What We’ve Been Doing

November 2025

After a very successful cabaret in October, we are very excited to announce that we have been given a grant from the National Lottery to enable us to put on further cabarets in 2026 and 2027. The grant allows us to put on four more cabarets over the next two years. We are thrilled and would like to send a big thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund for supporting FRow Friends. The next cabaret will be on Thursday 21st May 2026!

May 2024

Our second Earlybird cabaret was a sell out and a big hit with our audience! A huge thanks to all of our stellar volunteers who treated our guests to the best time (according to all the positive feedback forms we received!).

Our performers were outstanding and included Kate Valentine as her alter ego Violet Valentine, Noah Francis Johnson with a soulful acoustic set, Martin John with jaw dropping magic and funny woman Georgia Thorp.

Our next show is on Thursday 17th October. Tickets available from early September, see you there!

March 2024

We held our first “Earlybird” cabaret, for people who want their fun in the afternoon! It was a huge success and we are busy planning our next show on the 16th May. Watch this space!

November 2023

WOW! A huge thank you to our wonderful supporters, who helped to raise £1,135.08 for FRow Friends through the co-op community fund. This money will help us to continue to tackle loneliness in our community and we are so grateful for your support.

April 2023

Help to support FRow Friends whilst being in with the chance of winning prizes through Wealden Community lottery!

Tickets are £1 each, with 50% going to your chosen cause and 10% to other causes in Wealden District.

£25,000 grand prize, match all 6 numbers and you win the JACKPOT!

Follow the link below to get your tickets and be in with a chance of winning whilst supporting a very worthwhile cause.

https://www.wealdencommunitylottery.co.uk/support/frow-friends

14th March 2023

Beth Gardner, one of our committee members, was interviewed on Meridian FM’s Mid Morning show chatting all things FRow Friends.

December 2022

A special delivery has gone out to nearly 50 of our members and volunteers. With thanks to the Children of Greenfields School, the Co op, the body shop and the Sussex community foundation for enabling us to put together a fantastic selection of goodies. Wishing all of our members, volunteers and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and peaceful New year.

December 2022

We are delighted to announce that we are one of Co-op’s chosen organisations for their community fund! Raise money for FRow Friends while you shop at any Co-op. For every £1 you spend, the Co-op will donate 2p to us.

If you haven’t yet done so, you can download the Co Op app onto your phone, link your co op card and click on the Community button. From there select Frow Friends. If you don’t see us, check your co op card is linked to your current address and if it isn’t, update it in the app settings.

July 2022

We held our AGM in the community centre with members, volunteers and our committee in attendance. We had a lovely cream tea and said goodbye to two of our committee members, Joan and Soraya. We presented flowers as a thank you for all of their hard work and will miss them very much.

April 2022

Our Easter bags full of goodies including daffodils, candle, hot cross buns, and, of course, chocolate, have been hand delivered to our members and friends. Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

December 2021

Our Elves have been busy putting together and delivering over 40 Christmas goodie bags for our members to spread some festive cheer. Including mince pies, chocolates, Christmas chutney and a Hyacinth bulb planted by Children from a local School. Wishing all of our Members and befrienders a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Friday 3rd December 2021

We had a great Christmas get-together for our wonderful volunteers and their befriending partners at The Swan. Cake and mince pies were consumed and there was lots of chatting and catching up. Thank you to everyone who came along.

10th September 2021


We had a great day out with the Thursday Club and our befrienders. A day trip to Seaford, starting with a tea stop on the beach and then a fish and chip lunch. Everyone had a lovely day, despite the wind!

4th April 2021

On Good Friday we spread a little Easter cheer with our delivery of 41 bags to our members and friends.

Happy Easter to you all.

15th February 2021

On Monday we sent out a treat bag to our 40 friends and Thursday Club members. In this pack we included treats for the body and mind and a few goodies to have with a cup of tea whilst they enjoyed our most recent newsletter.

Wednesday 10th July, 2019

Today was our annual seaside trip and this year we went back to the very popular choice of Seaford. We had a wonderful day and were lucky enough to need sunglasses and hats. Some of us were even brave enough to take a dip in the sea!! No trip to the seaside would be complete without fish and chips for lunch and an ice cream to cool down in the afternoon. We all enjoyed a really fun day out together and the friendship was made even more enjoyable than usual by the lovely sea breeze and views.

Thank you to all our volunteers that joined us, to Wealdlink and Haines mini coaches for driving us and to Trawlers fish and chip restaurant for our delicious lunch. 

Friday 5th July, 2019

We had the most wonderful afternoon over at the VENUe on the GREEN yesterday with FRow Friends, it was so lovely to be able to enjoy the space with the young people, which is what the building was intended for. We will definitely go back for some more fun and games, there was even talk of a table tennis tournament in the future. We will keep you posted.