Uckfield Festival 2021
Heading back to normality? Uckfield Festival has been a Summer event at the centre of Uckfield life since the first one in the year 2000. During pandemic year, in 2020, of course, it had to be cancelled but the Festival…
Direction of Travel Consultation
As a key stakeholder within Wealden District, your local Chamber of Commerce recently submitted an 8-page representation to the District Council as part of the consultation on the Direction of Travel towards the new Local Plan. We have had the…
Nus Ghani MP’s statement – Government vote on Tiers
Wealden MP Nus Ghani has made recent statements concerning the impact of the national lockdown and the impact of the tier restrictions on the health and well-being of communities across Wealden. She joined a number of Parliamentary colleagues to try and get…
A Jewel in Uckfield’s Crown…
We are most fortunate to have a family owned, independent cinema in our town of Uckfield... And are pleased to share this heartfelt message from the Picture House owner Kevin Markwick... It’s been a tough few days I don’t mind…
Sunflowers for Hidden Disability…
Our Town Council established the Uckfield Dementia Forum a couple of years ago to support those living with dementia and their carers. The Forum meets on a regular basis. At the last meeting they discussed how they could support those…
Eat Out to Help Out!
Any excuse to eat out earlier in the week... Monday 3 August sees the launch of the government support scheme to help restaurants, pubs and cafes obtain more trade during these traditionally quieter periods of the week, following their closure…
Shop Safely, Shop Local, Shop Uckfield…
There's no doubting that our town's retailers and High Street business owners have had a tough time of it during recent months, which is why your local Chamber of Commerce, Town Council and other local partners are fully supportive of…
Wealden Police Update…
A couple of days is a long time in the current climate so a quick situation report from Wealden Inspector, Jon Gross. Staffing levels are still excellent within the Wealden team…we have yet to have anyone needing to self-isolate due…
Feeling good, fit and healthy…
Due to the weather warning for strong winds currently in place overnight and now throughout Saturday, we regrettably have no alternative but to cancel the Active Uckfield & WDC Activity day tomorrow (Saturday 10th August). This partnership event with WDC…
Proud to Sponsor Uckfield’s new Youth Club
It's been a long while in the planning but on Thursday 25 April, Uckfield's Youth Club facility reopened to a group of 20+ year 7 students from Uckfield College. The decision to re-open the Youth Club grew out of local…