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It's the Sedgefield News but online, including monthly updates from Steve’s Nature Diary. Note, all the latest Arts and Entertainment updates by Tom Guest have moved to their own page.
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All the latest events from around the village. The team provide the 'What's On' details in the Diary & don't forget our Social Media feeds, Facebook & Twitter. Keep them up to date and you can be featured here. Plus the regular meetings list.
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Read the latest updates on the Trust projects, Sedgefield Village Neighbourhood & Crime Watch, PC Todd’s report, Pub Watch, The Sedgefield Plan and the Community Association. Plus, all the hot topics in your letters.
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September Events At A Glance
1st-3rd: Folk Festival. For information and tickets phone 01740 621347.
Fri 1st: Sedgefield & District U3A. Ceddesfeld Hall, 2pm. "HMS Trincomalee" with Clare Hunt. Members free. Guests welcome, £3 at the door.
Sat 2nd: Drop in Surgeries. Cllr John Robinson. 9 – 9.45am Bradbury & Mordon Village Hall; 10 - 11am Sedgefield Library; 11.15-12 noon Fishburn
Sun 3rd: New Generation Church. 10.30am @ Sedgefield Parish Hall
Sedgefield Farmers’ Market on the Village Green from 8.30 am.
Tue 5th: Sedgefield Gardening Club. Ceddesfeld Hall @7.30pm. ‘Carnations’ by Kevin Mastajlio.
Wed 6th: Sedgefield WI. Parish Hall 7.15pm. Crafter’s Companion Demonstration. Harvest Bring and Buy. Members' Competition - A handmade greetings card. Visitors are always welcome
Thu 7th: Sew Easy. Parish Hall Boardroom 7pm - 9pm. Call 622447 for information.
Fri 8th: Sedgefield Country Market. Parish Hall 10am to 11.30am. Home baked produce, Crafts, Jams, Cards, Plants, Refreshments. For information call 629441.
Mon 11th: Sedgefield Drama Festival begins.
Tue 12th: Sedgefield Business Breakfast. 8 am, The Fletcher Room, Sedgefield Parish Hall. Guest speaker Callum Baker of the Business Energy Efficiency Programme.
Sat 16th: Sedgefield Fire Station. Car Wash and Open day. 10am - 4pm.
Sun 17th: New Generation Church. 10.30am @ Sedgefield Community College.
Mon 18th: Sedgefield Family History Group. Ceddesfeld Hall, 7.15pm. Speaker Lyn Lamport – “An 18th Century Audience”.
Tue 19th: Sedgefield, Ferryhill & District Flower Club. Parish Hall, 7.30pm. Members free; Non Members £5.
Thu 21st: Sew Easy. Parish Hall Boardroom 7pm - 9pm. Call 622447
Fri 22nd: Sedgefield WI Coffee Morning. Parish Hall (Fletcher Room) from 10 - 11.30am
22nd - 24th: Sedgefield Cricket Club Beer Festival.
Sun 24th: New Generation Church. 10.30am @ Sedgefield Parish Hall
Tue 26th: Mordon and Bradbury District Ladies’ Circle 7.30pm @Mordon Village Hall. First meeting of 2017/18 calendar. ‘Harvest Home’ & ‘Bring and Buy’ stall. For information contact 01388 720 502 or 01740 621000.
Tue 26th: SDT Discovery Event: Informal evening in the Parish Hall at 7.45pm. Refreshments.
Fri 29th: Macmillan Charity Coffee Morning. Willowdene Care Home. 10am-12noon. Macmillan ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’, featuring a selection of cakes and refreshments with all donations going to Macmillan Cancer Support. For further information contact Angela on 01740 771310.
For more details about the events, regular meetings or one off's please go to the events page.
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Sedgefield Development Trust Projects
Energy Switch
Savings of over £131,000 has been achieved by the residents of Sedgefield
Working together with iChoosr, we help Sedgefield residents save money on their gas & electricity bills.
Registering for the energy switch commits you to absolutely nothing. Once registration closes, there is a tendering process after which you will receive a personal offer. You then simply choose to accept or not, if you think it is worth it.
REGISTER NOWImportant Dates
The next auction period key dates are:
- 8th August 2017-Registration Opens
- 9th October 2017-Registration Closes
- 10th October 2017-Day of Auction
- 23rd October 2017-Offers issue start date
- 28th November 2017-Offer acceptance closure
Key Facts
- Savings of over £131,000 has been achieved by the residents of Sedgefield
- Registrations for the scheme now exceed 1300
- Over 600 people have switched
- The highest individual saving is in excess of £800
- £225 has been the average saving in Sedgefield
- Sedgefield still continue to have the highest switching rate in the country
A market run by VOLUNTEERS and helpers.
Farmers Market
The market is held every first Sunday of the Month, on the village green, from 8.30am to 12.30pm.
A resource that you will use again and again
Sedgefield Web
Sedgefield Web is a community enterprise which transforms the Sedgefield News into an online information hub.
Are you interested in learning about bee keeping?
The Bees at Hardwick
With the help of a grant brokered by SDT we will have more hives and colonies in 2017.
