Accessibility Statement

We are committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance status
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.  HadlowDown.Com is partially conformant with WCAG level AA.  Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

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We welcome your feedback.  Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers by contacting the Parish Clerk who will raise the problem with the website administrator.  In particular, we would like to hear from you if you know of anyone who would like to access this website but cannot do so because they are blind.

Phone: 01825 760103

E-mail: clerk@hadlowdown.org

Assessment
Browser enabled keyboard interaction – With browser interaction switched on, website navigation is possible using the tab, shift-tab, enter and scroll keys for paging up and down.  Focus moves down the page initially moving through each item on the navigation bar before progressing through each object on the page itself.  When focus highlights an object, it can be selected by using the enter key.

Page titles – The website has page titles in the browser header that provides orientation to for visitors using browser speech readers.

Browser speech readers – The website content is accessible for browser speech readers.  As the navigation bar is present on every page this is re-read for every page visited before the speech reader reads the page content.

Images described with Alt text – Digital images are not elaborated with Alt text labels enabling the pictures to be described by the speech reader e.g. ‘image showing a firework’. The website has minimal digital content and the lack of text labels for does not detract from the usability and utility of the website.

Adobe Reader – Documents can be viewed and expanded in Adobe Reader.

Content designed to cause harm – There is no user control over content displayed on the website. The website contains no content or animation embedded in the pages that is likely to trigger a seizure or physical reaction.

September 2020

SUMMER HOLIDAY SWIMS IN HADLOW DOWN

Chris and Anne Yarrow have created a 125 square metre natural swimming pond in their garden at Huggetts Furnace Mill, Stonehurst Lane. They are opening it up for Hadlow Down residents in return for a small contribution to their daughter’s charity Doctors for Nepal. Free soft drinks if you walk or cycle from home.

The pond is about 20m long and about 1.2 metres /4 ft. deep (max.1.4 m. /4ft 8”). It is kept pure by circulating the water through gravel beds and by pond plants, so you won’t go home smelling of chlorine! Heated by solar panels, it usually has a temperature of about 21C to 25C(70F to 77F).

Rules: Use by prior arrangement only; all children to be accompanied and supervised by a responsible adult at all times; no dogs; civilised behaviour requested, and we reserve the right to ask visitors to leave.

Available for use between 10am and 6pm from 26th July until mid August To arrange a swim and get location instructions, please phone Chris and Anne on 01825 831972, or email yarrow@hmill.plus.com.

 

Calendar & Events

< June 2022 >
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    1TN22 PLUS ClubTN22 PLUS ClubTN22 PLUS Club
The TN22 Plus Club, which runs on alternate Wednesdays at Hadlow Down Village Hall and is tailored for those with memory loss/ dementia. The Club runs from 10.30am – 3.30pm with personalised activities and a high ratio of helper support. With an emphasis on friendship and fun – our members usually settle in very quickly and all enjoy the freshly cooked and nutritious lunch! Transport can be arranged on request, for an extra charge, and the cost for the day is £48. (See Village Calendar for dates.)
We can offer a Taster session if you would like to come and meet us and see what the TN22 Plus club has to offer.
For more information about the TN22 Plus club, please contact Wendy Coleman on 07961 450357.
Village Hall Hadlow Down
Homefront LindyhopHomefront LindyhopTime: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Homefront Lindyhop
Main Hall
Village Hall
2 3The New Inn Jubilee PartyThe New Inn Jubilee PartyTime: 4:00 pm - 12:00 pm
A party for the whole community to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. From 4 pm with live music from 5.00 pm
4Steam Traction Engine RallySteam Traction Engine RallyTime: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Steam Traction Engine Rally – 4th & 5th June 2022
OPEN 10am – 5pm each day. Adults £8.00 Children under 16 £2.00 – Under 5 years go FREE. No concessions, This is a fundraiser for Cancer Research. FREE CAR PARKING
Tinkers Park
5Steam Traction Engine RallySteam Traction Engine RallyTime: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Steam Traction Engine Rally – 4th & 5th June 2022
OPEN 10am – 5pm each day. Adults £8.00 Children under 16 £2.00 – Under 5 years go FREE. No concessions, This is a fundraiser for Cancer Research. FREE CAR PARKING
Tinkers Park
6Meditation CircleMeditation CircleTime: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Meditation Circle - February
Sunday, 6 February 2022
15:00 17:00
Join Sally for an outdoor meditation circle at the Woodglade Shelter.
This lovely two hour session includes two guided meditations, one with the Drum, and self reflection/ mindfulness activities within the woods. The circle is held around the fire and all are welcome, no meditation experience required.
Come with an open mind and leave with an open heart. Enjoy the peace of the woods in a small, safe group. Explore higher connection through meditation.
Run by Sally Davis, an Accredited Meditation Coach with Leap Mindfulness.
£15.00
Wilderness Wood
7HD Parish Council meetingHD Parish Council meetingTime: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Committee Room of Hadlow Down Village Hall
Monthly Quiz NightMonthly Quiz NightTime: 7:00 pm
Monthly General Knowledge Quiz held on the first Tuesday of the Month The New Inn
8TN22 ClubTN22 ClubTime: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
The TN22 Club provides a warm and welcoming environment to meet and make new friends whilst enjoying a delicious freshly prepared two-course lunch. Members enjoy games, quizzes, talks, music, dancing, art and craft sessions and much more. In the winter, we have monthly Film Afternoons, and outings in the Summer on separate days. The Club is for the over 60s – meeting on alternate Wednesdays at the Hadlow Down Village Hall from 11am – 2pm.
For more information on the TN22 Club please contact Pat Slater, mobile 07710435324 and her email address is pattieslater123@gmail.com
Hadlow Down Village Hall Map
Homefront LindyhopHomefront LindyhopTime: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Homefront Lindyhop
Main Hall
Village Hall
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13 14 15TN22 PLUS ClubTN22 PLUS ClubTN22 PLUS Club
The TN22 Plus Club, which runs on alternate Wednesdays at Hadlow Down Village Hall and is tailored for those with memory loss/ dementia. The Club runs from 10.30am – 3.30pm with personalised activities and a high ratio of helper support. With an emphasis on friendship and fun – our members usually settle in very quickly and all enjoy the freshly cooked and nutritious lunch! Transport can be arranged on request, for an extra charge, and the cost for the day is £48. (See Village Calendar for dates.)
We can offer a Taster session if you would like to come and meet us and see what the TN22 Plus club has to offer.
For more information about the TN22 Plus club, please contact Wendy Coleman on 07961 450357.
Village Hall Hadlow Down
Homefront LindyhopHomefront LindyhopTime: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Homefront Lindyhop
Main Hall
Village Hall
16Driftwood Gardens Car VisitDriftwood Gardens Car VisitTime: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
DRIFTWOOD GARDENS
Those wanting to join the car trip to the remarkable Driftwood Gardens on Thursday 16th. June need to let Heather Mines know by Saturday 11th.
The inclusive price for entrance and reputedly excellent refreshments is £11.50. Please contact Heather at heathermines2@hotmail.com or on 07974204231 to confirm.
All meet at the gardens located at 4, Marine Drive Seaford BN25 2RS at 10.30 am.
An article about the gardens from BBC Gardeners World Magazine can be viewed at
http://www.geoffstonebanks.co.uk/media/gwmay2021.pdf
4, Marine Drive Seaford BN25 2RS
Rude Mechanicals - Gods and DogsRude Mechanicals - Gods and DogsTime: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gods and Dogs, Hadlow Down Cricket Field, Thursday 16th June at 7.30pm
This new comic dystopian allegory is set in 2084 on the fictitious island of Abatina in a world where people are either glamorous celebrities or slobbering dog-like followers of them gripped to their telepafones – with the exception of the Nevnops (Not Very Nice People) as the President, Big Al, calls them. The story follows Tina who enters ‘Marriage Maker’, a ‘telepavision’ gameshow. The idea of the game is if you win you get to marry the super-glamorous footballer, Harry Best, on the Saturday, have a weekend of love, then divorce him on the Monday. ‘All the fun & no ties!’ as the compere, Rich Nobb, puts it. Unfortunately, Tina makes the mistake of falling in love when she wins & doesn’t want to divorce. Doreen, her best friend, has her own opinion, but then she might be a Nevnop & the Mind Police might get to her first & send her to the wolves on the ‘Other Side’ – a dangerous world over ‘the mountain’ where the inhabitants of Abatina, according to Big Al, must not go, with dangerous free-thinkers & wolves that might get them.
Booking details etc.
https://www.therudemechanicaltheatre.co.uk/book-tickets/
Playing Field Map
17A Taste of SportA Taste of SportTime: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Come and join the children of St Mark's as they take part in ‘A Taste of Sport’ on Friday, 17th June (3.00 pm) on the Hadlow Down Playing Field. More info to follow in June. Playing Field
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20 21 22TN22 ClubTN22 ClubTime: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
The TN22 Club provides a warm and welcoming environment to meet and make new friends whilst enjoying a delicious freshly prepared two-course lunch. Members enjoy games, quizzes, talks, music, dancing, art and craft sessions and much more. In the winter, we have monthly Film Afternoons, and outings in the Summer on separate days. The Club is for the over 60s – meeting on alternate Wednesdays at the Hadlow Down Village Hall from 11am – 2pm.
For more information on the TN22 Club please contact Pat Slater, mobile 07710435324 and her email address is pattieslater123@gmail.com
Hadlow Down Village Hall Map
Homefront LindyhopHomefront LindyhopTime: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Homefront Lindyhop
Main Hall
Village Hall
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27 28 29TN22 PLUS ClubTN22 PLUS ClubTN22 PLUS Club
The TN22 Plus Club, which runs on alternate Wednesdays at Hadlow Down Village Hall and is tailored for those with memory loss/ dementia. The Club runs from 10.30am – 3.30pm with personalised activities and a high ratio of helper support. With an emphasis on friendship and fun – our members usually settle in very quickly and all enjoy the freshly cooked and nutritious lunch! Transport can be arranged on request, for an extra charge, and the cost for the day is £48. (See Village Calendar for dates.)
We can offer a Taster session if you would like to come and meet us and see what the TN22 Plus club has to offer.
For more information about the TN22 Plus club, please contact Wendy Coleman on 07961 450357.
Village Hall Hadlow Down
Homefront LindyhopHomefront LindyhopTime: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Homefront Lindyhop
Main Hall
Village Hall
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Locations
 Hadlow Down
 Village Hall
 St Marks School
 Playing Field
 Tinkers Park
 The New Inn
 Cricket Pavilion
 Wilderness Wood
 St Marks Church
 Variety Club

Playing Field

The Playing Field is a registered charity (No. 270069) and is supported by fund-raising, charges and Websitedonations.

It’s run by a committee of trustees with much help from our friends and volunteers.

The land is leased from Hadlow Down Parish Council.

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