Lindfield Village Run 2022

The organisers of this year’s Lindfield Village Run are pleased to announce that booking will open later this month, for the fundraising event for King Edward Hall.

Participants for this year’s run, being held on Sunday 22nd May 2022 in order to move it away from the extra jubilee bank holidays over half term, will soon be able to sign up on the website:
www.kingedwardhall.org.uk/village-run

2022 will mark the return of the event since Covid. Last year a virtual run was held.

As normal, the run is a traditional cross country route around the village, and there will be two distances: 5k and 10k. The cost to take part is £7 and £15 respectively, with the runners starting at 10.30am.

One of the organisers Colette Cannon explained: “We are encouraging as many as possible to book their place in advance on the website – which should mean the process of registering on the day is easier. We will have as many volunteers on the sign-in desks as possible – thank you in advance to all those who give up their time on the day.”

See the website for details of the run routes, as it can change, even nearer the time – due to external factors like weather conditions in the weeks up to the event. Runners are reminded that some of the route is on private land, for which specific permission has been sought for 22nd May – therefore please don’t practise on these areas.

Lindfield Village Run is a community fundraising event for Lindfield’s King Edward Hall – a registered charity. Three local businesses have agreed to sponsor this year’s run, which helps to keep costs down. They are: Potential Personal Training, Jackson-Stops and Six Physio. Co-chair David Tingley said: “We are extremely grateful to these businesses for putting their hand in their pockets to help KEH, and facilitate such a fantastic community event.”

Online bookings are due to open in March:
www.kingedwardhall.org.uk/village-run

Lindfield Horticultural Society's February events 2022

Photo: Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Members of Lindfield Horticultural Society will be holding a coffee morning and seed swap on Saturday 5th February in The Jubilee room of the King Edward Hall. Visitors are invited to bring along any spare seeds they may have to exchange with other gardeners. Seed swaps are a great way of using up excess seeds and of discovering new or unusual varieties of flowers and vegetables without great expense. There will also be a sale of second-hand gardening books, as well as a small selection of plants, preserves, and of course, the all important coffee and cake. The coffee morning starts at 10 am till 12 and entry is free.

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Members of Lindfield Horticultural Society are looking forward to welcoming award-winning gardener Andy McIndoe as their guest speaker in February. Andy has more than 40 years of experience in retail and production horticulture and was responsible for the development of the Hilliers Nurseries chain of garden centres. During his long career with Hilliers, Andy designed the company’s show gardens and headed up the team that won 25 consecutive gold medals at the Chelsea flower Show. In 2017, the Royal Horticultural Society awarded Andy McIndoe the Veitch Memorial Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the science and practice of horticulture. Andy is a regular contributor to various gardening publications, blogs and BBC radio. The talk Andy will be giving is titled ‘Planting with Trees’ and will take place in the King Edward Hall on Wednesday 9th February at 8pm. Entry fee is £2 for members and £4 for guests, though any guests joining the society on the evening (subscription for the year is £6) will have their entry fee waived.

Time 4 Children's Winter Craft Fayre at the King Edward Hall

Eager to start your Christmas shopping? Then you will be happy to know that Time 4 Children’s first Charity Winter Craft Fayre is taking place at the King Edward Hall on Saturday 20th November 2021 from 1pm - 5pm.

Come along and support over 40 wonderful crafts people, local businesses and help raise money for this brilliant Sussex based charity. There will be a café which will be serving amazing Indian Street food along with vegan and gluten free treats and hot drinks!

Other local food stalls will also be serving their yummy goodies! The main hall will host the Craft Fayre where you will be able to buy local prints, silver jewellery, eco-friendly goods, baby clothes, doggy biscuits, children’s toys, Christmas cards, vintage up-cycled presents and lots more.

Activities for children will range from glitter face painting to decorating baubles. Mrs Claus will be running ‘decorate your own gingerbread’ workshops next to Santa’s Grotto.

Booking for this is essential – see details below. Esther Featherstone the Fundraising Coordinator for the charity is in full festive mode as she is planning the big day! “I have been blown away by the response from the wonderful people of Sussex so please do support them by coming to the event especially as these small businesses have been hit so hard the last 18 months,” said Esther. “I can guarantee that you will find gorgeous gifts and possibly a few that will have your name on them!“

There is no entry charge, but the charity bucket will be at the entrance so if you feel like you’d like to give to the charity then please do.” To book onto the Mrs Claus gingerbread decorating workshop please contact Esther: events@time4children.org.uk.

See details of the event online here.

Lindfield Village Day 2021 - What a turn out!

By David Tingley, co-chair Lindfield Village Day

When we, as a team, decided to organise a Late Summer Village Day we just had no idea what the appetite would be from the Lindfield community. We had heard of some who were asking why it didn’t happen in June – but it was just too early to plan ahead of time, before restrictions had begun to be lifted. So, we hatched a plan to run something for Lindfield in September, rather than another year with no Village Day.

We built it, and boy did you come! We were delighted with the response from the village as it felt like the good people of Lindfield truly came out in force to support this slightly different version of Village Day. Whilst there was no procession this time, we had organised a children’s fancy dress competition – which was very well attended. Check out the amazing colours and costumes in some of the photos below. Well done to all who took part, and to those who walked away with an Olympic-themed gold, silver or bronze medal!

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Children’s costume competition

Another popular element was the children’s dog show, which had over 100 four-legged entrants. Crowds lined the arena to watch the kids and their pets processing on the Common.

Our ‘Beer & Fizz’ tent worked well and while onlookers were entertained by students from Rok Skool – they were kept well-supplied by both Bestens Brewery and Bluebell Vineyard. Although this year was a ‘slimmed down’ version of the traditional event, we did, in the end, have over 80 stalls on the Common. From crazy golf to Fairtrade information, and the caterpillar ride to therapists – we like to think we had something for everyone! With the number of visitors estimated to be up to 4,000, it is perhaps not surprising some stalls had sold out before the end of the day.

Lindfield Village Day is one of the major fundraising initiatives for our own King Edward Hall – run as a registered charity. Although we don’t yet know the exact numbers, the success of this special event will have made a decent impact on Hall funds. This year, for instance, we completely sold out of raffle tickets – which is amazing!

We are tremendously grateful to the many businesses that supported this year’s event – all of which were mentioned in official programme in last month’s magazine. However, I did want to shout-out to our sponsors: RTFJ, Potential Personal Training, Lindfield Art Studio and Jackson-Stops whose donations directly to the charity were greatly appreciated. Also, Tom and his team from Archers Waste Management – who volunteered their time and kept the Common looking clean and tidy throughout the day.

And, of course, the amazing organising team who worked alongside Katherine Alcock and I to make it happen. True community heroes – the lot of them! Thank you, and thank you Lindfield. See you next year!

For more amazing photos of Lindfield Day 2021 pick up a copy of Lindfield Life’s October issue and turn to page 19.