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.

Fun with Hassocks Goes Gold

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.

What’s on in September?

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!

Introducing Hassocks Goes Gold for 2025

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.

Sunflower Competition

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?

Bank Holiday Fun

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.

Poster Competition

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.

Go Go Gold

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!