Blog posts
12th January, 2026
Rob’s death in December 2025 has left an enormous gap in FoHC. It’s impossible to imagine any single individual having the skills and commitment to step into Rob’s place. His passion for environmentalism was prodigious.
His...
27th October, 2025
Worthing and Adur Council’s Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) will change in December 2025 from PSPO (on Leads) to PSPO (No Dogs). This blog post gives the relevant background information to this.
On Saturday 3rd August 2024 a...
16th December, 2024
To publicise the work of the group and help showcase some of Heene Cemetery's special character, we have produced a set of A3 colour posters for use in the noticeboard outside the Cemetery's gates. With luck (and sufficient funding) this...
1st November, 2024
The Friends of Heene Cemetery are proud to announce the launch of their new website!
The previous (WordPress) version that launched in the autumn of 2020 was the group's first website, paid for by a grant from the Heritage Lottery...
10th May, 2024
The documenting of the natural world of Worthing’s Heene Cemetery continues to reveal some glorious detail. To celebrate that, we've had a second round of A6 greetings cards made, which we are again selling to cover the ongoing costs of the...
8th March, 2023
International Women’s Day #EmbraceEquity falls on Wednesday 8th March 2023 this year.
Historically, women were victims of a class system that permitted them limited rights and entitlements.
This subjected most of them to a...
23rd February, 2023
The documenting of the natural world of Worthing’s Heene Cemetery has revealed some glorious detail. To celebrate that, we have had some A6 greetings cards made, which we are selling to cover the ongoing costs of the work of the Friends of...
19th February, 2023
Newsflash (17th May, 2023): Worthing Council has re-opened Heene Cemetery to the Friends group and to visitors. They have laid flat 17 memorials, each within the boundary of its existing grave plot, thereby removing the risk that they could...
28th May, 2022
Heene Cemetery received a grant on the 24th February 2020 of £10,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, Collect, Preserve and Share the History of Heene Cemetery Burials....
20th October, 2021
Just as Heene’s summer wild flowers have died back and been replaced with the Cemetery’s autumnal shades we have added colour to our website. On the species search page, you can now search for flowering plants according to their colour. This...
17th October, 2021
The Green Flag Community Award 2021/22 flag, flies over the Conservation and Heritage site of Heene Cemetery.
Green Flag Community Award 2021/22 is achieved by Friends of Heene Cemetery
Friends of Heene Cemetery have been...
23rd September, 2021
Heene Heritage Open Day 2021 took place on Saturday 18 September 2021 where Sarah Nathaniel from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CGWC), led some guided tours at Heene Cemetery.
Heene Heritage Open Day 2021...
7th April, 2021
The World Health Organisation commemorates World Health Day on April 7th and invites you to join a new campaign to build a fairer, healthier world.
Worthing’s Health in 1922
For World Health Day, we have found a Worthing...
24th March, 2021
The World Health Organisation commemorates World Tuberculosis Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
In the...
22nd March, 2021
Friends of Heene Cemetery celebrates World Water Day, on 22nd March 2021.
World Water Day poster
Aids To Conservation
The Friends of Heene Cemetery was formed, by Councillor Diane Guest, the Heene Ward Councillor,...
4th February, 2021
Friends of Heene Cemetery Honour and Value the lives lost to Cancer
Research volunteers have been identifying the cause of death for burials aged between 5 years and 45 years.
World Cancer Day logo...
20th October, 2020
Heene Cemetery is one of more than 2,000 sites across the country to collect the Green Flag Award for 2020. The Friends of Heene Cemetery are delighted to receive this prestigious award and to be recognized for their dedicated and...
17th September, 2020
A triple event
Saturday 12th September 2020 proved to be a triple event. Starting with the launch of this website live, followed by our AGM and culminating with a small group of dedicated volunteers and supporters enjoying a pleasant...
29th July, 2020
Heene Cemetery received a grant on the 24th February 2020 of £10,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, Collect, Preserve and Share the History of Heene Cemetery Burials.
Made possible by money...