Welcome to Common Cause

Common Cause is a social enterprise, not-for-profit company. We run the Lewes Farmers Market and horticulture and well-being projects in East Sussex. Contact us to find out more; we'd love to hear from you. About us

News and updates

Farmers Market:

Saturdays 7th and 21st December, 9am- 1pm Friars Walk Car Park. Download Market dates 2024

Lewes District Council are running a survey to find out what local people, traders, businesses and visitors think about the market. LDC is interested to know how people travel to the market, whether they do other things in Lewes on Farmers Market days, and thoughts on the current location and timings. They are also interested to know whether respondents are more or less likely to visit Lewes town centre on market days. YOU CAN TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY HERE

Look out for our new Farmers Market poster

Beautifully drawn and designed by one of our stallholders, Steve Sanders of High Weald Dairy Cheese Tours

Lewes Mosaic Project

What food resources is your allotment or garden providing for wildlife this autumn? Take a look at the Lewes Mosaic Allotment Autumn Newsletter

Photos by Helen Sida

Lewes Mosaic Project Map

We are helping to build a mosaic of habitats across the town, providing homes and food for wildlife. Have a look at the Lewes Mosaic Map to see what’s been happening. You can also add information about what you are doing to support wildlife in and around your home.

The results of our wildlife surveys on allotments in Lewes including birds, bats, wildflowers, amphibians and reptiles and flower visiting insects. Lewes Mosaic project is working with allotment holders to help create a Lewes wide mosaic of habitats for wildlife. We are running a series of wildlife monitoring and survey events at allotment sites in Lewes, find out more here. Our Summer Newsletter has seasonal tips on wildlife friendly food growing and details of our wildlife surveys in July and August.

The results of responses to our survey from 90 participants with allotments on 14 sites in and around Lewes can be viewed here. There is still time to complete the allotment survey here or scan the QR code to tell us more about your allotment site and what you may need to create wildlife habitats on your allotment.