Seaford Scene January 2020

SEAFORD Scene January 2020 Issue 153

Your Community Magazine, Business Directory and What’s On Guide

Your 20/20 Vision for 2020 Seaford Community Cinema

Seaford Chamber of Commerce Seaford Natural History Society

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Happy New Year!

Welcome to the January 2020 issue of Seaford Scene. I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas! Now that the festive season is over, it’s time to look ahead and make plans for the New Year...It’s 2020, can you believe it? We have articles in this issue relating to the new year – What’s a Resolution? is on page 86, Your 20/20 Vision for 2020 is on page 110 and Seaford U3A is on page 106 – food for thought I’d say. This year, Seaford Museum and Heritage Society celebrate 50 years since opening with various displays and events on throughout the year – turn to page 105 for details. The new Seaford Community Cinema film season starts on 31st January with Danny Boyle’s Yesterday, followed by Downton Abbey on 2nd February – more listings are on page 54.

We have news from Seaford Chamber of Commerce on page 4 and make sure you read Seaford Rotary’s Scam Awareness article on page 34 – lots of very useful advice for everyone. Oh, and don’t forget it’s Seaford Musical Theatre’s Panto this month (oh yes it is!). More details are in the What’s On pages from 124 to 133 plus many more events, clubs and organisations in Seaford – be inspired, try something new, it’s a new year...just go for it! Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2020!

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Front cover image: View of the South Downs at sunset in winter

by Peter Cripps.

4 Seaford Chamber of Commerce 6 Seaford Splash!

8 Freedom of the Town for Keith Blackburn 11 Seaford & Bishopstone Neighbourhood Watch 14 Seaford Photographic Society 16 Seaford Natural History Society 18 Spring Art Courses at St James’ Trust 20 Corelli Ensemble Concert 22 Inner Wheel Club 25 Seaford Little Theatre 31 Seaford Rotary 34 Scam Awareness 38 Splash Art Exhibition for WAVES Charity 45 For Your Delight 49 Martello Rotary Donates £1,500 to Heart Charity 54 Seaford Community Cinema 57 A View From The Potting Shed 59 Seaford Community Garden 65 Refill Seaford and Newhaven 73 Sussex Wildlife Trust 76 Seaford Kurlers 78 Concessions Available on Seaford Promenade 80 Who’s Who in Seaford?

82 Seaford Golf Club Blatchington 85 Cotton’s Coffee Bar Open Over Winter 86 What’s a Resolution?

89 Seaford Choral Society Concert 92 Seaford Striders 99 Update on The Seaford Elms 100 Clifden House 102 Sussex Elderly Care Community Initiative 104 Bacon and Mushroom Risotto 105 Seaford Museum & Heritage Society 106 Seaford U3A News 109 Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club 110 Your 20/20 Vision for 2020 113 Ah, So Quiet 115 Newberry Tully 121 Martello Rotary 122 Lewes District Citizens Advice 124 What’s On in Seaford in January?

134 Index of Businesses

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SEAFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAUNCHES YEAR OF CELEBRATION On Friday 8th November an auspicious gathering of past Presidents was held to launch the official commemoration of 65 years of Seaford Chamber of Commerce.

Whilst the high street is currently experiencing difficult times in other small towns, Seaford’s eclectic mix of boutique and unique shops, cafés, pubs and restaurants (together with some of the big chains), has ensured its continued success. There is a thriving business community here – and in addition to the high street are a multitude of micro-businesses working from home and in other centres such as Cradle Hill industrial estate. These make up the current membership of the

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The purpose of the gathering was to obtain a souvenir photograph of as many past Presidents as possible, which will be used in the commemorative programme given to all guests attending the prestigious formal dinner on 20th June 2020 at Deans Place, Alfriston.

The Keynote speaker at that event will be BBC South East’s Natalie Graham, herself a Seaford resident for many years.

The organising Committee was delighted to meet some of the many past Presidents who gave their time and effort voluntarily to help and support the business community in Seaford since 1955. Most of them had their own enterprises to run – but were keen to ensure that the voice of business was heard when controversial issues affecting local traders were raised. The continued success of Seaford’s town centre is in no small part thanks to their efforts and the current management team of the Chamber was keen to recognise the important part they played. The fact that most of the past Presidents still reside in Seaford is testament to the excellent quality of life enjoyed by residents.

Photos from top: Past Presidents Group (l-r) Mark Flowers, Chris Rolf, Gerri Ori, Stefano Diella, Lynette Kemp, Clare Davis (current president), Rob Blackman, Brian Money, Dave Argent, Alasdair Fortune; Keynote speaker Natalie Graham.

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Arts and cultural events in the Seaford area

Welcome to the latest update on what’s going on in our vibrant town, compiled by Andrea Hargreaves.

Music

Country band The Diablos play Seaford Little Theatre on Saturday and Sunday 11th and 12th January and will be promoting their new album Leaving Santa Rosa. Why Seaford for this Brighton-based band? Lead vocalist Chris Nieto moved here recently and loved the venue when he attended a Seaford Sessions gig recently. Tickets are £8 available on 07984 280067 or at info@thediablos.com. The Corelli Ensemble are back at the Baptist Church, Belgrave Road on Sunday 2nd February at 4pm with a programme of Handel, Grieg, Mozart, Beethoven and Rutter. Tickets from www.corelliensemble.co.uk. Jacob and Drinkwater take to the Little Theatre stage on Saturday 22nd February and you’ll need to get your tickets early because this one’s an 80-seater show. Buy from the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) in Church Street, or online at www.wegotickets.com, via Seaford Sessions at www. seafordsessions.org.

Cinema

Seaford Community Cinema’s new season at the Barn Theatre begins on Friday 31st January at 7.30pm with Yesterday (12A).

Directed by Danny Boyle, it stars Himesh Patel as a struggling musician who wakes up in an alternate timeline where The Beatles never existed.

This story, concocted

by Richard Curtis and Jack Barth, tells how the young man took credit for the Fab Four’s output. Sunday 2nd February at 4pm sees a Winter Warmer, see page 54, with the screening of Downton Abbey (PG), starring Dame Maggie Smith as the Countess of Grantham, Hugh Bonneville as the Earl and Jim Carter as Carson

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the butler. In Pain & Glory (15), on Friday 7th February at 7.30pm, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas is an ageing director coming face to face with his first love affair. Valentine’s Day on Friday 14th February at 7.30pm has added sugar with Blinded by the Light (12A), about a Luton teenager of Pakistani descent dealing with prejudice and traditional constraints with the help of Bruce Springsteen lyrics.

The Saturday matinée on 22nd February at 2.30pm is Fisherman’s Friends (12A), based on a true story about Cornish fishermen whose sea shanties attract the attention of a manager. Comedy drama The Farewell (PG) on Friday 28th February at 7.30pm, pits Western against Oriental culture regarding traditions around death when granny has only a short time left to live. For more info and tickets go to www. seafordcinema.org. Tickets also from the TIC or on the door.

Drama

Can a young man outwit the evil King Rat, free London from a team of revolting rodents and win the beautiful Alice’s hand in marriage? Well, he may need the help of his cat and the Fairy Bow Bells… Seaford Musical Theatre is staging its latest panto, Dick Whittington, at the Barn Theatre on Friday 17th January at 7.30pm, Saturday 18th January at 2.30pm and 7.30pm, Sunday 19th January at 2.30pm, Friday 24th January at 7.30pm, Saturday 25th January at 2.30pm and 7.30pm and Sunday 26th January at 2.30pm. This rip-roaring adventure sees the cast transported from the streets of London across the seas to Morocco, with plenty of fun along the way. Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk.

Seaford Little Theatre is staging Ray Cooney and John Chapman’s comedy There Goes the Bride on 7th to 15th February. Tickets from the TIC. Putting on an arts event in the town? Contact me if you would like to be in this diary, at andylouhargreaves@icloud.com at least a week before the issue deadline.

Photos from top: Joanne Salter plays Alice Fitzwarren against Tori Blackwell as Dick Whittington at Seaford Musical Theatre’s panto; Seaford Community Cinema’s new season opens with Yesterday.

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Freedom of the Town for Keith Blackburn Seaford Town Council was pleased to announce at a council meeting in February that Mr Keith Blackburn had been awarded Freedom of the Town.

By invitation of the Mayor, Cllr Nazish Adil, a service was held on Saturday 23rd November at St Leonard’s Church to honour and present to Mr Blackburn a Freedom of the Town Medal and Scroll. The ceremony was a celebration of his dedication and service to the town.

The service was led by the Mayor’s Chaplain, Rev’d Arwen Folkes and Rev’d Paul Owen.

Invited guests who attended included: the Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex, Mrs Juliet Smith JP; the High Sheriff of East Sussex, Mrs Violet Hancock and her husband Mr Tim Hancock; the Sergeant at Mace, Mr Peter White; Honorary Freeman of the Town, Mr Laurie Holland; Young Mayor James Jenkins; Deputy Young Mayor Chanel Pritchard; the Town Clerk, James Corrigan; past mayors, councillors, colleagues; friends and family.

A buffet reception was held following the service at The View at Seaford Head, where the Pop Up Singers provided entertainment.

The Town Council awards the honour of Freedom of the Town to a person in recognition of the efforts of members of the community who demonstrate outstanding commitment to the wellbeing of Seaford. The Town Council only does this in special circumstances that meet the criteria within its adopted policy, by awarding to an individual the title of Honorary Freeman/Freewoman of Seaford. This honour is awarded only on rare and exceptional occasions.

Keith joins this esteemed group of people who include: current Freeman of the Town, Mr Laurie Holland, and the late Don Mabey MBE, who were both awarded

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in 2012; the 210 (Sussex) Field Squadron RE (TA) awarded in 1959; The Duke of Richmond and the Rt Hon William Pitt (The Younger) in 1789.

Keith has dedicated hundreds of hours of voluntary time to helping make Seaford a greener and more pleasant town to live in. He is Chairman of the Tree Wardens, which has included ‘hands-on’ tree planting of more than 1,400 trees, interreacting with businesses and community groups, individuals and Seaford Town Council, fundraising and organising and participating in public meetings.

He was a key catalyst in developing, commissioning and handing over control of the much loved Shoal Bench near Splash Point. Keith has also been the Chairman of the Neighbourhood Plan Steering group, which aims to protect greenfield sites and decide where new housing can be built – this has ensured that brownfield sites have been identified. It will also ensure that Seaford receives 10% more Community Interest Levy (CIL) funding which is worth tens of thousands of pounds to the Town. He is also Chair of the Natural History Society, and a Board Member of Impact Seaford.

Keith is quoted as saying: ‘It is a great honour to be a Freeman of Seaford, especially as it is a recognition of the value of volunteers working closely on projects with the Town Council. A lot can be achieved by partnership working. If you have secretarial, IT, project management, financial or practical skills and would like to volunteer to help with a project to make Seaford an even better place to live, work and relax, please contact keithblackburn@live.co.uk.

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Seaford Photographic Society Our first meeting in November featured a couple of PAGB recorded lectures. ‘Svalbard, Kingdom of the Ice Bear’ is a film by photographers Eddy and Pam Lane featuring stunning photos and videos of arctic landscapes and wildlife, including the inevitable polar bears. It documents their extended expedition to Svalbard, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, on the historic icebreaker MV Stockholm. We also saw a talk by Paul Keene FRPS about his amazing nature photography.

Paul has been involved with photography for over 50 years and he provided many useful tips, including how to build a hide in your garden!

Next up we had a workshop evening on ‘Tabletop’ photography. The club provided professional lighting and members brought along their cameras and some items to photograph. This was a very successful event and a chance to do a bit of socialising as well. Many of us were a bit out of our comfort zone with indoor photography and artificial lighting but it was a good opportunity to try something new.

The first club competition of the month was Round 2 of the PDI League for projected images, judged by Faith Lee LRPS. The highest scoring images in the Standard Group (20/20) were ‘Kiting in Camber’ by AnnaMarie Armstrong and ‘Dawn Patrol’ by Simon Watkins.

There were 30 entries in the Advanced group and Steven Wares continued his run of successes with a very recent image of the flooded Cuckmere Valley, the only one to score 20.

The first external competition of the season, the KCPA Ross Cup, was held near Maidstone and we were one of

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35 clubs from all over the south-east who entered. For those of us who made the journey up from Seaford, it was a great opportunity to see how we compare with other clubs in the area.

We came 21st overall (the same result as last year); equal with Battle, Hailsham and Hastings, and the winning club was Ashford. We were happy with the result and, apart from the top few clubs, the scores were very close. It was an enjoyable afternoon and there were nearly 300 high-quality prints on display.

The third round of the Print League was judged by Malcolm Bull from Steyning Camera Club. Simon Rigby kept his overall lead in the Standard group, scoring 20 for his print ‘Swan Lake’. Simon Watkins also continues to do well with his wildlife photos, scoring another 20 for a superb image of a Kingfisher. In the Advanced group the two highest scores were for Colin Mitchell’s ‘Leopard’ and ‘Alone’ by Jack Taylor. Much larger and more detailed versions of the successful images, and the current league scores, can all be seen on our website www.seafordps.org.

Our regular club meetings are held every Friday between September and the end of May at Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane, Seaford, BN25 1PU. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.45pm start. If you are thinking of joining, just come along one evening to see what you think.

Photos from top: Flooded by Steven Wares; Swan Lake by Simon Rigby; Kiting in Camber by Anna-Marie Armstrong; Dawn Patrol by Simon Watkins; Alone by Jack Taylor.

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SEAFORD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY All good wishes for 2020 from Seaford Natural History Society. Our indoor programme has been extra busy this year with a total of thirteen meetings, seven before Christmas, including our Christmas Social and an additional meeting on recording wildlife, and six in the New Year, including the AGM. So far this season we have had some fascinating talks with topics ranging from hedgehogs and small mammals to coral reefs in Indonesia and birds in Papua New Guinea, and nearer to home the rich diversity of Eastbourne and Pevensey Levels – look out for a walk in this area in this year’s programme.

Our 2020 talks start on 7th January when Rachel Atkinson will be talking about Nature and Child Development. – a new topic for us. And on 21st January, Anna Bunny of ORCA’s topic is Looking for Whales and Dolphins. (This talk was recommended by one of our members who saw it on the ferry from Dieppe to Newhaven!) See the listings at the back of Seaford Scene for more details. Visitors are very welcome – we ask for a donation of £3 which will be deducted from your membership if you decide to join the society. For more information, please visit our website at www.seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk or ring 01323 893526.

Out and about in January Out and about in January definitely depends on the weather! If the wind and rain continue there is a strong temptation to stay indoors and plan outings for later in the year. But it’s still worth exploring local woodlands which offer shelter from the wind if not always respite from the mud. Walking amongst bare trees can be magical!

We’ve previously written about ash and beech trees. This time the focus is on sycamores (Acer pseudoplatanus).

Sycamores hail from central, southern and eastern Europe and opinions differ on when they arrived in Britain. They may have been introduced by the Romans or possibly much later, in Tudor times, and were first found naturalised here in the 1800s. Now, they are a well-established part of our woodland scene as well

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as common in parks, gardens and roadside verges.

They are broad-leaved deciduous trees which can grow up to 35 metres tall and live for up to 400 years. The bark is a dark pinky grey, the twigs pinky brown and hairless, and the flowers are small, green-yellow and hang in spikes, or racemes. The five-lobed leaves are easy to identify but perhaps the most distinctive parts of the sycamore are their winged fruits known as samaras or spinners – these are extremely fertile and will establish saplings almost anywhere. Some argue they are too successful because they take the place of native trees whilst others suggest that we should appreciate their fertility because they will fill some of the gaps left by ash and elm hit by Ash Dieback or Dutch elm disease.

Sycamores often get a bad press because they are a source of the ‘leaves on the line’ which delay our trains in the autumn but, like all trees, they provide a valuable habitat for many creatures. They are attractive to aphids and the ladybirds, hoverflies and birds which feed on them. The leaves are eaten by the caterpillars of a number of moths, including the sycamore moth, plumed prominent and maple prominent moths. The flowers provide a good source of pollen and nectar for bees and other insects, and the seeds are eaten by birds and small mammals. They are also an invaluable carbon sink. If you want to know more about sycamores there is plenty on the web, for example, on the Woodland Trust site, which provided much of this information. And ukmothsorg.uk has much more on the moths.

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SPRING ART COURSES AT ST JAMES’ TRUST Our art courses at St James’Trust have been very successful with numbers steadily increasing year on year.

My aim is to give my groups the techniques they need to move forwards confidently with their artwork and have fun in the process in an inclusive environment.

Beginners are always welcomed into the fold and it has been wonderful to see people develop at their own pace.

From 1st February I will be running two courses: Watercolour: Painting People and Animals, and Acrylic: Painting the South Downs National Park. These are very different mediums, each with their own merits and challenges!

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The sessions are held at St James’ Trust, which continues to be the perfect base and a wonderful community centre, which is recognised for the work it does for local residents. The Trust also has a spacious charity shop, which is well worth a visit!

As well as the courses I run, I also like to draw your attention to www.creativity4wellbeing.com, which is a free art activity resource I created in 2015 for our global community. The feedback I am getting from locals is very positive and it’s great to see that people are really enjoying this and benefitting from it. If you’ve not put pencil to paper since leaving school, have a look, or, even better, come to one of our courses!

If there are any local groups or charities that would like me to come and give a talk on what I do and the ‘creativity4wellbeing’ website, then feel free to get in touch. I also give half day and full day art workshops.

Remember, activities like art, creative writing, music appreciation, yoga and Mindfulness can make a real difference to our wellbeing, so why not give one of these a go?

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LESLEY HARVEY WORKSHOPS Join me having fun drawing and painting for two hours, all materials provided.

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My favourite Seaford Views An illustrated talk by Kevin Gordon the popular local historian and author, at the Little Theatre. Tickets from the Museum or from Newberry Tully in Church Street, £5 or £2 for Museum members.

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There will be refreshments after the concert and an opportunity to meet the performers. All profits from refreshments will be donated to Homelink.

Tickets for these concerts can be pre-reserved at a special price of £12 through our website: corelliensemble.co.uk or purchased in advance from the Tourist Information Centre. Tickets also available on the door for £14. Children free.

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Father Christmas welcomed visitors to the Inner Wheel Christmas Fayre on 30th November at the Clinton Centre.

A variety of stalls including craft, raffle, cakes, plants and cards, jewellery and unwanted gifts raised a significant amount of money towards equipment for President Moira’s chosen charity – Community First Responders.

This charity has volunteers who are trained to attend emergency calls received by the ambulance service and provide care until the ambulance arrives.

Our Crafty Ladies, as usual, have been very busy and enjoying themselves as you will see from the photo. Crafters met at the end of November to prepare presents for the party they supported on 3rd December for Young Carers. The party involved hiring a hall, and providing food and entertainment, along with individual presents for each carer. The Young Carers are aged between 7 and 18 and have the responsibility for caring for a family member with a long-term illness, disability, or mental health or substance misuse issues.

We are fortunate in having a group of such gifted ladies who are willing to use their talents to raise funds for worthwhile causes.

‘Glitz and bling’ were worn by members at their monthly meeting in the Golf Club when they enjoyed their Christmas meal. A Secret Santa was also held during the evening. A Christmas Coffee Morning with Mulled Wine and Mince Pies where ladies wore their Christmas jumpers was hosted at the home of Sue Barrett.

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If you happened to be walking along Steyne Road one Saturday morning recently and you were captivated by an aroma of five-star cooking it may just have been from the Young Chefs Competition which Seaford Rotary now organises each year for the students at Seaford Head School. The competition was open to pupils between the ages of 11 and 17 and each chef was required to cook, in one and a half hours, a healthy meal for two people consisting of a main course and dessert and costing not more than £15. The mouth-watering results were then judged by Stefano Diella, owner of Diella’s Restaurant in the town and by local professional chef Andrew Owens. The cost of ingredients was covered

by Seaford Rotary who also provided prizes.

This was the first time most of the competitors had entered a cooking competition and the main comment from the judges was of the high standard they had all reached, particularly as their ages ranged from only eleven to fourteen. Each one had produced quality dishes for both the main course and dessert, which made judging very difficult. The winner this year was Jack Jenner and the runners up were Cienna Jamieson and Meadow Veasey. Jack will now go forward in January to the next stage of the national Rotary competition where he will be required to cook a three course meal in two hours.

Jim Anderson from the Seaford Rotary’s Youth Services Committee who organised the competition congratulated all the chefs on what they had achieved and thanked Mrs Feneron and Mrs O’Neil from the school and the judges for all their help in making the competition possible. Certificates and prizes were then presented by the Mayor Nazish Adil, and the Young Mayor James Jenkins, who is also a student at the school.

This is just one of the competitions being organised by Seaford Rotary for young people in the town but the only one where entry is restricted to Seaford Head students. The Young Artists and Young Photographers

Competitions have already been launched and March will see the ever popular Young Musicians. In addition, at this time, our Primary Schools will be competing to find the best Young Writer.

Following its great success earlier this year a repeat of a competition for Young Scientists is currently in the planning stage and the scope to organise a debating competition is also being explored. Details of all the events can be found on the Seaford Rotary website: www.seafordrotary.org.uk.

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Senior Citizens’ Christmas Party Each year we invite a group of around 40 Senior Citizens to a Christmas party at St James’ Trust. This year it was decided to invite 40 Senior Citizens who were known to be living alone, as opposed to being residents of a care home. So for many, this was their first invitation to the Christmas party.

It was good to see them enjoying the entertainment provided Graham Tubb and Margo Miller accompanied

by Rosemary Kemp, joining in with the choruses, whilst demolishing the sandwiches and cakes, which they washed down with the copious cups of tea made by our President, Keith Ross, who had joined the organisers for the event. A great time was had by all, and their thanks to us were much appreciated. Special thanks should go to Clive Livingstone for organising the event, as well as Ann Reed, Annie Wells, Janis Livingstone and Rosemary Carlisle for providing all the food.

Photos from top: Competitors with proud parents, the Judges, Mayor Nazish Adil and Young Mayor James Jenkins, President Keith Ross, Rotarians Paul Vaesen and Jim Anderson; The team providing the party for the Senior Citizens with Seaford Mayor Nazish Adil (photo by Keith Ross).

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These extracts should be seen as a general guide to many scams currently operating in the UK and have been included in Seaford Scene to increase your awareness of these scams and show you some easy steps that you can take to protect yourselves and others.

Scams target people of all ages, backgrounds and income levels. One of the best ways to fight the scammers is to take steps to prevent yourself from being caught out in the first place.

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SPLASH ART EXHIBITION FOR WAVES charity The art exhibition on 23rd and 24th November 2019 was convened to showcase Splash artists’ burgeoning artwork and to raise much needed funds for the Seaford charity, Waves.

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The sale of various items of artwork, refreshments, and donations raised amounted to almost £900.

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For Your Delight was a treat of music and words that raised more than £1,200 for The Youth Counselling Project. The intimate event, a new one for the charity, attracted 70 people who sat down to hear international soprano Dame Felicity Lott, violinist and director of the Corelli Ensemble Maeve Jenkinson, pianist Will Hancox and poet Peter Martin deliver a mix of short pieces that tapped into every emotion from nostalgia to laughter.

primary schools to receive therapy from appropriately and specially trained counsellors in response to disturbing statistics which show that 10% of children will experience mental health problems and may self harm before the age of 18. This programme is paid for with a mix of corporate funding and locally raised monies via such events as a regular quiz at The Old Plough, a fashion show at M&Co and a mid-summer party. This year Seaford Town Council Mayor, Cllr Nazish Nadil, has joined other generous individuals who raise money with events and adopted the Project as one of her charities. A fashion show of clothing by M&Co two weeks later raised £407 for the Project.

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These included the first movement of Mozart’s Sonata for Violin and Piano K301, Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Strauss’s Morgen and – to enormous applause – Felicity Lott concluding a fun second half with Noel Coward’s comical The Bar on the Piccolo Marina.

Peter Martin, who donated his services, also gave £2 from the sales of each of his new anthology, Flight Feathers. The book was published in November and can be bought at Sussex Stationers and the Crypt Gallery, price £8.50, with illustrations by Rye wildlife artist Robert Greenhalf. Topics include three poems about Seaford’s cafés, one about the town’s coat of arms and another featuring a carving on the cliffs at Splash Point. Two songs have accompanying music.

Chair Julia Hancock said afterwards: ‘It was a very good evening, with a well thought out programme giving something for everyone. It was so good to see a set of new faces asking about The Youth Counselling Project and expressing an interest.’ Thanks also to Seaford Martello Rotary Club whose team ran the bar.

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Martello Rotary donates £1,500 to Heart Charity The Martello Rotary Seaford invited guests from the British Heart Foundation on Monday evening to be presented with a cheque for £1,500 following their 4th annual fundraising event for the charity. The Martello Half Marathon held on 30th June earlier this year attracted a record number of participants.

hope to raise money which can be used to find new discoveries and save more lives in the future.’

The Rotary Club continues to support the BHF because of Rotarian Martin Baldwin’s experience of heart disease. Martin, 70 from Seaford, had a heart attack in 2004. He said: ‘It was completely unexpected and just came out blue. I was at home having a quiet evening, and then I was suddenly in hospital having emergency treatment.

Hannah Miller, Fundraising Manager for the British Heart Foundation, said: ‘We’re so grateful to Martin and the Seaford Martello Rotary Club. Their incredible energy and enthusiasm is helping us beat heartbreak for good, and we would like to thank them for their on-going support and a further £1,500 raised.’

‘I’m only alive today because research has helped improve treatment and care. Through this event we

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Martin added: ‘The event would not be able to take place without the hard work of over 36 volunteers, local businesses and organisations who I would like to thank on behalf of Seaford Martello Rotary Club.’

The Martello Half Marathon returns in 2020 on 12th July. Registration will be available from https://www. nice-work.org.uk/races/MartelloHalf Photos from top: Members of the Martello Rotary with Becky Borrows, Fundraising Manager for the BHF (3rd from left); Becky Borrows Fundraising Manager for the BHF and members of the Martello Rotary, President Rodney Reed (left) and Martin Baldwin (right).

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and the manager who tries to hook them. Based on a true story.

In comedy drama The Farewell (PG) on Friday 28th February a Chinese family discovers that their grandmother has only a short while to live. This film pits Western against Oriental culture regarding traditions around death.

Seaford Community Cinema There are so many great films at the moment that our long list was, er, very long, but our kitchen table cabinet got there several cuppas and a packet of biccies later and we can now reveal what we think is an exciting choice across several genres.

To cheer up the dark afternoons between now and April we are experimenting with three Winter Warmer Sunday shows: Downton Abbey, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Lion King. We will consider screening more if enough of you fancy a tea-time trip to the flicks.

Our January to April season starts on Friday 31st with Danny Boyle’s Yesterday (12A), a story about a struggling musician who realises he’s the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed. Lots of Fab Four music!

Downton Abbey (PG) can be seen on Sunday 2nd February at 4pm. With many of the expected stars in their TV roles, it is the continuing upstairs-downstairs story of the Crawley family. A treat for devotees like me.

In complete contrast is Pain & Glory (Dolor y Gloria) (12A) on Friday 7th February at 7.30pm. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas plays an unhappily ageing director who is reunited with an old friend, causing him to recall his first love (Penélope Cruz). This role won him Best Actor at last year’s Cannes Festival.

We mark Valentine’s Day on Friday 14th February with a heart warmer of a musical comedy drama. Blinded by the Light (12A) is the work of Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha and is about a teenager of Pakistani origin who faces prejudice outside his home in 1987 Luton and traditional constraints within.

Our Saturday matinée at 2.30pm on 22nd February is Fisherman’s Friends (12A), starring James Purefoy, Meadow Nobrega, David Hayman and Maggie Steed, about a group of sea shanty-singing Cornish fishermen

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Painter LS Lowry’s relationship with his mother is described in Mrs Lowry and Son (PG) on Friday 6th March, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall.

Our next Winter Warmer is Breakfast at Tiffany’s (U), on Sunday 8th March, with Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly is a treat. Documentary The Biggest Little Farm (PG) on Friday 13th March offers a Californian approach to the re-wilding of overworked agricultural land using a different approach from that implemented in West Sussex at Knepp Castle. The animals are ooohingly cute.

The Lion King (PG), on Sunday 22nd March, has James Earl Jones reprising his Mufasa role as we see Simba growing from cub to lion to regain his rightful throne.

Ken Loach explores the grim reality of the gig economy in Sorry We Missed You (15) on Friday 27th March.

Newly jobless Ricky (Kris Hitchen) has no option but to drive for an exploitative delivery company and with his carer wife (Debbie Honeywood) facing similar pressures, it’s not long before their children are reacting badly.

Docudrama Official Secrets (15) is based on the true story of whistleblower Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), who leaked a memo about an illegal spy operation designed ultimately to sanction the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The season concludes with Judy (12A) on Friday 10th April, with Renée Zellweger as Ms Garland arriving in the UK in 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts, her career in America having dwindled due to substance abuse. How will fifth husband Mickey Rooney react?

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January in the garden is always filled with such promise for the year ahead. There may be little in flower right now, but there are plants which bring the winter garden alive. Fragrant shrubs Sarcococca confusa, the sweetly scented Christmas Box with its glossy evergreen foliage and dainty ivory white flowers, that if planted near a path you can smell the scent as you pass by.

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witch hazel, which produces spidery flowers on bare stems with a freesia-like scent, emerge from December to February. But there are not only shrubs and climbers to tempt us out into the winter garden, the Helleborus niger (Christmas rose, photo right), which are excellent in pots with their dark green foliage and white flowers, which displayed with Galanthus (snowdrops, photo below) would brighten up any space by your door.

And lastly, and certainly not least while we are enjoying the scents and displays in our winter garden, don’t forget our feathered friends.

Encouraging birds to our gardens by providing food and a shallow bowl of water to bathe in or drink will in return reward you with a natural pest control, much better than reaching for chemical sprays.

MEMBERS’ NOTICE BOARD By now members should be receiving their 2020 Programmes with the Society’s events for the year. The first social evening of the year is at 7pm on Thursday 30th January at St Leonard’s Church Hall. The guest speaker is Clive Gravett with a talk entitled The Museum of Gardening/The Budding Foundation. Clive Gravett set up his charity, The Budding Foundation, in 2013. Always a keen conservationist and gardener, he left the rat race in 2004, and his dream of opening a museum came true in March 2016 at the South Downs Heritage Centre, based at Tates Garden Centre in Hassocks.

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The last Wednesday in November saw a stalwart band of die-hards braving the latest sou’-wester to come gusting up the Channel, bringing with it just what our garden at the Crouch has been crying out for (not) – rain! Our numerous water butts are over-flowing, and Stan described our water gauge as ‘swimming’. ‘It’s gained 1.9inches in a week,’ he reported as we sheltered from the tempest in the cosy classroom, ‘and that’s the same as the previous week.’ Dave, who has lived in Seaford for 35 years, said he’d never known an autumn like it. At least the ground is draining after each deluge and is being dried out by the wind. As this is being written, a return to colder, drier weather was being forecast. Bring on kinder gardening weather in 2020 we say.

So far the garden has escaped relatively unscathed but we are sad to report that the biggest storm brought down the mosaic mural attached to the outside of the classroom, depicting the hands of some of those who were in on the venture from the beginning, including Mike’s. Fear not, though, the many pieces have been collected and will be painstakingly jigsawed together to recreate the image. Something to do on a truly vile day perhaps.

Watch this space…

Allison reported that the Greenhavens Network was planning more tree planting and was asking for help from volunteers. And in our own children’s area Charlie Bears Nursery tots have been busy planting primroses.

But back to the day in question, and before the dash for shelter and a hot tea or coffee to warm up soaking wet fingers, volunteers were busy pruning wayward branches, chopping up the results for compost and generally getting on with all the jobs listed on the whiteboard. So you can be assured that the garden will be looking at its winter best when it reopens after the Christmas break on Wednesday 8th January.

Until then, have a wonderful gardening New Year, one and all!

The Garden Team Photos from top: James tames thorny climbers on the arbour over the entrance gate; Veronica prunes a pear tree; Lots of info on the classroom walls, Bug hotel is snugly accommodating unseen winter guests; a plum in winter.

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Refill Seaford and Newhaven

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We finished the year by attending the Greenhavens Quarterly meeting and talking about the 50 Fountains Challenge. It struck me as rather astonishing that only two years ago I had never heard of Refill and it is amazing how it is has grown locally, nationally and now internationally. There are now 368 Schemes in the UK alone.

Remember we want every local authority to support us to enable the challenge to: • commit to a target of 50 working public fountains; • map existing drinking fountains on the Refill app; • install new public drinking fountains to reach the target.

At the end of last year the Refill family trialled a great new scheme:

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We’re about to expand the campaign and become the one-stop shop to live with less plastic. Using the free Refill app you’ll soon be able to find out where to refill not just your water bottle, but also your coffee cup, lunch-box, groceries and even your cleaning products and toiletries.

If you run or know of a business that wants to join the scheme do let us know or they can sign themselves up using the app or website .

Please don’t forget you can download the Refill app at www.refill.org.uk/get-therefill-app to get the location maps to find Refill points and also register your business and others if you have their permission.

If you want a Chilly’s bottle, which keeps your drink hot or cold, you can buy one from refill.org. uk/buy-a-bottle/ and Chilly’s make a £10 donation to the Refill campaign. Find us on Facebook Refill Seaford and Newhaven as there is a group and a page to follow. Twitter @RefillSN, Instagram @ refillsn. General enquiries for talks and information to RefillSeafordandNewhaven@gmail.com Christine Brett, Refill Seaford and Newhaven

We have launched a pilot for the scheme in Bristol and Oxford in Autumn 2019, and hope to roll out nationally in 2020, so you’ll soon be able to use the Refill app to find everything you need to say goodbye to single-use plastic.

Here in Seaford we already have several independent businesses that will refill your own containers with various products so more about that in due course.

Some of the big retailers have also got on board – Morrisons allows people to bring their own containers to the meat, fish and deli counters.

You will remember that our Young Mayor James Jenkins is also hoping to raise funds during his term of office for another drinking fountain in the town. Please attend his fundraising Quiz at the View on 17th January (see page 19). We hope to see some of you there.

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Sussex Wildlife Trust

EARTHWORMS

We can spend all day planting and pruning, weeding and seeding, grunting and groaning in our gardens but it’s time to face the facts folks. Us gardeners aren’t the ones who are doing the hard work. The real toil is in the soil – the engine room of the garden.

Because down there, beneath our wellies, earthworms are wriggling, recycling and reincarnating our gardens.

They’re so easily taken for granted. An earthworm isn’t much to look at. A tube made of muscles with a mouth at one end and a bum at the other, but he/she (they’re hermaphrodites) is responsible for making your garden grow. These burrowing beauties really mix it up in the mud. Some drag dead leaves deep underground while their wormcasts return essential minerals back to the surface. This improves soil structure and their tiny tunnels help with drainage and allow aeration.

Cleopatra declared them to be sacred and Aristotle called earthworms ‘the intestines of the soil’.

Indeed, at some point every bit of your garden would have passed through a worm’s belly. They munch their way through dead organic matter and make it available to even smaller decomposers – fungi and bacteria – who break it down even further. The nutrients released are reabsorbed by our plants. What once was dead is returned to the living. It’s one of those ‘circle of life’ things.

There are about 3,000 different earthworm species worldwide with around 27 native species in Britain.

There are lobs under your lawn and brandlings in your compost bin. Some species live in leaf litter, others dig deep in the soil. There could be up to two million worms working underground in an area the size of a football pitch.

Earthworms are part of a wildlife workforce that lives in your garden and provides an essential service for free.

Birds, bees, beetles, fungi, hoverflies, woodlice and many others volunteer for us as pollinators, pest controllers,

decomposers and recyclers. All we need to do is give them a home, leave them to it and they’ll get on with the dirty work.

But it’s the earthworm who is seen as the kingpin of the whole operation. ‘It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as these lowly organised creatures’. Charles Darwin said that – and I’m not going to argue with him. We just can’t live without them. So it’s about time we start paying earthworms some respect and attention. Because when we’re all dead and buried they’ll be paying a whole lot of attention to us!

Michael Blencowe, Sussex Wildlife Trust Photos by Derek Middleton, Sussex Wildlife Trust.

From top: Earthworm on leaf; Earthworm.

Sussex Wildlife Trust is an independent charity caring for wildlife and habitats throughout Sussex. Founded in 1961, we have worked with local people for over half a century to make Sussex richer in wildlife.

We rely on the support of our members to help protect our rich natural heritage. Please consider supporting our work. As a member you will be invited to join Michael Blencowe on our regular wildlife walks and also enjoy free events, discounts on wildlife courses, Wildlife magazine and our Sussex guide book, Discovering Wildlife. It’s easy to join online at www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/join or over the phone on 01273 497532.

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EARN EXTRA MONEY HOSTING OUR STUDENTS! We are now recruiting host families in the Seahaven area We are a local language school looking for friendly hosts to accommodate our French and German students. Flexible dates. Student groups start in February and end in October. They stay for three, four or five nights at a time (no weekends). Two, three or four students are allowed per family and the age range is 12-16. Good rates of pay.

For more info contact Southcoast Homestays Tel: 01273 303816 Mob: 07720 720887 Email: info@southcoasthomestays.co.uk

Fund-raising events for 2020

3 Feb: Quiz, The Old Plough, Church Street. 8 for 8.30pm 28 March: Bet on the gee-gees on Race Night at Seaford Head School, organised by Martello Rotary Club 24 April: Bingo Night, Cradle Hill School, organised by Martello Rotary Club 26 April: Archway Choirs Spring Concert, Seaford Head School, bar run by Martello Rotary Club 11 May: Quiz, The Old Plough, Church Street, 8 for 8.30pm 23 June: Summer Event, Florence House, Southdown Road

6 July: Quiz, The Old Plough, Church Street, 8 for 8.30pm 4 August: Yoga Day with Rosie Waters, Florence House, Southdown Road

5 Oct: Quiz, The Old Plough, Church Street, 8 for 8.30pm 23 Nov: Autumn Event, Florence House, Southdown Road 27 Nov: Fashion Show, M&Co, Broad Street

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Seaford Kurlers

Happy New Year to all Seaford Scene readers!

Well, we have closed the door on 2019 and opened a new one. As yet of course, we know not what the year will hold for each of us.

Seaford Kurlers look forward to 2020 and make plans for outings and for the club in general. We have seen a number of changes, some for the better and sadly, some unhappy events. We hope to reinstate our annual competition which we have not been able to schedule this for the last couple of years. This is something for us to look forward to. If you would like to try something new in 2020, why not give Kurling a go? Come along on Tuesdays from 2pm to 4pm at Wave Leisure in Seaford, and see what it’s all about.

Loooking back, Seaford Kurlers recently enjoyed an extremely pleasant Annual Christmas Lunch at the Seaford Royal British Legion. The beautiful food and presentation is all down to the chef, Keith Tookey, and his fantastic team of workers. Keith has been providing our festive lunches for many years now. All the food

is cooked from fresh and tastes extremely good. The ambience in the club is informal and friendly. The club is a members’ club of the Seaford Royal British Legion, but guests can be introduced by members. The members’ fees are very reasonable. The overall cost to join both the Royal British Legion and also the Seaford Club works out at just over 50p per week. Fantastic value for your money. There is a lot going on during the week. Regular evening entertainment at the week ends, bingo nights in the week, childrens parties at various festive times of the year,TV, full size snooker table, billiards table and darts and meat raffles etc. Give it a try. You also will be helping to support our service men and women and families.

Seaford Kurlers meet every Tuesday at 2pm till 4pm in the sports hall at Wave Leisure, Seaford.

Annual membership is £5 and weekly fees are £2.50.

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Concessions available on Seaford Promenade Seaford Town Council has two available concession kiosks along Seaford’s unspoilt four-mile stretch of promenade for tender to start the season in April 2020.

The two concession sites which are available for tender are the West View kiosk and the Martello Tower kiosk along Seaford’s promenade, popular with many families, walkers, anglers and sports enthusiasts.

Seaford is blessed with a beautiful seafront that sweeps around the bay, enclosed by the striking presence of Seaford Head and the cliffs on the eastern side, and Newhaven Harbour with Mount Pleasant in the distance on the western side.

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a unique viewing point for the kittiwakes at Splash Point, and there are two miles of undisturbed shingle beach popular with families, fishermen and water sport enthusiasts. The promenade is used all year round for relaxing walks or bike rides, and the Martello Tower which houses Seaford Museum.

It stretches along to Tide Mills at the far western end of the town where the ruins of an old milling village can be found.

Seaford Town Council has a strategy of attracting tourists to the town to benefit the local economy; this includes daily/weekly rental beach huts and concession huts, as well as improved brown signage to direct visitors from the A259 main road that runs through Seaford. A notable addition for 2019 was the forwardthinking disabled access platform on to the beach close to the Martello Tower, which has been highly appreciated and increased diversity on the seafront.

Seaford has also hosted many film productions in and around the town – with an expected big impact to the tourism of Seaford. Seaford Town Council aims to continue support to concessions throughout the town.

If you would like to apply or know someone who may be interested in being a part of Seaford’s exciting future and running a successful business in these idyllic locations, please get in touch via facilities@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk or telephone: 01323 894870.

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Winter Lunches at The View Seaford Head Starters Seasonal soup of the day served with house bread Pan fried garlic mushrooms served on toasted ciabatta Smoked mackerel & horseradish pate on toasted bruschetta Chicken liver parfait with house chutney & sourdough croutons Ham hock terrine with a homemade piccalilli & toasted flute wafers Main course Pan roasted chicken with mash, seasonal greens & a red wine jus Pie of the day with seasonal greens & mash Battered haddock with crushed peas, tartar sauce & chips Butcher's choice sausages with creamed potato Baked supreme of Pollack with crushed new potatoes Squash & sunflower seed infused fettucine, topped with rocket Desserts White chocolate & cranberry cheesecake Apple & peach crumble with vanilla ice cream Lemon posset with shortbread & a lemon gel A selection of ice cream & sorbets The View cheeseboard served with grapes & oat biscuits

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Who’s Who In Seaford?

The Reverend Arwen Mary Folkes, Rector of the churches of St Peter and St Andrew.

Arwen has lived in Seaford since March 2019 and is the rector of the two churches in the Benefice of East Blatchington and Bishopstone.

She has been in full time ministry since 2016, having previously worked in pubs, cafés, care homes, in a box office and in marketing before starting her own social enterprise and serving as a district councillor.

She went to school in Leicester and trained with the ILM in Management and Marketing in Cornwall, and took a BA and MA at the University of Durham while completing her theological training at Westcott House in Cambridge. Arwen is a governor of Seaford Primary School and a member of the Mothers’ Union, National Trust, Society for the Study of Theology, and the Society of Catholic Priests (Anglican). She enjoys swimming, learning the piano and playing Scrabble, as well as practising silent contemplation. Arwen is married to William, and together they have three children aged 16, 14 and 9, plus a springer spaniel, a one-eyed cat and a very clever hamster.

What does your role involve? Priestly service comes in many forms, from leading church services, to marrying and christening people, to walking alongside people when they are unwell or have lost somebody. I also try to support the community and important organisations.

I oversee the running of the church and work with a team of people to keep the ancient buildings alive and in good order. In all of this I always try to point towards the God who is with us and loves us.

What do you most enjoy about your role? I love every single aspect of it. It is what I was born to do.

What do you like best about Seaford? I love the community spirit – it is like a village that happens to have 27,000 people living in it. I also love the openness of the seafront and the waves. I could watch it for hours.

What is your favourite piece of music? I love The Crucifixion

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anything by Muse. I enjoy all music except for Jazz, but that’s probably because I don’t really understand it.

What is your favourite film? Stardust.

What book are you reading at the moment? To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Watching the sea in silence with only the sound of the waves breaking on the shore, or, a roast dinner and playing board games with the family, or a sublimely beautiful Sunday Service.

What has been your most embarrassing moment? My tutu fell down when I was on stage playing Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Wizard of Oz aged 9.

Where is your favourite place to go in and around Seaford? I love being in St Peter’s Church or walking along the seafront.

Which person do you most admire? I admire many people often those who are caring for others, who sacrifice their time and liberty out of their love for another.

What makes you sad? That people are hungry, lonely, or homeless in this society of ours.

What words or phrases do you most overuse? ‘How lovely’ and ‘God Bless’ but the latter can never ever be ‘overused’!

How do you relax? Swimming, meditating, praying, reading, laughing.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you? That God is with us; not against us, not far away from us, but willingly and faithfully here with us.

What is the first line of your favourite poem? ‘Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back’.

What is your favourite journey? Walking home to the family after the last Christmas Day service has ended.

How would you spend a million pounds? I would give half to medical research into dementia, a quarter to set up a homeless organisation, I’d put some aside for when people are in trouble and I’ve always wanted to go on holiday to Iceland to see the Northern Lights.

What is your most memorable learning experience? University. I am so grateful to have been able to study theology as an adult. It expanded my mind, my faith, and my questioning in all sorts of ways.

What is your greatest extravagance? Books and my computer.

What is your favourite smell? Cinnamon.

What is the best advice you have ever been given? ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself ’ What would your motto be? Relentlessly seek all that is good in this world.

Which person in history would you most like to meet? Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.

What or who is the greatest love in your life? My family, Jesus Christ… and my dog.

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Monday 6.30–8.00pm WI Hall, Brooklyn Rd Wednesday 10.00–11.30am WI Hall, Brooklyn Rd Thursday 10.30-12.00pm Bishopstone Church Hall Thursday 7.30 - 8.45pm St James Trust, Blatchington Rd

The Anahata Health Clinic, Brighton Wednesdays 10.45am

The Rendezvous, Peacehaven Low cost yoga, working with SCDA Fridays 1.30pm

Last 2019 class: Sat 21st Dec. First 2020 class: Fri 3rd Jan.

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Thursday’s 10.00-11.30am (for all levels of ability, beginners welcome) Regular yoga practice can help you:

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Cost: 5 class pass £40 (£8 per 90 minute class) valid for 8 weeks or £10 per class (drop-in) Mats available at classes if you do not have one.

It is wise to leave at least two hours after eating before practising yoga. Wear comfortable clothing that allows freedom of movement.

Private classes for individuals or groups are available.

No need to book, just come along. If there is anything you wish to ask about the classes please call Philip on 07774 862499 or email pb@satyamyoga.co.uk web www.satyamyoga.co.uk To advertise in Seaford Scene please call 01273 710793 or email fran@seafordscene.co.uk

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Seaford Golf Club Blatchington

Over one hundred years old; and the club continues to evolve. How would you rate a Golf Club that offers the following?

Seaford Blatchington is laid out along the free-draining chalk ridge that leaves Seaford. We are able to boast that our course has been open for play every day throughout the Autumn months of 2019, due to our continued investment into our greens and fairways.

The location of the course is enhanced by magnificent views. To the south, the course overlooks the turquoise English Channel, to the north there are stunning views over the Rathfinny Vineyard and to the east the views continue over Seaford to the spectacular Seven Sisters.

The course is an easy walk with only 120 foot elevation from the clubhouse to the 8th green. Enough height for course architect JH Taylor to realise his vision.

By using the natural undulations of the landscape and incorporating the old flint quarries located in front of the 6th and to the left of the 7th greens, Mr Taylor’s ambitious creation was realised in 1907. Having stood the test of time with a tweak from Mr Hawtree, the course is rated as one of the top courses in Sussex.

The course measures 6,546 yards par 69, off the championship tees. With the introduction of our new Blue tees, we have three shorter courses for members and guests to choose their tee of the day. The relatively recent introduction of two extra holes creates an 11hole competition course for those who would like to play a shorter course.

The club has fabulous practice facilities for beginners and accomplished golfers, a full-length driving range with the luxury of playing off grass, although there are two covered bays if the weather turns. The three-hole academy course is designed to sharpen your approach play and we have a chipping and bunker area along with an 18 hole putting green.

Within the Clubhouse your experience will continue with a relaxed atmosphere, and a fully stocked bar with a selection of local traditional ales and new

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world beers. Our in-house catering team is on hand to provide you with a full menu and staff come into their own when they cater for the 17 social functions that are run by the Social Committee. There are many other functions that the members hold throughout the year – 110 members turned out for breakfast to watch the Rugby World Cup on a large screen, kindly supplied by one of our members.

The club was founded in 1887 and we continue to hold on to our traditional full-sized snooker table, cribbage and our daily newspapers, while we have kept up with the times. Sky TV is available in the two bars and one function room, along with the all-important Wi-Fi made available throughout the clubhouse.

Within the club we have a Dormy House of 12 twinbedded rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms, where visiting golf societies can stay. Members and their guests receive preferential rates if they want to spend some quality time in a relaxed environment.

The club runs a busy diary of golf competitions for the Ladies’ and Men’s sections, and includes friendly and competitive matches against other clubs. Each year we enter teams into the Sussex County Golf Unions’ events for our best players to represent Seaford Golf Club against other clubs.

Seaford Golf Club is introducing a new Limited Offer Trial Membership open to new members: 15 months Full Membership. This includes access to all competitions, unlimited golf and a discount bar card.

The Trial Membership starts on the 1st February 2020 and finishes on the 30th April 2021 and costs £900 per person.

For further information, contact Christopher Oldrey on 01323 892442 secretary@seafordgolfclub.co.uk www.seafordgolfclub.co.uk Photo: View of Seaford Golf Club’s course.

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Cotton’s Coffee Bar open over winter Seaford Town Council is excited to announce that Cotton’s Coffee Bar will be open throughout the winter with a new cosy indoor seating area with blankets provided in the west wing of South Hill Barn.

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Cotton’s is a local family business with three generations working together, selling cakes and hot drinks, extending their menu over the winter period to serve hot soup and toasted sandwiches which are always served on tasteful crockery. Cotton’s is committed to reducing single use plastic and is a low environmental impact, even offering used coffee as a garden slug repellent – do ask the team if you would like to try this.

Cotton’s Coffee Bar is open: Wednesday – Thursday 10am-3.30pm Saturday & Sunday 10.30am -3.30pm.

LOUISE’S ZUMBA CLASSES Zumba® Gold is an exercise class that is specially designed for beginners of all ages, active older adults and those just starting on their fitness journey.

Unlike a regular Zumba class, Zumba® Gold involves moving at a slower pace.

You do not need to be able to dance but you do need a love of moving to music, even if it’s with 2 left feet! This exercise class helps with balance, flexibility, co-ordination, cognitive ability & most important of all…it’s fun!

Zumba Gold classes in Seaford: 2pm on Tues & Thurs at Mercread Community Centre, Mercread Rd. Zumba Gold classes in Peacehaven: 10am & 11am on Weds at Catholic Church Hall, Horsham Ave.

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What’s a resolution?

New Year is often seen as a time for celebration and writing off one year to move into another.

I’ve never felt particularly strongly about this time of year, I always feel the 31st December is much the same as the 1st of January, possibly just without the hangover.

When I sat down to write about the New Year I suddenly realised that I had no real information about it – why do we celebrate it and how long has the whole ‘new year’s resolution’ idea been around for?

It turns out, a lot longer than I could ever have imagined. It all goes back to the Babylonians, some 4,000 years ago who were known to celebrate the arrival of the new year (their new year was actually in March), as well as make promises for the year ahead to allow them to start the year on a good

note. It was the Romans who altered the calendar as we know it and New Year began in January, with the Romans offering sacrifices for the New Year ahead. I somehow doubt the promises and sacrifices of these ancient civilisations included the likes of ‘visiting the gym more often’, ‘drinking less alcohol’ or even ‘reading more books’. I guess, my disregard for the modern day resolutions is the feeling that they never last and our approach from one year to the next never seems to change.

Well this year, I feel that I need to change my stance.

Surely at this time of year, we should be appreciating what we have; the people in our lives, our health, a roof over our head, a job, a commitment, a social group, a community, a sport, a hobby... and many other things.

It seems it shouldn’t really be about making new future promises that won’t last a week, but actually looking around us in the here and now.

I’ve been inspired in 2019 by the activities and development of local charity, the WOLO foundation (https://wolofoundation.org/), a charity to help families with cancer. I’ve watched in awe as we’ve learnt of the personal experience of WOLO’s founders, the Wrights, to their ongoing work and actions to make a difference and support their local community. Maybe our new year’s resolutions should be more about looking at what inspires us?

So this New Year I will try to look at what I have, what inspires me and all the good stuff, no matter how small or insignificant it might feel. I hope we all start the year feeling positive, even if we have had tough times and challenges in the year gone or we know that 2020 might not be the easiest of years ahead. Let’s be thankful for what we have and possibly what will be.

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“The sound of the singing bowl touches the deepest part of us and makes the soul resonate. The sound promotes relaxation, mobilises self healing and can release our creative energy.” Peter Hess

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You can try another method. During a Peter Hess® Sound Massage, therapeutic singing bowls are positioned with care on the clothed body. Gentle and harmonious sound are absorbed and quickly lead to deep relaxation. The rhythmic sound vibrations are transmitted to the body and produce a subtle vibration which is a kind of “massage”.

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Seaford Choral Society Concert

What makes a great community concert?

On the eve of Advent we sang our Autumn concert, Rutter’s Magnificat and it was a blast. ‘A lovely feeling about the whole thing,’ said an audience member.

But what was it that made it feel so good? It got me thinking…

Maybe it’s all about community, and since this is Seaford, what a community! This was not a hall full of people who had come to a big concert. They were there to share in a community event, along with others who had chosen to sing in it. It was about a choir that has been here for over 100 years, supporting and supported by the wonderful people of Seaford; a group of over 70 people who had enjoyed singing every week together, challenged by one of the hardest pieces of music they had ever tackled; a committee who work tirelessly to make sure everything is in place; a music director (Colin Hughes) and accompanist (John Eady) who inspire and amuse in equal measure; our own Bethany Geoghegan, back from university singing the solos with such beautiful confidence and clarity, our stewards who support us at every concert, our composer (Chris Whitelaw) in the front row, with his incredibly well-behaved Labrador.

Storehouse (our local food bank) to provide some extra food for families over Christmas. Thank you again.

This term we tackle some new works (hopefully not quite such a challenge), Purcell’s wonderful ‘Come Ye Sons of Art’ and Mozart’s Vespers – two beautiful pieces which should build to another great concert.

We’ve enrolled quite a few new singers this year. If you fancy having a go and finding out what a great feeling community singing can give you, come along to the Baptist Church on a Monday evening at 7pm. It will be a blast.

Photos from top: Seaford Choral Society’s Autumn concert; (l-r) Tina, a member of the Seahaven Storehouse team, Dawn Woodgate, Founder of Seahaven Storehouse, Steve Machan, Chair of Seaford Choral Society.

It’s all these things and more, but so much is about you, our wonderful community who follow and support us in such a kind, caring and appreciative way.

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Later in the evening, a neighbour of one of our choristers came over to tell her she had just been to the most amazing concert. She explained that so had she! ‘The best amateur choir I’ve heard’, said one very wise man from the audience. ‘When all four parts were singing together it felt as if we were floating on air.’ Someone who is thinking of coming along to sing with us, with his wife said: ‘When the men were singing I was almost moved to tears. I want to sing like that’.

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Seaford Striders

Crowborough 10K

All experienced runners know what to expect when a racecourse is described as ‘undulating’, and the Crowborough 10K, held on 24th November 2019, is a fine example. Despite the tough course this is a highly popular event, being the final race in the Sussex Grand Prix calendar, and 19 Striders made the journey to pit their fitness against the rolling landscape.

The first two and a half kilometres inspire confidence, downhill all the way, which of course means some uphill will be coming and it comes with a vengeance! Before tackling the 65-metre climb up Palesgate Lane however, there is a stream to cross, so runners have to choose between wet feet by running through the ford, or extra distance, with a diversion of a few metres over a muddy footbridge.

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But, no pain, no gain! The finishers all enjoyed rising to the challenge and some excellent times were recorded with Nick Farley storming home in 31st place in an impressive 41:52; just holding off Josh Nisbett who was next across the line in 41:57. Close on their heels were Josh Rudd, 42:10; Jeff Young, 42:35, James Marron, 43:34 and Ray Smith, 46:58.

Taking the honour as first lady Strider was Anneka Redley, coming home strongly in 48:27, and leading in Louisa Scola, 50:57; Emilie Tearle, 51:18 and Natasha Swan, 51:36.

There was still great depth to come in the mid-field in the shape of Chris Wilmot, 51:46; Lindsay Tearle, 55:09 and Robert Tearle, 1:00:50 who would have been disappointed to have missed the one hour cut-off.

Digging in deep were the final group of Striders led in by Debbie Plant, 1:02:37; Chloe Wilmot, 1:03:14; Lauren Morgan, 1:05:48; Victoria Maleski, 01:14:24; Becky Souissi, 01:16:48 and Sharon Plank, 01:17:17. Fine quality homemade cakes completed a highly positive day and these were accompanied by the prizegiving with Roly Hutchinson taking the 3rd prize in the Crowborough 5k event, finishing in an impressive 20:09. This was the first time this event had been held and consisted of just the one lap, rather than the usual two favoured by the majority of runners.

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Update on the Seaford Elms Margery Diamand from Trees for Seaford visited the Seaford schools who planted Seaford Elms on their grounds in 2019, in memory of the Seaford soldiers who lost their lives during the WW1 conflict.

She conducted a fun session with the children, showing them how to check the trees, prune them and make sure they keep healthy.

The trees are doing well. The garden club at Cradle Hill who met with Margery in December discussed again why the trees were planted and have become the official tree guardians in their school, keeping an eye on them, watering them and telling their friends what they are and why they have been planted. They plan to plant more trees in the spring and continue to learn how to look after them.

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Margery mentioned that the Trees for Seaford group is looking for new volunteers and said: “Trees for Seaford is a local community group. We plant trees in our streets and public spaces and ensure they are looked after for the future. We’re looking for new members for 2020 – could you help? We’re open to everyone and there are lots of ways you can get involved from practical hands-on planting days in Spring/Autumn and monthly tree care sessions over the Spring and Summer, through to administration, community liaison and surveying. We’d love to hear from you!

‘We’re part of the National Tree Council’s Tree Warden Scheme and are supported by Seaford Town Council.’

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Celebrating 50 years of dementia care Clifden House Dementia Care Centre, Seaford, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party and a fireworks display.

Residents and the care team at Clifden House were treated to an afternoon disco from entertainments manager David, with everyone, irrespective of ability, taking part. Nial Joyce, whose parents founded the home in 1969, said: ‘It was fantastic to see so many smiling faces at the party. Even the residents who were unable to dance were tapping their toes and clearly enjoying the atmosphere. Life doesn’t end with a dementia diagnosis and it is still possible to live a life that is active and engaged. It was a wonderful day and a great way to mark this important birthday.’

Guest of honour at the party was Nial Joyce’s aunt Patricia, 86, a former member of the care team and still a frequent visitor to the home.

Patricia said; ‘I have many fond memories of my time working at Clifden House and I am very proud of how the home has evolved under Nial’s management. This is more than a care home, it is a community and family, and one that I am honoured to be a part of.’

Originally opened as a nursing home in 1969, Clifden House has been a specialist dementia

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care centre since 2000. The delivery of care is focused on reducing unnecessary medication and sedation in order to release the living potential of the individual. Residents are encouraged to take part in a full programme of activities and trips within their local community, to promote a fulfilled life.

Following the disco and buffet, residents gathered to watch a low-level display of fireworks from the comfort of the conservatory.

A packed calendar of events has been designed

by Clifden House’s activities co-ordinators, to mark the home’s 50th birthday. Tailored to suit a range of abilities, it will culminate in a garden party and staff sports day in summer 2020.

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SUSSEX ELDERLY CARE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE Sussex Elderly Care CIC, aims always to reinvest in the local community. This being the case we held a successful community event at the end of October at the Clinton Centre Seaford – The Health Wealth and Wellbeing Event.

The intention of the day was to facilitate local businesses sharing with the Community what they can offer under one roof. We were only too pleased to have been able to support the attendance of the following companies: Hunters Financial Management, Barwell Solicitors, Mother Teresa’s Meals, Only Lifts, Elder Abuse Recovery Service, Citizens Advice Bureau, St Winifred’s Hospice, Seahaven Therapy, Making Magical Moments, Horder Centre, Feet 2 Go, Hartman, WPA – Cathy Strudwick and Lending Made Easy –

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Mary Reed, Rix and Kay Solicitors, One You, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service and Arbonne.

The Mayor, Nazish Adil, who is a great advocate of Community initiatives, was present for most of the day and demonstrated tremendous support. Seahaven Radio provided air space and covered the event on the local radio both before and on the day.

This year was very special as we had representation from the pupils of Seaford Head School. On the day the sixth form choir performed and two pupils took photographs to support their studies. The younger pupils participated in a project competition called, ‘How can young people break down barriers with the elderly and reduce loneliness in Seaford?’ The project prize winners for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize were presented with vouchers donated by Holy Cow, Drusillas and Paradise Park, by the Mayor of Seaford. The event showed a tremendous community spirit with raffle prizes donated from the Co-Op, Morrison’s, Only Lifts, Diella’s, The White Lion Hotel, Brooklyn Hyundai, Rix and Kay, Sassy Hair and Beauty, Barwells, Paula Gander, Mother Teresa’s Meals, Cathy Strudwick, Mary Reed, Hunter Financial Management and the Hydro Hotel, Eastbourne.

The ladies from the International Coffee morning operated a Café, providing a hot meal with an international twist, together with more traditional baking of wonderful homemade cakes. This was really appreciated by those that sampled the flavours.

Sussex Elderly Care, a Community Interest Company will be hosting this event every year to benefit the Community of Seaford, and are very thankful to all those who donated prizes, participated at the event and helped out during the day.

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Seaford Museum & Heritage Society

Fifty years of making (and preserving) history

Seaford Museum and Heritage Society first opened its doors in 1970. An exhibition of local history was held at the Downs Leisure Centre, and with the proceeds a small caravan was purchased to house a permanent exhibition. Two local couples – Joan and Ken Astell and Roger and Anne Young – formed the society whilst the caravan back then, was parked in one of the couple’s garden. At the time, the council owned West House at the foot of Pelham Road and the caravan was soon relocated there.

In 1972, the Friends Society was formed to support the running of the museum and the following year the society started to run courses in local history at the Elm Court centre. Gathering members and support, the society suggested to Lewes District Council that the rather dilapidated Martello Tower should be restored and renovated as an important monument in local history. At the time, the Martello Tower still had a rather strange wooden flat perched on the roof! It was certainly one of the oddest ‘council houses’ in the country. Work started on the Tower in 1977 and the flat was removed the following year.

When the Council made the decision to sell West House, the Society was given notice to leave, but the work on the Tower was progressing well and the building was leased to the Society. The Museum was officially opened in the Martello Tower on 12th April 1979. Things were a little more basic back then, with an army suplus tent being used to hold meetings under the esplanade! The Friends Society was dissolved and the Seaford Museum and Heritage Society was formed in November with Pat Berry as its first Chairman.

Just like any museum, the work being done behind the scenes is the real story. Tireless teams of volunteers over the years – known as The Heavy Gang – have

helped transform a rather damp and windy space into a magical museum of local and domestic history. As well as artefacts from five thousand years of history, there are tableaux of Victorian shops, a WWII kitchen, a working model of Seaford Station from the 1920s and much, much more. The variety and scope of the exhibits prompted Grayson Perry to describe it as his favourite museum ‘under the Martello Tower on Seaford Seafront’.

Things have not stood still for Seaford Museum. In 2018, with funding from the Keith Baker Memorial Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund, a new bridge was installed allowing access to the original entrance again.

A lift and ramps were also installed to allow step-free access to all levels of the Museum for the less able.

Seaford Museum and Heritage Society is celebrating fifty years of its own history with a variety of displays and events throughout 2020 and looks forward to welcoming new and returning visitors.

Photos from top: The Martello Tower in 2019; the Martello Tower prior to 1978 with the flat in place.

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Happy New Year!

seaford U3A News New Year’s Resolutions have a bad press. We optimistically think of ideas for improving our lives but it can be hard to live up to the initial enthusiasm. In this iconic year of 2020 resolve to do things which are actually within your power, then you’re away. You can do it!

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to get out more, meet more people, learn new things, then the U3A in Seaford could be just what you’re looking for. The guiding principle of the U3A is ‘lifelong learning’ but it takes place in a social context. No one will push you to take exams, do anything academic or solve mathematical problems unless indeed you want to do that. If you don’t, that’s fine. There are social events for you to attend, potential friends to meet and entertainment to keep you busy.

A good start would be the monthly coffee morning which is open to members and non-members. This month it is on Wednesday 15th January 2020 at 10am

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to 12 noon. As usual it will be at the Constitutional Club in Crouch Lane, Seaford, and the cost is £2, a small cost compared to that of Christmas festivities. Had you visited for the December coffee morning you would have been able to enjoy mince pies and listen to some music played by part of the U3A orchestra, but we can’t promise that every month!

The events set up for the enlightenment and entertainment of members continue to increase. As well as those groups outlined last month there is a new painting course in acrylics starting in January. The Tea Parties for members continue in January with Dr Sally White speaking on ‘Forgotten philanthropy – British help for the devastated areas of France in the aftermath of WW1’. The pub lunches continue at the White Lion once a month.

There was an outing in December to the Royal Courts of Justice, a Gothic palace of litigation in the Strand in London. The building is listed Grade 1 with wonderful tiled floors and stained glass windows. Some courtrooms could be straight out of the novels of Charles Dickens. Perhaps the most impressive aspect is the way the law is treated as a perfectly ordinary everyday business – there is no pomp and circumstance here. Members travelled by coach and made a day of it.

The Sussex U3A Network (SUN) adds an extra dimension to the U3A and its study days are open to both members and non-members – non-members pay a bit more. In January at Hailsham Robert Carrington is leading the day with thoughts on ‘Music and Nature’ which is an interesting combination of subjects that could appeal to many.

For more information about Seaford U3A and also about its linked organisations, Sussex U3A Network (SUN) and SE U3A Region see the website www. u3asites.org.uk/seaford. To find out about membership check this website or ring 01323 899572 or come along to a coffee morning and have a chat.

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newhaven, peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club Welcome to 2020

Well, we hope you all had a very happy Christmas and that you got everything you wished for. Please don’t forget our Project Wenceslas is still on-going, and thanks to the many of you who have already donated your winter fuel payments to this fund. Together with the help of local food banks we have been able to assist people in our community to keep warm this winter. If you really don’t need your winter fuel allowance, please consider donating to this fund: www. justgiving.com/newhaven-peacehaven-seaford-lionsclub or send a cheque payable to NPS Lions Wenceslas Project to Lion Treasurer, 32 St Mellion Close, Hailsham, BN27 3UY. For a receipt please include your email address or a SAE.

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about the environment, is the monthly beach clean, which will continue to take place on the first Sunday of each month. NP&S Lions are involved with this charity and members enjoy meeting up with like-minded volunteers. We shall be meeting at Splash Point this month and then at the Buckle end of Seaford beach in February. It’s a good excuse to get out in the fresh air, take some exercise, meet new friends and make a difference to our environment.

Membership

If you are making a new year’s resolution you might like to think about volunteering for one of the many local groups who strive to make things better for our area and the people who live in it. NP&S Lions is always on the lookout for new members. We are a very friendly bunch who meet at 8pm on the fourth Thursday of each month at the White Lion in Seaford. If you would like more information please check out our website, or come along to one of our meetings, where you can be assured of a warm welcome.

Minibuses

Our minibuses have been very busy over the holiday period. They are both equipped with tail lifts, especially useful for the elderly and for people with disabilities.

We can often provide drivers, or you can use your own driver, subject to insurance and licence checks. For more information, or to make a booking, please contact Dirk on 01323 89896, or by email: arcadian_dirk@ hotmail.com.

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Your 20/20 Vision for 2020 Hindsight is a wonderful thing. We often reflect on the past year and mourn chances we didn’t take or connections we didn’t make. Instead of looking longingly backwards, perhaps 2020 is a good year to develop your vision for the future so that it’s… well…20/20!

Review your goals – short and long-term

Are your everyday activities helping you to accomplish your short-term goals? Are you working on meaningful projects? Make sure at least some of your daily activities help you to accomplish your short-term goals, and that those short-term goals can build to let you accomplish larger goals and objectives.

But don’t be a slave to your goals. It’s okay to change directions and shift deadlines. January is a great time to

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re-evaluate. Are your long-term goals from six months ago still relevant to you today?

It can be helpful to write down your goals using pen and paper, and then hang them in a place where you can see them. This acts as a visual prompt to remind you and inspire you during the day-to-day grind.

Nurture relationships

Sometimes friendships and family relationships get placed on the backburner when we’re busy. Are there friends and relatives in your contacts list who you haven’t spoken with lately? Use this season to catch-up, reconnect, and nurture the relationships that matter.

Request a planning meeting

It could be with your boss or your partner! When you think about the next year – do you see yourself staying at the same job? If so, do you want to be considered for promotion or a transfer? Would you like to plan a big trip with your partner, or start a family? With your boss you might mention projects you’d like to lead, qualifications you’d like to study for. With your partner you might want to talk about joining a gym together, planning a safari, or taking up ballroom dancing.

These discussions are useful in both your work and your private life. They can help you understand points of dissatisfaction in your work or relationship and give you the clarity you need to explore a change.

Invest in yourself

There’s a difference between being comfortable and being complacent. Try stepping out of your comfort zone and take an online course, sign up with the Open University or enroll onto night classes at college. Try out a yoga class or a massage, or simply go away with a friend or a partner to a spa for a few days.

Reflect on lessons learned

January is not all about new beginnings. It’s nice to think about all you accomplished during 2019. What did you learn? What did you achieve? A lot probably happened in the past 12 months, but life moves so fast that too often we don’t take time to reflect on all we’ve learned. Take note of your discoveries and think about ways you can apply those lessons with intention as you move into the new year.

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Ah, so quiet How’s this for a New Year’s resolution with a difference – half an hour of peace and quiet, guaranteed, every week?

And it’s free.

It can be yours if you join Breathing Space, a gathering with the simple aim of keeping silence that is held every Monday evening at St Peter’s Church in Belgrave Road, Seaford.

It started as a monthly event but soon became so popular that it extended to become weekly. Open to everyone, whether religious believers or not, the idea is for a group of people to come together in the quiet of this 800-year-old church whose special atmosphere is ideal as a contemplation space.

Each session, held in a soft candlelight, begins with a brief introduction and a short reading, then a bell rings to mark the beginning of the silence, which lasts about 30 minutes. It is an opportunity for people to clear the

mind and calm the thoughts, to sit in silence with others and meditate.

Often at a first session that half an hour can seem quite a long time, but in subsequent evenings it doesn’t. The reverie can work to calm. The sessions begin at 6pm, conveniently early in the evening, and you don’t have to book. Just turn up and join in the circle of people, all with the same idea of sitting quietly, thinking and meditating.

In this busy world when you feel as though there is not enough time to do everything, this is a chance to break off for half an hour or so, relax, contemplate, think your thoughts, and sit in a friendly quiet.

Not a bad idea for a resolution for 2020, perhaps. . .

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Nothing Happens in January?

Nothing happens in January, does it?

It’s a question we hear quite a lot from homeowners thinking of selling but considering putting things off until Spring.

While some of us will be recovering from the excesses of the festive season, many people are keen to make changes.

The period between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve sees a huge surge in the amount of people visiting Rightmove, the leading property portal. These high numbers continue throughout January.

A recent study put this phenomenon down to people having free time over the Christmas break to think about the changes they want to make, such as: A new job because returning to their old ones after the holidays fills them with dread.

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Some people want to move to be nearer to loved ones, others to be further away.

And it’s these sorts of people who will be taking action this month.

January is a time when serious buyers re-enter the market. It’s a time when the people most motivated to change where they live get moving and start looking with serious intent.

Thanks for reading and we wish all our clients and readers of Seaford Scene a Happy New Year.

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MARTELLO ROTARY Seaford Station Railway Planters

Many of you will have seen the new planters appearing at Seaford Station provided by Martello Rotary under the adopt a station programme with Southern Rail. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, the local school children will be well into painting ‘Seaford Through the Ages’ murals ready for installation on each planter. Keep an eye out for these and let us have your thoughts on how we can help keep Seaford Station an attractive hub for travellers.

British Heart Foundation

We were very pleased to meet Becky Burroughs from the BHF, who gave a short presentation on progress under way with the development of new drugs to regulate the heartbeat. She did stress though that broccoli was a very good way to help your heart and is now recognised as a wonder food, so remember to eat your greens!

Following the presentation, we were able to present to Becky for the BHF a cheque for £1,500, funds raised from this year’s Martello Half Marathon.

Seaford Community Calendars

Don’t forget to buy your Seaford Community Calendars! All proceeds go towards the Seaford and Newhaven Lifeboats and Lifeguards – beautiful pictures taken by local people and for a very good cause. We are very grateful to all those outlets helping to sell our calendars, which can be obtained locally through: Seaford: Badger Inks, JXP Financial Services, Barwell’s, Fixed in a Flash, Grumpy Chef, Moon of India; Newhaven: RNLI Shop, Simpson Marine; Rodmell: Abergavenny Arms; Alfriston: Emmett & White Antiques & Interiors.

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Christmas Tree Recycling

Don’t leave your poor Christmas tree to rot in the garden after the festive season, let us recycle it for you and help local charities.

We will be collecting trees on Saturday 4th January and Sunday 5th January. If you would like a tree collected by one of our cheerful collectors please contact us by sending your name, address and postcode to: rotarytrees@hotmail.com or call: 07984 581784.

Please leave your tree outside your front door or at the end of your path before 10am on the day of collection. Minimum charity donation of £5 payable on the day.

Martello Rotary meets on Monday evenings.

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Lewes District Citizens Advice expects January to be the year’s busiest month for debt advice: Here are our six top tips to sort out your debts.

1) Work out how much you owe: Make a list of who you owe money to and add up how much you need to pay each month.

all your creditors to find out if you negotiate Always pay priority creditors who are taking action against you.

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Pay non-urgent debts: If you have any

money left after paying priority debts, consider getting a free debt-management plan. You’ll make one monthly payment to the plan provider, who will handle paying your creditors. Or contact your creditors and offer them what you can afford to pay.

6) If you can’t pay your debts: If you’ve got little or no money spare to pay your priority debts seek advice from us straight away.

2) Prioritise your debts: Your rent or mortgage, energy and council tax are called priority debts and these should always be paid first. Separate these and work out how much you owe.

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For information and advice, call us on 03444 111444, visit one of our offices in Newhaven, Lewes or Seaford or check out our website www.lewesdistrictcab.org.uk for further details.

Work out how much you can pay: Add up your essential living costs, such as food and housing, and take away these from your income. Any money you have spare can be put towards your debts.

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Sunday 5th Beach Clean Martello Tower 10am. Gloves, bags and litter pickers provided, or bring your own bucket. Supervised children welcome. Rubbish sorted for recycling. Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 1 & 2. www.nssc.org.uk Tuesday 7th Health Walk The Salts Recreation Ground 10am. Meet outside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – keep active in winter.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Monthly meeting and lunch for members and guests.

Tel: Dennis Cockram 01323 491332, email: dcockram1@ sky.com

The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Jane. Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk

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Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Nature and Child Development’, talk by Rachel Atkinson. Tel: 01323 893526 www.seafordnaturalhistory. org.uk

Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th Christmas Tree Recycling Seaford and Bishopstone From 10am. Martello Rotary will be collecting trees and raising money for charity, minimum donation asked

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Thursday 2nd Seaford Folk Songs and Tunes Circle The Office Bar, Saxon Lane 8pm. Singers, musicians and audience welcome to perform or listen. Host: Derek Seed.

Saturday 4th Foundation of Spiritual Healing and Guidance St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 2pm - 4pm. Free healing, Qualified approved healers in attendance. No appointment.

Tea and cakes. Donations welcome. Tel: 01323 896192 www.facebook.com/Thefshg

Quotes available on request

for £5. To arrange collection, send your name, address and postcode to rotarytrees@ hotmail.com or tel: 07984 581784

Friday 3rd Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 2.15pm - 4pm. Guest speakers, activities, tea and biscuits.

Transport available. New members always welcome.

Tel: Pauline 01323 895216 Email: white-65@talktalk.net

Bishopstone to EDGH £20 Seaford to EDGH £19 Seaford to RSCH £26 Courier Services

Freephone: 08000

Wednesday 1st Jan 2020 Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 2pm. New Year’s Day Race. www.nssc.org.uk

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Wednesday 8th Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2pm. Monthly meeting. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 7pm for 7.30pm. The speaker is Tony Hope talking on ‘1840 and All That’. Stamp and postcard collectors welcome. Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc Splash Point Jazz Club The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 7pm. The Neal Richardson Trio with special guest. Tickets £10 on the door or online. www.wegottickets.com/ splashpointjazz.

Cross Way Wednesday Group Cross Way Church, Clinton Place 7.30pm. Speaker Rev. Irene Byron. All welcome. Visitors £1.

Thursday 9th Bizzybirds The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 10am - 12 noon. Monthly meeting for women looking to build their business and network with like-minded women. www.bizzybirds.co.uk Seahaven RAFA Lunch 12 noon for 12.30pm. Twocourse lunch at either the Royal British Legion or the White Lion. Book one week in advance. Tel: 01323 898907 Family Roots, Eastbourne & District Family History Society Ocklynge School, Victoria Drive, Eastbourne 7pm for 7.30pm. ‘Eastbourne in the 1950s and ’60s’, talk by Paul Jordan. New members welcome. Members £1, visitors £2.50 incl. refreshments. Tel: Helen Warren 01323 731792 www.eastbournefhs.org.uk Friday 10th Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries and Hearing Loss Advice The Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Corner 10am - 12 noon (drop-in).

Meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring

your NHS brown book.

Tel: 01323 722505 Email: mail@eshrc.org www.eshrc.org Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 2.30pm. ‘My Favourite Seaford Views’, illustrated talk by Kevin Gordon. Tickets £2 members/£5 non-members, available from Newberry Tully Estate Agents, 53 Church Street, or the Museum. www.seafordmuseum.co.uk.

Try Indoor Bowls for Free Denton Island Indoor Bowls Club, Denton Island, Newhaven 7pm - 8.30pm. Try the game and see the club. Bowls and friendly, free coaching provided.

Phone and book your trial, or just call in any time.

Tel: 01273 514664 Email: info@dentonislandbowls. co.uk www.dentonislandbowls.co.uk Saturday 11th The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Race Night.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th The Diablos Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road 7.30pm (Sat), 7pm (Sun).

Country rock band from Brighton launches new album.

Complimentary soft drinks and nibbles, BYO alcohol. Tickets £8.

Tel: 07984 280067 Email: info@thediablos.com www.thediablos.com Sunday 12th Seven Sisters Lace Society WI Hall, Claremont Road 10am - 4pm. Make lace with a friendly group meeting bimonthly on the 2nd Sunday. of the month. All lace makers welcome including beginners.

Tel: Jenny Gibbs 01323 483659 Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 3 & 4. www.nssc.org.uk Tuesday 14th Health Walk Martello Tower 10am. Meet beside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly

walk – keep active in winter.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.45pm lunch.

Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024 Wednesday 15th U3A Coffee Morning Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 10am - 12 noon. £2 for coffee and nibbles. Open to members and non-members. No need to book, just come along and meet the members.

National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA) Kings Church, Steyne Road 2.30pm. ‘Thomas Cromwell and the Sussex Monasteries’, talk by Helen Poole. New members (including non-NT members) are most welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt Thursday 16th Sussex Wildlife Trust Seaford & Eastbourne Area Group Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne 7.30pm. ‘Honey-buzzards, Hawfinches and Goshawks in Sussex’, illustrated talk by Mark Mallalieu, ornithologist. £3 SWT members/£4 visitors. Tel: 01424 777291 or 07946 753135. www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Friday 17th Hearing Aid Maintenance, NHS Batteries and Hearing Loss Advice St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Road 10am - 12 noon (drop-in).

Meet your local, friendly team from the East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre. Please bring your NHS brown book.

Tel: 01323 722505 Email: mail@eshrc.org www.eshrc.org Quiz Night The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 7pm. The Young Mayor’s general knowledge quiz night, raising funds for Water Refill

Stations. £5 per person, teams of max. 6. Optional £10 quiz night bar menu available.

To book, email: sue.treadwell@ seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk Friday 17th - Sunday 19th Seaford Musical Theatre: Dick Whittington The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm (Fri, Sat), 2.30pm (Sat, Sun). Also on Fri 24th - Sun 26th. Traditional family pantomime for all ages. Tickets £12 (adults)/£8 (students/ children)/£35 (family 2 adults, 2 children). Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/ thebarntheatre Saturday 18th The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Vesprettas.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Open Church Café St Leonard’s Church, Church Street 10am - 12.30pm. All welcome! www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk Sunday 19th Friends of Tide Mills meeting Tide Mills 10am - 12 noon. Meet at beach end of old village road. Help us care for this special place. Email: brianjimskinner@gmail.com Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 5 & 6. www.nssc.org.uk The Joyce Campbell Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 1pm. Sunday roast and gettogether for senior citizens in Seaford. Transport can be arranged. £6. To book call June 01323 890175.

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Tuesday 21st Health Walk The Salts Recreation Ground 10am. Meet outside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – keep active in winter.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Seaford Natural History Society St Luke’s Church Centre, Walmer Road 2.15pm. ‘Looking for Whales and Dolphins’, talk by Anna Bunney. Tel: 01323 893526 www.seafordnaturalhistory. org.uk Plastic Free Seaford The Seven Sisters, Alfriston Rd 7pm. Community meeting.

Share ideas and learn how to live without plastic. Email: plasticfreeseaford@gmail.com www.plasticfreeseaford.com Friday 24th Christian Aid Quizaid Evening Cross Way Church, Clinton Place 7pm. Bring your own drink and glasses. £7, entrance by advance tickets only.

Tel: 01323 894899 Comedy Seaford The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road 7.45pm (doors 7pm). Hosted

by Julie Jepson. Tickets £10 on the door or online. www.wegottickets.com Friday 24th - Sunday 26th Seaford Musical Theatre: Dick Whittington The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm (Fri, Sat), 2.30pm (Sat, Sun). Also on Fri 17th - Sun 19th. Traditional family pantomime for all ages. Tickets £12 (adults)/£8 (students/ children)/£35 (family 2 adults, 2 children). Available from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, tel: 01323 897426, or online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/ thebarntheatre Saturday 25th The Royal British Legion Club Claremont Road 8.30pm. Backbeat.

Tel: 01323 890154 www.seafordbritishlegion.co.uk

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Sunday 26th Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club Piddinghoe Pond 10.30am. Elford Numbum series 7 & 8. www.nssc.org.uk Corelli Ensemble St Pancras Church, Irelands Lane, Lewes 4pm. Programme includes Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg and Rutter. Followed by refreshments and a chance to meet the performers. Also on at Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road, 4pm, Sun 2nd Feb. Tickets £14 on the door/£12 in advance from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. Children free. www.corelliensemble.co.uk Tuesday 28th Health Walk Martello Tower 10am. Meet beside the café.

One hour, easy going, friendly walk – keep active in winter.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Seaford Ladies Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 12 noon for 12.30pm. Monthly meeting with guest speaker and lunch. Tel: Liz Merritt on 01323 895553.

Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 8pm. Monthly meeting. hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com Wednesday 29th Seaford Women’s Circle The Yurt, Florence House (enter through the yurt gate) 7pm. Talk/mini workshop bringing together women from the community to learn and share with each other. All ages welcome. Donations only. www.facebook.com/groups/ seafordwomenscircle Thursday 30th Seaford Horticultural Society St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 7pm. Members’ social evening.

‘The Museum of Gardening/ The Budding Foundation’, talk

by Clive Gravett. www.seafordhorti.com

Friday 31st Seaford Community Cinema The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane 7.30pm. ‘Yesterday’ (12A).

Tickets £6/£5/£3.50, from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. www.seafordcinema.org

Coming up Sunday 2nd February Corelli Ensemble Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 4pm. Programme includes

Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg and Rutter followed by refreshments and a chance to meet the performers. Profits to Homelink. Also on at St Pancras Church, Lewes, 4pm, Sun 26th Jan. Tickets £14 on the door/£12 in advance from Seaford Tourist Information Centre, 37 Church Street, or online. Children free. www.corelliensemble.co.uk

What’s On Weekly?

ARTS & CRAFTS Art Workshop Be Creative, 13 Sutton Park Road Thurs: 10am - 12 noon. With Lesley Harvey. All media used.

Refreshments provided. £15.

Tel: Terri on 01323 490912

Art Workshop Paradise Park Café, Avis Road, Newhaven Last Sat of the month: 9.30am - 11.30am. With Lesley Harvey.

All materials provided. £12.

Tel: 07722 236741 to reserve a place. Email: lesleyharvey17 hotmail.com Chinese Painting Group Hellingly Village Hall off A22 Weds: 1 - 4pm. Professional Chinese tutor. Materials available. Beginners and new members welcome. For more details contact: 01273 515452 East Sussex Moviemakers St Luke’s Parish Rooms, Stone Cross, Pevensey 1st & 3rd Weds: 7.30 9.30pm. Members show videos, advice available, speakers on video-related topics. Contact Valerie McManus: 07950 904778, valmcmanusuk@yahoo.com www.eastsussexmoviemakers. com

Knit & Natter Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Road Weds: 10am - 12 noon. Knit, natter and crochet. All made welcome. Tel: Eileen on 01273 510491 or Lyn 01323 893412 Newhaven Art Club Peacehaven Evangelical Church Mon: 2pm. Members meet to paint and draw together with discussions, demonstrations, life drawing and sketching outdoors. Annual subs. £25.

Why not come along and see how you get on? www.newhavenartclub.org.uk

Newhaven Knit ’n’ Natter Group Hillcrest Centre Bay Vue Road, Newhaven Mon: 2pm-4pm. Room 4.

Friendly support for knitting and needlework enthusiasts.

All ages and abilities welcome.

No fees or subscription. Bring along your knitting and enjoy refreshments in the café.

Free parking and access for the disabled. Further details, tel: 07540 199616 or 01323 890205

Jewellery Classes Seaford Mon: 6 - 9pm, Wed: 10am - 2pm, Fri: 10am - 2pm. Tel 07952 195341, email: info@ leprevost.co.uk, www.leprevost. co.uk

Ouse Valley Artists Denton & Mount Pleasant Social Centre Weds: 9am 12.30pm. Friendly group of enthusiastic artists, all abilities welcome. For more info call Diane on 01323 670025 or email diane.yvonne.king@ gmail.com or call Pat on 01273 516183.

Knit & Craft Chyngton Methodist Church Hall, Millberg Road, Seaford Thurs: 2pm - 4pm. All welcome, come and learn new skills making articles for charities. Tel: Viola on 01323 890271

Seaford Art Club Downs Leisure Centre Fri: 2-4pm. A friendly, active group of enthusiastic, competent artists. Weekly practical sessions, and some demonstrations. Gallery visits and other trips during the year.

A selection of paintings are displayed at The View, Seaford Golf Club. Tel Shirley 01323 899433 Email: seafordartclub.@ outlook.com Seaford Machine Knitting Club Baptist Church, Belgrave Rd 2nd Fri of month: 2 - 4pm.

Tel: Helen Doran on 01323 872218 or email: hdoran@ talktalk.net Seaford Photographic Society The Martello Room, Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Fri: 7.45pm (doors 7pm).

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CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS

Age Concern Seaford 6 Church Street Mon - Fri: 10am - 2pm. Office.

Mon - Sat: 10am - 2pm. Shop.

We offer the following services for older people: information and support, medical transport, visiting and befriending, contact time. Volunteers required.

Tel: 01323 899434 www. ageconcernseaford.btck.co.uk Bank/HSBC Retirees Group Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne Last Thurs of month: 10.30am - 12 noon. Calling all retired members. Coffee, tea and biscuits with friendly people.Tel Mrs Doreen Woodward-Davies 01323 898907.

Canasta Afternoon Seaford & Blatchington Lawn Tennis Club, 47 Belgrave Road 1st & 3rd Weds of month: 2pm. £2.50 per session incl. tea/coffee and biscuits. For info, tel: June 01323 896456.

Civil Service Pensioners Alliance The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Rd 1st Tues of month: 10am.

Friendly chat inc. group business and info on pensions/ benefits/ socials & days out.

Refreshments.

Cuckmere Valley Transition Group George Inn, Alfriston 1st Thurs of month: 7pm Energy Group meeting.

Tel: 01323 870409 email: cuckmeretransition@gmail.com www. cuckmerevalleytransition. org.uk Diabetes Support Group The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd 1st Sat of month: 2pm3pm. Informal meeting

to share experiences.

Contact 01273 519149 or email healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk.

Dog Training The Scout Hut, The Salts Recreation Ground Mon & Tues evenings: Seaford & District Dog Training Club. Dog training classes in accordance with the Kennel Club Good Citizens Scheme.

Class levels are puppy, bronze, silver and graduate.

Tel: 07516 934927 www.seaforddogclub.co.uk Downs 60+ Club Sutton Corner, Seaford (Old Flint Building, grounds of Downs Leisure Centre) 10am-12 noon and 2-4pm.

Mon am: Art, snooker. pm: Snooker, table tennis, board games. Tues am: Snooker, art, keep fit (10.30-11.30) pm: Board games, table tennis.

Weds am: Art, snooker, choir (10.30-11.45), lunch club 12.30pm pm: Snooker, craft & chat. Thurs am: Art, board games, snooker, exercise & line dancing pm: Art, snooker.

Fri am: Art, snooker pm: Table tennis Sat am: Table tennis, snooker. Occasional discussion group, card games and minibus trips. Visit twice then pay £55 for the year; no more to pay for unlimited visits (excl. lunch).

Come along or call 01323 896422 on Weds 10am 12 noon.

East Blatchington Pond Conservation Society East Blatchington Pond Sat: 10am - 12 noon.

Weekly working party. More volunteers would be welcome.

Enjoy the wildlife and help your community. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/ pond East Dean & Friston Gardening Club East Dean Village Hall, Gilberts Drive 2nd Fri of month: 2.15pm 4pm. Variety of guest speakers.

Membership £7 per year, visitors welcome. Tel: Fran 01323 423529 East Sussex Family & Carers’ Team Various locations incl.

Newhaven & Eastbourne Cranstoun’s East Sussex FACT supports people who are being affected by someone else’s substance misuse and mental health issues (dual

diagnosis). Emotional and practical help, support groups, activities and social events.

Tel: 07920 786352 or 07795 953951 Email: esfact@cranstoun.org.uk Family Learning Group Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven Various courses for parents/ carers and under 5s. Crêche available. For more details, tel: Carly: 01273 517250 Email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Free Cooking Skills (SCDA) Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven Tues (monthly): 10.30am 1pm. Learn basic cooking skills by making delicious meals in our Community Kitchen.

Tel: 01273 519149 www.sussexcommunity.org.uk French in the Cuckmere Valley Near Litlington French conversation groups led by French teacher. One-toone’s, preparation for exams, Skype lessons, proofreading, translation, French film and literary groups. For more information tel: 01323 871204/ 07903 610880 or email babkun@gmail.com Friendship The Base (next to the Salts Café), Marine Parade Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon.

We chat, enjoy music, play games and buy a drink in the café next door. £2 each week (carers free). Tel: Sam 01323 897320 The Havens Day Clubs for Over 65s Kempton House, Peacehaven: Tues: 10am-3pm, or half day. Newhaven Age Concern Club: Weds: 10am3pm, or half days. Care, support, friendship and respite care.

Run by Age UK East Sussex.

Tel Nicola on 07850 987131, Lewes office 01273 476704 www.ageukeastsussex.org.uk Heartsease Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 1st Fri of month (except August): 2.30pm. Monthly group welcoming anyone who finds themselves alone and would enjoy some social interaction. Speakers, activities, companionship and tea. Tel: John and Jill Hughes 01323 898678

HIVE Youth Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 7.15 - 8.45pm. (School year 7 – sixth form). Games, activities, workshops, pool, table football, table tennis, Xbox, instruments, social events, trips out, advice, encouragement & guidance. Annual membership £5 (excl. social events and trips). Term time only.

Tel: 01323 896009 www. seafordbaptistchurch.org.uk Joyce Campbell Sunday Lunch Club St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road 3rd Sunday of the month (unless otherwise stated): 1pm.

A get together for lunch for senior citizens in Seaford. £6.

No August lunch club, resumes 15th September. To book call June on 01323 890175.

Kids Aloud Kingswell, 115-117 Vale Road (Community Church Hall) Fri: 3.45pm - 5.30pm. Free after-school activities for children aged 4-12. All welcome for games, art and stories. Tel: Tina 01323 492833. www.kings-well.org.uk/kids_ aloud.htm Know Dementia Memory Moments Café Meridian Centre, Meridian Way, P’haven Fri: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Informal café for people with dementia and their family supporter/carer. Includes tea, coffee and cake, and a little fun and laughter with games, talk, music, dance etc. Tel: 01273 494300 Email: info@ knowdementia.co.uk Lipreading Classes St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Tues:10am - 11.45am.

Newcomers welcome, first session free. Great confidence builder. Six week terms. Fee includes membership of Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club. Tel: Wendy 01323 490833 L: IVE Youth Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 6 - 7pm. (School year 3 - 6). Games and activities inc. pool, table football, table tennis, games consoles, craft zones, and a tuck shop. Admission £1 inc 50p worth of tuck.

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Martello Rotary Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road Mon: 7.15pm for 7.45pm.

Tel: 07984 581784 or email: contactseafordmartellorotary@ gmail.com.

Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Road, Seaford Mon: 6pm - 7pm. Seaford Youth Forum. Tues: 3.30pm - 5.30pm.

Juniors Youth Club (Year 8 & 9), £1. Weds: 3.30 - 6pm. After School Club (Year 6 & 7), £1.

Thurs: 3.30pm - 5.30pm.

Mercread Youth Centre Mercread Road, Seaford T.O.A.S.T. Girls Only Group, £1.

6.30pm - 8.30pm. Seniors Youth Club (Year 9+), £1. For more details contact Roger Daw on 01323 892531 National Trust Seaford Association (NTSA) The Kings Church, Steyne Road 3rd Weds of month: 2.30pm.

Illustrated talks on subjects from Oct to March. Outings from spring to autumn plus other social and fundraising events. New members welcome. Visitors £2.50. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/nt Newhaven & Seaford Sea Cadets The Old Church, Chapel Street, Newhaven Mon & Fri: 7pm - 9pm (seniors) Fri: 7pm - 9pm (juniors) Newhaven, Peacehaven & Seaford Lions Club White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd 4th Thurs of month: 8pm meeting. www.npslions.co.uk Newhaven Youth Club Lewes Road Hut, Robinson Road, Newhaven Weds: 6.30-8.30pm.

For young people aged 11+.

Info 01273 517250 or youth@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Probus Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd 2nd Tues of month: 12 noon for 12.45pm lunch. Monthly meeting with 2-course meal and speaker. Tel: 01323 899300 or 01323 896024.

Royal Antidiluvian Order of Buffaloes RAF Club, Wish Road, Eastbourne Sun: 4pm. Weekly meetings.

Tel: 07766 404133 or 07709 290934 or email: dkg53@ talktalk.net

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The Royal Society of St George Monthly events. England’s leading patriotic society.

Contact Chairman 01323 899985 or email: 514928@ talktalk.net.

Seaford Afternoon Flower Club Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 3rd Thurs of month:1.30pm for a 2pm start. No meeting in January. Talks, demos, outings, etc. Past and new members welcome. Membership £29 per year. Visitors £5 including refreshments per meeting. Tel: Mary Morris 01323 893899 or Sue Ward 01323 894848.

Seaford Bonfire Society White Lion Hotel, Claremont Rd First Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Membership and open committee meeting. Email: seafordbonfire@gmail.com www.seafordbonfiresociety. co.uk Seaford Bridge Club Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Tues:1.15 for 1.30pm - 5pm (in Sutton Hall).

Weds & Fri: 6.15 for 6.30pm 9.45pm (in 60+ Club).

Friendly duplicate bridge sessions. Tel: 01323 893626 Email: gillespiejohn6@gmail. com www.bridgewebs.com/seaford Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon: Cribbage & Line Dancing.

Tues: 9.30am Slimming World.

3rd Weds: Klondyke Whist.

Thurs: Tea Dance/Dance Classes. Fri & Sun: 8.15pm Bingo. Tel: 01323 890087 Seaford Evening Flower Club St Luke’s Church, Walmer Rd 1st Thurs of month: 7pm for 7.30pm demo (not in January). Affil. to NAFAS. New members welcome. Visitors £4.50 including refreshments.

Tel Marian on 01273 515544 Seaford Head Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 1st Tues of month: Monthly lunch for members and guests.

Tel: 01323 896373 Seaford Museum & Heritage Society Martello Tower Wednesday: 2pm-4pm Saturday, Sunday & bank hols: 11am-4pm. Groups by appointment. Archives open

every 1st Sun of each month.

Tel: 01323 898222 www.seafordmuseum.co.uk Seaford Quakers Seaford Little Theatre, Steyne Rd Sun: 10.30 - 11.30am. Meeting for worship followed by refreshments. All welcome.

Tel Margaret Brandram on 01323 381282 Seaford Rotary Seaford Golf Club, Firle Rd Weds: 12.45 for 1pm. Weekly meeting.

Seaford Social Club for Blind & Partially Sighted People St Peter’s Hall, Belgrave Road 1st Thurs of month: 2-4pm.

Entertainment and tea.

Tel: ESAB 01323 832252 Seafordspirit: Seaford Independent Spiritualist Church 3 Warwick Road Tues: 7.30pm - 8.30pm Healing. Thurs: 7.30pm Divine Service. Friday: 10.30pm 12 noon Healing. Alternate Saturdays: Clairvoyant Evenings 7.30pm. Demos/ workshops see website. All welcome. Tel 01323 737407 Email: enquiries@seafordspirit. co.uk www.seafordspirit.co.uk Seaford Stamp & Postcard Club Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane 2nd Weds of month: 7.15pm.

Monthly speaker. All stamp and postcard collectors welcome.

Tel: 01323 492433 www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/sspc Seaford Stroke & Caring Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Mon: 2 - 4pm. Slides, music, quizzes, bingo, tea and homemade cakes. Some transport available. Tel: Joyce Woodgate: 01323 894547 Seaford Tea Club Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 2pm - 3.45pm. Social club for all. The aim is to combat loneliness and isolation. Tea, cakes, games, raffle and companionship.

Good access. All welcome.

Enquiries to: seafordteaclub@ outlook.com Seahaven (Afternoon) Trefoil Guild Afternoon Meeting St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church St. 1st Tues of month: 2.30 4.30pm. Tel: 01323 897959

Seahaven (Evening) Trefoil Guild Evening Meeting Downs Leisure Centre Over 60s Club 3rd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

Tel: 01323 893250 Seahaven Hard of Hearing Club St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd 1st Friday of month: 2.15 - 4pm. Guest speakers and other activities, tea and biscuits, raffle. Local transport may be available at a small cost.

Contact Pauline 01323 895216 The Submariners Association (Sussex Branch) Royal British Legion Club, Claremont Road 1st Fri of month: 7.45pm.

For all ex and serving submariners. Tel: Harry Summerton 01323 734132 Survivors of Suicide The Matthew 25 Mission, Brodie Hall, Christ Church, Seaside, Eastbourne 2nd Mon: 7pm-8.30pm. Group for people affected by suicide. www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Sussex Army Cadet Force No. 2 Platoon (Seaford) Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Mon & Weds: 7.30 - 9.30pm.

For ages 12 (school year 8) to 18 yrs. For further information email kevin.falconer@serfca.org or tel: 01273 552222 Sussex Wildlife Trust Various locations in and around Seaford 1st Thurs of month:10am 3pm, Sept to May. For details tel: 07824 151935. Email: sarahquantrill@sussexwt.org.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk Sussex Wildlife Trust Youth Rangers Various locations in and around Seaford Tues:Term time only.

Volunteer group for 16-25 year olds. Carry out practical conservation tasks and learn about wildlife whilst gaining valuable work experience.

Email: nikkihills@sussexwt. org.uk www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk The Union Club, Seaford 1 Stafford Road A non-political social club for residents. Lounge bar, dart board, snooker table, TV screens, and events.

Applications for membership all welcome. Tel 01323 890015 email: membership@ theunionclub.plus.com

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Wellbeing Group for Young People Denton Island Community Centre, Newhaven, BN9 9BA Tues: 4.30pm - 5.30pm starting 27th August. A 6-week group workshop focussing on self esteem, confidence, resilience, goal setting, and mental health. For young people between 12-16 years. Tel: 01273 517250. Email: youth@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Who Let the Dads Out? Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat of month: 9.30am 11.30am. For children 0 to 11 yrs with their dads, granddads and male carers. Tel: 01323 896009

community

Clinton Centre Café Cross Way Church, Clinton Pl. Tues: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee/ tea and biscuit or toast and butter, £1. Tel: 01323 873262 Coffee Morning & Bring & Buy St Luke’s Church Hall, Walmer Rd Weds: 10am - 12 noon Coffee Pot Chyngton Methodist Church Hall Thurs: 10 - 11.30am. Assorted items on sale. Disabled access.

Friendly atmosphere.

Tel: 01323 891534 East Dean Farmers’ Market East Dean Village Hall,Village Green Lane off Gilberts Drive Weds: 10am - 12.30pm.

01323 423481 Family Learning and Youth Activities For information tel: 01273 517250, email: familylearning@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk International Coffee Morning St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane 2nd & 4th Weds of month: 10.30am - 12.30pm. FebruaryDecember, term time only.

Local Indoor Market Cross Way Church (formerly known as the Clinton Centre) Clinton Place Fri: 10.30am - 2.30pm. Local community market. Affordable cafe open from 11am. Run by Sussex Markets. Info and stalls call Wendy on 07883 611677. sussexmarkets@live.co.uk Facebook: SussexMarkets

Love Heart Community Café Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Thurs: 10.30am - 12.30pm.

Supporting people with learning difficulties through work experience. All welcome.

Fundraisers: raise funds and enhance your profile for free, any Thursday with booked slot.

Tel: 01273 812976 Mitchell House Monday Tea Club 43 Lexden Drive Mon: 3 - 4.30pm. Tea, chat and a game or two. 50p and extra charge to play games (for prize funding). Tel: 01323 891804 Monday Coffee Mornings Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. All welcome to come and enjoy a coffee/tea with biscuits.

Newhaven Country Market Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven, BN9 9LH Thursdays: 9.45am - 1pm (2pm Easter and Christmas markets). Homemade produce, free-range eggs, fresh fish, plants, crafts, café. Free parking, access for the disabled.

Contact Jackie Gordon on 01323 872263.

Newhaven Street Markets Newhaven High Street Thurs & Sat: 9am - 2pm. Fresh produce, bread, pastries, fish & seafood, street food, clothes, arts & crafts, household goods, fishing tackle, handmade jewellery. For stall hire tel 01273 517544 or email:new havenmarket@outlook.com One You East Sussex Various locations Free healthy lifestyle service.

Supporting East Sussex residents to eat well, move more, drink less, be smoke free and lose weight through internal programmes and 1-2-1 support. Plus free NHS health checks. To self-refer or refer a friend go online or tel: 01323 404600 www.oneyoueastsussex.org.uk Plastic Free Seaford The Seven Sisters (function room) Alfriston Road 3rd Tues: 7pm. Monthly Community Meeting for the Plastic Free Seaford campaign.

All welcome.

Facebook: Plastic Free Seaford

Seaford Community Garden Crouch Gardens next to the Peace Garden Weds: 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon (July to September only).

Garden open, plants and produce for sale. All welcome. www.seaford-sussex.co.uk/scg Seaford Old Town Hall Community Tea Room Church Street, Seaford Mon - Fri: 10am - 1pm.

Sat: 10am - 12 noon. Come and enjoy a comfortable rest, hot drink, friendly chat.

Seaford Police Neighbourhood Policing Team Meet & Greet Downs Leisure Centre Thurs: 3.30pm. Meet your local Police Community Support Officers. www.sussex.police.uk Seaford Street Markets Sutton Road 2nd & 4th Friday of the month: 9am - 1pm. www. seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/ Street-Markets.aspx Seaford Tree Wardens Various locations 1st Saturday & 3rd Tuesday: Mornings: two-hour sessions caring for Seaford’s newly planted trees. Tools provided.

For details visit the Facebook page or seafordtreewardens. wordpress.com Seahaven Storehouse Seaford Community Church, 115-117 Vale Road Thurs: 10am - 1pm. Providing basic food items to those in need. Tel/text: 07921 844930 Email: seahavenstorehouse@ gmail.com www.kings-well.org. uk/storehouse.php Tutoring Tutor’s home in Seaford Tutoring services for primary/ secondary ages – help with building confidence, English, Maths, skills for learning, English/History to GCSE, 11+/ SATS preparation. Contact Liz Hunter (DBS checked) on 07918 127763 or 01323 893933. Email: lizthetutor@ btinternet.com

Ladies’ clubs

Bizzybirds The View, Seaford Head Golf Club, Southdown Road Monthly meetings An opportunity for business women to meet over coffee

to share hints, tips and advice with occasional guest speakers and training sessions. For upcoming dates and more info visit www.bizzybirds.co.uk Blatchington Hill Townswomen’s Guild The Chapel Room, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford 2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

Members only. Membership enquiries: the.kavanaghs@ btinternet.com Inner Wheel Club of Seaford Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 2nd Tues of month: 7.30pm.

Members only.

Seaford Ladies Probus Club Seaford Golf Club, Firle Road 4th Tues of month: 12 noon for 12.30pm. Monthly lunch club for retired or semi-retired professional businesswomen.

Silver service meal and local speakers.

Tel: Liz Merritt 01323 895553 Seaford Martello WI St Leonard’s Church Hall, Church Lane, off Church St 2nd Thurs of month: 7.30pm.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01273 583484, email: angeaston@sky.com Seaford NWR (National Women’s Register) Members’ homes and out and about Various days: For women who are interested in everything and talk about anything. More details visit www.nwr.org.uk or contact us directly by email: nwrseaford@gmail.com Seaford Sweethearts WI Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 4th Tues of month: 8pm 10pm. For further info about attending, please email: hello@ seafordsweetheartswi.com Seaford Women’s Circle The Yurt at Florence House Last Weds of month: 7pm (December date TBC). Each month a different woman from the community will hold the circle or offer a talk/mini workshop. It’s a space to share and learn. All ages welcome. www.facebook.com/groups/ seafordwomenscircle Seaford Women’s Institute Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd 2nd Weds of month: 2pm.

Monthly meeting. Other activities include: Mon: Art (weekly); Play Reading continued...

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(fortnightly). Weds: Gentle yoga (not on 2nd Weds); Craft & Chat (1st & 3rd Weds only).

Plus seasonal walking group. www.esfwi.org.uk/wis/seaford

music & drama Archway Gospelish Choir Blatchington Rd Mon: 8pm - 9.30pm. Gospel & soul-inspired music. £8.50 a session.

Archway Contemporary Choir Chyngton School, Millberg Rd Weds: 12.30pm - 2pm at Archway, 8pm - 9.30pm Everything from Ellington to Supertramp. £8.50 per session.

Tel 01323 897590 www.thearchwaygroup.com Chyngton Youth Academy of Arts and Drama St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Thurs: 4pm. Ages 5-12 Fri: 5.30pm. Ages 12-18.

For drama classes contact Ellen on 07791 081935 Concentus Choir JPK Centre, 39-41 Church Street, Eastbourne Mon: 7.30pm - 9.45pm.

No need to read music to join this friendly choir, which regularly sings in Seaford.

Tel: Claire 07920 430162 or Sue 07789 343514. www. concentus-sings.com The Downs Singers Downs 60+ Club, Sutton Crn. Weds: 10.30am - 11.30am.

Friendly. No need to read music. Tel: 01323 896422 on Tues 10am -12 noon or come on the day.

Haven Harmonies Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven BN9 9LH Mon: 7 - 9pm. Contemporary repertoire accompanied on guitar. No need to read music. £6 per session. Tel 01273 611068 or email: marianstanley43@gmail.com for more information.

Michael Piraner’s Recorder Workshops The Chapel Room, St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat every month: 2pm - 4.30pm. For adults over 18 years of age. For more information, email: val. underhill@googlemail.com Play Readings at the Seaford Little Theatre 4 Steyne Road 1st Tues every month (except November): 7.30pm. Everyone welcome to join in or just listen;

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play readings are held in the coffee lounge. Tel: Mary 01323 351882 or email gmaryyoung@ gmail.com SBC Singers Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Weds: 7pm. New members always welcome.

Tel: Peter 01273 586687 Seaford Choral Society Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Mon: 7.15 - 9.15pm New singers always welcome, no experience necessary, no audition. Tel: 01323 301683, email: info@seaford-choralsociety.com www.seafordchoral-society.com Seaford Drum Group The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Tues: 7pm - 9pm. Group drumming. No experience necessary, everyone welcome.

Tel: Jamie 07863 159742 Seaford Folk Songs and Tunes Circle The Office Bar, Saxon Lane 1st Thurs of month: 8pm All welcome. Come along, sing, play or listen. Free entry.

Seaford Handbell Ringers St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Weds: 10am - 12.30pm. For more information, tel: Margaret Hopkins 01323 325305. 1pm 3pm, tel: Jo Tigg 01323 893878.

New members very welcome.

Seaford Little Theatre Steyne Road Mon: 10am - 11.30am. Coffee morning for members and new members. Tel: Mary 01323 351882. Last Mon of month: £1 Tea and toast Charity Breakfast. Tel: Debbie 07596 709044. Weds: 7.30 - 10pm (except during productions).

Workshop and Social Evening.

Set building, prop, wardrobe and chat over a coffee.Tel: Ray 07984 280067 Seaford Musical Theatre The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Tues & Thurs: 7.30pm.

Rehearsals - new members welcome. Tel: 01323 492240 Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors The Barn Theatre, Saxon Lane Weds: 6 - 8pm. Performance based learning for young people. Tel: 07468 916302 or email: Donna7of9@gmail.com

Seaford Silver Band Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Weds: 8 - 10pm. Rehearsals.

New members welcome.

Tel: 01323 892424 or 07740 646386 visit www. seafordsilverband.co.uk Seaford Sings Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Thurs: 7.30 - 9pm. Community choir raising funds for Cancer Research UK. No experience necessary, no booking required.

Suggested £5 donation per session. Tel: Martin Neill 07925 548217. Email: Martinneill139@ gmail.com Seaford Youth Drama Group Kings Church, Steyne Rd Mon: groups from 5pm.

Very reasonable prices. New members welcome. Contact Chris on 01323 892023 Singing for Fun Seaford Baptist Church Weds: 11am - 12 noon.

Thurs: 7 - 8pm. For adults of all ages and abilities – join us for an hour of musical fun.

No need to read music. £5.

Phone 01323 365495, 07799 818590 email: sallyann@ crystalclearaudio.co.uk Sound Baths The Yurt, Florence House, Southdown Road 1st and 3rd Tues of the month: Bathe in these lovely soothing sounds. Tel 07515 961327 South Downs Society of Recorder Players St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road 4th Sat of the month: 2 - 5pm.

Contact the secretary, email: sdowns@srp.org.uk U3A Orchestra Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 10am - 12 noon (SeptMay). All instruments and abilities welcome. Friendly people playing a variety of fun music. Tel: Pat 07949 557117 U3A Recorder Group St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Weds: 2 - 4pm. Tel: Val Underhill on 01323 895230 Email: val.underhill@googlemail. com Vocal Repertoire St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Fri: 5pm for 8 - 12 year olds, 7pm for 13 to 20 year olds.

Join our wonderful, talented and friendly bunch for group and solo singing sessions

For more details visit: facebook.com/vocalrepertoire

Baby & Pre-School

Ante- & Postnatal Excercise Class Downs Leisure Centre, Tues: 10.45 - 11.30am. Specialist exercise class for mums to be and new mums. Crèche on site or baby welcome in class.

Tel: 07901 683577 or 01323 490011 or email c.s.cornish@ hotmail.com Artsmart Pre-school Messy Play Clinton Centre, Clinton Place Mon: 11am - 12 noon. Drop in £4.50, siblings £3. Artsmart holiday workshops contact Ann on 07834 629133 or via Facebook.

Baby and Toddler Experience Seaford, Lewes and Newhaven Classes for babies & toddlers to develop, learn, and have fun.

Tel: 07834 231971 www.the babyandtoddlerexperience. co.uk Piglets Toddler Group St Thomas More Church Wednesdays: 9.30 - 11.30am.

Facebook: Piglets Seaford Scallywags Play Group Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fridays (term-time): 9.30 11am. Toys, songs, refreshments, for adults with pre-school children.£1 per adult. Tel: 01323 896009 (mornings) Email: office@seafordbaptistchurch. org.uk Who Let the Dads Out? Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road 2nd Sat of month: 9.30am 11.30am. Parents and toddlers group for fathers, grandfathers or male carers and their preschool children.Tel: 01323 896009

sport & dance

Alfriston Badminton Club Pleasant Rise, Alfriston Weds: 8 - 10pm. Small friendly group looking to expand its membership. All standards welcome. Tel: 01323 645210 Ballet, Tap and Modern Bond School of Dance, St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Rd Weds, Fri & Sat: from 3 years.

Free trial class. Tel: 01323 492795 or 07703 485348 www.nikki-b-danceschool.co.uk

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Ballet,Tap, Modern & Jazz Seahaven Dance, Seaford and Newhaven Mon - Sat Contact Mechele on 07738 831616, email: info@seahavendance.co.uk www.seahavendance.co.uk Ballroom Dance Classes with Studio Tempo Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane.

Thurs: 5.45pm. Beginners Sequence. 7.30pm. Beginners Ballroom. 8.30pm. Followon class. Classes also held in Newhaven. Tel: 01273 476565 Barefoot Boogaloo Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven 4th Tues of the month: 7.30 - 9.30pm. £7/£5 concs.

Visit Facebook page for info.

Basketball with Seahaven Force Seahaven Academy, Southdown Road, Newhaven Thurs: 7pm - 9.30pm. Adults open scrimmage (mixed).

Sat: 10am - 12 noon. Open squad session 11-17 years.

Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Sun: 11am - 1pm. Mini Ballers 6-11 years.Tel: 07900 817868 www.seahavenforce.com Body Vibes Windover Fitness, nr Alfriston Tues: 10am. Thurs: 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034 Body Works Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Fri: 2pm: All age circuits, 2.45 - 4pm: Older adult stretch & tone. £5 pp. Tel: 01323 871554/07930 738034 Boxercise® Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 7pm. Circuits and Bootcamp. Tues: 7.30pm.

Cardio Padwork and Aerobox.

Classes suitable for beginners.

Tel: 01273 510784 or book at: www.waveleisure.co.uk Boxercise®

Constitutional Club, Seaford Sun: 10am.

Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Weds: 10am Thurs: 7.30pm Thurs: 6.30pm. Indoor Boot Camp. Tel: 07904 818746 Facebook: Fitness & Personal Training Breakfast Bootcamp The Salts Recreation Ground, Seaford Thurs: 6.30 - 7.15am. An all over body workout this class is aimed at getting you stronger, leaner and will help

you burn more calories! Tel: 07989 714542 Email: steve@ whittfittraining.co.uk www.whittfittraining.co.uk Facebook: Whittfit Training, Brighton – Steve Whittemore Couch to 5K (SCDA) Denton Island Community Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven A gentle 9-week couch to 5k programme to help you start running, finishing with local parkrun. Tel: 01273 519149 or healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk Crouch Bowling Club Crouch Gardens, East Street April-Sept: Outdoor bowling club. All age groups welcome.

Free coaching by qualified coaches. Oct-April: We have an indoor season of short mat and skittles, plus an active social calendar throughout the year. Tel: 01323 654788 www. crouchbowlingclubseaford.co.uk Cycle Seahaven Various locations Organised rides for MTB and road riders of all levels of fitness and experience. £7 per year. All rides are listed on www.cycleseahaven.org.uk Denton Indoor Bowls Club Denton Island, Newhaven Mon - Sun: 9am - 7pm. New members welcome.

Tel 01273 514664 Extend Activities to music, suitable for older people. Have fun while you improve your balance and mobility, with seated options.

For classes and times in the area tel Sandria: 01273 514152 Flexercise Seaford Head Lower School Dance Studio, Steyne Road Tues: 6.15pm - 7.15pm. Part exercise, part dance, all fun.

Tel: Margaret 07592 026814 www.fl-exercise.com Football Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: Lunchtime. Indoor kickabout for Seaford Head Year 7 & 8 students only. Steyne Site sports hall. 5pm - 6pm. Free kickabout for Year 7+, Downs Leisure Centre. Fri: 9 - 10pm.

Football Street League session with Brighton & Hove Albion in the Community. Downs Leisure Centre, £1. Tel: 01323 892531

Forces Fit The Salts Recreation Ground Mon & Weds: 7pm Sun: 10am Free tasters available. Book online at www.forcesfit.co.uk Golf Seaford Golf Club, 111 Firle Road Learn how to play at our new academy. £50 adult/£25 under-16s for six months’ use of practice facilities, two free lessons with our PGA pro and a discount card in the clubhouse. Tel: 01323 892442 GOSH in the Havens – Walks Various Every Weds morning: Green and open spaces for health walking groups. All walks 90 minutes. Fresh air, friendly people, gentle exercise, nature and a cuppa. Contact our Health Champion Volunteer Leader Dawn Paul on 07966 842232 or email dawn. paul99@btopenworld.com.

Health Walks Martello Tower/The Salts Café 10am - 11am. Health walks, Tuesdays First, third and fifth Tuesday of the month from Salts Café and second and fourth from Martello Tower.

All ages and abilities welcome.

Free. Tel: Lorna Neville on 01424 444675 or 07740 899559, email lorna.neville@ tcv.org.uk Holistic Core Restore St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Unique six-week pelvic floor and core restore exercise programme for every woman at every life stage. For info and booking, tel: Denise 07725 358811. Email: denise@ bodywisemusclecare.co.uk www.eastbourne holisticcorerestore.com Kettlercise and CoreAbility Wave Leisure, Shakespeare Hall, Newhaven Mon: 6pm. Kettlercise. All over body toning and fat burning.

Tues: 6.30pm. Core-focused kettlebell and bodyweight workout. All classes suitable for beginners. Tel: 01273 510784 or book online: www. waveleisure.co.uk Line Dancing Daytime classes for mixed abilities. Tel Val on 01323 325993

Line Dancing Mercread Youth Centre, Mercread Road Tues: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates Fri: 5.30 - 6.30pm Beginners, 6.30 - 7.30pm Improvers, 7.30 - 9pm Intermediates. Tel: Gina on 01273 470456 or 07443 425621 Line Dancing with Southern Stomp Church Hall, Bramber Avenue, Peacehaven Mon: 10am - 12 noon.

Morning Medley. A mix of dances for everyone. 12.30pm - 2pm. Good Beginner.

Weds: 10am - 12.30pm.

Improver/Easy Intermediate.

Telscombe Hall, Tyedean Road, Telscombe Cliffs Tues: 7.15pm - 8.45pm.

Improver. St Nicholas Church Hall, Saltdean Vale, Saltdean Thurs: 7.30pm - 9.30pm.

Good Intermediate.

Tel: 01273 587714 Email: southernstomp@ hotmail.co.uk www.southernstomp.com Line Dancing with Studio In Line Seaford Constitutional Club Crouch Lane Mon 7.30pm - 10pm. All levels Downs Leisure Centre Thurs 9.30 - 10.30am. Absolute beginners, 10.30am - 12 noon.

All levels. Tel: 07931 930770 Meditation & Relaxation St James’ Trust, Blatchington Rd Sat: 10 - 11am.

The Archway, Blatchington Rd Tues: 11am -12 noon.

Fri: 6 - 7pm. Tel: 01323 365802 or 07557 539507.

Email: pia1807@hotmail.co.uk Meditation Group Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House, Warwick Rd Tues: 7.30pm-8.30pm. £6.

Please contact Jacqueline for details. Tel: 07963 014560 Meditation Groups Seaford Tues: 10am-12 noon & 7pm9pm. Meetings held in Ann’s home. 1 to 1 sessions, massage and life coaching also available.

For further details, tel: Ann 07989 294445.

Mums’ Fitness Mercread Centre, Mercread Road Mon: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Weds: 9.30am. Burn & Tone Fri: 9.30am. Total Toning Seaford: Tues: 9.30am. Tots and Tums Thurs: 9.30am. Tots & continued...

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Tums Children welcome. £25 for 5. New members first 3 classes £10. www.facebook. com/MumsFitnessUK Tel Alex 07540 551054 Newhaven Bowling Club Fort Road, Newhaven Sat: 10am - 11.30am. Junior Bowls Club. 11.45am - lunch. #Letsplaybowls adult try-it-out sessions. Qualified coach and members to help all learn and improve. Tel: 07401663519 www.newhavenbowling club.weebly.com

Pilates – Fitness Pilates Claremont Hall, Claremont Rd Tues: 12.30 - 1.30pm. £7.50 pay as you go or £49 for 8 sessions. Have fun! Suitable for all. Contact Karen on 01273 305827 email: karen.funandfit@ gmail.com

Nordic Walking Various locations Sat: Morning walks in Sussex.

Afternoon taster/introductory sessions on the seafront.

Weds: 7pm. Evening taster/ introductory sessions at Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Rd. Tel: Kathryn 01323 891492, email: kathrynmcdonald2@ googlemail.com

Pilates Mat & Barre Dance Studio. Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Thurs: 6.15pm - 7.15pm. With Karen Hall. Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com

Obstacle Course Training The Salts Recreation Ground 8.45am - 9.30am. Running, jumping, crawling, pulling, pushing, carrying and other movements to help you get stronger and fitter for your first obstacle course race.

Tel: 07989 714542 Email: steve@whittfittraining.co.uk www.whittfittraining.co.uk Facebook: Whittfit Training, Brighton – Steve Whittemore Outdoor Yoga Yin in the Havens 10.30am. Feel grounded and relaxed in a natural setting whilst working on your wellbeing. Free sessions.

Donations welcome. Contact jacqui.johnston@hotmail.co.uk or 07816 154644 to book.

Outdoor Walks & Activities Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Eastbourne Free, informal, friendly group walks and gardening outdoor activities. Tel: 01273 519149, email: healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk www.sussexcommunity.org.uk Pilates – Alfriston Pilates Lower Ground Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Road Daily except Sunday. Pilates, Yoga, Kettlebells and Tai Chi. Tel: Shona 07903 671962 Email: alfristonpilates@ btinternet.com www.alfristonpilates.com

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Pilates – to raise money for the Youth Counselling Project Seaford Osteopathic Clinic Fri: 6-7pm. Run by Yoga Teacher Karen Hall. Contact 07944 785520. karenmoves@ gmail.com

Pilates – Movement for Life Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic,Warwick Rd Mon-Sat: daily and evening classes. Back care, Gentle and Dynamic Pilates, Reformer and Wunda Chair, Pelvic Floor Restore, Men’s Group, Yoga, Meditation, Seniors Chairbased Exercise – something for every and any body!

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Premier United Girls The Salts Recreation Ground Sat: 11.30am. Fun, free football training for girls in years 3, 4 and 5, and years 6, 7 and 8.

Rural Rambles Seaford Third Thurs of the month: Free guided walks starting and finishing in Seaford. 2-3 hours. Walks also running in Newhaven and Peacehaven.

Full schedule online: www. waveleisure.co.uk Scottish Country Dancing Alfriston War Memorial Hall, 4 The Tye, Alfriston Tues: 3.30pm - 5pm. Fun and laughter guaranteed. All ages and abilities welcome. No previous experience needed.

Bring water and comfortable shoes. £3 per person. Email: sue_fulham@hotmail.com Seaford & Blatchington Tennis Club Belgrave Road, Seaford The club is open 7 days a week, providing a wide variety of tennis activities. Contact membership secretary Dee Kellaway on 01323 891372.

Seaford & District Folk Dance Group Sutton Hall, Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon: 7.45pm. New members welcome, first visit free.

Tel: Judy 01323 890759 or Pam 01273 982218 Seaford Bowling Club Chichester Road, BN25 2DT October until April: Winter Season. Outdoor bowls now finished until April. Short mat bowls in the clubhouse. Weekly whist session. Many themed events. Please enquire about our friendly club. New members welcome. Tel: 01323 892831. Email: honsec@ seafordbowlingclub.org www.seafordbowlingclub.org Seaford Cricket Club Salts Recreation Ground, Park Rd All Stars 8-week cricket programme for boys and girls, 5-8 years. Junior outdoor training. Fri: 6pm-7pm. Under 10s to under 13s. 7pm-8pm.

Under 14s to under 16s. Email: seanwootten@rocketmail.com Senior outdoor training Tues & Thurs: 6.30pm-8pm.

Senior home matches in the Sussex League. Also Sunday and mid-week friendlies.

Email: smithjps@hotmail.com.

New players and beginners welcome.

Seaford Kurlers Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Tues: 2 - 4pm. All welcome.

First visit free. Contact June Wood on 01323 895376 or sally1989@tiscali.co.uk

Seaford Rugby Football Club Junior Training Salts Recreation, Marine Parade Sun: 10.30am -12 noon. Ages ranging from 6 to 16, a friendly but ambitious squad. Come along or tel 07818 438378 Seaford Striders Running Club From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Mon & Weds (main night): 7pm. All ages and abilities welcome. www.seafordstriders.org.uk Seaford Traditional Folk Dance Group St Peter’s Church Hall, Belgrave Road Wed: 10.15am-12.15pm. Our repertoire spans over 400 years of pleasurable dancing, with a focus on the 17th century. We welcome anyone interested in joining/visiting us. £4 pw. Tel: 01323 897315 SUP & Fitness Seven Sisters car park, BN25 4AD Sat: 10am. Fitness (on land), £5.11am. SUP Training, £5.

12 noon. SUP social, free. Join for 1, 2 or all 3 sessions.

Tel: Sasha 07568 107963 Tai Chi Alfriston Pilates, Lower Grd Floor Studio, 1-3 Dane Rd Thurs: 12 noon - 1pm. £8 per class. Soft, slow and gentle movement suitable for all.

Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@icloud.com

Seaford Netball Club Seaford Head Sports Hall Mon: 5pm-5.30pm: Starlets, age 7-9 (£2.50). 5.30pm-6.30pm: Shadows, age 10-12 (£3).

6.30pm-7.30pm: Shadows, age 13-15, (£3).7.30pm-9pm: Seniors (£5). New members welcome. Tel: Clare Flack: 07724 956649

Walking Netball Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road, Seaford Mon: 1.45pm - 3pm. Netball but at a walking pace. Anyone can play regardless of age, ability or fitness levels. Join us for a wiggle and a giggle.

Trainers recommended. Call Fran for more info on 07593 019649. Facebook: Seaford Walking Netball. Check out an introduction video on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/ qzQfnv7sFPg.

Seaford Rambling Club Various locations A varied programme of walks for active people. For details tel 01323 894370 or www. seaford-rambling-club.org.uk Seaford Rugby Football Club Salts Recreation Ground, Marine Parade Tues & Thurs: 7 - 9pm.

Recruiting new players for two teams in the Sussex leagues.

Come along or contact Paul Burns on 07732 202208

Walk Your Way to Health (SCDA) Various locations on the South Downs Tues: 1pm (no dogs), 2pm (dog walkers). We invite you to join our weekly (up to) one hour friendly walks.

Walk simply for the pleasure, company and fresh air, or use this as as stepping stone to build up your strength and fitness. Tel: 01273 519149 or healthylifestyles@ sussexcommunity.org.uk

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Walking Rugby Seaford RFC, The Salts Recreation Ground, Richmond Road Sun: 10am. Fun team game accessible to people of all genders, ages and abilities.

Spectators welcome.

Tel: Andrew Cambridge 07724 240279 Email: seafordwalkingrugby@outlook. com www.seafordrfc.club Wave Leisure Health Walks From Downs Leisure Centre, Sutton Road Thurs: 10am. Tel: 01323 490011 Wutan Kung Fu & Tai Chi Chyngton Primary School, Millberg Road, Seaford Tues: 6-7pm - Family Kung Fu, adults £6, children £4.

7-8pm - Tai Chi, £7 per class or £10 both classes. Tel: 07971 296698 Email: audramarshall@ icloud.com Yoga Newhaven Tues: 10am. 60+ yoga 7pm.

Pranayama and meditation.

Weds: 10am. Pregnancy yoga 2pm. Gentle yoga for those living with cancer, ME and heart ailments. 7pm. Classical therapeutic yoga.

Thurs: 10am. Mixed abilities.

New yoga studio with all equipment provided. 5-week courses for small groups with highly qualified teacher.

Tel: 01273 512306 Yoga – Chair Based Yoga Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Paignton House, Warwick Rd Tues: 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Block of 6 classes £48. Drop in £10, space permitting. Max class size 7. For those who find floor work less suitable. Gentle class for posture, increased flexibility and relaxation. Tel: Christine 07764 188615. Email: savvachristine@gmail.com Yoga Classes for the Less Able St Peter’s Church, Belgrave Rd Thurs: 11am - 12 noon.

Seaford Group of Eastbourne & South Wealden Multiple Sclerosis Society. Exercises on floor and chair with trained yoga teacher. £5 a lesson.Tel. 01323 500932 Yoga – Himalayan Hatha Yoga Dance Studio, Seaford Head School, Steyne Road Mon: 7pm - 8.30pm. With Karen Hall. Dynamic yoga to invigorate and restore.

Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com

Yoga – In Balance Hatha Yoga WI Hall, Claremont Road Tues: 10am - 11.15am and 6pm - 7.15pm. Weds: 7pm8.15pm. Fri: 9-10.15am.

Small group Hatha Yoga sessions for all abilities.1-2-1 yoga sessions can be arranged.

Relaxing body and therapeutic sports massages also available.

Tel: Sophie 07444 549859, email: inbalancesussex@gmail. com www.in-balance.org.uk Yoga Meditation Pilates Studio, Seaford Osteopathic Clinic, Warwick Road Fri: 6pm - 7pm. Unwind and look after your body and mind.

Donation. Tel: 07944 785520 Email: karenmoves@gmail.com Yoga – Purrfect Yoga St James’ Clubhouse Blatchington Rd, Seaford Mon: 9.30am mixed ability yoga, 11am parent and baby yoga Tues: 6.30pm pregnancy yoga, 7.30pm mixed ability yoga The Yurt at Florence House, Southdown Road Weds: 12.50pm baby massage.

1.50pm mixed ability yoga.

Thurs: 8.15am mixed ability yoga, Cradle Hill School, Lexden Rd Weds: 3.15pm children’s yoga, 4.15pm family yoga.

St Thomas More Church Hall, Sutton Road Thurs: 6.20pm mixed ability yoga.Tel: Catherine 07901 683577. www.facebook. com/purrfectyoga or email c.s.cornish@hotmail.com Yoga – Samtosha Yoga Samtosha Studio, 80 Court Farm Road, Newhaven Weds: 7.30pm, Progressing in Yoga (school-term only) Thurs: 10am - 11.30am. Yoga for mixed abilities. Small group class with British Wheel of Yoga Senior Teacher Trainer Janet Bond. All equipment provided. Monthly sound bath therapy sessions on Weds at 7.30pm & Sun at 2.30pm (max 10 people), £12 per person or £30 for 3 dates. Book in advance. Tel: 01273 512306 Email: samtosha4u@btinternet. com www.samtosha4u.com Yoga – Satyam Yoga Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Thurs: 10am -11.30am. All levels of ability, beginners welcome. £40 for 5 class pass, valid for 8 weeks or £10 per class drop-in. Tel: 07774 862499. www.satyamyoga.co.uk

Yoga – Seahaven Yoga The Archway, 1 Blatchington Rd Sat: 9.30am. Weds: 7pm.

The Anahata Health Clinic 119/120 Edward St, Brighton Weds: 10.45am.

The Rendezvous, 168 South Coast Road, Peacehaven Fri: 1.30pm.

Gentle traditional yoga suitable for all. Tel: 07983 622840/01323 892638 Email: seahavenyoga@btinternet.com www.seahavenyoga.co.uk Yoga – Transformation Hatha Yoga St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Tues: 10am -11.30am.

Bishopstone Village Hall Tues: 6.30pm -8pm.

A gentle form of yoga suitable for all ages, from beginners to experienced practitioners.

Tel: Susannah 07862 263869 www.breathing-spaces.com Yoga with Therese Claremont Hall, Brooklyn Rd Mon: 6.30pm - 8pm Weds: 10am - 11.30am Bishopstone Village Hall Thurs: 10.30am - 12 noon St James’ Trust, Blatchington Road Thurs: 7.30pm - 8.45pm All ages welcome. Also regular sound baths and workshops.

Tel Therese on 07515 961327 or email: theresesaunders7@ aol.com Yoga – Yin Yoga with Jacqui St James’ Trust, 11 Blatchington Rd Thurs & Sat: 9.30am 10.45am. A slow and quiet floor-based practice, increasing strength and flexibility while reducing stiffness. Connecting mind and body, helping reduce stress and anxiety. Suitable for all levels. To book or find out more, tel: Jacqui 07816 154644 Email: jacqui.johnston@hotmail. co.uk Seaford Scene makes every effort to ensure the What’s On? listings are as up to date as possible, however, if details have changed, or a club/event is no longer running, please contact Seaford Scene by email to: fran@ seafordscene.co.uk or by phone to 01273 710793.

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Zumba with Louise Zumba Fitness: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs: 10am-11am.

Shimmy your way to fitness.

Zumba Gold: Mercread Youth Club, Seaford Tues & Thurs: 2pm-3pm.

Peacehaven RC Church Hall, Horsham Ave Weds: 10am-11am & 11am-12 noon.

Two classes – pick which time you prefer. For those who prefer a slower-paced class.

All classes £5 or £20 for 5.

Contact Louise 07786 425758, johnlouisecave@gmail.com. www.louisecavefitness.co.uk

Weight loss & Beauty

Overeaters Anonymous A self-help group for people who wish to change their behaviour around food and eating. www.oagb.org.uk Slimming World Seaford Constitutional Club, Crouch Lane Tues: 9.30am, 11.30am. 5.30pm & 7.30pm. With Tina Simpson, tel: 07534 901591 Chyngton Methodist Church, Millberg Road Thurs: 5.30pm & 7.30pm.

Emma, tel: 07790 214806 The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan Daytime and evenings: to suit you. Scientifically proven, healthy, nutritious plan with my support and lifetime of experience. For a free consultation, call Linda Walker (Dip Hyp Dist) on 07773 000282.

Weight Loss Challenge & Wellness Club WellnessWorks, Seaford Fri: 11am. £35 for 12 weeks.

Free private consultation by appointment. Tel 01323 897671 Weight Watchers 60+ Club, Downs Leisure Ctr Sutton Road Mon: 9.45am.

Join us and relax with a cup of coffee or tea.

Hillcrest Centre, Bay Vue Road, Newhaven Tues: 6.15pm.

Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road Weds: 5.45pm.

Come along and learn about Smart Points. Contact 07758 653851, email: sallyevans@ weight-watchers.co.uk

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