General news can be found below.  Do also checkout the Event's page for details on specific events or special services that may be taking place.

It's coming up to that time of year again & I'm afraid time for me to mention the 'C' word!  The Christmas Fair is one of our biggest fundraisers and will be held on Saturday 21st November in The Belmont Centre.  Over the coming weeks we'll be collecting various items and if you are able to make a donation of any kind we'd be so grateful!

Chocolate and/or Sweets
Bottles of anything!
This could be ketchup, wine, beet, bubble bath, soft drinks etc.
New or nearly new gifts
Jewellery
Any baskets that would be suitable for hampers

If you would like to volunteer at the Christmas Fair please do let me know - we're always grateful for the help.  If you can't help then please do pop the date in your diary and come and support this event.  Thank you so much! Sarah x sarahwiddowson@hotmailco.uk

As the Festival of Christmas Trees creeps closer, we are now launching our appeal for volunteers! In order to hold the Festival each year, we rely on the help of our Church and local community to help keep this event safe for everyone visiting! This year's Stewards Rota is now available, so if you're able to give an hour or two to help over the Festival weekend, we'd be hugely grateful! You can sign up at the link below:
The PASSKEY is: HolyCross (which is one word and case sensitive)
https://rotarota.net/FOCT_2026

If you would also like to volunteer in other areas, please see the below: 
For refreshments in the Belmont Centre - See Jo Burchett 
For hot lunches in the Belmont Centre - See Dee 
If you'd like to help at the goods table in the Belmont Centre - See Dee 
If you'd like to help at the Outside Refreshments Stand - See Sarah 
If you're able to help with the load in of Christmas Trees - See Sarah 

Diocese of Chichester - Training Sessions

The full training brochure for the 2026/27 season is now available by clicking here.

Our Nappy & Supplies support for Ukraine

A big thank you to everyone who has continued to donate supplies for the orphanage in Ukraine.  Well what is needed?  Please no more clothes.  The aid we have to send has to be ESSENTIAL so medical aid – any medical equipment, not so many Zimmer's, but wheelchairs always, any dressings, paracetamol and ibuprofen, the nappies, washing powder etc.  Plus stores for the front line – the sleeping bags, cuppa soups, instant noodles, dried pasta, instant porridge sachets, hot chocolate sachets, tents & camping stuff.  Please watch one of the latest update video below that Andrew Wooler posted on YouTube recently.  These can be given to Dee Johnson, taken to Thornbury Care Home, brought to Very Chatty Café on a Friday morning in The Belmont Centre or left at the back of Holy Cross Church.

Old Copies of The Link
Do you have any old copies of our Parish Magazine "The Link" that were printed before 1992?  If you do have any old copies we would love to borrow them so that we can scan a copy to include on our website.  If you can bring them to Church and pass to Simon Tuck, they will be returned once scanned. Thank you.

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) forms
We are inviting anyone who did not complete one in 2025, along with fairly new people to fill one out (they are available at the back of the Church or on the website here).  Basically, this lets us know what we can contact you about, and how. Please return any forms to Gillian Youngman our Data Protection Officer or put in The Belmont Centre letterbox. Anyone we do not hear from who was on the old list will have their information deleted shortly. Thank you.

Electoral Roll
We ask that everyone who attends one of our Churches to complete an application to be on our Church electoral roll. For further information on the Electoral  Roll, please click here.

170 Years of Holy Cross SchoolHoly Cross Church of England School, Uckfield, closed at the end of the Christmas term in 2023, having served the children in the town for c. 170 years.  To commemorate this event, Bridge Cottage and a group of former staff, parents and governors at the school put together an exhibition in early 2024 showing the life of the school. Following on from the exhibition, a new Booklet has been produced to Celebrate those 170 Years.  This was launched at the Holy Cross Spring Festival in May 2025 and can be purchased for £3 from the Uckfield Heritage Charity Shop or from Bridge Cottage.