Our valiant Trustee, Jonathan, recently had the tough job of paying a visit to the new management at the re-opened Greyhound Inn, ostensibly to tell them all about the Village Discount Card scheme and to persuade them, like many other traders in the village, to sign up.
Whilst enjoying their warm welcome, he was quite surprised to hear from the new landlords that despite having been Hassocks residents for many years they had never heard of HCO!

So, we clearly need to communicate more! But first, just a few more words about our very successful Village Discount Card (VDC) scheme. This was introduced several years ago as a gift to Supporters and had two primary objectives;
1. to encourage villagers who would like to support HCO and our many activities by signing up as regular Supporters.
2. by encouraging Supporters to shop locally we help maintain a lively and successful High Street, which will be to the benefit of all of our villagers, particular those who find it difficult to shop elsewhere.

We now have approximately 160 paid up HCO Supporters and would love to see some more growth in this number, after all, our population is fast approaching 9000! So please do spread the word and encourage friends, family and neighbours to join up. It really is very simple now and can be done on-line easily and quickly on the HCO website. We even have a few Supporters who don’t live in Hassocks but still support us so they can enjoy the benefits of the VDC offers. Subscribe online at www.hassockscommunity.org.uk/subscribe

CONTACTS:
Volunteers’ admin: volunteers@hassockscommunity.org.uk or 01273 846481
Supporters’ admin: togetherwithhco@hassockscommunity.org.uk or 01273 846841
General questions: enquiries@hassockscommunity.org.uk or 01273 844920 www.hassockscommunity.org.uk – A registered charity, number 1183097

To read the full article, please pick up a copy of March’s Hassocks Life today and turn to page 20.