REGENCY HARMONISERS • REGISTRAR (WEST SUSSEX) • REGISTRAR (EAST SUSSEX) •  REGISTRATION & INSPECTION UNIT • RELATE • RESIDENCY ENQUIRIES • RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS • RESPITE CARE • RETIREMENT • RIGHTS OF WAY • ROAD ADOPTION • ROAD CLOSURES • ROAD MARKINGS • ROAD SAFETY OFFICER • ROAD SWEEPING • ROCKING  HORSE APPEAL • ROTARY CLUB (BURGESS HILL & DISTRICT) • ROUND TABLE • ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION • ROYAL BRITISH LEGION  • ROYAL MAIL • ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (RNLI) • ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS (ROSPA) • ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS • RYDON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

RACIST INCIDENT REPORTING

To report incidents of racism in the Mid Sussex, Crawley and Horsham areas contact Penny MacRae - Racist Incident Co-ordinator, West Sussex Racist Incidents Team, City Gates, 2-4 Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8DJ.  Tel: 01243 382948  email: rit@westsussex.gov.uk

RACIAL EQUALITY

Brighton & Hove Racial Equality Service – 01273 292735 or 01273 291096.  

Commission for Racial Equality – 0207 9390000 or www.cre.gov.uk.

Radar Keys

Radar keys are available for collection at the Help Point to disabled customers and their carers. For further information call 01444 247726 or email helppoint@burgesshill.gov.uk  The Radar Keys are part of a national scheme.

A national directory for Radar Key Users is available for reference at the Help Point.

RADAR can be contacted at 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London, EC1V 8AF, telephone 020 7250 3222, fax 020 7250 0212, minicom 020 7250 4119 or email radar@radar.org.uk or visit www.radar.org.uk.

RADIO STATIONS

To get in contact with Southern Counties Radio telephone 01483 306306, fax 01483 304952, text 07786 207070 or visit www.bbc.co.uk/england/southerncounties/

To contact Southern FM telephone 01273 430111, fax 01273 430098, text 80035 or visit www.southernfm.com.  The Station is based at Southern FM Radio, Franklin Road, P O Box 20000, Brighton, BN41 2SS .

Raffles

To find out if you require a license for your raffle contact Mid Sussex District Council on 01444 477344 or email JudyW@midsussex.gov.uk or visit www.midsussex.gov.uk.

RAGWORT

To report problems of Ragwort on West Sussex County Council land telephone Area Highways 01243 642105 or email highways.southern@westsussex.gov.uk.  For further information on Ragwort visit West Sussex County Council's website

To report problems of Ragwort on Mid Sussex District Council telephone 01444 477579 or email parksopenspaces@midsussex.gov.uk.  

How to complain about the spread of Ragwort

If you are concerned about Ragwort or other injurious weeds spreading to your land, you must first approach the owner/ occupier of the land on which the weeds are growing and ask them to take steps to clear the weeds. In the vast majority of cases the owner/ occupier of the land will normally react positively.

In the case of Ragwort or other injurious weeds growing alongside the motorway or trunk roads, the complaint should be referred to the Highways Agency, and for minor roads, the local highway authority. Where Ragwort is growing on railway land and embankments, Network Rail should be contacted. The telephone numbers for the Highways Agency and Network Rail are:

·     Highways Agency 08457 50 40 30 - (Motorways and trunk roads)

·     Network Rail 08457 11 41 41 - (Railway land and embankments)

For all other roads Contact the Local Highways Authority. For contact details see the local telephone directory or the local authority website.

If this approach does not resolve the problem, you should complete a Weeds Act complaint form (Weed 2 Rev 7/03).  Hard copies can be obtained from the Rural Development Service offices at Bristol.

RAIL (NETWORK RAIL)

New Queries (safety issues, timetables, stations etc) – 08457 114141

Outstanding issues (South East area) – 0207 9222632

Assisted travel for Southern Trains.  Contact 08451 237770.

Rail Passes

Concessionary rail schemes are available through Mid Sussex District Council.

If you are a Burgess Hill resident and pay your Council Tax to Mid Sussex District Council you can apply for a Rail Pass through the Help Point.  It will cost £17 instead of the normal charge of £20 from the railway station.

To apply for a rail pass bring proof of age (over 60 years of age), proof of residency (e.g. Council Tax Bill) together with a cheque or cash for £17.  Staff will give you an Exchange Order which will need to be taken to the railway station who will issue you with the actual rail pass.  For further details visit www.midsussex.gov.uk.

Lost Concessionary Rail Cards – provided the stamped receipt attached to the senior railcard application has been kept, a replacement pass can be issued by the railway station at a charge of £5.

Any comments, suggestions or complaints about Senior Rail cards write to Senior Railcard ATOC Ltd, 3^rd Floor, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1BY  

Rail Times

National Rail Enquiries Website - www.nationalrail.co.uk or call 08457 484950.

For Southern Assisted Travel Service (special needs/assistance) – 0845 1237770.

Southern Customer Services Centre – 0845 1272 920.

RAISE

The Regional Action & Involvement South East (RAISE) is the network for voluntary and community organisations.  It enables them to effectively influence regional policy wherever it is made or implemented – for the benefit of the people they serve.  For further information contact RAISE, Berkeley House, Cross Lanes, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1UN, telephone 01483 500770, fax 01483 574439 or visit www.raise-networks.org.uk.

RAMBLERS (MID SUSSEX RAMBLERS ASSOCIATION)

For details of the Mid Sussex Ramblers Association contact Mrs Margaret Carroll, 8 Daynes Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9RH.  Tel: 01444 244259. Email: margaretcarroll@talktalk.net  or visit www.ramblers.org.uk.

Sussex Young Walkers Group – email Brenda Bruzon at babba@hotmail.com or visit www.sussex-young-walkers.org.uk.

RANGER (COUNTRYSIDE)

See Countryside Ranger

Recycling

See our Recycling page and the Burgess Hill Recycling and Re-Use Guide for more information.

Information about Mid Sussex District Council Blue and Green Box Scheme is available on the Mid Sussex District Council website.

For information on recycling for business see Commercial Recycling

Red Cross

Please go to British Red Cross.

Refuse Collection

Visit our Refuse Collection and Recycling pages for more information.

REGENCY HARMONISERS

Mick Bowles and the Regency Harmonisers  Tel: 01444 236809.

Registrar (WEST SUSSEX)

Births and deaths can be registered at the Help Point every Tuesday (except when Monday is a Bank Holiday) and Thursday between 3.00-4.00pm, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

To register a birth you need to bring the discharge papers from the hospital or midwife and if you are not married both parents must attend the surgery.  If you are registering a death you need to bring the medical certificate from the doctor of the deceased.  To make an appointment please telephone the Register Office on 01444 413415.

Register Offices, Oaklands, Haywards Heath, telephone (births/deaths) 01444 413415 and (marriages) telephone 01444 452157.  Opening times Monday-Friday 9.30am-1.pm and 2pm-4pm .

Replacement Birth Certificates are available from the Register Office at Haywards Heath for those born in the Mid Sussex area.  Please provide both parents full name, full name at birth, place and date of birth.  The charge is £7.00.  Records go back to 1837. 

Duplicate Death Certificates are available by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Superintendent Registrar at the above address.  The charge is £7.00.  

REGISTRAR ( EAST SUSSEX )

Registry Offices, Southover Grange, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1TP, telephone 01273 475589.  Opening times Monday-Friday 9am-4pm .

REGISTRATION & INSPECTION UNIT

The Commission for Social Care Inspection is the single, independent inspectorate for all social care services in England.  For West Sussex contact Ridgeworth House, 2^nd Floor, Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, BN11 1RY, telephone 01903 222950, fax 01903 222996, or visit www.csci.org.uk.

For East Sussex contact Ivy House, Ivy Terrace, Eastbourne, BN21 4QT, telephone 01323 636200, fax 01323 636256.

RELATE

Provides counselling for individual people, couple and families with relationship difficulties.  The national Helpline number is 0845 1304010.  The local area office can be contacted by visiting www.relate.org.uk

RESIDENCY ENQUIRIES

See Immigration Enquiries

Residents' Associations

Bedelands Farm Residents Association – Frank Milligan, 32 Maple Drive, Burgess Hill 01444 243800

Bourne Park Residents Association – Tim Leach, 11 Blackbird Close, Burgess Hill 01444 246994

Denham Road & West Park Crescent Residents Association – Zoe Lerwill, 80 Denahm Road, Burgess Hill

Dumbrills Close Residents Association – Debbie Edlin, 40 Dumbrills Close, Burgess Hill RH15 8RS or Alison Woodhead, 54 Dumbrills Close, Burgess Hill, RH15 8RS (no telephone number)

The Hawthorns - Ms Jo Stone, 24 The Hawthorns, Burgess Hill, RH15 8RN

Oak Hall Park Residents Association – Daphne Haynes, 7 Pinehurst, Burgess Hill 01444 241032

Robin Road Residents Association – Simon Hoare, 47 Woodpecker Crescent, Burgess Hill, RH15 9XY (no telephone number)

Temple Grove Residents Association – Clair Francis, 5 Temple Grove, Burgess Hill, RH15 9XN (no telephone number)

Worlds End Residents Association – Denis Jones, Kinson, Valebridge Road, Burgess Hill 01444 257052.

RESPITE CARE

Mid Downs Crossroads

Mid Downs Crossroads is a registered charity that prov ide s respite care at home by fully trained carers.  Generally they prov ide a sitting service of 2-5 hours on a weekly or fortnightly basis, as well as longer breaks if required.  Referrals come from Health and Social Services as well as Carers Support Groups and self-referrals.  They also help a large number of carers throughout the area and run a social club in Hassocks.  Contact 01403 249090.  

Leonard Cheshire Foundation

The Leonard Cheshire Foundation offers at-home respite care for disabled and older people in West Sussex .  Services include personal care, preparing and cooking meals, shopping and companionship.  In addition, Leonard Cheshire residential homes in Rustington, Horsham and Worthing prov ide respite care and holidays. Contact 01342 714002, website www.leonardcheshire.org. 

Community Mental Health Team

The Community Mental Health Team organises a sitting service of 3-4 hours per week as part of a home care package to support carers.  Respite care is available for periods of one night to a month at Blackthorns in Lindfield and respite beds are also available at Villa Adastra in Keymer.  Places in private residential nursing homes can be purchased to provide respite for carers.  Beechurst in Haywards Heath has three beds and takes people with severe dementia.  Beechurst is part of the National Health Service and is therefore free whereas there is a charge for other respite care.  Burgess Hill has 5 nursing homes that offer respite care when places are available.  Contact the Community Mental Health Team at Linwood on 01444 416606.

The Winged Fellowship Trust

The Winged Fellowship Trust is a registered charity that provides breaks for disabled people at its five centres in England . It provides quality breaks for disabled and visually impaired people as well as breaks for their carers and inspirational opportunities for volunteers. The nearest UK centre is located in Southampton .  Contact 0845 345 1972, www.wft.org.uk.

RETIREMENT 

Download the Town Council's report A Good Life?  Growing Older In Burgess Hill,  which provides a wide range of information on services and activities for older people in the town.  

Rights of Way

If you have any queries please contact the help point in the first instance on 0144 247726.  Alternatively, you can contact West Sussex County Council on 01243 777620 or visit the West Sussex County Council website.

Road Adoption

Some new housing developments in Burgess Hill have roads which are not adopted.  For information on road adoption contact the Help Point on 01444 247726 or email helppoint@burgesshill.gov.uk.

road closures

For details see Road Closures on Mid Sussex District Council's website.

Road Markings

Road markings on the highway are the responsibility of Area Highways, West Sussex County Council.  To report any problems relating to road markings telephone 01243 642105 or email highways.southern@westsussex.gov.uk or visit www.westsussex.gov.uk.  Alternatively contact the Help Point on 01444 247726 or email helppoint@burgesshill.gov.uk.

ROAD SAFETY OFFICER

To contact the Road Safety Officer at West Sussex County Council telephone 01403 270025.

Road Sweeping

Road sweeping is undertaken by Mid Sussex District Council’s contractor as a delegated function for West Sussex County Council.  To report any problems telephone 01444 447440 or email wastematters@midsussex.gov.uk or visit www.midsussex.gov.uk.  Alternatively contact the Help Point on 01444 247726 or email helppoint@burgesshill.gov.uk.

ROCKING HORSE APPEAL

The Rockinghorse Appeal has been raising funds to purchase specialist medical equipment for The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, the Trevor Mann Baby Unit at The Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, The Children and Baby Units at The Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and in addition funds The Asthma Research Centre at the Alex. 

For further information contact Rockinghorse Appeal, The Basement, 36 Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 3JB, telephone 01273 730286 or visit www.rockinghorse.org.uk.

ROTARY CLUB (BURGESS HILL & DISTRICT)

The Burgess Hill & District Rotary Club normally meets on Tuesdays at Hassocks Golf Club, London Road, Hassocks.  For further information please contact Dave Hayman on 01444 241409 or email davidw.hayman@btinternet.com or visit www.therotaryclub.co.uk.

ROUND TABLE

for Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and District Round Table contact David Ellwood 01444 892195.

ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION

The South East Office for the Royal Air Forces Association is 3-5 Old Bridge Street, Hampton Wick, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 4BU, telephone 0208 2866667, fax 0208 2412029.

royal British Legion

Please go to British Legion.

Royal Mail

Please go to Post Office

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (RNLI)

For further information on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution telephone 0800 543210 or visit www.rnli.org.uk.

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Please go to Animal Rescue Groups.

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS (ROSPA)

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is a registered charity which was established over 80 years ago.  It provides information, advice, resources and training.  ROSPA is actively involved in the promotion of safety in all areas of life - at work, in the home, and on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on (or near) water.  ROSPA also offer wheelchair proficiency tests.

For further information contact the Head office, Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7ST, Tel: 0870 7772130, email help@rospa.co.uk or visit www.rospa.com.  

RYDON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

For maintenance on Downland Housing Association Properties visit Downland Housing