Uckfield Matters Magazine - August 19 #144

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GIRL GUIDING EXHIBITION
This year marks 100 years since Girlguiding
began in Uckfield, having been scolded
in September 1918 by Lady Agnes Baden-
Powell for being the only town in Sussex to
not have a company of Girlguides. Current
members celebrated with an exhibition at
Bridge Cottage. The ribbon was cut by one
of the longest serving members, Pauline
Burchett (with 40+ years under her belt),
and one of the newest members of Uckfield
Rainbows, Harriet Warren (age 5).
ROCK STOCK AT ROCKS PARK
© RON HILL
© RON HILL
Rockstock ’19, the second music festival
themed summer fayre for Rocks Park School.
There was live music from... Follow the Pink
Guitar, RED, and Beth Ellwood. Red Butler
Music School club members showed off their
talents alongside UPE.
© RON HILL
WEALDEN CLIMATE EMERGENCY
PETITION LAUNCH
A group of young teenagers from The
Montessori place Easons Green launched a
petition asking Wealden District Council to hit
net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
The group were speaking to members of the
public in the Waitrose Uckfield car park at
10.30am on Friday morning . This car park
and the centre of Uckfield were under a metre
of floodwater during the 2000 floods.
Ingrid Burniston, aged 13, who started the
petition said, ‘We desperately need Wealden
District Council – like every council – to get
fossil fuel free in ten years.'
Nina Ovenden, aged 14, another of the
student organisers said, ‘The time for
promises and empty words is over. Change is
needed at every level. Even though Wealden
is small, everything counts in the race to
decarbonise Britain.'
For more information contact Ingrid
Burniston on 07981 863560 or email ypc@
themontessoriplace.org.uk