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Community, Utilities & Charities
The next refuse collection is Monday 26th July **
The next recyclable materials collection is Monday 2nd August**
** Note: Ockley Lane, Lodge Lane and roads east thereof are alternate weeks to those stated above
The next garden waste collection is Wednesday 21st July
For a map of the local area please Click Here
For details of neighbouring organisations in the Hurstpierpoint area, please see our sister site www.hurstpierpoint-online.co.uk
Dale Avenue Residents Association (Incorporating Windmill Avenue, Highlands Close & Willowbrook Way)
The aim of the Association is to protect, maintain and enhance the environment within the area. We intend to keep a close watch on any proposed changes, be they environmental, planning or incidental, keeping abreast of anything that may affect our members.
Contact: email: DaleResAssn@gmail.com or correspondence to Dale Avenue Residents Association, 23 Dale Ave, Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Hassocks Amenity Association
One of the oldest societies in Hassocks – working for almost 40 years to improve and preserve our delightful villages of Clayton, Keymer and Hassocks.
Contact: Judith Poncelet (Membership Secretary) Tel: 01273 844543.
To view an invitation from the HAA click here. To download an application form for membership click here.
To read the latest newsletter click here.
Hassocks Community Association
Chairman: Val Purdew Tel: 01273 843673 Secretary: Sylvia Howard Tel: 01273 846763
Management Committee Chairman: John Gargett Tel: 01273 842666
Management Committee Secretary: Sylvia Howard Tel: 01273 846763
Adastra Hall Bookings Clerk: Caroline Flowers. Tel: 01273 841965 Mobile: 07939 635971 email: adastrahall@tiscali.co.uk
For details of the Adastra Hall's facilities Click Here
Hassocks Community Partnership
Contact: Betty Davies (Secretary) 26 Kymer Gardens, Hassocks. Tel: 01273 844537 email: tonyandbetty@rockuk.net
Hassocks Directory
Request up-to-date contacts for all local organisations and businesses, for publication each January. Advertising welcome from local businesses only. Please email andrew@hurstpierpoint.freeserve.co.uk
Hassocks Library, Stafford House, Keymer Road, Hassocks. Tel: 01273 842779
Email: hassocks.library@westsussex.gov.uk
Opening hours are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 9.00am - 1.00pm
Thursday and Friday 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Hassocks Neighbourhood Watch
Area Co-ordinator: Bruce Burgess Tel: 01273 843821 email: marbru@mypostoffice.co.uk Web: www.hassocksnhw.org.uk
Hassocks Traders Association
Contact: Geoff Elsey Tel: 01273 846356
Hassocks Twinning Association -Twinning Hassocks with Montmirail in France and Wald-Michelbach in Germany
Formed to foster and deepen the links between Montmirail (Champagne Region) and Wald Michelbach (Odenwald). Regular visits from and to the twin communities. Regular social events. All ages welcome to join and original ideas encouraged. Committee members needed. No language skills necessary. A great way to make friends. Please contact 01273 842692 or 01273 842812 for further details.
Hassocks Village Audit
Produced by local resident Colin Edmunds, this document was designed to record the environment currently enjoyed by the residents of Hassocks. It will hopefully serve to provide an authoritative basis on which to measure the impact of future developments and proposed changes to the infrastructure within the village, relative to the considered needs of the residents.
Villagers currently have little input on expansion plans for the village, with decisions taken by Government and Developers and this document, in conjunction with the Village Design Statement, should help to formulate factual and reasoned argument for directing, proposing or defending future change directly affecting our quality of life.
Looking to the future and the predicted effect of ‘global warming’, having compiled such a comprehensive overview of our village, the document represents an opportunity to produce a ‘carbon footprint’ recording the impact on the environment presented by the day-to-day lifestyle of Hassocks inhabitants. To view the document Click Here
Hassocks Village Market
http://hassocksvillagemarket.blogspot.com
Star Cinema
Contact: Sherrian Guest Tel: 01273 842081
TALK ABOUT On Tape
A recorded edition of the popular Talk About magazines designed for people with very poor sight. This is a free service on cassette which is tone indexed and edited for easy listening. It is delivered each month post free and includes Hassocks & Keymer Talk About, the Ditchling Dialogue and Village Voice.
Telephone 01273 845882 to join.
Utilities
Hassocks Parish Council, Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks, BN6 8QH. Tel: 01273 842714 Fax. 01273 843836
Web: www.hassockspc.net email: hassockspc@btconnect.com To view the councils Business Plan for 2009-2014 Click Here
Opening Hours of the Council Office are: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon. The Clerk the Council Is Miss Linda Baker
Mid Sussex District Council, Oaklands, Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1SS. Tel: 01444 458166
Web: www.midsussex.gov.uk email: enquiries@midsussex.gov.uk
The Council's out of hours emergency line is 01444 446495
West Sussex County Council, County Hall, West Street, ,Chichester, PO19 1RQ. Tel: 01243 777100
24 Hour Helpline: 08457 581232, Web: www.westsussex.gov.uk
County Hall opening hours are: Monday – Thursday 8.15am to 5.30pm, Friday 8.15am to 5.00pm
Hassocks Post Office, Keymer Road, Hassocks. Tel: 01273 842422
Hassocks Sorting Office, Keymer Road, Hassocks. Tel: 01273 842105
Enquiry office open Monday – Friday 6.00am – 12.30pm Saturday 6.00am – 11.00am
Police Non Emergency Number 0845 6070999
Electricity Emergency Number 0800 783 8866
Gas Emergency Number 0800 111999
Water Emergency Number 0845 602 1724
Looking for somewhere to hire for an event or party? Some useful numbers are below
Adastra Hall: 01273 841965
Beacon Centre: 01273 844813
Clayton Church Hall 01273 842605
Hassocks Guide Hall: Adam Guratsky, Tel: 01273 846544 email: adamguratsky@tiscali.co.uk
Keymer Church Hall: 01273 845194
Pauline Thaw Centre: 01273 844461
United Reformed Church Hall: 01273 846238
Hurstpierpoint Village Centre: Facilities available for hire include hall suitable for functions up to 200 people, a conference room for meeting up to about 20 and a Club Suite ideal for larger meetings up to about 40 and childrens parties.
Availability and charges, please contact pauline@hurstpierpoint.freeserve.co.uk
Charities
Age Concern Hassocks & District, Pauline Thaw Centre, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, BN6 8LW
Tel: 01273 844461 Web: www.achassocks.co.uk email: enquiries@achassocks.co.uk
The centre is open from 9.00am – 4.00pm Monday – Friday and Saturday mornings for tea and coffee -anyone over the age of 55 is welcome to use the facilities. There is no membership fee.
Clubs and services available during the day include: Coffee Shop from 9.45am -11.45am serving tea cakes and toast ~ A three-course lunch is served daily at 12.15pm, which can be booked the day before or by 9.30am; transport to the Centre is available for the housebound and diners can order soup and a sandwich to take home with them ~ light shopping is available for diners on Mondays and Wednesdays ~ Medical Transport – one of our volunteer drivers will take you to your appointment and wait to take you home again ~ wheelchairs and walker frames to loan ~ Advisory Service ~ Pensions Advice ~ Hairdressing ~ Chiropody ~ Manicures ~ Hearing Aid Maintenance ~ Reflexology and aromatherapy ~ Armchair Yoga ~ Memory Lane (music) ~ Jubilee Club (speakers, music, games etc) ~ Mah-Jong ~ Canasta ~ Jigsaw Puzzle and Book Library ~ regular films, quizzes and bingo. An internet cafe is to open soon. The centre’s hall and rooms are also available to hire for private functions.
FREE internet access is available to all from 9.00am - 4.00pm Monday - Friday. No prior booking is needed.
Age Concern could not exist without the scores of volunteers who give some of their time – anything from a few hours to several days each month - to help at the Day Centre. New volunteers are always welcome for the many tasks required, in administration, the kitchen and restaurant, fundraising and as drivers, who use their own cars in return for a mileage allowance.
Bonfire & Fireworks
Organised every year by Hurstpierpoint Gymnastics Club, supporting other charitable groups - Oldland Mill, Hassocks Infants School etc. Held each year on the Sunday on or before 5th November. (i.e. 2010 is 31st October)
Tickets in advance from The MintHouse, Marchants Estate Agents, Pierpoint Pet Supplies.
NB we cannot collect bonfire materials, but can accept them on site on the Saturday before at 10am. (i.e 30th October 2010)
Further details on our website www.hurstpierpoint.freeserve.co.uk
Butchers Wood Volunteers
Woodland Trust Voluntary Warden: Linda Fitter Tel: 01273 842594
Cancer Research UK – Hassocks Fundraising Committee
Contact: Mrs V Purdew Tel: 01273 843673
Childhelp – Hassocks
49 Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8AG Contact: Mrs C Wooldridge Tel: 01273 846570
Children’s Country Holiday Fund
Stafford House, Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8QJ. Chief Executive Lydia Davis Tel: 01273 847765 Fax: 01273 841993
Web: www.childrensholidays.org.uk or www.cchfreunited.org.uk
Children's Country Holidays Fund is a registered national charity founded in 1884. It exists to give severely disadvantaged children and young people aged 6-16 years of age, a range of activity camps and respite breaks and on going support, to help improve the quality of their lives, recognise their potential and achieve their personal goals in the safest possible environment.
Clayton & Keymer Royal British Legion
Woodlands Road, Hassocks, BN6 8HE Tel: 01273 845829
Women’s Section meets 2nd Thursday monthly at 3.00pm
Contact: Jenny Budd Tel: 01273 845829
Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association
Contact: Dorrie Mottram Tel: 01273 845291
Friends of Villa Adastra
Contact: Jenie Nind Tel: 01273 844025
Humanity at Heart
28 Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8AN Tel: 01273 846135 email: humanity@humanityatheart.org.uk
Web: www.humanityatheart.org.uk
Hurst & Hassocks Community Bus, Contact: Gill Sale Tel: 01273 844181 email: petergillsale@talktalk.net See entry in Travel section for further details of routes etc. Click here for poster
Jack & Jill Windmills Society
Jill Windmill, up on the downs at Clayton, is normally open to visitors from 2.00pm to 5.00pm on most Sundays between May & September. Web: www.jillwindmill.org.uk email: jillwindmill@hotmail.com
Mid Sussex Happy Breed Dog Rescue Society
Contact : Linda 01273 843897 (Dog homing and help with dog problems)
Gina 01444 230658 (Fund raising) Web: www.happybreed.co.uk
Oldlands Mill Trust – Working to renovate Oldland Mill to full working order, Oldlands Lane, Keymer
Chairman: Prof. Fred Maillerdet Tel: 01273 842342 Web: www.oldlandwindmill.co.uk Three main open days each year with free transport from the Thatched Inn. Also open for casual visits every Thursday morning.
Paws & Claws Animal Rescue
Dedicated to rescuing and re-homing lost and abandoned cats in the Mid-Sussex area.
Web: www.pawsandclaws-ars.org.uk email: info@pawsandclaws-ars.org.uk
Contacts: Rosemary Harding (Fundraising Co-ordinator) Tel: 01273 846946
Rescue Centre Manager: 07511 696 074 (weekdays 9am - 6pm)
Re-homing enquiries: Jackie on 01444 241538 (evenings only)
RNLI - Hurstpierpoint and District Branch (which covers Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks and Ditchling)
We are purely a fundraising branch and our committee organises various fundraising events the proceeds of which all go to the RNLI. We raise in the region of £7,000 per year and are always looking for willing volunteers to help us run our events!
Contact: Jo Kaddish 01273 843857 email: jogera@btinternet.com
If your Hassocks based charity is not listed above, please email enquiries@hassocks-online.co.uk for a free listing.
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