Upcoming Events
Ongoing
Weekly on Tuesdays
Grow, Cook, Eat, Compost Workshop | Lewes Football Club | 10am–1pm
Free weekly sessions where people can cook, learn new skills and enjoy food together in a safe and supportive environment. Everyone is welcome, especially those looking for support to feed themselves and their families.
Find out more here: www.growcookeatcompost.co.uk/
Every second Wednesday
Rodmell Food Forest Volunteer Day | 10am-5pm (drop in sessions, 3 hours minimum).
Volunteering sessions open to all. Learn about food cultivation, forest gardening, low-impact living and permaculture design. A big hearty organic vegetarian lunch is included as a thank you for your efforts.
Find out more: https://rodmellfoodforest.org/what-we-do/
The first Sunday of the month
Compost Disneyland tour and Q&A sessions with Michael Kennard of the Compost Club in Lewes (Phoenix Place, BN7 2QJ).
Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/compost-disneyland-3987883
September
4–6 September 2025
Lewes Food Bank Collection | Lewes Town Hall | Various time slots – see below
- 4 September, 9am–4pm
- 5 September, 9am–1pm
- 6 September, 11am–3pm
See event info on Facebook. Direct any questions to: info@lewes-tc.gov.uk or 01273 471469.
5 September
Seahaven Community Food Charity Race Night | Main Hall, Community House, Peacehaven | 6:30pm | £5 tickets
Come and have a flutter on some (fake) horses at the Seahaven Community Food charity race night, hosted by the Mayor of Peacehaven, raising money for their community supermarkets in Newhaven and Peacehaven.
Tickets include food (chicken or vegan curry). Bar available on the night. Tables of up to 6.
Get your tickets from Community House in Peacehaven, or email the food team: food@sussexcommunity.org.uk
13 September 2025
Right to Food UK Conference: ‘Hunger is a political choice’ | 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS | 9am–5pm
Conference explores social and economic changes needed to tackle disparities in power and that would support food sovereignty and food democracy. It examines how to embed right to food across policy so to tackle the nutritional inequalities which impact health of children, racialised minorities and most vulnerable people.
18 September – 23 October 2025
Wellbeing in Nature Course | Lovebrook, Kingston near Lewes | Thursdays, 10:30am–1pm | Free
A fully-funded 6-week wellbeing in nature course at Lovebrook open to anyone that might it find beneficial to spend some time in nature tending to their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Experience a range of outdoor well-being practices including mindfulness, walking, planting, harvesting and nature connection. There will be supported conversations and check-ins. Participants will need enough physical fitness to be in an outdoor environment for the majority of the session. All practices will be invitational; no one is expected to participate in any more than they feel comfortable with.
Application form link: https://forms.gle/33BmjMXkJsnt8zjy9
26 September 2025
Apple picking day with Fitzjohns Community Food | Ringmer Community Orchard | 9:30am–11am
30 September 2025
Webinar: Designing collective action to campaign for long-term change | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 1pm–2:30pm | Free
A participatory workshop for staff and volunteers from across the community food sector to generate ideas for a national piece of collective action that shines a light on the pressures facing those holding up our broken safety net.
October
3 October 2025
Webinar: Designing collective action to campaign for long-term change | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 1pm–2:30pm | Free
A participatory workshop for staff and volunteers from across the community food sector to generate ideas for a national piece of collective action that shines a light on the pressures facing those holding up our broken safety net.
4 October 2025
Apple Pressing Day | Lewes Climate Hub | 12–2pm | Free
As part of the Lewes Climate Hub’s food season, a free public event transforming local apples from community orchards into juice to sample and take home. Feel free to bring your own apples and containers to take away! Read more.
8 October 2025
Webinar: Designing collective action to campaign for long-term change | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 4–5:30pm | Free
A participatory workshop for staff and volunteers from across the community food sector to generate ideas for a national piece of collective action that shines a light on the pressures facing those holding up our broken safety net.
8 October 2025
A new Sussex Mayor: putting food in the middle of the table | Online webinar | 2–4pm
This event, launching the Sussex Alliance of Food Partnerships, will look at what can be gained from viewing the challenges and opportunities of the new Sussex Mayor’s responsibilities through the lens of food. It will bring together people from across East Sussex, Mid-Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove to consider how the excellent food work already happening in the region can be enhanced and ask what more needs to be done to address the challenges we face. All representatives from food system welcome.
10 October 2025
Webinar: Volunteer Rights | Alliance for Dignified Food Support | 4–5:30pm | Free
A free online workshop for staff and volunteers working in community food support to share your experiences of what support is lacking, identify what needs to change to make food support more sustainable for the people delivering it, and explore ideas for a Charter of Rights that protects the dignity, safety and wellbeing of those working in food support.
Additional sessions are running on 16 October and 22 October.
11 October 2025
Growing Oyster Mushrooms | Lewes Climate Hub | 12–1:30pm | Free
Learn how to nurture your own continuous supply of delicious and fast-growing oyster mushrooms with Michael Kennard of the Compost Club. Discover the different types of oyster mushroom you can grow and how to create the perfect substrate to help your mushroom harvest flourish!
14 October 2025
Choosing Fruit Trees | Gardening in Action | Seaford Community Orchard, Raymond Close, Seaford | 10am–12pm | Free
Take a tour of the new community orchard and learn how to choose and buy fruit trees for your garden or community space.
15 October 2025
Connecting Local Buyers and Suppliers | Wealden Food Partnership | Church Farm, Litlington | 10am–1pm
Come along and meet other local suppliers and buyers from across Sussex, sample some products, and find out about new and existing routes to market in the area. To book a place or stall, and get your business added to the local directory, visit the website or email Helen at: Helen.Graham@3va.org.uk.
18 October 2025
Panel Discussion: Building Local Food Resilience | Lewes Climate Hub | 1–2:30pm | Free
Join local growers, district councillors, Lewes Mayor Emily Clarke and more to explore what action is being taken – and what else needs to happen – to strengthen our community food supply in Lewes District.
18 October 2025
Squish and Squash | Landport Community Garden, Lewes | 2–4pm | Free
At this event, the Garden will be hiring an apple press so we can have a go at squishing our surplus apples and pears into juice (and yours if you have any) and we’ll be celebrating our winter squashes , pumpkins and other autumn produce. There’ll be nibbles and drinks. As always, all welcome!
Email: landportcg@gmail.com.
18 October 2025
Autumn Harvest Festival | Fitzjohns Community Food, Lewes | 3–5pm | Free
An Autumn Harvest Festival open for all to attend, to include apple pressing, ‘guess the weight of the pumpkin’, hot food made with local produce and prepared in our community kitchen/café, and more!
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