The following is a list of all Hadlow Down Organisations, Clubs & Societies etc. that will welcome new volunteers.
| Group | Macmillan BIG Coffee Morning |
| Contact Details | https://coffee.macmillan.org.uk/ |
| Activity | Host a H D Village Macmillan Coffee Morning and help us do whatever it takes for people living with cancer. September 29th. or convenient date close to that time |
| Volunteer Benefits | A great opportunity to get to know neighbours and keep in touch with friends by inviting them to just a house coffee & cake morning or go bigger and combine craft and book sale etc. |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Village Magazine |
| Contact Details | Peter Smyth – smyth594@gmail.com |
| Activity 1 | Help deliver the community valued Village Magazine to some addresses near you ensuring everyone in the community has access to local news, issues etc. as well as Parish Council Minutes and notices
Approximately 1 hour each month. May need car to collect mags etc. |
| Volunteer Benefits | An opportunity to meet neighbours and fellow villagers with the rewards of being part of a community fellowship. |
| Activity 2 | Writing original articles or reports to be included in the magazine on anything fellow villagers may enjoy or find useful. Local News, Local Issues, Humour, Poetry, Stories, Group reports. Time involved anything you wish between 10m minutes and 2 hours each month |
| Volunteer Benefits | An opportunity to put thoughts and ideas on paper to fellow villagers on any local subject or let them know what is happening in the local group you belong to thereby promoting your group. Or just share something amusing. |
| Group | Hadlow Down Neighbourhood Watch |
| Contact Details | Eddie Westfield – ECWestfield@aol.com Tel. 01825 830661 |
| Activity 1 | Acting as a Social Media Admin & Moderator. Establishing a group of friends and acquaintances in your part of the village who can pass information to you, alerting the whole Village and Village NHW Coordinator about local incidents, problems etc. via Village Web Site, Facebook Group Pages & Village Magazine (Lane areas, Road areas
etc.) |
| Volunteer Benefits | Knowing one has helped to keep neighbours and their properties safe. |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Volunteer Litter Picking Group |
| Contact Details | Sandra Richards on sandrarichards733@gmail.com |
| Activity | Joining the annual springtime (usually March) litter picking effort around the verges of village roads and lanes. Time involved – just a few hours each year (or more throughout if you wish). High Viz Waistcoats, Litter Picking Sticks and rubbish bags can be supplied. |
| Volunteer Benefits | The satisfaction of seeing our village verges clear of small rubbish items inconsiderately thrown from car
windows etc. and knowing you have improved the village for others. |
| Group | The TN22 Club |
| Contact Details | Julie Fitzgerald – fitzgeraldj13@live.co.uk |
| Activity 1 | TN22 club – volunteer requirement
Collecting members from their homes to bring them to the club and subsequently take them home. Volunteers can opt to stay at the club for the day to help out or if you prefer you can return to the hall at 2pm to take members home. Club meets alternate Wednesdays from 10.30am-2pm |
| Activity 2 | Conversations with members at the club, helping members feel at ease, helping with games and activities as required.
Helping with making tea or coffee for members Helping out in the kitchen as directed and required by the cook: preparing food, clearing and tidying up Serving lunch and clearing plates etc away. |
| Activity 3 | Publicity and promotion of the club. |
| Volunteer Benefits | Knowing that the quality of life of our older local residents has been improved and enhanced by your efforts and they have something to look forward to every couple of weeks. |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Children in Need Group |
| Contact Details | https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/ |
| Activity | Doing anything in the village, serious or silly, that will raise funds for this very worthwhile National Day! Either sponsored or collected at source.
Input of time and effort is just as much as you want to get the most fun out of it! Why not get together withfriends and neighbours and form a local fun fundraising group? |
| Volunteer Benefits | If you like fun this could probably be one of the most rewarding ways of volunteering locally |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Drama & Variety Club |
| Contact Details | claire.rivers61@gmail.com 07506889724 |
| Activities 1 | Helping backstage with a production: Creating scenery & props, moving scenery, arranging sound, arranging lighting. |
| Activities 2 | Participating in a production by e.g.: Writing, Directing, Acting, Prompting, Providing Music & Sound effects. Dressing, Costume making, Wardrobe management. |
| Activities 3 | Helping front of house for productions e.g. tickets, seating, refreshments and bar. |
| Activities 4 | Extra-production activities:
Reading a bedtime story to be recorded for children. Providing workshops and sessions for building and expanding the skills of members in any of the following areas: drama, singing, dancing, music, storytelling, makeup, scenery building. poetry reading. |
| Volunteer Benefits | Fun, Joy, Excitement and Satisfaction. Knowing you have helped to entertain and give pleasure to others. |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Village Trust |
| Contact Details | Eddie Westfield – hadlowdown1@gmail.com 07395045345 |
| Activity 1 | Sorting & cataloguing social history items donated to the Trust and helping to build a comprehensive database of all items |
| Activity 2 | Involving and making others aware of the social history of Hadlow Down by giving talks, presentations etc. to local Schools & Clubs. |
| Volunteer Benefits | Satisfaction of knowing that the history of our village and its residents will be passed down to future generations via your help |
| Group | The TN22 Plus Club |
| Contact Details | Wendy Coleman – Wendy@atcoleman.com |
| Activity 1 | Supporting Club members through gentle conversation and assisting/encouraging with activities |
| Activity 2 | Picking up and/or taking members home on Club Day and staying for all or part of the day or not at all – commitment could be fortnightly, or monthly or ad hoc occasionally. |
| Activity 3 | Kitchen assistance to the cook – peeling, serving, clearing up ( there is a dishwasher!) – from approx. 11.30- 2pm, fortnightly or monthly. Helping set up hall first thing ( 9 -10.30) and/or clearing up at end of day ( 3.30 – 5pm) aking and decorating small individualised birthday cakes for members and team, approx. 2-3per month |
| Activity 4 | Publicity and promotion of the club. |
| Volunteer Benefits | Knowing that the quality of life of our older, local residents who need extra help with ordinary things has been improved and enhanced by your efforts and they have something to look forward to every couple of weeks |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Playing Field | |
| Contact Details | Peter Smyth – smyth594@gmail.com: Fiona – fiona@omegablue.co.uk | |
| Activity | Numerous activities available for volunteers. Details of specific possible areas of maintaining the Playing Field will be available soon, | |
| Volunteer Benefits | The satisfaction of knowingly maintaining and improving a major village asset that is of benefit to the whole community especially youngsters | |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Gardening Club |
| Contact Details | Admin hadlowdown1@gmail.com |
| Activity | Acting as a Social Media Admin & Moderator for the Hadlow Down Village Gardening Club Facebook & Web
Site Group that was founded to run parallel to the HD Horticultural Society on a day-to day basis by exchanging ideas, seeds and plants among members as well as sharing photographs of Village Gardens online. |
| Volunteer Benefits | The joy of seeing more villagers creating beautiful gardens. Knowing that all horticulture helps our precious wildlife. |
| Group | Hadlow Down Village Facebook Group |
| Contact Details | Admin hadlowdown1@gmail.com |
| Activity | Admin in waiting! Moderator – Ensuring that the original purpose and values of the Group page are maintained and ensuring all group rules are adhered to. |
| Volunteer Benefits | Knowing that the Village Group Facebook page is safe in its original purpose and values and its rules are never broken thereby providing an exclusive, safe and reliable Social Media platform for Hadlow Down Villagers |
| Group | The Hadlow Down Comic Relief Red Nose Group |
| Contact Details | https://www.comicrelief.com/contact-us |
| Activity | Doing anything in the community, serious or silly, that will raise funds for this very worthwhile National Day whilst entertaining fellow villagers and having great fun? Either sponsored or collected at source.
Input of time and effort is just up to you to get the most fun out of it! With a collection tin nearby Just stand outside the New Inn with your feet in a bowl of prosecco for a few hours while karaoke singing Miranda Lambert and Elle King’s “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home”.) (Don’t worry – no one would want to drink the prosecco even if you hadn’t washed your feet in it!} |
| Volunteer Benefits | Fun, Fun, Fun & knowing you have raised money for an excellent cause. |
| Group | Hadlow Down Online – Our Village Web Site |
| Contact Details | Admin hadlowdown1@gmail.com |
| Activity | Admin/Editor in waiting! Collecting and editing news, stories and articles relevant to the village for publication on the Village Web Site. Updating the Village Calendar/Diary site. Promoting the pages of and
helping with the specific groups etc. who have requested their own pages on the site. |
| Volunteer Benefits | Knowing that the Hadlow Down viewers of their Web Site are informed of as much news etc. is available and they have a reliable totally free Village Communication service due to your efforts. |
| Group | The Kit Wilson Trust |
| Contact Details | keiran.lakin@thekitwilsontrust.org.uk. 07496230564
Alternatively, contact the shops direct by popping in or by phone. Uckfield: 01825 763140 Heathfield: 01435 868590 Hailsham: 01323 849409 |
| Activity 1 | ┬À Front of House & Customer Service ┬À Till Operation ┬À Stock/Donation sorting ┬À Clothing Preparation (Hanging, tagging, steaming etc.) ┬À Merchandising & Displays ┬À Research & Preparation of Non-Clothing stock |
| Activity 2 | We will also be looking for volunteers to assist us at our Warehouse based in Ridgewood, Uckfield. These volunteering roles include;
┬À Sorting of Donations |
| Volunteer Benefits | The shops are a fantastic place to volunteer socially with others and a great place to meet new people. They also provide important work experience for anyone who wishes to get back into work without the pressures of a paid role or a great entryway into the working world for younger people.
Each shop’s volunteering team is managed by one of our friendly Shop Managers, who will be happy to provide an induction, trial shift and trial period to see if the role would work for both shop and volunteer. Warehouse; Uckfield, Ridgewood Due to being based in a warehouse on an industrial estate, these roles are considerably less social than working with the shops. However, for those who the social side of volunteering isn’t a must for or for those who are more anxious about working in larger teams in a busy environment, the warehouse would be a good fit. It also provides great work experience in the ÔÇÿbehind the scenes’ side of retail. |
| Group | Wildernesss Wood |
| Contact Details | emilyanddan@wildernesswood.org www.hadlowdown.org 01825 830509 |
| Activity | Any age or experience level or fitness welcome. We have jobs for everyone! First Saturday of the month – meet at 10am up top. Every Wednesday morning – meet at 10am up top. ┬À Stewardship Saturdays on the first Saturday of each month – help the home-team look after the wood – we can find a job for anyone ┬À Working-With-Wood-Week – an intensive week of woody and cultural projects in the summer holidays – camp over or come in each day ┬À Wednesday Volunteering – join Jake for a weekly session helping with projects out in the woods. ┬À Friday Club – term-time and holiday opportunities for families to get involved on a more regular basis |
| Volunteer Benefits | Fresh air, being closer to nature, acquiring woodcraft skills, making new friends who love nature, making others happy by preserving habitats etc. |
| Group | Hadlow Down Village Hall |
| Contact Details | Email: villagehallsecretaryhadlowdown@gmail.com@ |
| Activity | Volunteer details will follow |
| Volunteer Benefits | Details to Follow |
| Group | St Mark’s CE School |
| Contact Details | Sally Hand
St Mark’s CE Primary School Hadlow Down TN22 4HY 01825 83037
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| Activity | Volunteer details to follow – A few hours per week. Generally, we have volunteers we welcome into school to read with the children and to support those who find reading challenging. However, currently we’re looking for someone who might like to run our library for half a day a week. It would involve clearing the area, putting away books and helping us to keep everything catalogued and organised. If you think you could help with this, please contact the school office who can explain further. |
| Volunteer Benefits | An opportunity to get involved with our wonderful village school and be a part of the development of future villagers. |
The above list is of village organisations that have notified that would welcome volunteers to join them in their efforts to make Hadlow Down a place to be proud of in its efforts to help others and the village identity. Other Clubs and Organisations have contacted us to ask that although they currently need no working volunteers they would warmly welcome new members to the clubs & societies etc. to share in their activities. They are:
The Hadlow Down Horticultural Society
The Hadlow Down Book Club