Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK - working together to support Cuckfield

Covid-19 neighbourly support flyer

Flyers have been put through doors in Cuckfield, Haywards Heath and Lindfield in the last few days. It reads:

Hello Neighbour,

Are you unable to leave your home because of Covid 19/Coronavirus? We’re here for you.

We are a group of local residents who would like to support the community that we live in and ensure that nobody is left isolated. We don’t ask for anything in return, we just believe in helping each other in a time of difficulty.

We are your local neighbours and not a professional body but are supported by the council.

How they can help…

  • Arranging deliveries

  • Picking up Shopping & Medication

  • A friendly phone call

  • Posting Mail

  • Urgent supplies

  • Help topping up electric or gas key

If you could like to speak to us, or want to ask for help, please call 01444 635002 or email haywardsneedhelp@gmail.com

GIVE SUPPORT: Please email haywardsvolunteers@gmail.com to join the group (or call the number above).

The return of the Post Office

It’s nearly 18 months since the closure of Cuckfield Post Office, but thanks to the efforts of the local Parish Council the Post Office service will return to the village on the 24th March.

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Cuckfield Parish Council has kindly agreed to offer The Queen’s Hall as the new location for the service, which will open on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9.30am and 1.30pm.

Please note that the service will only remain in the village if it is profitable to do so, so please do try and make use of the Post Office facility as much as you can while you can.

Most of the services found at other High Street Post Office locations will also be available in Cuckfield, including postage, parcels, application forms and banking.

Published in Cuckfield Life, March 2020.

Tennis Club celebrates 100 years

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By Sue Ponsford

The weather recently may not have been very conducive to playing tennis but the committee planning the centenary of Cuckfield Tennis Club has been hard at work thinking up memorable ways of celebrating such a special anniversary.

Saturday 2nd May will be crammed with events and there should be something for everyone. It will be held in conjunction with the annual Cuckoo Fair (this year on a Saturday as there is a special VE Day bank holiday on Friday 8th May). Non-member coaching will be on offer, memorabilia covering the last 100 years of tennis will be on view in the clubhouse and Wisdom Sports will be demonstrating their ball machine with tennis racquets to try. At teatime, there will be a formal cake cutting ceremony, and we hope to invite a local celebrity to do the honours. We plan to have willing members form the figure 100 on the courts and be photographed for posterity by a drone.

On Saturday 13th June there will be a themed tennis tournament, open to current and past members, when players and spectators will be encouraged to dress in the style of one of the decades since 1920.

Sunday 5th July (the middle Sunday of Wimbledon) will see lots of earnest people going round Cuckfield working out the clues in our family anniversary treasure hunt. The local shops are being encouraged to dress their windows appropriately and incorporate clues in their displays.

We hope to hold an anniversary dinner and to have a 100 hours tournament - players sign up to play for an hour, either singles or doubles. Plans are also afoot for more events for young people. More information will be available as the year progresses.

So save these dates and look out for more information as the summer approaches.

Published in Cuckfield Life magazine, March 2020.