Care for Veterans Christmas Fayre

Care for Veterans is holding its Christmas Fayre at Gifford House on Saturday 28 November, from 12:00 to 16:00. It's a free public event, so you can just turn up with the family and wander through. There's a Santa's Grotto for the kids, artisan stalls for a bit of early Christmas shopping, live music, a tombola, and activities for all ages. If you've got little ones in tow, the Grotto is the main draw; if not, the stalls and music carry the afternoon.

It helps to know what the place actually does. Care for Veterans is a Royal Star & Garter Home that provides long-term nursing, rehabilitation, respite, and end-of-life care to veterans and their families living with disabilities, including acquired brain injury and degenerative neurological conditions. It became part of the Royal Star & Garter group following a merger in March 2025. The Home Manager, Vicky Strange, says the fayre brings people together while supporting the Home, and Gifford the Bear, the Home's mascot, has appeared at previous years' events.

This isn't the only thing they do around the holidays. The Home also puts on a Carol Concert at the Grade I-listed Lancing College Chapel, and they've recently launched a Day Care Service. If you're in the mood for a Christmas outing that does something useful, the fayre is a good place to start.

Entry is by voluntary donation, so you give what you can. It runs from 12:00 to 16:00 at Gifford House, Boundary Road, Worthing, BN11 4LJ.