Horam & Vines Cross Village Diary

HORAM & VINES CROSS VILLAGE DIARY

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White Feather FUNERALS

Female led, independent funeral director. Supporting and empowering you in celebrating a loved one’s life, at the end of their life, however you choose.

Traditional to contemporary and everything else in between. Independent personal service. Transparent and open minded.

Lucy and Dawn at White Feather were excellent in all aspects of organising my dad’s funeral. Due to family coming from abroad we needed to arrange things quickly. From our first meeting I found Lucy’s compassion and understanding, and easy character, gave me confidence that everything would be arranged efficiently and to a high standard, which it was. I chose White Feather Funerals as I loved the fact it was female led, and as dad had been cared for by 5 female carers at home, felt it was fitting that his final journey be conducted by ladies. I would not hesitate to recommend Lucy and Dawn to anyone seeking a truly compassionate, efficient, and down to earth team. Thank you so much White Feather. Mrs A

27a High Street, Heathfield, TN21 8JR. 01435 408650

"Feathers appear, when Angels are near."

WHATS ON IN THE COMMUNITY

CROSSWAYS

Wednesday 4th January 10am - 12 noon at Christchurch, Horebeech Lane, Horam.

EVERYONE WILL BE MADE WECOME INCLUDING CHILDREN.

Meet with friends, make new friends and enjoy good coffee/tea and homemade cake. We meet the first Wednesday of every month, everybody is welcome.

We shall look forward to seeing all.

CHRIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 31st January 2023 at 2pm.

Our speaker will be Derek Miller

The meeting will be followed by afternoon tea.

ALL WELCOME.

Jumping Beans

A group for 0-3s and their carers

Term-time: Thursdays 10.00am-11.30am (50p per morning)

Horebeech Lane Horam TN21 0DT

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEATHFIELD & DISTRICT **BREAKFAST **

Venue: Tottingworth Farm Café (Halley Road, Broad Oak) Saturday February 11th 2023 at 8am.

Choice of cooked breakfasts at good prices (details will be available in January from your CTH & D Representatives)

Speaker: Rev.Jim Smith

“One Family-Serving Ghana in the 21st Century”

Please book with your CTH & District representatives by January 26th or contact Sue Mumford 01580 819415 or susanmumford762@gmail.com

These breakfasts have proved very popular in the past and we hope many of you will come again and bring your friends!

LARGE and SMALL TOYS + SINGING REFRESHMENTS + FRIENDSHIP www.christchurchhoram.org

CHERRY TREE COURT WELCOMES YOU ALL.

A warm welcome awaits you.

Every Monday we hold a bingo and raffle evening, join us from 6pm for a 6:30pm start.

Every Friday we gather for a coffee morning from 10:30am. We look forward to seeing you!

Find us opposite Horam Chapel.

PODIATRIST & CHIROPODIST

13 years specialist wound care NHS experience.

All aspects of podiatry & chiropody including:

Toenail cutting * Ingrowing toenails

Corns & calluses * Cracked heels

Athlete's foot * Verrucae therapies

Foot pain * Insoles & orthotics Diabetic footcare & assessment

Appointments at the address formerly known as Horam Natural Therapy Centre and home visits available.

Mara Ragaiolo BSC (Hons) Podiatry. HCPC registered and member of the College of Podiatry.

Mob: 077031 56799 Horam Natural Therapy Centre, High Street, Horam, TN21 0EL.

MARIASMITHSPORTS& REMEDIALMASSAGETHERAPY

How

help

HEDGEROW PLANTING EVENT

SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY, MEET OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE HALL AT 2PM.

We would like to invite you to come along and join in this community event, bring along your families. Free refreshments and cakes will be provided in the village hall after the hedgerow planting. Wear your outdoor clothes and shoes/boots for the hedgerow planting or just meet us back at the Village hall for refreshments at 3:30pm. All Welcome.

Village Halls Week is a national campaign, shining a spotlight on the contribution England’s 10,000+ village halls make to rural communities. It is an opportunity for hall management committees to celebrate their work and get inspiration from others. Horam Village Hall is taking part by holding a hedgerow planting day using local, native species as part of our plans to better manage the area for wildlife. We will also be introducing an annual hay cut on the meadow area at the end of the tennis courts and will hold a community meadow cutting day in early September 2023.

Worried about keeping warm in your own home?

Turned your heating down or off? Cold...?

Christ Church & Horam Chapel are working together to provide a ‘Warm Space’ as a community drop-in!

SpaceWarm

One of the halls at Christ Church will be open and warm, with hot drinks, biscuits and soup - every Friday in January between 10.00am and 4.00pm (all free of charge).

Drop in or stay a few hours, keep warm, meet friends, bring a child, a newspaper, a book, a laptop (internet available) - bring lunch! Keep watching, we may have even more weekdays open during January. Keep warm with us in the New Year....

Horebeech Lane Horam TN21 0DT

Ray Wicker - for all your Double glazing and Carpentry needs!

Double glazing:

• Replacement of windows and doors in UPVC, aluminium and timber.

• Service & repairs to your existing double glazed windows eg replace old misted glass units, replace broken handles, hinges and locks, re-trim and seal old windows.

• Install UPVC fascia, soffit and guttering - full replacment or cap over.

• Install new or replace shiplap cladding in UPVC or timber.

Carpentry:

• Hang doors, fit door liners, architrave, locks, handles skirting etc.

• Custom built in wardrobes/shelves, build flat pack furniture etc.

• Stud walls, insulation board, plasterboard.

• Build garden sheds, summer houses, garden decking etc.

• Fit curtain poles and blinds.

• Replace kitchen/bathroom silicone.

• Install new kitchen carcases, doors etc.

All jobs considered big or small. Please call Ray Wicker on 07960 503844

New Youth Centre for Horam?

The Horam Village Hall & Recreation Ground Charity, is bidding for a new youth building to be built as an extension to the Village Hall on Horam Recreation Ground. Sussex Clubs for Young People is our key delivery partner.

The government has set up a Youth Investment Fund for England. It aims to ensure that ‘by 2025, every young person in England will have access to regular out of school activities, adventures away from home, and opportunities to volunteer’. The Horam Village Hall Charity has already been invited to second stage, to submit a full bid for a building, as well as a partner to run it. It is early days, and architects are planning to design a modern, fully accessible, building aimed at young people mostly between the ages of 11-19 (up to 25 with vulnerabilities).

Before that, we want to ask local young people what they want to see and do in that building. We will be undertaking a survey in February and would ask all local young people to download a copy from 1st February 2023, at: https://www.horamvillagehall.co.uk and let us have your views. Alternatively, a copy of the survey will be included with the February edition of Horam & Vines Cross Village Diary. Copies will also be available from the Village Hall and other locations in the village. For more information please email horamvillagehall@gmail.com

New youth facilities come in a variety of sizes….

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At Horam Village Hall we offer a warm welcome to everyone celebrating their special occasion . Village halls make the perfect venue - decorate it in your own theme, extend wi th a marquee on to the recreation ground or just add an ice cream van - make it your day! In addition to our usual facilities, we offer a Banqueting Package for an extra charge . This includes all day hire of hall including previous evening for set -up, b anq ueting tables and chairs for 104 persons, white tablecloths, white crockery and cutlery . For more info visit www.horamvillagehall.co.uk to check availability and send a booking request, alternatively call 01435 813295.

HORAM PARISH COUNCIL – January 2023

www.horam.com & www.facebook.com/horamvillage

HPC hope that residents had a nice Christmas and wish them all a belated Happy New Year

POST OFFICE

The Post office will be open on the 19th December and then close on Mondays for Christmas and New Year and will reopen on Monday 9th January 2023.

Thank you to all who have made use of it and hopefully we can continue through 2023.

PLANTERS IN THE HIGH STREET

HPC have spent a lot of time/effort/money on the planters in Horam High Street. The idea being that we could try and improve the look and feel of the village. The running costs are £1,200 per year.

Sadly the planters are being vandalised. Plants are being pulled out and generally making a mess. We would urge the businesses in the High Street and shoppers to report any activity to SALLY our Clerk.

POP UP BUS

The Pop Up Bus for young people will end, weather permitting, on the 19th December HPC is waiting to hear if we do have a warm and safe winter venue for our youngsters to hang out. More in the New Year hopefully.

FINGERPOST – VINES CROSS

Councillor Gary Brockhurst did an amazing job making the parish a new finger post for Vines Cross, well done Gary.

HORAM MEMORIAL STONE - PLAQUES

Plaques for the memorial stone are available for purchase and can be ordered from the Parish Council. Please contact the Clerk by ringing 07900576236 or e-mail clerk@horam.com for further information.

OUR HORAM PCSO – EMAIL ADDRESS

If you wish to bring anything to the attention of our PCSO (Police Community Support Officer) for Horam (Cathy Gilling) please email catherine.gilling@sussex.police.uk

There is a dedicated email address (roads.communications@sussex.police.uk) for reporting instances of speeding. However, for emergencies contact the Police by phoning 999.

PARISH CLERK - can be contacted either by e-mail: clerk@horam.com or 07900 576236. The offices will be open from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

BRIDGEFORD’S BEST BITES: OSTEOPATHY TIPS

THE POWER OF LISTENING TO YOUR BODY FOR BETTER RECOVERY AND MOBILITY.

Probably the most important thing you can do towards improving your health and well-being overall is to learn the art of listening to your body - it is the boss after all! This is the one main overriding factor that I notice makes all the difference to recovery and maintaining mobility alongside treatment, particularly with long-term and less easy issues.

People with long-term issues, even some that can look pretty serious on MRI, often start to make the best use of their treatment and gain more freedom in their bodies when they learn this simple lesson. I have seen people start to do things that I didn’t even think they were ready to do…yet.

This is no airy-fairy thing, nor is it second nature to many people. It is simple, though often less than easy!

So how do we learn to do this?

Alongside treatment, including related exercises, there is always an element of learning and coaching and increasing self-awareness and self-discovery. We all hold beliefs about ourselves, who we are and how we behave that makes us…us! Sometimes these beliefs can interfere with our recovery. Experience is an essential part of learning and when we experience something for ourselves, we are more able to own it and embody it.

For example: If you are ‘the kind of person’ who ‘mucks in and helps to get things done’ this can be an admirable quality, though is less helpful if you have a back problem and your ‘mucking in’ involves heavy lifting or something else that causes you strain. You may have always done this and been mostly fine, or perhaps not even realised the impact it has on you, though when you realise and experience that this repeatedly puts your recovery backwards and your pain levels and incapacity higher then you can start to make some different choices. Perhaps ‘mucking in’ can become a different way of helping and organising and still maintaining a sense of ‘the kind of person’ you are. Usually, the people you are helping would not like to think that this help is the cause of any added pain and incapacity for you.

For example: If you believe that you can ‘push through’ any pain or issues you are also at risk of exacerbating your problems. This ‘push through’ attitude can be useful in endurance sports and achievements when you are not injured; with injury this belief becomes counter-productive. If I were to ask you to put your hand up in front of you with your palm facing forwards, and I pushed my palm against yours, the natural response of your body would be to push back. If we push the body, it pushes back – this is a natural response! In stretching or aiming to increase mobility in a joint, pushing will create resistance in the body. Learning to go to the point where the body is still comfortable, breathe and ‘listen’ with an awareness of the body and gently invite the body to go further, this awareness and ‘listening’ will take you into more movement, more comfortably without causing resistance, when the body is ready and able.

Making changes: Alerting someone to the fact that their belief and behaviour could be holding them back is only a starting point. Our behaviours and beliefs are usually well-established over a long period of time. More evidence, often in the way of repeated suffering is usually necessary to help us recognise that we could be exacerbating our problems. Whenever we push

ourselves too far, we know it. The trick is to learn to recognise before we go too far, push too far, or do too much. This is an ongoing process as we are constantly changing.

The body is truly amazing and is always doing its best with what it’s got. When we learn to listen to what it tells us and respect this and act accordingly, we become its ally in recovery and health. The ability to learn to listen BEFORE the body says NO has the potential of giving you so much added mobility and capability that it is worth every attention you give it. It is helpful to have someone guide and support you through this process – if it were easy and obvious – you would have done it already! I help many patients through this process in their own way, empowering them in to increase awareness and make choices that support their health and well-being in the longer term. It is a working together – you, your body and me. I am always delighted to see people regaining their lives through better health and movement. We are happy to advise you on your health matters.

Lin Bridgeford DO KFRP MICAK MICRA FSCCO MCMA MSc

Registered Osteopath & Kinesiologist & Senior Yoga Teacher

Master Hypnosis and NLP Practitioner

Aether Bios Clinic, Saltdean, 01273 309557 07710 227038

www.osteo-info.co.uk YouTube search Aether Bios OR Lin Bridgeford Instagram linbridgeford https://linbridgeford.wordpress.com contains all my articles as blogs.

Available now at Horam Healthcare Clinic

Services for January:

Sun 1st 10.30am Informal Thanksgiving & Communion Service

Sun 2nd 10.30am Family Communion (with creche & children’s groups yrs1-6)

Sun 15th 10.00am Together@10Church for Everyone (please see information elsewhere in the Diary)

Sun 22nd 10.30am Family Worship (with creche & children’s groups yrs1-6)

Sun 29th 10.30am Family Worship (with creche & children’s groups yrs1-6)

An audio copy of the Sunday morning reading & sermon is available on our website within 24hrs of each service.

Other Activities:

WARM SPACE - keep warm with us in January! (see information elsewhere in the diary)

Crossways - drop-in for refreshments & chat (Wed 10.00-12.00 - 04/01/23)

Bible Study - Growth Groups

Jumping Beans - Parent & Toddler Group (term-time -Thursdays 10.00-11.30)

Fellowship Group (Tuesday 31st January at 2.00pm)

Supporting Horam Christian Care Group

Christianity Explored Course - Starting soon! Please contact the Vicar if you are interested. If you’d like the opportunity of talking with someone, or if you’d like us to pray for or with you, please do make contact with us:

Vicar: Revd PJ Guy 01435 813372 vicar@christchurchhoram.org

Warden: Maryanne Ford 01435 817769 Helen Clement 01435 813385 www.christchurchhoram.org

Our first date of 2023 - Saturday 14th January, 9:30am – 12 noon. Horam Village Hall, A267, Horam TN21 0JE. Second Saturday every month, same time. We hope to see you!

Help us preserve our environment and dent our throw-away culture. Everyone is welcome and all services are free, but donations are welcome. Yummy home-baked cakes and refreshments while you wait!

On most occasions we will be able to repair: Computers ~ Electrical items ~ Cycles ~ Minor mechanical problems ~ Furniture ~ Musical instruments ~ Small Sewing repairs.

Heathfield Repair Café is generously funded by Heathfield & Waldron Parish Council, Wealden District Council and Co-op Horam. Find us at https://www.facebook.com/RepairCafeTN21

MEMBERS OF CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEATHFIELD & DISTRICT ARE OFFERING THESE “WARM WELCOME SPACES”

THROUGH THE WINTER OF 2022/2023 free hot drinks, sometimes soup, cake or pudding and activities. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy these facilities.

MONDAYS

St. Bartholomew’s Church, Cross in Hand in the new ‘Alleluia Room’ from 10.00am to 4.00pm every Monday from December 5 th (excluding Boxing Day December 26 th) – hot drinks, lunch and activities.

Welcome Baptist Church from 1.00pm to 4.00pm from January to March (and possibly other afternoons if needed).

St. Bartholomew’s Church Burwash “3Cs” – 10.00am to 12.00, Cake Coffee and Chat.

TUESDAYS

Union Church “Tuesdays Together” in the Church Hall from 2.00pm. to 4.00pm on alternate Tuesdays (alternating with the Lunch Club). A time of laughter puzzles and quizzes .

USEFUL CONTACTS

Beavers, Cubs, Scouts Explorer, Paul Sutton, 01435 813023/07803 051048.

Bowling Club, Alan Archer, 01435 865536.

Cross In Hand Bridge Club, Jan Moore, 01435 863001.

Heathfield & Horam Football Club, Becki Chiweda 07366 034310. Brownies, Mary Jones, 07814 373402.

Christ Church Fellowship, Pamela Blakey, 01435 810348.

Dementia Supper Clubs, Lyn Leeves, 07740 338120.

Diamond Dance, Lizzie Owen, 01435 812543/07985 306178.

Eastbourne & District Canine Society, Mrs Chris Cleland, 01323 506151.

Heathfield Choral Society, Chris Thompson, 01323 833921, chairman@heathfieldchoral.org.uk

Heathfield & District Horticultural Society, Nick Jeggo, 01435 830725. Heathfield Folk & Dance Club, Joy Charlesworth, 01435 873551, sec@heathfieldfolk.org.uk

Heathfield Food & Wine Circle, Lorraine Cooley, 01435 812704.

Heathfield Road Runners, Fleur Blanford, 01435 812926, info@heathfieldroadrunners.com

Heathfield Bridge Club, Richard Gatwood, 01323 764384.

Heathfield Repair Cafe https://www.facebook.com/Repair_Cafe_TN21 or email us at heathfieldrepaircafe@outlook.com

Heathfield Silver Band, Mallory Hansford, 01435 862398, mallory@heathfieldsilverband.org

Horam Christian Care Group to Ann Procter 01435 812157.

Horam Parish Allotment Society, Rebecca Landau-Wildy, 01435 813085.

Horam Parish Council, Horam Centre, Sally Blades, 01435 812151, (Tues, Thurs & Fri morn). Horam Flower Show, Dave Cooley on 01435 812704

Horam Fun Day, Dave Sutton, 01435 812462/07889 652586.

Horam Guides, Jo Sutton, 01435 813023.

Horam & Heathfield Flower Club, Phyllis Stevens, 01435 863224.

Horam Pre-school, Angela Wood, 01435 813295.

Horam Tennis Club, Sara Goodacre, 07484 121445, horamtennisclub@gmail.com.

Horam Residents Group, Lucy Atabey, 01435 812153.

Horam Toddlers, Gill Delves, 01435 408405.

Horam Village Hall. For hire or information call Angela Wood on 01435 813295. Horam WI, Kim Dunn, 01435 813942.

Manor Oak Surgery, 01435 812323. Out of hours Doctor, Between 8-8.30am 01825 732 333 & 6-6.30pm 0300 5555 252.

Non emergency medical, 111.

Non emergency police, 101.

Oxney Vines Cross Tug @ War, Mike Hutch, 07850 382619.

Pottery Club, Sue Ramsay-Smith, 01435 810390. Rainbows, Brenda Macklin, 01435 812018.

RSPCA, 0300 1234 999.

Vines Cross Bonfire Society, Mark Woods, 07976 426286.

Vines Cross Community Association (VCCA) Ian Evans 07867 553440

Wealden Youth Choir, Tea Killick, 07808 222535.

Welcome Art Group, Lee Smith, 01435 862110.

JANUARY GARDENING DIARY

" Better to see a mad dog than a hot sun in January."

Poring over gardening advice as one sucks the end of one's quill and shivers in the mid-December cold snap, the thought of a hot sun in January might seem preferable to meeting a mad dog, but nature needs the cold, our kind of nature anyway; energy is stored in the vegetative world and birds and mammals are slowly gaining condition and strength as they contemplate the happy rigours and duties of increase in the coming Spring.

The new year sees us emerge, blinking into the low January sun and bilious from a surfeit of sherry and lampreys, we one and all should be out in the garden to take every chance to push on with garden chores. There is much to be done before the great, awakening when urgent tasks multiply and leave no time for pulling up arrears.

So how may we work off that corpulence and crapulence of the festive season? Might we start with mending the torn felt on the shed roof, or cleaning and disinfecting the green house or burning that pile of cuttings left over from the autumn pruning?

Conditions allowing, we may be planting hedging plants, hardy climbers, deciduous shrubs, roses and the hardier perennials. As always we should be looking over recent plantings to see none have been loosened or lifted by frost. Firm staking is vital here.

Towards the end of the month in sheltered spots we may be planting, always weather permitting, Jerusalem artichokes, Horse-radish, Rhubarb and Shallots.

A heavily cropped vegetable garden will slowly increase in acidity over the years, by degrees the quality and quantity of crops, especially brassicas, will disappoint, we may dig in extra manures and fertilisers to boost the yield but these may only increase the acidity; The PH must be adjusted. Assuming the reader carried out autumn digging and manuring, now is the time to lime. It is important to keep manuring and liming at least three months apart. Liming will also help to improve soil condition and workability by causing the very fine particles to be found in clay to join together into larger clumps; the happily named process of flocculation.

In common with one’s children, the showy dahlia is a 'gross feeder ' and will repay preparation carried out now; Planting pockets may be dug and backfilled with herbivore poo manure together with bone meal, this mix will fester down in time for planting out in late spring. The same method works well for pumpkins, courgettes or any crop that will produce heavily from a single plant.

The herbaceous border may have become over-crowded with older plants and may need some attention as to lifting and replanting, those plants to be moved or divided may be dug out now and put in a shady corner with some covering over the root balls. The bed may now be dug over and quantities of horse droppings, compost and bone meal dug in before plants are re-located. As with the lawn-loving Breton in the Asterix books, an Britisher’s pride is the lawn. Having vigorously scattered the worms casts with the besom we may now apply topdressing at around four pounds a square yard, this may be gently and rhythmically spread back and forth with the back of a rake, and a very calming job it is too.

Cloches. We don't seem to see as many nowadays, but they are essential for drying the soil and warming up the ground prior to sowing seed. By setting out cloches now we may gain ourselves a month's head-start with the crop and be in a position come Spring to be gloating over our unseasonably early crops.

If cloches were put out at the beginning of the month we may, after the Ides, presume to sow some onion, lettuce, radish, broad bean and round-seeded pea.

Wood ashes from the wood burner will be greatly appreciated by the onions, important to store these in a dry place before use.

Seed potatoes may be stood eye ends uppermost to start the chitting process.

There are little jobs and big jobs to be seen to wherever we look. For those governed by the fourth humor, melancholia, or those by nature prone to ennui, work in the garden is the best possible remedy. There should be no time left for brooding or boredom.

RIVER MEAD NURSERY

Foords Lane, Vines Cross, Horam, East Sussex TN21 9HB

Telephone No. 01435 813353 Email – info@rivermeadnursery.co.uk Website - www.rivermeadnursery.co.uk

We have a wide selection of plants:Bedding Plants, Herbs, Vegetable Plants, Perennials, Shrubs, Fruit Bushes, Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Grasses, Cacti, Agaves. Also available –Home grown produce (seasonal vegetables, herbs, fruit, cut flowers and eggs).

Opening Times: Winter 9am-dusk Monday - Saturday

“Look To!” – Does not mean you are in danger.

“Bob!” – Is not someone’s name. “Single!” – Is not a mean measure of spirits.

So it’s another new year. Have youDecided to stop smoking? You need something to do with your hands. Decided to drink less? You need to keep away from the pub. Decided to lose weight? You need a bit of gentle all-round exercise. Decided to do something different with your life? You need to consider this.

Why not learn to ring in time for the coronation of King Charles III? The sound of bells has been a backdrop to life in this country for centuries, but how many people realise exactly what is involved? You could be one of them. The ringing band at All Saints’ Heathfield would welcome anyone who is interested in learning to ring the bells. You do not need any great strength and you do not need to be ‘musical’ – good ringing is more about rhythm. Anyone who can ride a bicycle already has sufficient physical co-ordination to ring.

Anyone from around 10 years of age can learn to ring and there is no upper age limit. We meet every Wednesday evening from 7:30pm to 9pm. As well as our weekly practice we also ring for weddings (which is paid work!) and before Sunday services. (Although many ringers attend church, there is no obligation to do so).

Interested? Come and have a go – you might surprise yourself. Contact Allen Crisp on 01435 813128 or 07757 790529 or email to allen.crisp@sky.com.

THE VILLAGE CHRISTMAS TREE & STREET LIGHTS

A huge thank you goes to the following, for helping us put up the new coloured street lights. Mathew Adams, Lynda Lynch and Steve Gibson. And a huge thank you to the following for making it possible to put up the village Christmas tree. Steve Gibson, Jason Feltham, Lou O’Kill, Graham Dann, Trevor Burns, Scott Burns, Blake BurnsSerena Weston, Devina Guyton, Kenneth Okumura, Alex Roxon, Tim & Mae Bozie, Maria Sugars and Iain Silburn.

And a really special thank you to Marco Macedo without whom we would never have got there! Special thanks to the following for donations towards both the tree and lights.

Greymoor Estates, Sussex Weald Homes, Samuel & Son and Horam Traders Association. And last but not least for those supplying the electricity for it all.

Roberts, All Dressed Up, Trust Vehicle Services, Kirsten Fernforth and the Co-op. Without all this help, none of it would be possible. Thank you everyone. Art & Tricha Marsh

WHAT’S ON IN THE COMMUNITY

Reflecting on our Young at Heart year has had its ups and downs - Covid has reared its head every now and then, we have lost members who have been with us since the beginning which is very hard on members and staff alike. What these "downs" have shown us is that we have our own community of support, both in practical terms and emotional - we see our members on such a regular basis that they become like family - our members matter. The "ups" have shown us laughter, distraction, togetherness and incredible support from the schools who join us on a weekly basis, Dallington, Punnetts Town, All Saints and St Richards, Maynards Green, Parkside, Skippers Hill, Bedes and of course Little Tinkers Nursery School join us on a Thursday - their sweet faces and fun antics are a joy to behold.

Our weekly craft is organised by Cherry Spring Studio, Horam, whose innovative ideas have kept everyone busy. Qi Gong with the brilliant Rowana Mladek and music and singing with the incredible Angela Brooks and Cake and Wine Club Choir whose strength, support and talent is second to none. Bingo, quizzes, home cooked lunch and home baked cake for tea are also part of the day. Most of all we have provided company, entertainment, fun and laughter to those who might otherwise not see or speak to anyone in their week. Our numbers continue to grow and we are looking to start an extra day and a second location - watch this space! Combatting isolation and loneliness is a subject Young at Heart are passionate about, equally if you have a family member with dementia we are more than happy to provide some respite. If you have a family member, friend or neighbour who you think might benefit please do not hesitate to contact Rachel on 07971 032667 - we would love to meet you! In the meantime, all at Young at Heart wish you a Happy New Year! Lots of love from us all xx

Uniting generations

in the glorious setting of Heathfield Park Cricket Club

A full day of lunch, crafts and activities with pupils from local schools Book a FREE TRIAL DAY and come and join us we would love to meet you! Please call 07971 032667 or visit youngatheart.me.uk

HEATHFIELD COMMUNITY CLUB

Tree Surgery Hedge Cutting Hedge Laying

Tel 01435 868836 Mobile 07885 950755

Company Established 25 yrs. Fully Insured. NCH ARB Approved - ARB Approved N.C.T.P Certified

We are very lucky to have such an amazing charity locally that cares for our wildlife. WRAS are always grateful for donations of towels, pillow slips, blankets and cat food. These items can be left at: Unit 8, The Shaw Barn, Whitesmith, BN8 6JD.

Why not visit their charity shop in Eastbourne? 01323 643111. Any animal in trouble call 0781 50 78234, for anything else call 01825 873003.