Town Board Member Recruitment

Meet the Chair event – Friday 17 May 2024

Following a competitive recruitment process, the Independent Chair of Eastbourne Town Board has been announced as local business owner and chartered surveyor, Richard Garland.
Richard is currently the Chair of Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce and will be stepping away from that position later this month to concentrate on this newly created role.
The appointment was made following an application process and interview panel that included the Leader of the Council, Cllr Stephen Holt, the MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon, Caroline Ansell and the Chief Executive of the Council, Robert Cottrill.

The new Eastbourne Town Board will oversee how £20 million of government funding is invested to help level up the town over the next 10 years. Richard’s first task will be to recruit Board Members, for which expressions of interest are now being invited.

As with the Chair, Board Members should be independent, have a passion for the town and understand placemaking. Expressions of interest are invited from anyone in the community, who has a passion for the town and wishes to apply to be a member of the Board.

The Chair has identified a number of themes that Board members should have an interest in, which include:

  • Technology & Digital
  • Economic development / Regeneration / Business
  • Wellbeing / Healthcare
  • Education / Learning / Schools / Higher Education
  • Hospitality
  • Banking / Legal
  • Nature & Environment
  • Heritage
Eastbourne Investment Plan
Eastbourne Funding 2023

The window for submitting expressions of interest is 9am on Tuesday 14 May to 5pm on Tuesday 21 May 2024.

Anyone wishing to apply should submit a covering letter, setting out why they are interested in having a place on the Board, an indication of which of the themes interest them the most, and 250 words about themselves, what motivates them and what they can bring to the Board.

This should be sent by email to townboard@eastbourne.gov.uk or hard copy dropped off at Eastbourne Town Hall reception by 5pm on Tuesday 21 May 2024.

Applicants must be able to attend the first meeting of the Eastbourne Town Board online on Friday 31 May at 2pm.

Meet the Chair event – Friday 17 May 2024

To give potential Board Members an opportunity to meet the Chair, an event will be held on Friday 17 May from 3pm to 5pm in the Johnson Room at the Welcome Building, Devonshire Quarter. This will be a chance to find out more about the aims, themes and work of the Board.