A beautiful day for a picnic in Burgess Hill
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On Monday 6th July, families of pre-schoolers had a blast at The Teddy Bears Picnic, Burgess Hill Town Council’s annual dedicated under 5’s event!
There was lots of free fun to be had, with inflatables, soft play and bubblemania kindly funded by Burgess Hill District Lions Club. There was parachute song time led by The King’s Church, and rhyme time with Burgess Hill Library. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service visited the event with one of their fire engines, exciting the children with their lights, sirens and uniforms!
Specsavers Burgess Hill ran a Bluey Colouring competition, Water Babies ran a guess the name of the teddy bear game and WSCC Waste Prevention Team set up a recycling sorting game. Children were invited to create a mini picture to take home, with SandArt, play hook a duck with Windmills Opportunity Playgroup and purchase a book from Gobbledy Books. Crest Swim School, St Edward’s Church, WSCC Early Help Team and Burgess Hill Girls all ran activities too, as did Time4Children and WSCC’s HAF Team.
Cortado Coffee, Stick The Kettle On and Brighton Bouncy Castles all attended with hot drinks and sweet treats to purchase.
A Burgess Hill District Lions representative said: “Burgess Hill District Lions are proud to have sponsored the Burgess Hill Teddy Bears Picnic for the fourth year, this year. It is a great event, bringing together the community, charities and businesses, and it is wonderful to see so many families attending the event and enjoying the free activities.
“Burgess Hill Rotary were delighted to be working alongside Burgess Hill Town Council, The King's Church and Burgess Hill District Lions to deliver this event. It was great to see so many people enjoying themselves, despite the heat.” said a representative from Burgess Hill Rotary.”
Angie Bee from The King’s Church said of the event: “Thank you to all who brought their children to join in with the activities on offer - including our parachute song times. The free to attend Teddy Bear Picnic is a wonderful opportunity for local groups, including The King's Church, to work in partnership with Burgess Hill Town Council. The event brings so much joy to local families and creates a fantastic sense of community. A huge thank you to everyone who gave their time, energy and enthusiasm to help make this such a beautiful afternoon - filled with friendly faces and happy children!
“There was a great turn out with lots of families and pre-schoolers joining in the free fun!”
If you attended, Burgess Hill Town Council would like to hear your feedback via the Google form: https://forms.gle/VUa77yTXr175JdT27 The Burgess Hill Teddy Bears Picnic is co-organised by Burgess Hill Town Council, The King’s Church Mid Sussex and Burgess Hill & District Rotary Club. It is kindly sponsored by Burgess Hill District Lions Club.