I visited Mayfield and Withyham to meet two Wealden Heroes, Shirley Holland (read more about her story here) and Julie Ruse (read more about her story here).
I visited the Five Ash Down Post Office to award its owners, Kim and Maggie Dopson, and their colleagues Nicola and Sam with the Wealden Hero Award. For more information, please click here.
I am delighted to see such a lovely a new business opening at the heart of Hailsham.
John Dale and Greg Rose, the couple behind the highly successful Gift and Homewares shop Maybugs which opened in Hailsham Vicarage Field in October 2018, have been planning this expansion for over a year now a
I visited Michelham Priory to celebrate its reopening to visitors and to learn about the issues surrounding its moat and low water levels.
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I visited Groombridge and met two local heroes, Sarah Merriman and Chrissie Litchfield.
Sarah mobilised a network of local volunteers, which has since grown to about 60. Volunteers were strategically organised around the village to cover every resident in need.
I visited The English Soap Company in Waldron and presented its managing directors Oliver Butts and his wife Ailsa Cunningham with the Wealden Hero Award.
Earlier this spring, the company kindly donated thousands of their beautiful soap bars to the local community.
I visited the Perryhill Orchards and Farm Shop to award its proprietor, John Smith with the Wealden Hero Award.
At the outset of Covid-19, John decided to make sure he was supporting vulnerable people in the community and those unable to travel to buy food.
I met two Heroes from Hadlow Down, Charlotte Ward and Wendy Coleman.
Charlotte is the driving force behind “Happy to Help", a group of about 30 volunteers from Kings Church and various other churches in the Heathfield area. Managed by Charlotte, the Group has been busy picking up and deliverin
