Monthly Archives: November 2024

Organisations in Wealden receive funding to help tackle inequalities in physical activity

Six organisations have received grant awards to support physical activity projects within Wealden and improve health and wellbeing outcomes. The funding has come from East Sussex Public Health and was awarded to Wealden District Council as part of the Tackling Inequalities Through Physical Activity programme. The aim is to enable partners to develop a placed-based... Read more

28th November

Heathfield students excel in CREST science awards

British Science Association’s CREST Scheme inspires Heathfield’s young scientists Twenty three students recently received their certificates showing they completed their CREST award last year.  Twenty of them completed the Bronze award, a STEM project that requires at least 10 hours of work. They did fantastically well to complete this with projects on – building a... Read more

28th November

Radiant Facial Rejuvenation aesthetics clinic celebrates recent win

Award winning for 2024 Karen Kelly owner & practitioner, is celebrating a recent win at the Health Care Beauty Business Awards UK where she took the crown for Patient Satisfaction 2024. She has also been a finalist for the following as well this year: Finalist ‘Best for Aesthetics’ in East Sussex 2024 Finalist ‘Best Aesthetic... Read more

21st November

Buy a whole fresh turkey and curry the leftovers after Christmas

JR Sheffield in Vines Cross, near Heathfield, has collaborated with BoOm Kitchen this year by giving away curry kits and encouraging people to make delicious turkey curries with their leftovers. The kits will also be available in the barn on turkey collection days. BoOm kitchen is the Sheffield family’s ‘go to’ curry kit and the... Read more

20th November

Fourth annual Sussex Christmas tree fling takes place this Sunday

With distances edging towards the world record each year, Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm will be hosting its fourth Christmas tree flinging competition. Last year, both previous male and female winning distances were smashed. James Gardiner of Hailsham threw his tree a distance of 10.56 metres – 1.5 metres longer than the previous record. The women’s... Read more

14th November

Heathfield students lobby Downing Street for change on behalf of young people

Heathfield students lobby for change in Downing Street Heathfield Community College has been very proud of a project it has been involved with for the past year which has the potential to make some real improvement in the lives of young people all over the country. Ten students from across older year groups have been... Read more

7th November

Antonio from Melina Joy Opticians discusses the importance of ‘Aural Health’

Melina Joy Opticians has been offering a hearing service to their clients for some time now. The resident audiologist, Antonio Vas Falcao, is sharing in this article the importance of ‘’Aural health’’ and the importance of early detection and intervention of hearing loss. People often fail to appreciate how much they rely on their hearing.... Read more

7th November