All charities need same treatment

I have often said in public and private what a good job they do.

But Bognor Regis has many voluntary organisations that do invaluable work ranging from working with disabled people, to visiting the elderly, to putting on events.

The town would be a poorer place without them. Their value is exactly why they should all be treated equally.

After all, in 2004 when the seafront lights committee received 13,500, St Wilfrid's Hospice was refused a grant even though there was 3,200 left in the grant aid budget.

Having been turned down, they didn't put in an application the following year.

Does that sound fair, especially when it's exactly the sort of thing that I believe local people would like a grant given to?

Cllr Michelle White, Labour, Pevensey ward, Bognor Regis Town council

THE BOGNOR Regis seafront lights have again been the subject of correspondence, especially in respect of their funding.

It might be encouraging for those who put so much, often unappreciated, effort into their provision, and to potential contributors to their costs, to know my Canadian nephew and his wife and two children, although more familiar with the bright lights of Calgary, were fascinated by the Bognor lights and spent considerable time in photographing them to '˜show the folks back home'.

They were also very complimentary about the Marine Gardens.

Is this not why we should spare no effort in providing such attractions?

We should ensure that we deserve the rare suffix 'Regis'.

M Ayling

Elizabeth Avenue, Rose Green