CATS PROTECTION CHRISTMAS FAIR

by | Nov 24, 2025

At the Charles Hunt Centre (not the Adoption Centre)

There will be meat and veggie Sausage Rolls, tomato Soup with bread, tea, coffee, biscuits and mince pies. There will be a special Christmas chocolate tombola and a raffle drawn just after 2.30pm. There will be plenty of stalls, including cat merchandise, books and puzzles, home baked cakes and bric-a-brac as well as Christmas wreaths to buy. All those who have pre-ordered can pick up their wreaths. Hailsham Voices choir will be performing on the Day. The Adoption Centre in Marshfoot Lane, will be open if you would like to visit the cats in their care and there will also be good quality second hand cat related items to buy down at the Adoption Centre on the Day. Admission to the fair will be 50p or a donation of cat food. Sorry No Dogs allowed and please bring cash only. For more details about your local Cats Protection and Adoption Centre call 01323 440101 Option 5 or visit the website at

www.cats.org.uk/eastbourne.

Celebrate our first Christmas

by | Nov 8, 2025

🎄Off The Line Vineyard & Winery in Hellingly are celebrating their first Christmas!🎄
Why not pop along on Friday 21st November, 4-8pm for a cosy festive evening filled with local cheer?
🍷 Enjoy a complimentary glass of mulled Rosé and a mince pie
🛍️ Shop our mini festive market featuring:
• Handmade Chocolate
• Wellbeing & Selfcare Treats
• Crystals
• Festive Foliage
Plus, enjoy delicious burgers and loaded fries from our food cart, charcuterie boards, and a full range of drinks to toast the season.
Let’s raise a glass to our wonderful community and the joy of shopping local this Christmas! ❤️
đź“Ť Off The Line Vineyard & Winery – North Street – Hellingly – BN27 4EA
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HAILSHAM BONFIRE CELEBRATIONS

by | Oct 13, 2025

HAILSHAM BONFIRE CELEBRATIONS will be taking place in the town on Saturday 18 October evening. Processions followed by fireworks at Western Road Recreation Ground. Programmes are available to buy throughout the Town and will show the timings of the processions, the routes and the start of the firework display. There will be loud bangs throughout and some rolling road closures in place.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY COMMEMORATIONS

by | Oct 13, 2025

REMEMBRANCE DAY COMMEMORATIONS in Hailsham when we will honour the memory of members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in service, along with civilian casualties from Britain and the Commonwealth will take place on Sunday 9 November at 9.30am at Hailsham Parish Church. The parade will then assemble in the car park adjacent to the Charles Hunt Centre in Vicarage Field, beginning at 10.35am and will proceed to the Hailsham War Memorial where the wreath-laying ceremony, Last Post and two minutes of silence will take place at 11am. Members of the public are warmly invited to attend and pay their respects. Hailsham Parish Church will then be open for hot refreshments. Hailsham High Street and Vicarage Lane will be closed to traffic from 9.30am until 12 noon. Community organisations that wish to lay a wreath at the War Memorial should contact the Royal British Legion Hailsham & District Branch as soon as possible by emailing elizabethsnowdon1@yahoo.com.

ART IS ART 25, ART EXHIBITION

by | Oct 12, 2025

The Friday Art Group presents a stunning array of affordable original art and crafts by local artists and makers in aid of The Children with Cancer Fund.

Craft stalls, delicious homemade refreshments

Free entry, free parking, large car park, wheelchair access.