Sedlescombe

Asselton House

The main event this weekend must be the Advent fayre being held on Saturday November 17, at the village hall from 2pm. All the usual stalls will be there including gifts, cakes, tombola, books. The elves toy shop will be open once again. There will be a booze raffle and a super general raffle with prizes generously provided by local businesses. To have a rest between shopping and chatting, afternoon tea will be served so do come and join in this warm and friendly afternoon whilst at the same time raising funds for our Parish church. All donations for any of these stalls would be gratefully accepted please phone 870688 or 870808

On the following weekend, Saturday November 24 , there will be a fantastic Boot Fayre at Sedlescombe Village Hall from 2-4pm. Various stalls will be on offer and everyone is welcome with entrance only 50p. During the afternoon there will also be homemade cakes and refreshments available so you will have a chance to take a rest in between routing out a bargain . If you would like to take part there are still some stalls available at £10 each, table provided . Please call Karen on 01424 883550 for further details

Mark Fisher and Tony Wynne, from Sedlescombe, will be taking part in an event at The Muddy Duck, Northiam over the weekend of November 24 and 25 from 11am to 5pm. They are both part of the ‘Artists of the Rother Valley’ who are hosting a Christmas Art Show at this venue. If you are looking for something special and unique for yourself or as a gift this Christmas then this is the place to head for.

As mentioned last week Sedlescombe School are working hard to fund raise £30,000 for the improvements to the school swimming pool, in order to upgrade the facilities and enable the pool to be more accessible to the local community in particular. The improvements include new communal changing rooms, individual cubicles, toilet and shower facilities, a new safety surface around the pool and new perimeter fencing. Mrs Ham would like to ask all members of the community to fill in a short pool questionnaire for her please, this consists of only four questions so I’m sure we all have the time to complete one of these. If as many people as possible could take one from the post office and return it into the box in the post office or pop it into the school, by November 26, she would be very grateful indeed. This will enable Mrs. Ham and the PTA to understand the ways in which the community would like to use the swimming pool next year in conjunction with the school use of the pool. The information from the questionnaires will also help with any possible grant applications. Thank you very much indeed.

A reminder from school that another way you could help is to continue to vote for the school swimming pool project in the Kent and Sussex ‘Heart of the Community’ competition, boxes for your voting coupons are in the post office and the school. You can also vote by text: text 65100: KS HEART 1052, followed by your name and post code. Please be aware of the cost involved and most importantly use your own phone for this. Thank you very much. Voting finishes at the end of November.

Don’t forget that Sedlescombe Primary School have their fayre on Saturday December 1 from 12-4pm. This is usually a very busy event with lots of stalls including once again this year a magical Santas Grotto, refreshments, fantastic food, plus mulled wine. There will be plenty of games and prizes. There will be an amazing raffle with a top prize of £100. Help make this year there best ever entrance 50p. Everyone is welcome to this great afternoon for all the family.

If you are looking for something a little further afield for your Christmas shopping , you know you have to start at some stage, the Rye and District Association of the National Trust are running a trip to Bluewater Shopping centre on Monday November 19. For more details and to book your place please contact Ros Adkins on 01797 253763.

There are also two other forthcoming events on Friday December 7 they have a Christmas party with Geoff Hutchinson. 2.00 pm at Playden WI Hall and on Saturday January 19 2013 , a New Year Lunch. If you are interested in attending the following events can you please get your bookings in to Ros Adkins on the number above .

Pestalozzi village have a busy time ahead with a Zimbabwean Cultural Evening on Wednesday 28 November 28 from 7.30-9.30pm. All are invited to this, their second cultural evening of the year. Zimbabwean students will share their culture, music, food and stories and you will gain an insight into everyday life in Zimbabwe and why these students have come to East Sussex to study.

On Saturday December 1 Pestalozzi have an Open Day with mince pies and mulled wine from 2-5pm when they open their doors to everyone interested in finding out more about the estate, the charity and students. Guests are invited to join Pestalozzi students, staff, volunteers and friends for a cosy afternoon of mulled wine and mince pies. There may even be a few carols sung.

This year marks the first time that Pestalozzi has welcomed Belizean students to their programme. Rudolph and Daniel will share their culture, music, food and stories over the evening of Wednesday December 19 from 7.30 to 9.30pm and guests will gain an insight into everyday life in Belize.

You can find out more about all these upcoming events on their website: www.pestalozzi.org.uk/events .If you should have any questions about these events, please do get in touch with Jonathan Williams, their new marketing officer on 01424 871901.

Battle & Villages Lions Club will be presenting a festive evening of ‘Carols for Christmas’, performed by Battle Community Choir on Friday December 7 at 8.00pm in Battle Memorial Hall. Tickets are £6 which includes a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie. There will also be a raffle. For tickets please call 0845 8335826 or 01424 844608 at Battle Memorial Hall or Spoilt Rotten in Battle

The Friday before last Sedlescombe Societies Association held their AGM at the village hall, it is fair, pardon the pun, to say that it was a sparsely attended event which was surprising considering that this is the group that works to organise the main summer fair on the sports field. All money raised from the day is then distributed to assist village groups and organisations. This year the association also helped run the Jubilee fair on the Green which was advantageous as the main fair was unfortunately cancelled due to the persistent rain around that time. Although limited funds were available, it was still possible to distribute a total of £1265 this year to St Michaels Hospice, Sedlescombe WI, Sedlescombe Sports Association, Sedlescombe Friendship Club, Sedlescombe Neighbourhood Watch and Sedlescombe Youth Club.

Next years village fair will be on Saturday July 27. If you would like to get involved in this community day, more help is always needed and you will be very welcome. Please contact 870533, 870344 or 871415 for a quick chat and to register your interest, as the saying goes “many hands make light work” and is so true.

If you have an event coming up in the local area or would like to have a small piece, outlining your club or organisation aims, activities, membership etc. then please contact me by email to [email protected] or by calling 870344. Please allow a couple of weeks notice before an event to allow for full coverage.