It’s Pumpkin Season: Where to Pick Your Own
A POPULAR Visitor Attraction is reopening its PYO Pumpkin Field this weekend in time for the Halloween Season. Sharnfold Farm at Stone Cross near Eastbourne is ... Read more.
Challenging the Three Peaks Challenge for Charity
A Dad from Heathfield and his 12 mates who together completed the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge – with an added twist – will visit the charity on ... Read more.
Bates Green Farm, Arlington, Gardener Wins BBC Award
A trainee horticulturist at Bates Green Farm in Arlington has won a silver medal for her show garden at BBC Gardener’s World Live annual flower show in Birmin... Read more.
Think Deer: Avoidance and Advice if You’re Involved in an Accident
As the days get shorter and the dusk and dawn commute gets busier, Ashdown Forest Rangers and the volunteer Deer Wardens are asking drivers to slow down and thi... Read more.
Panto Season is Coming to Brighton
STARS of this year’s Brighton Family Panto have been out and about in the City Centre promoting this December’s Sleeping Beauty. As is tradition, th... Read more.
Visit the Gardens at Bates Green Farm, Arlington
CAROLYN McCutchan designed and created the amazing Bates Green Garden at Arlington over a period of many years from 1968. The tranquil 1.5 acre-garden with its ... Read more.
Touchline to Front line – Seagulls Super Fan Delivers Aid to Ukraine
When Brighton and Hove Albion super fan Paul Samrah semi-retired earlier this year he was not expecting to swop the touchline for a frontline. But that is exact... Read more.
A Fabulous Concert on 13th & 14th September – for a great cause.
PARENTS Matt and Rachel Cowling decided they wanted to raise money for people with Diabetes after their son Ben was diagnosed with the condition aged just seven... Read more.
Tough Three-Day Challenge by Dad
By Peter Lindsey A COURAGEOUS dad and 12 of his mates have completed a gruelling Three Peaks Challenge to raise more than £35,000 for the Sussex charity which... Read more.
New Dame for Brighton Panto after Death of Jason Sutton
By Peter Lindsey David Hill Brighton Family Panto has announced a new Dame casting for Sleeping Beauty in tribute to the late Jason Sutton. Panto producer David... Read more.
Dad’s Amazing Challenge
By Peter Lindsey MATT Vince is one amazing man… Last year, he raised a staggering £25,000 for Chailey Heritage Foundation by running the Brighton Maratho... Read more.
Ashdown Forest Poetry Competition, Summer 2024
Ashdown Forest is staging a poetry competition this summer to mark 100 years since A. A.Milne’s first book of poetry was published. A.A. Milne, of course,... Read more.
Sharnfold Farm: Pay Once, Visit All Summer
A Family-Friendly Visitor Attraction has announced a special offer for families and visitors this summer. ‘Pay Once, Visit All Summer’ is the... Read more.
Beating the Bracken – Volunteer on Ashdown Forest
Ashdown Forest is looking to recruit a small army of volunteers to help tackle the growing problem of bracken on the area’s protected lowland heath. It is the... Read more.
A New Café in the Ashdown Forest
A NEW café has opened at the Ashdown Forest Visitor Centre in East Sussex It’s the start of a new drive to encourage more visitors to come to the Centr... Read more.
So Rewarding Caring for Young Henry at Chailey Heritage
Working with children and young people who have complex disabilities can be incredibly challenging. It can also be hugely rewarding for people like Kim Smith,... Read more.
Chequers Mead, East Grinstead, Concert
By Pete Lindsey PARENTS Matt and Rachel Cowling decided they wanted to raise money for people with Diabetes after their son Ben was diagnosed with the condition... Read more.
Linford Christie Helps Sussex Charity
A Sussex charity has thanked famous sprinter Linford Christie for helping to raise £25,000 at the Best of Britain Event. This prestigious networking eve... Read more.
Arlington Bluebell Walk & Farm Trails
The 2024 Arlington Bluebell Walk and Farm Trails has broken all records! The five-week event – which ran from April 10 until May 14 – raised ... Read more.
Down at the Farm at a Sussex Charity
VOLUNTEERS Week runs from June 3-9 – and a Mid Sussex charity is giving people the opportunity to volunteer on its amazing farm. Patchwork Farm is an esse... Read more.
Charity to benefit from East Sussex The Great Flower Forage
A VISITOR Attraction is inviting everyone to go on The Great Flower Forage this May Half Term – with a free drink for children. It is taking place at Wyla... Read more.
East Sussex Visitor Attraction Launches Three New Sites
SHARNFOLD Farm is launching three new attractions in time for this week’s school half-term. The popular Visitor Attraction at Stone Cross opened on Good F... Read more.
The recent National Vintage Tractor Run raised a fantastic £21,235 for Chailey Heritage Foundation
By Peter Lindsey At least 300 Tractors took part in the circular route across the South Downs on March 31. The South Eastern Vintage Agricultural Club said it w... Read more.
Sunday’s End of James Walk in Sussex
By Peter Lindsey MORE than 100 friends of former Ashdown Forest chief executive James Adler attended a celebration of his life on Sunday afternoon. It was held ... Read more.
Arlington Bluebell Walk reaches halfway stage.
By Peter Lindsey IT’S the halfway stage of this year’s Arlington Bluebell Walk and Farm Trail – and it’s attracting huge crowds. The Wal... Read more.
Ashdown Forest Walk in Memory of CEO James Adler who died aged Just 42
By Peter Lindsey FRIENDS, family and colleagues of James Adler – the former Chief Executive at Ashdown Forest – will be taking part in a special 111... Read more.
Annual Bluebell Walk in Sussex starts on Wednesday April 10th
By Peter Linsey INCREDIBLY 2024 is the 51st year of the famous Arlington Bluebell Walk – and it opens on Wednesday (April 10). The Bluebell Walk is the ch... Read more.
National Vintage Tractor Road Run through the streets of East Sussex.
By Peter Lindsey MORE than 300 vintage tractors from as far afield as Cornwall and Scotland took part in the National Vintage Tractor Road Run through the stree... Read more.
A new ‘Tree of Trees’ inspired by A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh has been unveiled in Ashdown Forest.
By Peter Lindsey A new ‘Tree of Trees’ inspired by A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh has been unveiled in Ashdown Forest. It is a majestic, ten-foot high sculp... Read more.
Brighton & Hove Albion Soccer Legend opens Charity’s Gym Extension
By Peter Lindsey Video is here https://vimeo.com/926211419?share=copy BRIGHTON and Hove Albion soccer legend Guy Butters has officially opened a new Gym extensi... Read more.
Huge Sussex Visitor Attraction opens over Easter Weekend
By Peter Lindsey AN East Sussex Visitor Attraction reopened on Good Friday with a fresh, new look after closing for the winter months. Sharnfold Farm – ... Read more.
A Community-focused Business based in Battle has chosen its Charity Partner for 2024.
By Peter Lindsey Wylands Farm, at Powdermill Lane in Battle, is part of the rapidly developing The Family Parks Group. The Group owns 11 holiday p... Read more.
Partners in Care – how a career with Chailey Heritage changes young lives
By Peter Lindsey The bond between Jacob and Rosie is clear to see. Jacob is gregarious, inquisitive, and bright – while Rosie is energetic, caring, and empath... Read more.
Wylands Farm, Battle raises £1318.60
By Peter Lindsey Trudy Hampton CEO for WUTH and Chelsie-Louise Sewell, Marketing Assistant for The Family Parks Group WYLANDS Farm is proud to have rai... Read more.
New Chief Executive at Ashdown Forest
By Peter Lindsey THE new Chief Executive at Ashdown Forest has vowed: “I love the Forest and I want to make a real difference.” Mark Pearson, 52, ha... Read more.
Ashdown Forest in East Sussex featured on BBC1’s Countryfile last Sunday evening.
THE iconic Ashdown Forest in East Sussex was featured on BBC1’s Countryfile yesterday evening. Presenters Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith have visited th... Read more.
Proud dad Matt Vince raised more than £20,000 for Chailey Heritage Foundation last year when he ran the Brighton Marathon.
By Peter Lindsey Proud dad Matt Vince raised more than £20,000 for Chailey Heritage Foundation last year when he ran the Brighton Marathon. The charity has spa... Read more.