May 19

Wild About Mid Sussex

Local residents will be able to come face-to-face with some fascinating animals, reptiles, insects and birds at the Wild About Mid Sussex event on Saturday 4 June 2016.

Held on the first day of Burgess Hill Summer Festival, ‘Wild About Mid Sussex’ is a free wildlife exhibition celebrating the wonderful countryside that surrounds the towns and villages of Mid Sussex. It’s a fun day out for the whole family and provides a great opportunity to discover more about local wildlife and how to protect it.


Open from 10.00 am – 4.00 pm, Wild About Mid Sussex brings a host of creatures, both native and exotic, to a huge marquee in St. John’s Park, Burgess Hill. There’s a chance to see live owls, stag beetles, bees, bats, tree frogs, pythons and lizards, including a very friendly giant rhino iguana.

 

The Buzz Club will be on hand to share the work it is doing to protect native wild bees in Mid Sussex and there will be opportunities to find out more about local and national conservation groups and universities.

 

‘Wild About Mid Sussex’ is organised by the ‘Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle’ group, in partnership with Mid Sussex District Council.

 

The Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle are a band of several hundred volunteers who work to protect the countryside around Burgess Hill. With the support of Mid Sussex District Council, West Sussex County Council and Burgess Hill Town Council, they work to connect Burgess Hill’s green spaces together using safe, traffic-free routes. This helps the local wildlife to move between areas safely and makes it easier for local people to enjoy the varied habitats and the wonderful landscape that they create.

 

“Wild About Mid Sussex is a fantastic family event and is the perfect way to kick-off the Burgess Hill Summer Festival 2016,” said Councillor Pru Moore, MSDC Cabinet Member for Leisure and Sustainability. “There are lots of fun activities for young children and it’s great for people of all ages to get the chance to handle local wildlife, as well as some exotic creatures from further afield.

“It’s free to enter so I hope people come along to discover more about the wonderful wildlife that’s right on our doorstep.”

 

For more information about the ‘Wild About Mid Sussex’ exhibition, please visit

www.bh-green-circle.org.uk, contact the Mid Sussex District Council Landscapes team on 01444 477439 or email parksopenspaces@midsussex.gov.uk.

May 18

Pyecombe Plant Sale

Saturday 28th May between 2pm and 4pm

@ Pyecombe Church Yard

A beautiful selection of garden plants and bric a brac for sale 

Teas and homemade cakes also available

May 16

Pondtail Wood Update

Local people came out in force today [16 May], along with reps from Sussex Wildlife Trust and Friends of the Earth, to protest against the illegal felling of Pondtail Wood on Muddleswood Road (opposite Singing Hills Golf Club) and the illegal bringing in of hardcore to create a hard surface entrance, decimating the woodland and doing so without a felling licence or planning permission.

Pondtail Wood was bought earlier this year and since then there has been extensive felling of the planted wood.  It is a Planted Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS) and is within the South Downs National Park.  The trees that have been felled were mature and were a pine variety.

Local people raised concerns from mid-March and Mid Sussex District Council and South Downs National Park Authority were informed at that time.  A ‘Temporary Stop Notice’ was issued last week [May 10].  The notices have been removed from the gate and work on the site appears to have continued.  The South Downs National Park woodland is under threat if it cannot be protected.  Local people want to see the destruction stopped and the woodland repaired and replanted.

Listen to the BBC Sussex piece this morning:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03tlgxw#play  – go to 02:41

The protest is expected to be shown on BBC South East TV tonight (note we normally get BBC South TV in this area, so do find the right channel on your Freeview/Sky/etc)

And it will be in The Argus, Mid Sussex Times and West Sussex County Times later this week.

Further updates will be issued and a campaign on Facebook and Twitter is being set up where updates can be shared with everyone who cares about this issue.  Links will be added in due course

Mike Airey is collating information for SDNPA and other authorities.

Any further activity that the authorities ought to know should be e-mailed to him at airey2005@btinternet.com or he is contactable on 07884 165 867

 Pondtail Wood Demo 1Pondtail Wood Demo 2

May 15

Public Demonstration at Pondtail Wood

We need your help – please join a public demonstration outside Pond Tail Wood, Poynings, opposite Singing Hills Golf Club at 10am on Monday with media coming – just need you to join us for 30 minutes to show how strongly we feel about the wood being illegally felled and the owner bringing in illegal aggregates to create acres of hard standing for who knows what – in the supposedly protected South Downs National Park! Thanks.

 

May 11

Pondtail Wood Stop Notice

As you may be aware, the new owners of Pondtail Wood, opposite Singing Hills Golf Club, have had a temporary Stop notice placed on them by the South Downs National Park due to the felling of trees and laying of hardcore. The notice has been placed on the gates to the woodland and the landowner made aware.

Please can you refrain from entering the site to take photos etc., the SDNPA will be monitoring the site and you may be putting yourselves at risk.

If you see any activity please report this immediately to:

Mike Airey on 07884 165 867
Poynings Parish Council Chair

For felling of trees ring Dave Rogers 07768 694 263
The Forestry Commission

Thank you

May 10

Local County Councillors

Do you wish to meet you local County Councillors. You can on

Tuesday 17 May 2016 7pm

Albourne Village Hall, The Street, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DJ

 

For more information Click Here

 

May 05

Poynings Parish Council Meeting

POYNINGS PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk to the Council
Mr Colin Warburton
Hideaway Cottage
6 Poynings Road
Poynings
BN45 7AP
01273 857024

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

The next meeting of Poynings Parish Council is to be held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 10th May 2016 at 7pm.

Agenda

  1. Apologies for absence
  2. Minutes
  3. Matters Arising
    Football pitch Mowing
    Roundabout letterbox
  4. Expenditure for March and April
  5. Insurance
    1. Operation Watershed
    2. 2015 election costs
    3. Queens Birthday
    4. Pondtail Wood
  6. Dates of Next Meetings

This meeting will be followed at 7.30pm by the AGM

May 05

Poynings Parish Council AGM

POYNINGS PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk to the Council
Mr Colin Warburton
Hideaway Cottage
Poynings Road
Poynings
BN45 7AP
Tel: 01273 857024
 colin@poynings.net

    

Dear Parishioner

Annual Parish Meeting 10th May 2016 – 7.30pm – in the Village Hall.
This follows the Parish Council meeting which starts at 7pm

I am writing to invite you to our Annual Parish Meeting to be held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 10th May at 7.30pm.

We will have a presentation by Tony Steer, Chair of Bolney Parish Council, who will advise us on the works that Bolney have carried out with footpath safety and flooding, as well as representatives from District and County Council and National Trust to answer any questions you may have about local issues.

I hope that you will join us, and also encourage your neighbours to come along.

The Council will serve refreshments after the formal part of the evening, so please join us for a glass of wine


Yours sincerely

Mike Airey
Chairman

May 04

Downland Villages Recipe Book

recipies

The four parishes in the Downland Benefice are joining together to produce a recipe book to raise funds for maintaining the churches in Edburton, Newtimber, Poynings and Pyecombe. The book will feature seasonal recipes, using local produce when possible.

We would love to hear from anyone who can help us in any way, such as typing, editing, marketing and organising a book launch.

And of course we need lots of recipes to choose from!

What is your favourite recipe, using local, seasonal ingredients? Please share it with us, using this form. Downland recipe Form

Email your recipe to downlandrecipes@icloud.com

or drop it into Westend Cottage, The Street, Poynings by 30th June.

May 03

Downland Churches May 2016

The Downland Benefice

Holy Trinity Poynings, St Andrew’s, Edburton

St John the Evangelist, Newtimber

The Transfiguration, Pyecombe

www.downlandchurches.co.uk

 

May 2016

 

There is a united Benefice service every Sunday morning at 10 am in one of our churches.

 

On most Sundays, this is a service of Holy Communion.

On the first Sunday of each month, it is an all age worship service, followed at 11.15 am by a short Communion service.

Location varies according to the pattern below:

    First Sunday     (1st May)             Poynings

    Second Sunday    (8th May)            Newtimber    

    Third Sunday     (15th May)            Poynings    

    Fourth Sunday    (22nd May)            Pyecombe

    Fifth Sunday    (29th May)            Newtimber

 

There is also a Benefice Evening Service at 6pm

every second Sunday (8th May) at Pyecombe.

 

In addition, at Edburton Church there is:


A service of Family Communion every first and third Sunday at 11 am. (1st and 15th May)

 

Morning and Evening Prayer each week

Mondays: Edburton at 6 pm; Tuesdays: Newtimber at 5 pm

Wednesdays: Poynings at 9 am; Pyecombe at 6 pm

 

Evergreens (for the over 60’s)

Monday, 9th May, 3.30 – 5 pm at Downside, Fulking

(home of Charmayne and Harry Diamond)

Special events and dates this month

 

  • Edburton PCC will meet at 7.30pm on Tuesday 3rd May.
  • There will be NO service in the Benefice on Ascension Day (May 5th). In past years, this has been very poorly attended.
  • Deanery Synod will meet on Thursday 12th May at Ditchling.
  • The week leading up to Pentecost has been designated a week of prayer for Church growth. This theme will be evident in all our weekday services. Please make this a theme for your private prayers too and look out for events being held by other churches in the area.
  • On Saturday 14th May at 7.30pm, Brighton Chamber Choir, conducted by Jane Money (Cullen) of Pyecombe is performing a programme of music by Grieg, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and others entitled ‘Northern Lights’. This will be at St Barnabas Church, Sackville Road, Hove. See fliers.
  • Weds 18th May is the date for the Licensing of Fr James Foley in our neighbouring parish of Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCAT). Please remember him and the people of that parish in your prayers.
  • Messy Church meets this month on Friday 20th May, from 4.30 pm – 6 pm at Fulking Village Hall. Do come along!
  • Pyecombe PCC: 7.30pm Monday 23rd May in the Church.
  • Newtimber PCC: 5.30pm Tuesday 24th May in the Church.
  • Don’t forget the Plant Sale at Pyecombe to be held on Saturday 28th May from 2-4pm in aid of church funds.
  • Hymns and Pimms at Edburton will take place on Sunday 29th May at 6pm. Do come along to sing your heart out.
  • Please collect unwanted items and pass them to Lucy Dalrymple for her Verge Sale in aid of Newtimber Church funds –happy to collect: tel 01273 832009

 

Clergy contact details:

Revd Dr Caroline Currer, Priest-in-Charge

Tel 01273 857456         c.currer@btinternet.com

Revd Graham Jeffery (Edburton)     01273 494559

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