Noticeboard posting rules
Last updated: 7 September 2026
The community noticeboard is for everyday notices from people in and around Seaford. These rules keep it useful and keep everyone safe. By posting you agree to them.
What you can post
- Lost & found. Pets, keys, wallets, phones.
- Recommendations wanted. A plumber, a dog groomer, a decent Sunday roast.
- Local questions. Bin days, bus changes, what is happening on the seafront.
- Community announcements. Free apples on the drive, a beach clean, a street party.
What you cannot post
- Adverts, sales, services for hire or anything commercial. Businesses have the directory and Seaford Deals for that.
- Anything unkind, untrue, or about a named person without their say-so.
- Other people's personal details: names with addresses, phone numbers, car registrations and the like.
- Anything unlawful, political campaigning, or fundraising appeals.
Posting for a charity or group
A community announcement from a charity, club or community group may include the organisation's own website, phone number and email, so people can find out more. Web addresses become links. Please do not include a private person's details.
How notices are checked
Nothing appears on the board until a person has read it, usually within a day. We may shorten a notice, fix a typo or decline it; if we decline it we email you to say why, and you can adjust it and send it again. We do not guarantee that anything posted is accurate.
How long a notice stays up
Each type of notice comes down automatically:
- Lost & found: 30 days
- Recommendations wanted: 14 days
- Local questions: 7 days
- Community announcements: 14 days
After that the page stays reachable for a further 30 days for anyone who saved the link, marked as expired and hidden from search engines, and is then deleted.
Your contact details
Your email address and phone number are never shown on the board, and we do not use them for anything except your notice. See the privacy notice.
Replying to a notice
Anyone can reply privately to a notice from its page. Only the person who posted the notice sees the reply, and the two of you carry on the conversation on this site. Neither of you sees the other's email address: we email each of you the other's messages in full, with a link back to the conversation. The first message is sent only after the person replying has opened the link we email them, which confirms the address is theirs.
Be kind, keep to the notice, and never send money or bank details to someone you have not met. Either of you can close a conversation at any time. If a reply is spam, a scam or abusive, press “Report this conversation”: it closes at once and we look at it. That is the only time anyone at Discover Seaford reads a conversation. Conversations are deleted 30 days after their notice ends.
Your words
You keep the rights to what you write. You give Discover Seaford permission to publish it on this site, edit it for length or clarity, and keep it for the period above.
Getting a notice removed or marked resolved
Found what you lost, sorted your question, or changed your mind? Every notice has a “report or remove” link, or email [email protected] with the notice's title. We take notices down on request from the person who posted them, and will look at any report from anyone else within a couple of days.