What’s On - April/May 2023

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Charity

16th Apr 3:00 PM Swimming Challenge for Keep Me

Breathing Help swim 2500 lengths Arundel Lido BN18 9JG Swimmers £15 / Spectators donation keepmebreathing.com

26th Apr 10:00 AM Andy's Angels Monthly Grief Play Café, supporting children and families through grief Hope Hive Worthing BN13 1AA Free. Kayla Shepherd 07465 242321 kayla@andysangels.org.uk andysangels.org.uk

28th Apr 7:30 PM Date2Donate - find love while spreading love Meet local singles and raise money Muchos Nachos Pub Chichester PO19 8HT £5 jovita.ivinskaite@act4africa.org 07515 597297 www.meetup.com/date2donate-findlove-while-spreading-love/events/291436383/

CHILDREN'S EVENTS

1st - 10th Apr 10:00 AM Easter egg hunt

Petworth House and Park GU28 9LR £3 petworth@nationaltrust.org.uk 01734 220798 nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth-house

1st - 22nd Apr 10:00 AM Superworm Julia Donaldson's Superworm is at Wakehurst, Kew East Grinstead RH17 6TN 01444 894066 wakehurst@kew.org bit.ly/Superworm

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

1st Apr & 6th May 10:30 AM Parkinson's Support Group for sufferers and their families Washington Village Memorial Hall RH20 4AP £2 01903 746871 gillian.chard@btinternet.com

3rd Apr & 1st May 8:00 PM Felpham Singles Social Club singles club for over 55's The George Inn Bognor Regis PO22 7PL Free. 01243 821530 www.felphamsingles.yolasite.com

4th Apr 7:30 PM Pulborough Computer Club –How to Train a Pilot what is required to make a device to train pilots Pulborough Village Hall RH20 1LP Members £3 Guests £5 pcclub.org.uk 01798 872266 chrissie@wisborough.com

5th Apr 12:00 PM West Chiltington Probus Club lunch for retired professional or business men Roundabout Hotel RH20 2PF David 01798 812481 westchiltprobus@gmail.com

6th Apr & 4th May 6:45 PM Graphic novel book club Comic book club looking at adult graphic novels Private house Barnham PO22 0EF Free. paulw21erin@gmail.com

11th & 25th Apr 7:45 PM Grasshoppers Folk Dance Club Folk dancing St Lawrence Church Hall Goring by Sea BN12 4DG £2.50 Helen 01903 535366 hdoswell@googlemail.com

15th Apr 9:00 AM Ploughing Match & rural exhibition Vintage Tractors ploughing as they did in 1920-60 The Venue Woodmancote BN5 9BA £8 07767 621387 cebvintage@hotmail.co.uk

19th Apr 7:30 PM Sullington Windmills Women's Institute A complimentary visit to any upcoming meeting Sullington Parish Hall RH20 3PP Erika erikabrichta@hotmail.co.uk sullingtonwindmills.org

20th Apr 7:15 PM Worthing Speakers Club 10 year anniversary The Burlington Hotel Worthing BN11 3QL 18+ Lucinda worthingspeakers.club/ 07799 333267 worthingspeakers@gmail.com

22nd Apr 2:00 PM Storrington Bowling Club Lawn bowls Storrington Bowling Club RH20 4EE honsecstorringtonbc@gmail.com 01903 744809 www.storringtonbc.co.uk

28th Apr 7:30 PM PACT: Petworth Area Churches Together Spring Lecture How to reach those impacted by sexual exploitation St. Mary's Church Petworth GU28 0A 01798 342151 geraldgreshamcooke@gmail.com www.petworthareachurchestogether.com

30th Apr 8:45 AM SADCASE Classic & Sportscar club breakfast and time admiring others cars

Pagham Beach Cafe Bognor Regis PO21 4SX

Community

15th Apr 10:00 AM Billingshurst Macmillan Coffee Morning cakes, preserves, crafts, tombola and raffle Billingshurst Centre RH14 9EW 07711 470635 terriashpool@uwclub.net

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17th Apr 6:30 PM Worthing Climate Engagement and Action XR Worthing all are welcome CREW

Worthing BN11 3AL xrworthing@protonmail.com

22nd Apr 8:00 AM Men's Breakfast - Community Event Simon Edwards talk on Christian Apologetics Chichester Park Hotel PO19 7QL

£10 immanuelchichester.com/community/mens -breakfast 07813 024585

7th May 1:00 PM The Big Coronation Lunch in Westergate Bank Holiday/Coronation lunch

Aldingbourne Community Sports Centre PO20

3YA Katherine k.jarman@aldingbourne-pc.gov.uk www.aldingbourne-pc.gov.uk/coronationlunch

COURSES & TUITION

1st Apr 9:30 AM Artists Wildlife Painting Workshop introduction to watercolour painting RSPB Pagham Harbour PO20 7NE £35/ member £28 01243

641508 events.rspb.org.uk/paghamharbour

23rd Apr & 3rd May 8:30 AM Birdsong masterclass Get to grips with The Warblers RSPB Pulborough Brooks RH20 2EL £20.50 members / £25.50 Non-members 01798

875851 events.rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks

Exhibitions

1st & 2nd Apr 10:00 AM Birds & Beasts: The Wild Escape prints and drawings of birds and beasts Pallant House Gallery PO19 1TJ 01234 774557 info@pallant.org.uk pallant.org.uk/

1st & 2nd Apr 10:00 AM The Sussex Guild

Contemporary Craft Show The Sussex Guild exhibition The Henfield Hall BN5 9DB £3 01273 479565 thesussexguild.co.uk/sussex-guildevents/henfield-contemporary-show/

1st Apr - 31st May 10:00 AM ‘The Magic of Middle-earth’ exhibition dedicated to the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien The Novium Museum PO19 1QH £4 adult/£12 family/£2.50 child thenovium.org

1st Apr - 5th May 10:00 AM Arundel Museum

Exhibition: Ralph Ellis - Artist and Inn Sign Designer Arundel Museum BN18 9PA £4.50

£3.50 office@arundelmuseum.org 01903

885866 www.arundelmuseum.org

4th - 8th Apr 10:00 AM Mark Munroe-Preston

“Treescapes” exhibition Colonnade House BN11

3DH colonnadehouse.co.uk/event/mark-munroe

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6th - 24th Apr 10:00 AM A Sussex Inheritance

Art exhibition featuring father and son duo, The Old Workshop cafe Storrington RH20 4AE Free. 01903 745754 www.sullingtonmanorfarm.co.uk

11th - 15th Apr 10:00 AM Rosemary Jones: Fabric Printing with Linoblocks linocut printmaking Colonnade House BN11 3DH Paula paula.tollett@adur-worthing.gov.uk colonnadehouse.co.uk/

12th - 14th May 6:00 PM Sussex Art Fair 2023 the works of 90 exhibitors with artwork for purchase Goodwood Racecourse PO18 0PS £6 01243 551861 fraser@sussexartfair.co.uk

22nd & 29th Apr 10:30 AM Seaside Open Studios Artists at work in studios painting, sculpting etc. The Barn Flansham PO22 8NJ Free 07743 507551 smoart@btinternet.com www.sussexartfair.co.uk

25th - 30th Apr 10:00 AM Hattie Lockhart-Smith exhibition The Ups on the Downs mixed media work Colonnade House BN11 3DH 01903 221142 colonnadehouse.co.uk

Family Entertainment

2nd & 16th Apr, 7th & 14th May 2:30 PM High Salvington Windmill Open Afternoon open for tours, teas, and refreshments High Salvington Windmill BN13 3AT £1 / £1 for a tour 07799 333267 highsalvingtonwindmill.co.uk

7th - 9th Apr 10:00 AM Arundel Castle Medieval Festival Travel back to 1216 Arundel Castle BN18 9AB £25/Child £11 01903 882173 visits@arundelcastle.org www.arundelcastle.org

22nd & 23rd Apr

9:00 AM Spring Live! 2023 The South of England Agricultural Society two-day event South of England

Showground Ardingly RH17 6TH £13 01444 892700 seas.org.uk

7th May 2:00 PM King's Coronation Event A Family Fun Afternoon to celebrate King Charles lll’s Coronation Storrington Recreation Ground RH20 4BG 01903 746547 clerk@storringtonpc.gov.uk www.storrington-pc.gov.uk

14th May 2:30 PM National Mills Weekend Open Day High Salvington Windmill BN13 3AT open for National Mills Weekend £1 Lucinda lucindafbrooks@outlook.com highsalvingtonwindmill.co.uk

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FAYRES, FETES

29th Apr 10:00 AM Pre-school Spring Fayre

Fundraiser Thakeham Pre-school RH20 3GW 01798 817437 thakehampreschool.uk.com thakehampreschoolcommittee@outlook.com

14th May 10:00 AM The Barnham Bark Fest 10th Anniversary Art, Crafts, Dog Show and Family Day Barnham Community Hall PO22 0AY 01903 785166 pawspetpantry.co.uk

FILM

12th Apr 7:30 PM Rotary Storrington Film NightMrs Harris Goes to Paris Starring Lesley Manville Bar + Raffle Sullington Village Hall RH20 3PP £5 Ken 01903 740745 kandjcoll@btinternet.com

24th Apr 7:30 PM Pulborough Film Night A Man

Called Otto 2022 Drama/Comedy staring Tom

Hanks Pulborough Village Hall RH20 2BF 7 Terri 01798 470635 terriashpool@uwclub.net

GARDENS & HORTICULTURE

1st Apr - 13th May 10:00 AM Arundel Castle's Tulip Festival Arundel Castle BN18 9AB £14 / child £6.50 01903 882173 arundelcastle.org

8th Apr 2:00 PM Findon Village Gardens

Association Spring Flower Show Findon Village Hall BN14 0TA Sally sal.evans105@gmail.com

10th Apr 10:30 AM Garden open at The Old Vicarage Washington open for the National Garden Scheme. The Old Vicarage RH20 4AS £7 01483 211535 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

11th Apr 2:00 PM The garden at Peelers

Retreat, Arundel open for the National Garden Scheme Peelers Retreat Arundel BN18 9EX £5 01483 211535 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

12th Apr 7:15 PM West Chiltington Horticultural Society talk Gardening to save time West Chiltington Village Hall RH20 2PZ £3 visitors 07792 817399 westchilthortsoc.wordpress.com

16th Apr 2:00 PM Gardens and woods full of bulbs and wild flowers Garden open for the NGS Newtimber Place Hassocks BN6 9BU £5 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

18th Apr 2:00 PM Swathes of daffodils and magnificent views in Bignor Park Trees, shrubs and wildflower areas open for the National Garden Scheme Bignor Park Pulborough RH20 1HG £5 hello@ngs.org.uk ngs.org.uk

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