Jane Pritchett, who sadly died on the 28th of January, 2023 was a former member of the Uckfield Festival Association. The Uckfield Festival Association closed their doors in January and as part of its winding down, they decided to donate to local causes. Janes’s family requested that the association donate Read More
On the 1st April 2023, club member Haydn ran Brighton Marathon Weekends “Mini Mile” Brighton Marathon Weekend hosts many running events across an action-packed weekend and Haydn’s event took place at Brighton’s Preston Park. The young man was amazing and successfully completed the event in a super quick time. A Read More
Claire Bennett, from Newhaven, who established Newhaven veterans’ football and Newhaven walking football, hosted a charity ball on Saturday to raise funds for people in Seaford with Down’s syndrome and special needs. The charity ball, hosted in Seaford on Saturday 3rd December, was “a great success” and the raffle at Read More
Lucy (member and volunteer) started volunteering for us at the end of 2021 and decided that she would organise a fundraiser for us. Lucy started her volunteering after the loss of her daughter Pip who was tragically stillborn in 2021. What follows are Lucy’s beautiful words about her motivation to Read More
On Tuesday 22nd March, St Paul’s celebrated World Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week to raise awareness as a school for those not so different from themselves. They wore odd colourful socks and held a bake sale to raise money for the charity. As a school community they raised over £285 which Read More
Since Virgin Money Giving closed down last year, we’ve been between fundraising platforms, sure we have our Amazon Smile option : To set this up, goto http://smile.amazon.co.uk and in the search box, enter “Seaford Down’s Syndrome and Special Needs Support Group” – should only find us (registered office in Newhaven) Read More
The current situation with COVID-19 has hampered a lot of fundraising opportunities for the group and our supporter until now. Tracey (Twiggy) Martin (Nationwide and Cycle Seahaven) and Kirstie Forcey (Cycle Seahaven) decided to do something about that for their club’s nominated charity. Fearless Tracey decided it was time to Read More
Member Lizzie Pullen’s son, George, was born with WAGR syndrome in 2014 – an ultra-rare genetic condition affecting his eyes, kidneys, brain and genitalia. There are only around 350 confirmed cases in the world and people with this condition have a lifetime of appointments, operations, worries and fears. Lizzie, a Read More
Local group Vocal Repertoire raises £250 by selling their calendars. Towards the end of last year the group set to selling their calendars after having to cancel Seaford Sounds due to bad weather earlier in the year. Their efforts saw all of the proceeds being presented to us by Kevin Read More
The House Project Centre has donated £1,000 towards the running costs of our charity. The House Project is a Charity that runs/or funds and sustainable projects that beneficial to the local community from Rottingdean, Saltdean, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven, Newhaven and Denton. The centre was taken over by Joy and Harold Read More