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Trekking for Parkinsons

Together with her friend Gill, her Mum and her sister, Steyning resident Janine Pearce will be spending a week in September trekking the Great Wall of China. They’ve been told it will be hard work ‘but’, says Janine, ‘the real challenge is raising the £5400 before we go!’
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Castles in Wales

Edward I was a bad man to get on the wrong side of. From an English point of view he was a great warrior and lawgiver.
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My Life in Compost

The best and cheapest way to do it is to build your own, regularly put some time in and then appreciate the effect of your hard work with great compost and some free exercise too!
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Green Transport Month in Steyning

July is Green Transport Month in Steyning! The aim of the week is to raise awareness of the impact travel has on the environment, to make people stop and think about the way they travel on every journey and provide information on greener travel options.
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Lord of the Skies

.... when swifts want to go to sleep, they go higher and higher in the air until they become invisible to the naked eye. They then cruise around at high altitude taking short ‘cat naps’....
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Is it time you had a Wealth Check?

At every stage in our lives, there are certain circumstances that stand out as important, but it is all too easy to put off planning in our earlier years.
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Restaurant Review - Sylvan Oak

....... a real gem, situated in the most charming old world surroundings, right in the middle of Findon Village.
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Rally up support for Marie Curie Cancer Care

The charity is calling on all tennis lovers to organise a sponsored tennis tournament between now and September to help raise vital funds for the charity.
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Storytime fundraising event at the Steyning Bookshop

Local young mother of three pre-schoolers Jenny Persson knew that raising money through sponsorship alone for the Cancer Research UK Race for Life this year would be a challenge, so she decided to fundraise by using another skill.
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Brighton to Barcelona 2010

Between Wednesday 15th and Saturday 25th September 2010 local resident Mark Taylor and 11 others will be cycling from Brighton to Barcelona to raise money for St Barnabas Hospice in Worthing.
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Whites Regular Column - July 10

You don’t have to know your Malbecs from your Merlots to enjoy a wine tasting!
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Inner Space Office and Storage Update

Working from home can seem like an answer to high rents and never ending bills but it can be isolating and the business can take over you home, and free time.
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Much Ado About....

Kaleidoscope Singers our local choir still in full voice from recently winning at the Bath Music Festival March are performing with Holmbury St March Choral Society also winners at Leith Hill, to bring you a concert that even The Bard would be proud of.
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The Ankle: The overlooked Cause of Back Pain

With summer approaching it is the time of year we all tend to get the running shoes out of the cupboard and try to get a little fitter. One of the consequences of this is an increase in the amount of turned ankles we see at the clinic.
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Steyning Athletic Club’s RoundHill Romp

Steyning Athletic Club’s summer competition, the aptly named Roundhill Romp, takes place this year on Wednesday 7th July, 2010.
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Whites Regular Column - June 10

We interviewed Stuart Dove, Chef at Whites Kitchen.
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Stop Press! Bestselling children’s author to visit the STEYNING Festival

The wonderful Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson and her husband Malcolm will be visiting the Steyning Festival on Wednesday 9th June
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Outset Youth Action Vinvolved Team

Outset Youth Action Vinvolved Team is a county wide youth organisation based in West Sussex.
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Spring into summer by giving the gift of life

The National Blood Service is asking people this month to think of others that are less fortunate, such as those that need life saving blood treatments in Sussex and give blood to help save lives.
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Exciting New Writers at the Steyning Festival

The Steyning Festival as part of its action-packed programme is hosting around 22 writers this year.
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Steyning in Bloom Fundraising Afternoon Garden Tour

Join Steyning in Bloom for a guided tour of an interesting selection of Steyning gardens followed by a cream tea at Springwells Hotel.
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Start Your Own Business

“From the very first contact with The Pets, Homes & Gardens Company, I have found them to be extremely professional whilst retaining a friendly and approachable manner.
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Steyning Minibus

The Steyning Minibus is your answer to shopping.
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A Crawl of Classic Cambridge Pubs

‘... still known as “the Beer Quarter”, and there’s a well-worn crawl of classic pubs with some great beer for you to savour’
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Balconies and Terraces

For the natural optimists amongst you, who see a lack of garden space as no brake on your desire to grow plants, a balcony is a real asset.
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Steyning Festival Short Story Competition

This year saw the second Steyning Festival Short Story Competition for both adults and older children, continuing the Festival theme of “Uniting Generations”.
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Mortgages: Should I choose a variable or a fixed rate?

This is one of the first questions my clients ask when discussing their new mortgage or remortgage: Should they take a variable or fixed rate mortgage?
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Steyning Garden open for Charity.

The garden at Saffrons in Holland Road is opening again this year under the National Garden Scheme. The garden opened for the first time in 2009 and made nearly £1,500 for NGS charities, which include Marie Curie Cancer Care, Macmillan cancer support, Help the Hospices and Cross Roads Care.
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Join Team Green Britain - Let’s go for green in 2012

When everyone looks to the London Olympics in 2012, wouldn’t it be great if they saw that Britain was genuinely leading the world in the race against climate change? If we all start making changes now, it could just happen.
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Wardens at Woods Mill

Two Summer Wardens have joined Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) to help people enjoy their weekend and summer holiday visits to Woods Mill nature reserve near Henfield.
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Summer Holiday Club.

Throughout the summer the Sussex Wildlife Trust is running holiday activity programmes for children at Woods Mill, Henfield.
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Blooming Great Tea Party Countdown

Marie Curie Cancer Care would like to appeal to the residents of Sussex to show your support by getting involved in the Blooming Great Tea Party event by hosting your own Tea party. Its running from the 12th June to the 12th July and with just three weeks to go the countdown is on to get involved in this one of a kind event. It can be anything from a small gathering in the garden with friends to a large community celebration.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust Events - June - August 2010

Find out more about the local wildlife that lives in the City, on the downs, in our woodlands and the huge variety of aquatic creatures that live in our seas, rivers and rockpools.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition

Following the success of last years What’s Your View photography competition featuring pictures of your favourite, interesting and valued wild places in Sussex, this year we are looking for 12 stunning images to create an online calendar for 2011.
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Win a Hole-in-1 and Drive Off in Style!

The Mary How Trust’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament has a treat in store for golfers: a fabulous Hole-In-1 prize of an Audi A3 Sportback – worth £18,000!
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Washington Arts Festival - 18, 19 & 20 June, 2010 - 11.00 am – 4.00 pm

The Old Vicarage Garden will be open on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th as part of the Open Garden Scheme, the proceeds of which go to charity, This will be a chance to wander around a beautiful garden that has been dramatically redesigned.
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The Wild Sounds of Sussex:

For me, spring is as much about sound as about sun, warmth, flowers and new born lambs. Even before the birds start arriving from Africa, the resident blackbirds, robins and song thrushes are in full song.
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Give a dog a home.

‘hundreds of unwanted dogs are put to sleep in the U.K. every single day ......... in total, 30,000 a year’
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Horsham District Council Health Walks:

All welcome to guided, free, sociable, HDC walks led by trained volunteers; no need to book, just turn-up at the start point (if you are new to our scheme please arrive 15 minutes before the start time for registration).
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When our feet hurt, we hurt all over - Socrates

Since feet are in constant use and bearing our entire weight on a daily basis, they deserve to be treated with care, yet are often neglected. This neglect can lead to lots of problems, some of them painful. It’s estimated that approximately 70% of the population will suffer foot pain at some point during their lives.
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Steyning Festival 2010 Update - 29th May to 14th June

It’s time to dig out your tap shoes, practice your yodelling, dust off your spinning plates and get ready for the talent show of the year. This year, Steyning Festival is uniting generations and celebrating local talent with a spectacular half term family show, Steyning’s Got Talent.
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Eat seasonal, Choose local, Shop sustainable

Why not devote a small part of your garden to grow your own fruit and vegetables? Tomatoes, peppers, salad leaves, peas, beans, and rhubarb plants take up very little room, but eating your own home grown food can be very satisfying!
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Steyning Country Fair Monday 31st May 2010 - 11am – 3.30pm

As local people know, this very special street fair is an ever popular event, where we turn back the clock and experience a little of the atmosphere of Steyning as an old market town
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Henfield Theatre Company Auditions for “My Boy Jack”

HTC will be holding open auditions at The Henfield Hall, Henfield, West Sussex at 7.30 p.m. on 8th June and at 2.00 p.m. on 13th June, to which all aspirants are invited.
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Heber Opera comes to Steyning

L’Elisir d’Amore or The Elixir of Love, is a light hearted comic opera with a love story at its centre, made heart warming without over-sentimentality by Donizetti’s beautiful melodies.
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Sam Soars Solo on his 16th birthday

After his 15 minute solo flight, Sam said “It was a bit nerve-racking at first and the weather was a bit bumpy in places but it was an amazing feeling to fly entirely on my own for the first time. It’s a really good achievement which I’m very proud of.”
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Girl Guides Go Gliding on Centenary Day

Leader, Lesley Boon, who normally stays firmly on the ground, enjoyed the experience. She said: “Like many of the guides today, I soared over my house nearby and loved every minute.. It was magical and many of the girls said they’d love to do it again!”
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Extra free childcare comes to Steyning

With effect from September 2010 all children are entitled to 15 hours free childcare over a minimum of 3 days from the term after their 3rd birthday.
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Apple Trees

We bought our present house on the strength of the full-size, distinctive, characterful apple trees (‘Bramley Seedling’, ‘Epicure’, ‘Newton Wonder’ and ‘King of the Pippins’) which were flowering on the April day when we first looked round.
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Travel to Northumbria

Not for the first time had the delights of Northumbria wowed and delighted one of our guests. Newly arrived back in the North East after an absence of fifteen years I have discovered more about the beauties of this enormous county in the ten months since we moved back here than I did in all my years as an impoverished undergraduate student at Newcastle University.
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Steyning 10:10

The Steyning 10:10 campaign has been started by a group of local people whose aim is to get the whole community thinking about what we can do to help tackle climate change by reducing our carbon footprint – and taking action so that together we can make a real difference in achieving the target of reducing our carbon emissions by 10% in 2010.
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How to make an Easter Bonnet

Bonnets can be made from a variety of materials - from basic straw and boater-style hats to home-made card creations that you can muster up with your child. The latter probably allows for more creativity but if you’re pushed for time and have a ready-made hat at hand, it’ll give you a prominent head start!
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Borderlines

It’s easy, I find, to reach a state of near euphoria, on a Saturday towards the end of March. That is, if the weathermen are optimistic about a nice day to come, there is the prospect of a rugby international to watch in the evening and I have the luxury of several hours to spend in the garden.
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Pam’s Poetry & Pints

We are moving out Wednesday evenings in April to the third Wednesday in every month
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Steyning Showcase

The atmosphere on the day was really friendly and it’s demonstrated just what a fantastic community Steyning is.
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Steyning 60+ café club – good news at last!

Impact Initiatives, who operate the Dingemans Centre and local organisations have all rallied to save Steyning’s popular activity group for older people.
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Ask the Osteopath

The Steyning Osteopathic Clinic Team will be producing regular articles on common conditions, and answering questions. They hope the advice and tips given will help people to avoid muscular problems and stay pain free.
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SAFeR Steyning Scoops Wilson Trust Awards

Martin Leigh-Pollitt was surprised and delighted to receive the Wilson Award: “Surprised” he says, “because we owe a great deal to the Wilson Trust which has match-funded many of our life-saving kits. And delighted because it’s an honour to receive this community award from an organisation which benefits the health and welfare of those living in the area.”
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Assistant Parish Clerk takes on Additional Life-saving Role

Responders are fully trained by SECAmb in the use of defibrillators. SAFeR receives no government funding, relying on donations, sponsorship and grant funding to purchase equipment and kit, and everyone involved in the running of the scheme gives their time voluntarily.
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Nick Herbert “switches on” solar panels in Steyning

Steyning Parish Council believes that the 18 solar panels installed on the roof will generate between 1,400 and 1,600 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of power each year and reduce the Centre’s carbon emissions by 10 to 15 per cent.
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Soaring Over Sussex

Gliding is a sport most people can experience and provides adventures which are hard to beat. It’s a sport which the UK has especially excelled at with a number of recent world champions!
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Mission to Africa

Stars Gymnastics Club is based at Steyning, Henfield and Lancing in West Sussex, as well as Stars Coaching Agency, which supplies BG coaches to local schools and clubs. Stars Gym Club was founded by Mandy and has grown from a few local classes at her children’s Sussex school, to a club with a large membership base and three sites.
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Have a go at bellringing in Steyning

One of the most enduring sounds of England both in the countryside and in the town is the ringing of church bells. This is not just a sound of Sundays but of any night of the week, and sometimes even during the day.
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Steyning Festival 2010 Update - 29th May to 14th June

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Haiti Earthquake Appeal - Rotary Says, “Thank You.”

Rotary Club of Steyning and Henfield held a collection in Upper Beeding, Henfield and Steyning to raise money for Shelter Boxes for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal. The collection raised £1644 which have funded 3 Shelter Boxes. Thank you to the residents of Steyning, Henfield and Upper Beeding.
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Come and sing your heart out!

Vocalist Bob Eagle invites you to an afternoon of swing, sixties .... and so much more After a sell-out tour in November, ex-London Emmanuel Choir pianist, and singer in the Good Old Days, Bob Eagle, will be performing at Steyning Community Centre this month in partnership with Horsham POP (Partnerships for Older People).
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Steyning Camera Club

The Steyning Camera Club meets at The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, mainly alternate Wednesdays from September to May in the Saxon Room at 7:30. Photographers of all abilities are welcome to join.
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Southdown Charity Chase Bike Ride

In 2009 the first Southdown Charity Chase Bike Ride was launched with 57 riders completing the South Downs Way in two days raising in excess of £25,000 for The Point Foundation and Southdown Nursery. The support and feedback has been fantastic and the two charities are pleased to announce the second event on the 3rd and 4th of July 2010.
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Are You Missing out on £1,000’s?

When visiting my regular Postnatal Mum’s group this week it became clear, as conversation turned to returning to work, how the voucher scheme offered to reduce childcare costs is being missed by many. Read on... you could be missing out on £1,000’s!
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Join Earth Hour - 8.30-9.30pm on Saturday 27th March

On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. The movement symbolises that by working together, each of us can make a positive impact in this fight, protecting our future and that of future generations.
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Upper Beeding PRIMARY achieves Gold Sing Up Award

The Sing Up programme has been launched to help develop learning, confidence, health and social development for primary aged children by having singing as part of their daily experience of education. The belief is that through this, stronger communities are built and lives can be changed.
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Wiston Dog Walks Scheme

Have you ever wished you had company when you’re walking your dog? Or would you take your dog out for longer if you weren’t on your own?
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Our NHS ambulance service and how you can help us!

Your local ambulance service - South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SECAmb) - is aiming to become an NHS Foundation Trust in 2010. Foundation trusts (FTs) have been around since 2004, although ambulance trusts were only able to start to apply for foundation trust status from April 2009.
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