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Litter picking Day on Saturday saw a high turn-out of volunteers with 18 bags of litter collected from around the village. The photo shows Sally, one of the volunteers, and part of the collection in the Church carpark. Thank you volunteers for your valuable contribution!

The prize of a £50 voucher for the best photograph submitted to the MCG 2025 photo competition was awarded at an event in the Chequers on Friday 24th October. The competition judge, Brian Goode of Uckfield Camera Club (on the right), awarded the prize to Chris Durham for his image "Thirsty Doe", which features on the cover of the Maresfield 2026 Calendar. The calendars are now on sale in The Chequers and on the Shop page on this website, with free delivery within Maresfield village.

Clean up our Village on Saturday 25th October. Please help with litter picking in Maresfield between 10am and 1pm. Meet in the Church car park. All welcome! Rubbish sacks, litter pickers and a hi-viz jacket will be provided. Please bring your own gloves.

There are three weeks left to get your entries in to the annual MCG Photo competition. Entries close at midnight on 21 September. There's a £50 Amazon voucher to be won for the best entry and the top 12 images will feature on the Maresfield Calendar for 2026. More details here: https://www.maresfieldconservationgroup.org/photo-competition

The planning application for the huge development at Owlsbury Farm at Little Horsted has now been submitted to Wealden. The proposal is for 1,700 houses in addition to around 2,000 already approved. Objections must be submitted by 22nd June. Please see https://sabreowl.com for guidance on commenting on the proposals.

SPRING LITTER PICKING: "Clean Up Our Village" 10am to 12noon on Saturday 12th April. Meet in the Maresfield Church car park. We will supply rubbish sacks, litter pickers and hi-viz jackets. Please bring your own gloves. All welcome!

The MCG March 2025 Newsletter has been emailed to all our members. Click on the NEWSLETTERS button on the home page to find it.

Everyone is welcome in the church at 5pm on 7 December for mulled wine, hot chocolate etc and to celebrate the lighting of the village Christmas tree. The outdoor lighting ceremony will not take place this year due to the strong winds and rain forecast. Do come to the church at 5pm where you will find Santa in his grotto!

After many years living in Maresfield, Rob and Peta Penfold are moving to Kent to be closer to family members. They have been strong contributors to village life with Rob serving on the MCG committee for the past nine years. Peta was the minute secretary for the MCG for several years. Rob has worked tirelessly on numerous matters including guiding MCG’s responses to development proposals, working with the Footpaths Group, project managing the new Village Map (shown on photo) and arranging the annual village Christmas tree. Rob was presented with a well-deserved gift from his fellow committee members at his last meeting on 18th November. He and Peta will both be greatly missed in Maresfield.

The 2025 Maresfield Calendar is now on sale at the village shop. They are A4 sized wall calendars, folding out to A3 when hung up with a beautiful photograph for each month of 2025. They would make brilliant Christmas presents! £8.50 each with all profits going to charity.

A big thank you to the 16 litter pickers who turned out on Saturday and collected 14 bags of rubbish between them. This is less than the amount collected in April, which is good news!

AUTUMN LITTER PICKING: "Clean Up Our Village" Saturday 26th October 10am to 2pm. Meet in the Maresfield Church car park. We will supply rubbish sacks, litter pickers and hi-viz jackets. Please bring your own gloves.

If you would like to help but cannot join us on the day, please contact Jo Lawrance, MCG Chair via email on jo.lawrance63@gmail.com