Cllr Noël Atkins
Deputy Mayor of the Borough of Worthing 2008/2009

Councillor Lieutenant Commander Noël Atkins is the Deputy Mayor of the Borough of Worthing.

Noël was born of French mother and English father. He was educated at Whitgift in South Croydon and Elim Bible College in Capel, where he graduated with a Diploma in Theology.

It was while Noël was at Theological College that he met his wife to be, Danish student, Helena Lulu. They married three years later in 1975 and together went into the Christian Ministry with Pye Barn Trust, a residential rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol offenders. They have 5 children, Amelia (27), Andreas (24), Amanda (19), Oliver (17) and Celina (11), all educated in Worthing Schools and Colleges.

Noël subsequently embarked on a career in IT and in parallel joined the Reserve arm of the Royal Navy, where he qualified as Diving Officer; Navigating Officer; and Executive Officer of the Minehunter HMS Kellington, based in Shoreham Harbour. In 1980 after 20 years service Noël was decorated by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the Reserve Decoration.

Noël first served as a Councillor for Hove Borough Council 1980-1984 before moving to Denmark with his family and living on the Island of Funen. After 15 years he returned in 1998 to work for his current employer Bond International Software in Goring-by-Sea, as a Business Development Executive in the Healthcare Sector.

Noël has represented Salvington Ward since May 2004 and is a member of the High Salvington Residents’ Association and a Life Member of the High Salvington Mill Trust. Noël is Policy Adviser to the Cabinet Member for Resources, Vice Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel for Performance Issues.                        .

He is the Council’s appointed representative on outside bodies serving as: Director of Worthing Homes; Member of the Worthing Fairtrade Group; Elected Member of the WAG (Worthing Action Group).

Noël has many interests in Worthing including Worthing Chamber of Commerce, Worthing First Business Group and accompanied the KWASH petition (Keep Worthing and Southlands Hospitals) to the House of Commons in 2006.

Noël, facilitated the formation of the Worthing Food Bank in 2006, providing free food to all Worthing residents in crisis, so that nobody in Worthing need ever go to bed hungry at night.

Noël is committed to serving the Mayor and the people of Worthing and wants to promote Worthing as a thriving business community and a wonderful place to Work, Live and Play.

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