A programme of seasonal music conducted by Nicholas Houghton, featuring Vivaldi Gloria.
Saturday 13th December at 4pm at St Margaret’s Church, Ditchling, BN6 8TB
Tickets are £16 online or on the door, mulled wine and mince pies included.
Visit www.brightonsingers.org.uk
Welcome to Hassocks Life’s Light Up Hassocks information page. Here you will find our most recent information for all things Light Up Hassocks.
See also, Light Up Hassocks on Facebook
Light up Hassocks 2025 will be on 5th December
By The Light Up Hassocks Elves
Come and enjoy this wonderful community event on Friday 5th December 2025 between 4pm and 8pm. The evening will host a children’s parade, food court, late-night shopping, funfair, lots of live music, and local community groups. We can also announce that there will be an absolute sackload of Christmas magic!
To make sure all this festive fun happens safely we will have a road closure in effect 4pm-8pm.
Keymer Road will be closed from Woodsland Road to the entrance of the car park behind The Sussex Grocer. Keymer Road will then be closed from the western side of the mini roundabout by Station Approach East to Clerks Acre for the parade, from approximately 4.15pm to 5.15pm.
The road closure will affect buses and a diversion will be in place. Access will be maintained for emergency vehicles and medical emergencies, but other traffic will be asked to wait or diverted. After a record-breaking number of requests to be allowed through the closure in 2023, we feel obligated to remind people to please not underestimate how dangerous and difficult it is to escort a car through crowds of people in a dark and noisy environment.
May we suggest that if your arrival home is during the road closure periods that you use the Dale Avenue car parks or the car park on the western side of Hassocks Station.
Please advise any likely visitors or carers well in advance so that they can plan their access and parking in plenty of time.
Welcome to Hassocks Life’s churches of Hassocks Christmas services event page. Here you will find our most recent information for everything Christmas in our churches.
See also, United Reformed Church, Saint Francis of Assisi, St Edward's RC Church, St Cosmas & St Damian
Also, please note the following added venue dates:
Adastra Hall on Sunday 14th – Carols Together from 3-4.30pm, with refreshments
Saturday 20th – Carols in the Market Place. Join us to sing carols at 11am at the Hassocks village market. Mulled wine and mulled apple juice available at the CTH stand.
23 Keymer Rd, Hassocks
https://www.hassocks-urc-church.org.uk/
8th December, 4pm
Christingle service
22nd December, 3pm
Crib Service
24th Christmas Eve, 6pm
Church Carols by Candlelight
25th Christmas Day, 10am
Christmas service
Priory Road, Hassocks
https://www.claytonwithkeymer.org.uk/about-our-churches/st-francis-of-assisi/
24th Christmas Eve, 4pm
Crib service
25th Christmas Day, 9.45am
Communion
2 Lodge Ln, Keymer
https://www.stwilfridsbh.com/
24th Christmas Eve, 5pm
First Mass of Christmas
25th Christmas Day, 9.30am
Mass
119 Keymer Rd, Keymer
https://www.claytonwithkeymer.org.uk/
24th Christmas Eve, 6pm
9 Lessons and Carols
25th Christmas Day, 8am & 9.45am
BCP Holy Communion & Eucharist
Underhill Ln, Clayton
https://www.claytonwithkeymer.org.uk/about-our-churches/st-john-the-baptist/
25th Christmas Day, 11.15am
BCP Eucharist
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Burgess Hill and District Pantry celebrated its relocation to Market Place shopping centre this month, marking a significant step in supporting local families and tackling food poverty across Mid Sussex.
Working alongside traditional food banks, the Pantry operates on a membership model that provides hope, dignity and choice. For a small weekly fee members can select groceries including fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, and store cupboard staples. This approach stretches household budgets and offers as normal a shopping experience as possible to those in our community struggling to feed themselves and their families.
Since its opening in May 2021 the Pantry has supported over 800 households with a massive 18,823 shopping baskets of food leaving the Pantry. Now with a record 275 members and a growing waiting list, the Pantry supports many across MId Sussex including residents of Burgess Hill, Hassocks, Haywards Heath and Cuckfield . “We are seeing a surge in applications with the onset of Winter and are working hard to offer support to those in our community and fight food poverty,” said the Pantry Manager Claire Fuller.
Support from the community is vital to keep the doors of the Pantry open and food on the shelves. Donations of food or funds are always welcomed from individuals, community organisations and businesses. The Pantry Reverse Advent Campaign (pictured) offers an opportunity for families, colleagues, friends or businesses to support by collecting the items from the calendar and taking them to the Pantry this festive season.
For more information visit the Burgess Hill Pantry on Facebook or email hello@bhlocalpantry.org.
An event by Community Energy Pathways
Calling all residents of Hassocks! Community Energy Pathways will be holding a Future Energy Landscapes (FEL) in Hassocks Adastra Hall as part of a new energy planning project, and we need your voice to make sure it reflects your vision for the community!
The FEL programme, created by the Centre for Sustainable Energy, puts local communities in charge of shaping their energy future. Through hands-on workshops that use real data on local energy use and costs, people can explore what’s possible for their area — from making homes more efficient to building energy independence. By combining local knowledge with solid research, FEL helps communities imagine, design, and plan bold transitions away from fossil fuels, turning big ideas into practical action.
Committee Room, Adastra Hall, Hassocks, BN6 8QH
We’ll be exploring energy priorities for the parish and what renewable generation could look like in the coming few years. Join us and spread the word!
This is a FREE event, refreshments will be included, it is recommended booking so we can plan the workshop accordingly.
The West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board have published a variety of tools and resources to promote the wellbeing and safeguarding of adults. To access their learning resources, educational materials and podcasts, visit www.westsussexsab.org.uk
In a further news on community safety, the annual Safer in Sussex Survey is now open, inviting residents to share their views on crime and measures to help people feel safer in their communities. The survey will close at 11:00pm on 30th October 2025. Access the survey here: https://www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk/about/news/safer-in-sussex-survey
The Council is currently inviting applications for the second round of community grants, a process that will end on Monday 6th October. Groups can apply for up to £5,000 to support projects that benefit Mid Sussex residents. So far this year, projects that have received funding included specialist physiotherapy for disabled children (pictured, Councillor Chris Hobbs visiting the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity in Cuckfield); programmes supporting vulnerable people to access counselling; upgraded sound equipment for local choirs; youth confidence-building programmes for girls; funding to support conservation volunteering and increased environmental patrol, and a community programme of events for older people, among many others. For more information and to apply, visit: www.midsussex.gov.uk/business-licensing/community-grants
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The Weald Racquets Club is also known as The Weald Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, but soon they will be opening new padel courts for members and the local community to enjoy. Deirdre Huston chatted with Manager Dan Zammit-Lewis and Club Chair Nick Reason to find out what’s changing at this long-established club.
Flanked by trees, the Weald Racquets Club is tucked away at the rear of South Bank. Some locals may not even realise it exists. However, it has long been a place of relaxation, coaching and competition for young and old who want to embrace racquet sports.
Nick Reason has been a member for 18 years, and he readily admits that the club has a special place in his life. He explains: “The club is a familiar, safe place for members, so no matter what you’ve got going on in your life, you can come here.”
The club is a ‘CASC’ or Community Amateur Sports Club so, whilst it is not a charity, it receives certain charitable benefits, such as no rates. It ploughs any profits back into the club and has an obligation to provide public access. The club is run by a committee of dedicated volunteers. Nick has previously acted as tennis chair and is now just finishing his second year as Chair. The committee makes strategic and tactical decisions. Nick recognises the dedication of other volunteers, such as the Padel Chair and the Squash Chair. He is also delighted that Dan has joined the team and says: “We are very lucky to have Dan as our manager.”
Dan Zammit-Lewis has played squash at an international level, representing Malta in competitions. ‘The name Zammit is like Smith in Malta,’ he says, speaking of his Maltese heritage. He explains: “My father was born in Libya, and then returned to Malta with his family before coming to live in Wimbledon.” Dan’s father was a keen squash player and a member of Wimbledon Racquets Club.
The Weald has also grown organically as a tennis club. Play can be very competitive, and Nick says: “The standard of play has improved.” Most people do one sport or the other, and Dan says: “The club offers different sports for different groups, but it also functions very well as a community.”
The club welcomes players of all levels and all ages, and, for both tennis and squash, there are hosted socials on a Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon, and organised social doubles on most weekday mornings. There is also a social Disability Tennis group that meets on Sundays.
There are now 660 members in all. Many members are from Hassocks, but people also come from Hurstpierpoint, Ditchling, Lewes, Brighton and Hove, giving the club an outward-looking feel. Four full-time tennis coaches are led by Bradley Bant. They offer a wide coaching programme, coach-led summer camps and outreach to local primary schools. The Weald’s fulltime squash coach, Ben Hutton, is also the South East & Sussex junior coach. Ben’s daughter, Jasmine, is currently ranked number 18 in the world.
To read the full article and learn more about the club and its members, pick up your copy of October’s Hassocks Life.
In August 2023, the Hurst, Hassocks & Ditchling u3a Local History Group was contacted by Chris Hobbs, Chair of the Hassocks Community Association, to request input for a mural in Adastra Hall depicting the historical development of the village of Hassocks. The mural was to be based on a map of the village, 3.45m wide and 2.4m deep, and situated in the entrance lobby of the hall.
This commission was taken up by the group, who were already able to access many aspects of Hassocks history. Indeed there was so much that could have been included that the problem became what to leave out. Due to the local history group already having various projects in hand, it was agreed that a separate smaller group of people would take on the management of the project in May 2024, led by Marilyn Goodwin and coordinated by Marie Fraser. Extensive material was submitted by Marilyn, Jonathan Taylor, David Beard and Richard Ware.
Since then, work by the team has been ongoing, sourcing and assembling photographs, writing and agreeing text, attending meetings re planning and design, and liaising with Chris Hobbs, and the graphic artist Chris de la Nougerede. The mural includes a time-line from Roman times to the present day, the construction of turnpike roads and the railway, population growth, changing building styles, the origins of Adastra Park and much more.
A final meeting took place on 3rd July 2025 when the design was ‘signed off’. The image was created by printing the design on vinyl sheets in reverse, ready for installation, which took place on Monday 1st September.
Marie Fraser saw the mural in place for the first time on 8th September, and says “I am overwhelmed with the size and the impact of this installation. And delighted - on behalf of the whole team, including Chris Hobbs. A magnificent addition to our great community hall, and a tribute to the Hurst, Hassocks & Ditchling u3a!”
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Welcome to Hassocks Life’s Remembrance information page. Here you will find our most recent information for all things Remembrance Sunday.
See also, Hassocks Parish Council
and St John the Baptist
Keymer War Memorial
We hope that many of you of all ages, will join the Parish Council and the Church of St Cosmos and Damian to mark Remembrance Sunday this year. Burgess Hill marching band has been commissioned to support a procession, with the Guides, Scouts, Brownies and Cubs, starting from Adastra Park and proceeding to the Church at Keymer where there will be a short ceremony led by Fr Alex. This will include the laying of wreaths by adults and of small crosses by children and young people. We have been liaising with the Guide Leader to build in some activities that will involve young members more closely with the essence of the event and will help raise their awareness of real people who lived in Hassocks and had their lives curtailed through war.
In order to make the route safe for the procession we have applied to close a section of Keymer road from Adastra Park to Beaconhurst. Residents and visitors will be unable to use their vehicles to traverse this section of Keymer Road and some adjoining roads for a short period of time from 1.00pm for around two hours. Residents and businesses likely to be affected will be leafleted when we have finalised the planning of this event.
We have a Traffic Management Consultancy assisting us with the road closure on the day. To keep the cost down they are providing just two operatives to manage traffic. If anybody would be willing to volunteer, we would really appreciate the extra help. You will be provided with a hi-vis vest and given instructions. If anyone is able to help, please can you email helen.valler@hassocks-pc.gov.uk. Please look out for updates on our Facebook page in September / October.
From November, Mid Sussex is changing its waste collection service. Residents will soon have a weekly food waste collection service and bin collections will also change to a three-weekly repeating cycle.
The new collection schedule will operate along the 1,2,3 principle: every week, food waste will be collected from residents; every two weeks, recycling will be collected from blue-lidded bins; and every three weeks household waste will be collected from black-lidded bins.
In September 2024, more than 5000 residents took part in a successful trial on introducing a food waste collection service. Following the trial, the majority of participants said that they wanted to recycle food waste from now on.
Households will receive two new caddies for food waste, including a 5-litre caddy for use inside the home and a 23-litre bin for outside. Residents that live in a communal building will also receive a 5-litre caddy for inside use and their communal building will also receive a 140-litre wheelie bin. Residents can expect to receive their new food waste caddies from 22 September.
From March 2026, it will be a statutory requirement for all councils to collect food waste separately from other household refuse. Introducing weekly food waste collection in Mid Sussex means that households can remove significant waste from their general rubbish bins, helping to reduce excess waste and support a more sustainable future.
For more information, visit www.midsussex.gov.uk/123
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The government has confirmed Sussex and Brighton can move forward in the process to form a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) and the first mayoral elections are due to take place in May 2026. The new MCCA is a regional level of government which will take on roles currently held by national government departments. Local councils will continue to exist and deliver the services they currently provide but the government is proposing to merge District, Borough and County Councils to create new ‘unitary authorities’ in Sussex, in May 2028. More information is available on the West Sussex County Council website: www.westsussex.gov.uk/campaigns/future-of-local-government-in-sussex
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By Catherine Cassidy, Hassocks Rail Group
Come and celebrate 200 years of the modern railway at Hassocks Station on Saturday 27th September 2025! This day is the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and Railway 200 is the nationwide celebration marking 200 years of the modern railway.
Hassocks grew up around the station which opened in 1841 and Hassocks wouldn’t be the village it is today without the station. There have been four stations at Hassocks since the f irst one opened in 1841. In 2000 the Hassocks Rail Group (part of the Hassocks Community Organisation) was formed to campaign for a new station and in July 2013 the new station building was opened and lifts installed in 2014.
Hassocks Rail Group is joining in the Railway 200 nationwide celebrations on Saturday 27th September 2025 by having a display in the Waiting Room at Hassocks Station of photos of Hassocks Station through the ages, people’s memories of travelling by train, keepsake cards with pictures of the old and new stations and a potted history of the different stations to hand out, train stickers, train pictures for children to colour in and a model train set. Come along and join in the celebrations and collect your keepsake card!
Welcome to Hassocks Life’s Hassocks Goes Gold event page. Here you will find our most recent information for everything Gold in Hassocks.
Every September, something rather special happens in the village: Hassocks Goes Gold. While many of you are aware that, in 2017, a much-loved Hassocks resident and Windmills pupil, Pearl Dixie Bartlett-Bundy died from bone cancer, aged ten, but newcomers to the village may wonder what this is all about. Back in our August 2019 Hassocks Life issue, Rachel and Jamie Bartlett-Bundy introduced their wish for Hassocks to go gold in memory of their daughter, Pearl Dixie to fundraise vital funds for research to stop similar tragedies affecting other families.
See also, Hassocks Goes Gold Facebook
The Tallest
By Rachel BartlettBundy
Sunflower Winners There are lots of beautiful sunflowers in gardens across the village and it’s been tough choosing the winners of our ‘Sunflower Competition’ this year!
‘The Tallest Sunflower’ measured 3.4metres high (and is still growing as we go to print!). It has been lovingly tended by Harrison and Eden Trim all summer and has grown into a real giant on Ockley Way. Congratulations you two! ‘The Prettiest Sunflower’ was much harder to judge, but, in the end, the ‘Teddy Bear’ sunflower grown on Parklands Road by Mila and Sidney Hunt was too gorgeous not to win! It’s truly beautiful. Super well done!
I think next year I’m going to add in a new category of largest diameter head as some of the sunflowers were past their best by the end of August but were super gigantic in scale! Winners will be given a named trophy and prizes from our sunflower sponsor Maple Leaf Gardens: call Matt on 07968 711930 if you need a friendly, local gardening and landscaping design company.
The Parklands Road Art Exhibition is on all month. Come and see the Golden Shoal! Goldfish poster competition entries from all ages will be displayed in the windows of the residents of Parklands Road.
Facebook Daily Auctions will take place with different new items and services offered each day through a 24-hour rolling auction. Bag a bargain and raise funds for Children’s Cancer at the same time. A new auction will start at 8pm every day. This is open to everyone and many of the prizes are suitable for posting in the UK and abroad. Donations of new prizes are still welcome: contact Rachel see below.
Also on all month are ‘The Giant Gold Bow Trail’, the ‘Find the Gold Bike’ Challenge and loo out for your favourite ‘Golden Shop Window Display’ because public voting for this competition will open at the end of the month.
On 26th September, our annual Golden Gala will take place: a fabulous, themed Quiz Night that includes Live Jazz, a pudding auction and a raffle at The Hassocks Pub. A table for a team of eight people is only £50.
On Saturday, 27th Sept from 9am to noon, come along to Hassocks Village Market to support our soft toy & alcohol tombolas. We have now sold out of tickets for the wine tasting event at Adastra Hall and we hope everyone enjoys a fabulous evening.
There are other ways to help if you are interested. Pick up a beautiful HassocksGoesGold poster featuring the Goldfish Art Competition winners for £1 at QD Stationery or from a volunteer seller and display it in your window to show your support. Donate a Prize or Voucher for the September Daily Facebook Auction or the Golden Gala Raffle, or a bottle for the Village Market Booze Tombola.
Be a door-to-door poster seller for your street – a fun way to meet the neighbours, I will provide a collection tin, posters and a carry bag.
Join in the fun! Keep up with the various gold events and bid on auction prizes! Follow HassocksGoesGold on Facebook or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassocksgoesgold and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hassocksgoesgold
For more information on any of the above or if you’d like to donate a prize or help out, please contact Rachel on hgg@pearlpower.co.uk. Thank you and hope you have a glittering gold September!
By Rachel Bartlett-Bundy
This year, Hassocks Goes Gold returns for another fabulous month of gold fundraising. This year’s theme is goldfish! Be they ornate and elegant or fairground and fun, your pictures of these wonderful golden creatures will be brightening up the village and helping to raise money for the newly-named Children & Young People’s Cancer Association. The PearlPower fund stands at over £125K and has funded its third research project, this time into Ewing’s Sarcoma - the very type of childhood cancer that cut Pearl’s life so tragically short, aged just ten.
The competition is on to to grow the tallest or prettiest Sunflower in the village. See if you can spot sunflowers growing around the village or nurture your own blooms. How tall will this year’s winner be?
The Greyhound pub will be in full music mode over the whole August bank holiday weekend with the money raised split between Hassocks Goes Gold and St Peter & St James Hospice.
Everyone is welcome to join in the annual drawing competition for the gold poster – open to all ages! Adults included too; don’t be shy, as there are never enough entries from adults. Draw your very own goldfish or colour in the pre-printed one on the entry form. It’s free to enter, and, in September, the winners from each age category will receive fabulous prizes and be featured on the Hassocks Goes Gold poster! Plus all entries will be included in the annual Parklands Road Art Gallery. Free entry forms are available to download on the Hassocks Goes Gold Facebook page, via Hassocks’ schools, or pick one up from QD Stationers. The deadline for entries is Friday 4th July.
In September, the sponsored trail of Giant Gold Bows will be back, along with the ever-popular daily FaceBook auctions. There will also be craft, Face-painting and tombola stalls at the village markets, culminating in the Golden Gala extravaganza on 26thSeptember and the popular Wine Tasting event on the 3rd October, organised by the wonderful Amanda Felix. September in Hassocks is all about gold. It’s about raising awareness, and the research funds desperately needed to find kinder and more effective treatments for the childhood cancers with such poor outcomes. It’s all about community fun and this year it’s all about goldfish!
Adastra Park – News
Adastra Park is the heart of our village - a space for sports, fun, skating and play, for all to enjoy. But lately, we’ve seen a rise in vandalism, waste left behind, and dogs out of control. This puts everyone’s enjoyment and safety at risk. We all have a role to play in protecting this special space.
Please use the bins, pick up after yourselves (and your dogs), and be mindful of other park users. There are four bins around the park, two in the north field and two in the south field, specifically for dog poo bags, and numerous other bins for general rubbish. You can also take dog poo bags home and put them in your household rubbish.
Respect the park and it will keep giving back - for families, friends and future generations to come.
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By Andy Hansen, Greener Hassocks and Ditchling
A ‘summer of cycling’ is being organised by Greener Hassocks and Ditchling. So far, we have organised a launch event with great speakers; a women’s ride; a 40-mile social ride and free bike checks. Most recently, we organised a wonderful Play Street event in which a residential road was closed for a couple of hours so that children could play out safely. We’d like to thank all those who took part and we hope you enjoyed yourselves.
There’s still time to sign up for upcoming events. You could book a free bike check, courtesy of Dr Bike, who will be at Proper Cycling and Coffee on Tuesday 1st July, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. If you have an old bike that needs a bit of TLC, or want to check that your children’s bikes, pop down to Proper and Dr Bike will give them the once over. Stay on for the briefing and Q&A session to find out more about the Kidical Mass bike route, and how you and your family can have a great time on the day.
Due to popular demand, Dr Bike will also be at the St Lawrence Show in Hurstpierpoint on 5th July. No need to book! Just turn up with your bike and Dr Bike will be happy to check them over for you.
Kidical Mass is a large, fun ride for parents and children on Saturday 12th July from 2-4pm. We will have stewards riding with you, making sure everyone stays safe. The good folk from Cycling Without Age will be riding their trishaws with us, making this a truly multigenerational event. The route is short, level, and we have checked it out several times. It should be a lot of fun, as well as a demonstration of the interest in cycling in Hassocks, and a lobby for better and safer cycling facilities.
Register for the Kidical Mass ride or book your session with Dr Bike via Greener Hassocks and Ditchling: www.greenerhassocksditchling.org.uk/onyourbike
By Jonathan Underwood
Hello! I’m Jonathan, owner of Hawthorn Vets and over the past few years, I have been writing a quarterly editorial (very loosely based on a veterinary theme) for the sister-title Hurst Life. We are opening a practice in Hassocks on 8th July, so I am grateful to be offered some column inches in Hassocks Life as well!
If you would like to register, you can do so by visiting www.hawthornvets.co.uk/register and use the PROMO code ‘Hassocks’ – anyone who registers before 8th July will receive a 10% discount off their first consultation. Additionally, to celebrate our opening, for the first four weeks, every client who books and attends an appointment at Hassocks will be entered into our weekly prize draw. Each week, one lucky pet will win a year’s free subscription to our health plan, a prize worth over £250!
Our team look forward to seeing you in the new Hassocks veterinary clinic soon, we will be behind 44 Keymer Road from 8th July.
To read Jonathan’s full article, please pick up your copy of July’s Hassocks Life today.
Unsung heroes were celebrated at the Mid Sussex Applauds Awards 2025 - an annual event that recognises those people who go the extra mile for their community. More than 100 people attended a special ceremony that was organised by Mid Sussex District Council and held at the South of England Showground, Ardingly. Hosted by Cllr Rodney Jackson, Chairman of Mid Sussex District Council, and the High Sheriff of West Sussex, Dr Timothy Fooks, there were 37 individuals, groups or businesses who were recognised for their contribution to the district.
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These included nine winners, 10 highly commended and 18 commended nominees. Sponsors of the awards were: Community People, Glendale, Jobs Go Public, Orchards Shopping Centre, Places Leisure, City Science, MUFG and Chroma Vision. For a list of all winners, including those highly commended and commended, visit www.midsussexapplauds.co.uk
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Welcome to Hassocks Artists Open Houses information page. Here you will find our most recent information about the event.
See also, Hassocks Artists Open Houses on Facebook
2025’s event is 28th & 29th June.
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Bringing together some of the best local artists, the Hassocks Artist Open Houses returns for one weekend at the end of June (28th & 29th).
The trail includes artwork ranging from printmaking, photography, jewellery, paintings and homewares. Across the 11 houses and shops, you will find a mix of well-established and new venues to visit featuring over 25 exhibiting artists. Come and support your local creatives by viewing or purchasing some original artwork or follow the trail for an enjoyable stroll around the village.
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To find out more, search online for Hassocks Artists on Instagram.
Summer is on its way, and that means more time in the garden. Here’s a reminder of what can, and can’t, be put in your garden waste bin with some useful questions and answers:
What happens if I put the wrong items in my bin?
Your bin will not be emptied and a tag will be left on it. You will need to remove any unacceptable items before your next collection.
Why can I not put food waste and fruit and vegetable peelings in my bin?
Regulations that were introduced to prevent the spread of diseases like Foot and Mouth limit the materials that can be composted in the open air. The facility we use is not licensed to take these materials.
Why can I not put pet bedding in my bin?
Regulations mean that we are not able to take animal bedding or waste in our garden bins. Even where the animals are vegetarian and the bedding is hay or straw the waste is still the by-product of an animal. We suggest this material is composted at home.
What about non-native invasive plants?
Non-native invasive plants upset the balance of the ecosystem as they may be bigger, faster growing or more aggressive than the native species. Please do not place any part of Japanese Knotweed, or any other invasive weeds, including Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Australian Swamp Stonecrop, Parrots Feather, Floating Pennywort and Creeping Water Primrose, in your garden bin.
I have leaves from a confirmed infected ash dieback tree or I live in an area where the infection has been confirmed. What do I do?
Do not put leaves from an infected tree in your garden waste bin. You may leave infected leaves where they fall, however, if you do clear them, you should burn or bury affected leaves in your garden or compost them (but only in your garden). If leaves are used for compost, do not remove the compost from your garden eg to an allotment.
How much garden waste can I put in my bin?
The lid on the bin needs to be closed to enable it to be emptied. If you compact materials in your bin, it may result in the bin being either too heavy for the equipment to life for emptying or the bin falling into the lorry. If the bin is too heavy, then it will have a tag placed on it and will be emptied once the weight is reduced.
For more information visit www.midsussex.gov.uk
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