Help for local young people with mental health and well-being problems
Wings to Fly are very pleased to announce that our application for a grant has been successful and we have received £4,115 from the Sussex Community Foundation. This will enable us to support St Mark’s CEP School and the local community with mental health and wellbeing issues during this Covid-19 outbreak. Families who feel they could benefit from this opportunity are invited to contact the School’s office in the first instance on 01825 830375.
The Trustees
Wings to Fly
Reg Charity No:118309
The support of regular donations allows us to demonstrate a strong commitment from the school community. If you are a ble to make a regular (or one off) donation you can do so directly through our donations page kindlink.com/fundraising/wings-to-fly/2563 or via our page on the school website.
Door-to-door Virus Check Scams
Village Volunteers have received information that door to door fraudsters have been operating in West Sussex offering Covid-19 Virus checks that are fake. It is almost inevitable that even if these particular fraudsters don’t target future victims in East Sussex and our local area someone else is liable to.
These are always going to be fake offers and anyone receiving callers at their doors offering virus checks should immediately contact the police.
There are a multitude of other scams regarding the virus that have been reported please watch out for details of them on national and local news stations
Please do not become a fraud statistic by falling for fake calls, emails or any other type of contact regarding the corona virus.
A Sermon Preached at St Marks 25th. April 1838
Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour in St. Marks Church
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Hadlowdown.html
Hadlow Down Walk
You can download the East Sussex C C Hadlow Down Walk from here:
https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/media/1256/hadlow-down-walk.pdf
Our Excellent SIAMS Report
On the 19th. October 2019 the school had its SIAMS inspection and the overall report was Excellent!
To see the full report go to:
https://st-marks-hadlowdown.co.uk/esussex/primary/stmarks/arenas/websitecontent/web/stmarkshadlowdownfinalreportoctober2019.pdf
Horticultural Society Spring Dates
The Horticultural Society’s AGM in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 17th March at 10.00 am has been cancelled due to ‘self isolation’advice concerning the corono-virus.
Membership for 2020 is now due. As Barbara Ball has retired as Membership Secretary please contact Kathy Cracknell for a membership card on 01825 830616 or email: kathy.cracknell48@gmail.com
The Spring Supper on Wednesday, 22nd April has been cancelled due to ‘self isolation’advice concerning the corono-virus.
The Spring Market.
Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 virus the Hadlow Down Spring Market that was to be held on on Saturday, 21st March has had to be cancelled
Please watch these pages for details of rearranged fayres/markets later in the year
New Inn Gets a 5 Star Food Hygiene Rating
Our village hostelry has been awarded a 5* Food Hygiene Rating by The Food Standards Agency / Wealden District Council
https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/174037
Book Review – ‘Warlight’ by Michael Ondaatje
‘We order our lives with barely held stories’ 
This month we read another novel set in the aftermath of WW2 – Michael Ondaatje’s 2018 ‘Warlight’. It is narrated by Nathaniel, now 28 years old looking back on the strange adventures of his adolescence.
The novel is in two parts. The first is set in 1945 in the twilight world of post-war London and much of the action takes place at night. Fifteen year old Nathaniel and his sister Rachel have been left by their parents in the care of a mysterious figure called The Moth. Their parents have ostensibly gone to Singapore for their father’s’ job but it is their mother, Rose, who is behind the flight and we gradually discover that she leads a double life as a spy. Continue reading “Book Review – ‘Warlight’ by Michael Ondaatje”