Welcome to Hassocks Life’s Hassocks Goes Gold event page. Here you will find our most recent information for everything Gold in Hassocks.

Turning the village of Hassocks gold every September to raise awareness and research funds for childhood cancer.

Hassocks Goes Gold 2024 By Rachel Bartlett-Bundy

By the time you read this, the Giant Gold Bow Trail will be up! Other gold events in September include:

• The Parklands Road Art Exhibition is on all month. Come and see the wonderful dragon art poster competition entries from all ages, displayed in the windows of the generous residents of Parklands Road.
• Make sure you get your Dragon Poster! Only £1 from QD Stationery.
• Saturday 7th from 2pm to 3.30pm; Rockin’ Paul Going Gold will perform a selection of Rock’n’Roll, Rockabilly, Country & R&B hits outside 34 Fir Tree Way. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on the lawn!
• Saturday 7th from 2pm to 2.45pm; Parent & Child Yoga class from CJ Yoga at Profiles Health & Beauty (£15 per pair. Contact cjyoga@yahoo.co.uk to book).
• The Golden Gala on Friday 27th is now sold out! We look forward to our annual Golden Gala, a fabulous, themed quiz night including live jazz, pudding auction and raffle at The Hassocks Pub.
• HCO Village Market at Age Concern on Saturday 28thSeptember from 9am to 12.30pm. Don’t miss our crafts stall, soft toy tombola and the ever the popular alcohol tombola.
• Facebook Daily Auction, with different new items and services each day on a 24-hour rolling auction. Bag a bargain and raise funds for children’s cancer at the same time. New auctions start at 8pm every day!
• Follow HassocksGoesGold on Facebook or Instagram: Join in the fun! Keep up with the various gold events, news and bid on the other auction prizes!

If you can donate new items or services for the auction, please contact Rachel on hgg@pearlpower.co.uk to help raise funds. All donations to www.justgiving.com/page/hgg2024 Volunteers and helpers are always welcome. Please email!

This month, the village is set to turn GOLD as Hassocks Goes Gold raises awareness of Childhood Cancer and much needed funds for research to combat this cruel disease. As children’s bodies are still growing, they need stronger treatments than adults, and many children die from the cure before the cancer.

Some Childhood Cancers (there are many different types) have good outcomes. There have been breakthroughs in adult cancer that have translated well to childhood cancers but with the majority of cancers in children being so different to adult cancer, much more research for new treatments is needed.

So here we are in September. A month to decorate GOLD, to treasure what we have and to protect the children of the future. This year’s theme is Golden Butterflies.

What you can do to help
Display a Golden Butterfly poster (pictured) sponsored by Mid-Sussex Flooring & Carpets with prizes for the fabulous artists supplied by Middleton Common Butterfly Farm. Pick up a Golden Butterfly Poster from QD Stationery.
Buy a gold ribbon, walk the Giant Gold Bow spotting trail, vote for the best Gold shop window, run the Gold Run, bid on the amazing items in the Daily Auction or take part in one of the many other Gold events this month.

Let’s have fun and raise some funds! Event details can be found on HassocksGoesGold on Facebook or Instagram. All money raised via HassocksGoesGold goes to research treatments for Childhood Cancers with poor outcomes via a fund set up in Pearl’s name: https://specialnamedfunds.cclg.org.uk/pearlpower

Pick up a September issue of Hassocks Life to read a more personal piece on page 8.