Our Community
In addition to the activities and events shown on the website, our Community Centre plays host to other organsiations and offers facilities you might not know about.
Lingfield Parish Council
The Parish Council office is situated in the Community Centre. The Parish Council Clerk, will be happy to help with enquiries on all aspects of parish business.
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The Parish Council meets on the last Wednesday of the month (excluding August and December) with additional planning meetings held mid month. Meetings are held in the Plaxton Room at the Community Centre. Members of the public are always welcome to attend.
Contact the Parish Clerk by phone: 01342 835557 or by email: lingfieldpc@gmail.com
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Community Police
There is a police presence in the Community Centre but it is not a police station. The nearest police station is at Chequer Mead Art Centre, East Grinstead; open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 10am - 2pm. In an emergency, dial 999 or for non-emergency contact, call 101. You can also make reports online on the Surrey Police website.
Meals on Wheels
Our service is one of the few independent Meals on Wheels services in the country which is run entirely by volunteers.
Our team of 150 dedicated cooks and deliverers provide healthy and nutritious meals to housebound residents of Lingfield, Dormansland, Felcourt and Crowhurst every week of the year, Monday to Thursday. All meals are freshly cooked in our designated kitchen in the Jennings Hall at the Community Centre.
IT Facilities
Our IT Room is open to the public for computer use, internet access, printing, scanning, photocopying and laminating.
The room is equipped with two PCs which have broadband access to the Internet and Microsoft Office 365. You are welcome to connect your own laptop or tablet to our network.
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The IT Room is open during office hours, Monday to Thursday, 10am to 2pm
East Grinstead Food Bank
Donations to East Grinstead Foodbank can be left in the basket in the main corridor of the centre during our opening hours (Monday to Thursday, 10am – 2pm).
If you have no food, and no money to buy any; East Grinstead Foodbank can help. Vouchers are available from many local organisations including the churches and doctor’s surgery.
For further information call 07983 209940
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Hearing Aid Batteries
The Community Centre office holds supplies of spare batteries for patients with NHS hearing aids.
Batteries can be collected from the centre office during normal opening hours: ​​
Monday - Thursday, 9am - 2pm
