Commonwealth War Graves Tours
Volunteering Opportunity with the National Trust
The Parish Council has received the following details from the National Trust, a fantastic opportunity to get out in the countryside!
The National Trust are offering a new opportunity to become a ‘Woolbeding Reimagined’ volunteer.
Woolbeding Reimagined is an exciting project led by the National Trust’s South Downs West team whereby we hope to encourage nature recovery across ex-arable land in the Woolbeding area. We hope you can get involved in some way and become part of the journey which aims to establish species rich habitats, engage with more people and improve access to the countryside.
More details about the project can be found on our webpage Woolbeding conservation project | Sussex | National Trust
There are several volunteer roles, for all sorts of different abilities, interests and availabilities. However, we are in the early stages of the project delivery, so we want to keep things broad to allow you to help us develop these roles. Some of the volunteering opportunities we have in mind include:
- collecting widlflower seeds for dispersal and propagation
- taking part in the plant propagation programme
- roaming rangers to ramble across the site and inform us of what you’ve seen and help remediate
- ranger volunteering positions to help physically on tasks
- social media officers to update and engage the public
- admin assistants for record keeping and organisation
- livestock lookering to help monitor the cattle and sheep
- ecological surveying to assess if wildlife is increasing
- and more!
You’ll be volunteering alongside me, Charlotte Eley. I joined the team in mid-May and I will be hosting a ‘volunteer opportunities’ Open Morning on Friday 4th July from 10:00 until 12:00 at the South Downs West Estate Office:
Pound Common Yard
Woolbeding
West Sussex
GU29 0QB
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It will be an informal session whereby I will introduce myself and take some time to explain the project and what volunteering might look like. But there will be lots of time for questions and then I will show you around the yard and we can see some of the livestock too.
Please let me know if you plan to attend by emailing charlotte.eley@nationaltrust.org.uk. Parking is available on site but is fairly limited, so please car share where possible.
Thank you. Hopefully see you soon.
Fete in the Park 2025!
A very important date for your diary!
Easebourne Fete in the Park is back for 2025 and is set to be bigger than ever! On Sunday 6th July from 11am until 3pm, come along to Easebourne Park for an afternoon of free fun!
There will be Go-carts, Scooter riding, inflatables, face-painting, donkey rides, Molly Moo cow, raffles and more!
We will also have live music from the B3s (back by popular demand from last year!) plus local talented singer Josh Eade, plus the Petworth Choir! Added to that there will be a dance display and a Gun Dog display by Cowdray!
To keep you busy before the day we have the Easebourne Bake Off – enter your most quintessential English bake, a horticultural competition – enter your best or funniest veg.. and a Dog competition! Rosettes and prizes, including a cup cake decorating and chocolate making experience for the Bake Off winner and their friends!
And to keep you fed during the Fete we have a BBQ, Pimms tent, bar, fresh coffees from Pinders Patisserie and an Ice-Cream van!
Look out for more information about the day on this website, on social media, through your door and on noticeboards!
Himalayan Balsam Pulling
Midhurst Green Volunteers and the Rotary Club will begin their annual pull of the invasive bankside plant, Himalayan Balsam, on Saturday 14th June between 8am and 11am and urgently require more volunteers.
If you are able to help, please meet at the seat by North Mill Bridge. All you will need are gloves, wellies and suitable clothing to protect against nettles. Can’t make 8am, or need to leave earlier than 11am? No problem! Please get in touch with Michael Balmforth for more details – m.07979080120 or balmforths@yahoo.com
Annual Parish Meeting – Wednesday 21st May 2025
All Parishioners are invited to join us for the Annual Village Meeting, details above. No need to book or RSVP, just turn up on the night.
North Mill Bridge Update 24/3
Easebourne Parish Council received the following update from West Sussex Highways this morning –
I can confirm that the stone for North Mill Bridge is being delivered to site today and the concrete barriers will be moved overnight to provide the necessary working room for the stonemason. We anticipate the work will be completed towards the end of next week. Once the bridge repairs have been carried out the lining work on the road itself will be undertaken overnight and the lights will be removed from site.
Defibrillator recovered
After one of the village Defibrillators was taken without purpose earlier in the week we can confirm that it has now been recovered and will shortly be returned inside the phonebox. A big thank you to several residents who quickly responded to our Facebook post asking for any information.
Thankfully the device has not been damaged but this mindless action could well have endangered someone’s life had it been needed. The incident has been reported to the Police who continue to investigate.
If you have any information as to who was involved or saw anything please contact the Police or the Parish Council.
Missing defibrillator equipment
We are missing some equipment from the defibrillator cabinet located in the phone box on the A286 near Egmont Road. Have you used it? Have you seen it? Please urgently get in touch with us if the answer to either of those questions is a yes!
Subsidised Fruit Trees!
Would you like a high quality apple or cherry tree at a heavily subsidised price?
Newly formed Greenheal is a local environmental charity offshoot from Easebourne and Lodsworth Parish councils and is focused on delivering projects which enhance and protect the environment in our parishes. Greenheal is making available high quality apple and cherry fruit trees at the heavily discounted price of £15 per tree. Each tree comes with planting instructions and you can order one via the new Greenheal website www.greenheal.org.uk or you can contact Elaine Roberts Grimsey on 07976 722109. The trees will be ready for collection from 10am on Saturday 22nd March in the car park at Easebourne Park by Easebourne Primary School.