Winter Warm Up 2026

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Join us for the Winter Warm Up on Thursday 15th October, a free event packed with activities to help you discover fun, accessible ways to get active closer to home.

What’s on offer?

The Winter Warm Up Event Days include a wide range of free activities and support, such as:

Sport and activity taster sessions
Hearing tests
Health MOTs
Electric blanket testing

Arts and crafts workshops
Health and wellbeing drop-ins
A large marketplace showcasing local groups, services, and support
And to top it off, a free bowl of hot soup and a roll for everyone who takes part to enjoy!

Chanctonbury Winter Warm Up Activities Include

Health Walk
Tai Chi
Pickleball
Badminton
Gentle / Sit Fit
Yoga
Falls Prevention Advice Class
Silent Disco

Sing with the Choir
Line Dancing
Archery
Board Games
Arts & Crafts
Lego
Table Tennis
Boccia & new Age Kurling

The Winter Warm Up aims to:

Offer enjoyable tasters to get active—without needing to play a sport or “wear Lycra”
Highlight the fantastic range of activities already happening in your local facility
Encourage people to discover ways to get and stay active, closer to home

Stall Holders Confirmed

Storrington Library
Amanda Redman Financial
West Sussex Fire Brigade Electric Blanket Free Checks
NHS Audiology Free hearing Tests
Free Health MOT’s with Horsham District Council Wellbeing Team
HDC Neighbourhood Wardens with Cuppa & a Chat
Saxon Weald Housing
Storrington & Pulborough Rotary Book Stall
The Macular Society
Free Should Massages
BHT / Pathfinder

Life Community Church
The Joint Café
HILS
Anchorage Care Home
Stitch
The NHS Living Well Programme
The Prevention Assessment Team
Age UK
Sussex Community NHS Trust
Citizens Advice
Connect to Work

Find out more

Need help getting there? Contact CT Sussex For getting to Chanctonbury Leisure Centre.

Check out the Fringe Programme as it becomes available on the Winter Warm Up webpage, by clicking the button below.

Find out more about Winter Warm Up