News and events

Cuckfield Parish Council is delighted to present the trail of Cuckfield Advent Windows.

All windows will be lit on 24th December between 5-8pm to mark the night before Christmas and to bring the village together.

Please download the map if you wish to have a digital or paper version.

04 December 2024   West Sussex County Council is urging residents to take part in a consultation to make their views known on its budget and priorities as the closing date for comments approaches.    The consultation closes at 11.55pm on Sunday 15 December and all comments will be considered as part of the budget setting process for 2025/26.      The £2 billion budget for 2025/26 will be spent on services for more than 900,000 West Sussex residents and 42,500 businesses.     The county council provides around 80% of local government services including adults’ and children’s social care, education, public health, fire and rescue, roads, libraries, trading standards, economic development, and waste disposal and recycling.     The county council reported in July that it was facing a budget gap of £60m in 2025/26. This figure has now reduced, and projections show the figure could be brought down further to £8.2m if a decision is made to increase council tax.     The council’s key priorities are: keeping people safe from vulnerable situations; a sustainable and prosperous economy; helping people and communities fulfil their potential and making the best use of resources, all underpinned with a cross-cutting theme of protecting the environment.      As the deadline to complete the consultation nears, residents are encouraged to take part at westsussex.gov.uk/budget. An Easy Read version of the consultation is also available.     Anyone without access to the internet can visit a library or family hub to complete the consultation. For anyone needing further support completing an online form, help can be arranged from a digital volunteer.     Alternatively, people can request a printed version is sent to them, with a freepost return envelope, by calling 01243 777 100.     The county council’s cabinet is due to consider feedback from the public consultation at a meeting in January before recommending the Council Plan and budget to Full Council on 14 February for a final decision.   Ends    For further information please contact the news desk on 0330 222 8090 or email [email protected]. For urgent out-of-hours enquiries please call 07767 098415.

A new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s comic and quirky tale “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime”, a delightfully silly Victorian comedy chock full of muddled murder attempts and comic confusion. Meet Lord Arthur Savile – he has riches, the best of health, complete happiness and is engaged to marry his beautiful fiancé Sybil in just three weeks’ time. But his future mother-in-law invites a fortune teller who reads his palm, exclaiming “I see blood on your hand”. The scene is set! Lord Arthur now believes he is destined to commit a murder, and to avoid any intrigue or inconvenience to his bride to be, he decides to perform the dastardly deed before the wedding takes place. With murder in the offing, his hilarious attempts to avert disaster are more hindered than helped by various servants…. assorted relatives …. passing anarchists …. and a strong sense of upstanding Victorian duty. Which method will Lord Arthur choose, to whom? and will he succeed? Our scene is set for an evening of outstanding comedy, suspense and intrigue!

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Cuckfield Parish Council and the Queen’s Hall will close for Christmas at 3pm on Wednesday, 20th December and reopen at 10an on Tuesday, 2nd January 2025.

We would like wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! and look forward to seeing you in 2025.

Please note: The recycling facilities will also be closed until 2nd January.

Thanks for all your support in 2024.

Rubbish and recycling collection days are changing in Mid Sussex over the Christmas and New Year period.  

The changes begin on Saturday 23 December 2023 and end on Saturday 6 January 2024. All collections will return to normal from Monday 8 January 2024. 

Bin hangers with full details of the collection changes are being hung onto the handle of wheelie bins, and residents can enter their postcode on the Council’s website to find out their collection days. 

Councillor Chris Hobbs, Cabinet Member for Leisure and Customer Services, said: “A significant amount of waste is generated across the festive period and so I’d like to encourage our residents to recycle as much as they can.  

“We’ll be sharing recycling tips across our social media platforms and it’s really important that we do what we can to help our teams at this busy time. Things like glittery wrapping paper and cards can’t be recycled so please do take the time to remind yourselves what you can and can’t put in your bins.” 

The festive collections are as follows:  

Normal collection date	Festive collection date
Friday 22 December	No Change
Monday 25 December	Saturday 23 December
Tuesday 26 December	Wednesday 27 December
Wednesday 27 December	Thursday 28 December
Thursday 28 December	Friday 29 December
Friday 29 December	Saturday 30 December
Monday 1 January 2024	Tuesday 2 January 2024
Tuesday 2 January 2024	Wednesday 3 January 2024
Wednesday 3 January 2024	Thursday 4 January 2024
Thursday 4 January 2024	Friday 5 January 2024
Friday 5 January 2024	Saturday 6 January 2024

The last garden waste collection will be on Friday 22 December 2023, with collections returning to normal on Monday 8 January 2024. 

The Council is also opening 24 sites across the district where residents can drop off real Christmas trees to be recycled. The temporary sites will be open between Wednesday 3 January 2024 and Wednesday 17 January 2024.

For more information about festive rubbish and recycling collections, email [email protected] or call 01444 477440.