Author: Sarah Prall

Our wonderful supporters at Woodreed Vineyard are making a 10% donation to us from all orders of their award winning sparkling english wine. What could be better, than sitting down to enjoy a delicious glass of locally grown fizz whilst supporting our fundraising effort at the same time, cheers !

The vineyard is perfectly situated on a south facing slope, sheltered from the elements by the remnants of the ancient forest that covered the High Weald of East Sussex. First planted in 2013, the vines have thrived on the rich soil and have been allowed to develop unrushed, with the first harvest coming in 2018. The grape production and wine making systems are fully organic, certified by the Soil Association, allowing Woodreed to produce a high quality wine that is full of character without the use of chemicals.

To place an order please contact Rob Hunter 07748 047143 robert.hunter@woodreedvineyard.com

Thanks to all of your support at the Spring Market on Saturday 19th March,
we have raised a fantastic £400!

The Spring Draw for the Village Lottery was held – Congratulations to all our winners

• 1st prize – ticket number 111 Tracey Boorman £204
• 2nd prize – ticket number 99 Marion Burt £153
• 3rd prize – ticket number 999 Paul Presler £51

The jackpot for First Prize is now over £200 ! This is amazing, thank you to all our ticket holders. There are lots of numbers available so do please join if you would like to support our fundraising efforts. All the details can be found here or simply contact Janet
janettourell@btinternet.com
The other fantastic news is that we can now claim Gift Aid. With your permission if you buy a year of tickets for £12 we can claim £3 back from the Government! Simply tell us, when you buy your tickets, if you are a UK Taxpayer and would like us to claim.

On Friday 25th February at 7.30 pm in The Village Hall, Bob our Chair, will be presenting his Annual Report. If you are one of our supporters, new to the Village or have questions and would be interested to hear an update on progress to date, we would love to see you there.

We are always delighted to see new faces and are constantly looking for new talent to join our team. The New Village Hall is a major project for our small community if you think you could support us in any way, no matter how small please do get in touch.

Call Sarah Prall on 07974 346527 or e-mail sarahprall@btinternet.com

A Fundraising Event for The NEW Village Hall

The Spring Market is back ! This will be our first Spring Market event since 2019! Do join us if you can in the Village Hall on Saturday 19th March  between 10.30 am and 2.00 pm. Tea Coffee and cakes will be served all morning, we look forward to seeing you.

Stalls will include Cards, Gifts, Preserves, Locally Produced Meat and Plants.

The Spring Draw for the Village Lottery will also take place. If you would like to buy lottery tickets and or would like more information please contact Janet Tourell  jtourell@btinternet.com

Congratulations to our latest lottery winners and thank you to all our members for your continued support.

If you would like to become one of our supporters please contact Janet Tourell at  jtourell@btinternet.com 

The 15th draw took place at the Christmas Market, held in the Village Hall in November 26th 2021

First Prize, ticket number 212, £190 – John Bourne
Second Prize, ticket number 80, £142.50 – J Turner
Third Prize, ticket number 341, £47.50 – Jean Sallows

There were 190 numbers in the draw totalling £2,280.

The 4 monthly prize money being £760 and of course the HDCC keeps 50%, of this, so £380 to be divided between three prize winners

The New Village Hall Committee are delighted to announce that “Race Night” will be going ahead on Saturday April 2^nd at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. We do hope that you will join us for a really fun event, including a bar, curry and a chance to bet on the races. Tables will be made of eight at £15 per head. You can either buy a whole table or individual tickets. This event is being held to raise funds for our new Village Hall, there are lots of ways you can support us –

Sponsor a race for £50 and name the race!

Become a race horse owner, only £5 per horse. There will be prizes on the night for the winning owners.

Bets will cost £1 per horse, prize money will be shared equally between the winners and the HDCC

Tickets are £15 per head and include a meal of curry* and rice

There will be a licensed bar

For more details, to buy tickets and or to pledge your support please contact Bob on 830857 bob.lake@live.co.uk

*vegetarian/vegan option available, please pre-order with your ticket

We are disappointed to announce the cancellation of our Race Night scheduled for Saturday 23^rd Oct at the Village Hall.  We were taken aback with the generous support of so many – all the races and horses were sold and Julian Michaelson-Yeates was busily preparing a delicious curry for an expected eighty people.  Unfortunately, the take-up of bookings did not match our optimism and with such a low number, we decided to cancel.  There may be several reasons to explain this but we suspect that continued anxiety about gathering in a confined indoor space with others was a real issue.

We have re-scheduled the Race Night for Saturday 26^th March 2022.  Thanks for your continued support for our new hall and please continue to visit our website and Facebook pages to keep in touch with our progress.

Best wishes,

Bob