Teddy Bears Picnic July 2025 - Burgess Hill Town Council

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2025 Event

On Monday 7 July, Burgess Hill Town Council – alongside The King’s Church and Central Sussex Rotary – delivered The Burgess Hill Teddy Bears Picnic in St John’s Park. With a whole range of activities for babies and pre-schoolers to get involved with!

There was a mix of businesses and community groups providing free activities on the day, including Crest Swim School, Burgess Hill Nursery, Hope Building Confidence and Time4Children. Soft play was provided by the Triangle Leisure Centre and Burgess Hill Library brought their ever-popular rhyme and story sessions to the park. Children could have their face painted for free and join in with Bubblemania too!

There was parachute song time led by The King’s Church, as well as craft activities, and story time with Gobbledy Books. West Sussex County Council’s Early Help and HAF teams attended with information for parents and toys for the children. St Edwards’ and Water Babies also joined the fun with stalls and activities too!

The Burgess Hill District Lions kindly funded the event, allowing the children to use the inflatables free of charge, as well as enjoy free rides on the model railway, with Mid Sussex Model Engineering Club. The Lions mascot even popped along and joined in with the fun too!

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Christine Coxshaw, President of The Burgess Hill District Lions, who sponsored the event said: “The club had great pleasure again to support this community event. Such a great day of fun for all”.

Brian Reynolds, The King’s Church, Noah’s Ark Parent and Toddler Group guitarist said “Such a privilege to be part of the King’s Church team supporting the Teddy Bear’s picnic. It’s a brilliant community event bringing together local families and friends.”

Co-organizer and Central Sussex Rotary President, Julie Smyth said: “It is always a pleasure to be part of this event, and despite the heavy rain first thing, everything went to plan and everyone seemed to really enjoy all the activities. We look forward to next year.”

Hopefully we will see you all back again in 2026!

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Photographs from the 2025 Teddy Bears Events