We were amazed to have been handed these photographs by local resident Tim Cox, we cared for Tim’s family recently and were really grateful to have caught sight of these amazing photos depicting the funeral procession of a Mrs Allen arriving at the Salvation Army Hall in Sackville Road on the 14th of May 1913!

As you can see from the top photograph the area has changed a little! this was taken at the back of where Honeycroft and Clarendon House now stand, and the second photo shows St Barnabas church opposite us on Sackville Road. Our office is where the W. Skinners signage is on the right hand side. From what we gather Mrs Allen must have been an important member of the Salvation Army in order to receive such a grand turnout, the streets were literally lined for her!

We love a bit of local history here at Bungards, having served our community for 115 years we also have a lot of history ourselves to draw upon so we decided to trawl back through the ledgers to see if we could find Mrs Allen’s service in our records, sadly we did not conduct her funeral but it was a fascinating way to while away a few hours looking over the old records!

We hope you found this an interesting piece of local history, we’ll post more as and when we find it, and if any of you can add to Mrs Allen’s story or have anything that is related to Poets Corner or indeed Bungard & Sons please do feel free to give us a call, or drop in and share your history with us!

Bungards are really pleased to announce that for 2021/2022 we will be supporting Brighton based children’s charity ‘Whoopsadaisy’

Whoopsadaisy run life changing programmes for children with a wide range of disabilities from the Whoopsadaisy Pavillion in Preston Park, Brighton. Whoopsadaisys founder Nina Holland discovered the power of conductive education when her own son Christopher was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and she set up Whoopsadaisy over 10 years ago to share this life-changing method with other children and their families. Children can access help and support from the age of 1 through to 12, and can attend term time sessions and holiday clubs with their parents and carers.

The staff at Whoopsadaisy believe that everyone can learn. In the right environment, with the right support, and with tasks broken down into small achievable steps, the capacity to learn is unbound. Using an approach called Conductive Education, they start by finding out what a child can do. Then, in their playful, supportive small group sessions they build on those capabilities to develop mobility, confidence and independence.

Your support is everything. They rely entirely on donations, fundraising initiatives and charitable and corporate partnerships to do their life-changing work. There are SO many ways you can help Whoopsadaisy keep going, from organising a cake sale or holding a quiz, to simply following a link and donating through one of the partners Whoopsadaisy has:

Easyfundraising.org.uk
smile.amazon.com
payrollgiving.co.uk

Or you could simply just send a cheque to Whoopsadaisy, c/o West & Berry, Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU

For Volunteering opportunities please email Nora at nora@whoopsadaisy.org and see just how rewarding being a part of Whoopsadaisy can be, they also offer structured placements for students wishing to pursue a career in healthcare, medicine, social care or education, again Nora will help you out just drop her a line.

Bungards are so pleased to be able to help such a worthy local charity, please do make contact with them if you are able to help fundraise or volunteer and help to continue the amazing work they do with our cities children.

Yesterday marked the last day of volunteering for the wonderful Food & Friendship charity we have supported for the last 2 years. Richard, Ben and Zoe headed down to help wrap the many, many Calendars Caroline and the team have had made for the members and helped to bag up the food parcels being delivered that day.

We would like to thank Caroline and the absolutely fabulous team based in Hove Methodist Church for all of their dedication and hard work. Without a sturdy team of volunteers it would not be possible to provide hot, home cooked meals twice a week, feeding hundreds of older people and vulnerable adults every month and providing a friendly face, a bit of entertainment, a friendly face and a chat. The whole operation was turned on its head due to Covid and so far well over 3000 hot meals have been delivered into the community since March which is fantastic to hear. Although Bungards may not be ‘officially’ supporting F&F this year we love the ethos, the people and the atmosphere so we will definatly be coming down to volunteer still!

Richard presented Caroline in a socially distanced way with a cheque for £850 to mark the occasion, a donation from Bungards that was greatly received and we know it will be put to fantastic use helping our community. We were also given gifts and a rather fantastic card each by F&F to say farewell, a little emotional all round but we will stay in contact with you all and Thank You all so much.

Bungards will be sad to see Food & Friendship go but we look forward to supporting our new charity Whoopsadaisy in 2021, a local charity based in Preston Park who support children with learning disabilities and their families.

Bungards are very happy to have worked in conjunction with St Barnabas Church again this year collaborating in this years Lights of Love Remembrance Service and presenting the church with their annual Christmas tree.

We want to say a big thank you to all those who attended in the cold to witness the turning on of the Christmas tree lights and to hear Fr. John’s service giving thanks and remembering the loved ones we have lost.

It was a short but beautiful service and we all managed to remain distanced and warm! As we could not go inside the church this year due to the Covid restrictions we gave out goodie bags instead at the end of the service, we hope you enjoyed them, and we want to wish all of our families and friends a peaceful Christmastime, from Richard, Ben, Zoe and Ray.

Lights of Love Remembrance Service at St Barnabas Church, Hove.

We hope everyone is safe and well! We would like to invite you, your friends and family to our annual Remembrance Service and Christmas Tree Lighting in partnership with St Barnabas Church.

We welcome all faiths and beliefs to join us and we hope that the service will provide some comfort to anyone who attends.

The service will take place outside St Barnabas Church, 88 Sackville Rd, Hove, BN3 3HE on Monday 7th December 2020 at 5pm.

Last year we held a reception inside the church afterwards but due to the Covid restrictions we are all facing this is sadly not going to be possible this year, so instead we have prepared some little Christmas goodie bags as a small gift from us to you.

If you would like to come along please RSVP so we know who is attending. Please may you RSVP by Monday 30^th November by calling Richard, Ben or Zoe on 01273 820018, or by emailing us at info@bungards.co.uk

We wish you all a safe and happy December

5 Easy ways of supporting your local independent businesses that only take a few minutes of your time and could go a long way to helping out!

• Write a positive Google review ………………………………..£0.00
• Tell your friends & family! ………………………………………£0.00
• Follow & share their Social Media …………………………..£0.00
• Engage with their posts ………………………………………….£0.00
• Give them a shout out on your own Social Media ……….£0.00

Head over to Facebook and take a look at the Support Local: Independent shops delivering in Brighton and Hove page for more lovely local goodies available either in walking distance or delivered to your door!

Follow the link below to see what you could find today!

#BungardLocal #BrightonandHoveLocalBusiness #Hove #Brighton #LocalBusiness

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1558345741007742

“Bungard Local”, is a new initiative to help bring together our local independent retailers and help to promote shopping locally, in turn helping to keep our businesses alive. So many small independents are struggling at the moment and we want to help raise more awareness within our community so that we ‘Think Local’ first!

We endeavour to:
1. Support Local Business through Social Media
2. For every Funeral Plan sold and/or recommended we will give a £50 gift voucher from a local independent company of their choice.
3. Use local suppliers wherever possible. Avoiding Amazon, international & national chains and large groups and instead support Local.

We shall provide more information over the coming months about the ideas we have for Bungard Local. Keep your eyes peeled.
Let’s try to build our social media presence together by posting regularly about our services, commenting on and liking other businesses posts (& reciprocal hashtags on Twitter) and following each other’s accounts.

#BungardLocal #BrightonandHoveLocalBusiness #Hove #Brighton #LocalBusiness

Today marks the launch of “Bungard Local”, a new initiative that brings together our local independent retailers and help to promote shopping locally to help keep our businesses alive. So many small independents are struggling at the moment and we want to help raise more awareness within our community so that we ‘Think Local’ first!

From today we endeavour to:
1. Support Local Business through Social Media
2. For every Funeral Plan sold and/or recommended we will give a £50 gift voucher from a local independent company of their choice.
3. Use local suppliers wherever possible. Avoiding Amazon, international & national chains and large groups and instead support Local.

We shall provide more information over the coming months about the ideas we have for Bungard Local. Keep your eyes peeled.

Five months of the pandemic has created many debts, many friends and family find themselves jobless and tens of thousands of businesses are out of business. We need to support each other to survive. So let’s all support each other. Spend local. Help your friend’s businesses whenever you able to. Help keep small businesses in your community going.

So how do we start?
Let’s try to build our social media presence together by posting regularly about our services, commenting on and liking other businesses posts (& reciprocal hashtags on Twitter) and following each other’s accounts.

#BungardLocal #BrightonandHoveLocalBusiness #Hove #Brighton #LocalBusiness