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Creative New Support For Carers Launched
Care for the Carers update HIP readers on their latest activities The charity Care for the Carers launched an exciting new package of support for carers in East Sussex at…
Calling Time on Fast Fashion
Rod Webb highlights a St Leonards haberdashery If you feel the pace of life is getting too much, you might want to visit La La Rookh in Norman Road. The…
Victory For Victor!
Sent in by Hazel Cake, who volunteers at Seven Acre Horse Sanctuary It now seems that life is looking up for Victor the horse. After an article in the 11…
Shipwreck Retains Pulling Power
Rod Webb visits the Amsterdam wreck Why on earth would upwards of 150 people gather on the beach in Bulverhythe at 8am on a Saturday morning in February? OK, it…
Littlish Allsorts
Merlin Betts interviewed Lisa Chester-Linskey of Littlish Allsorts, a weekly session held in residential homes that builds relationships between toddlers and the elderly Lisa Chester-Linskey runs Baby Sing, Sign and…
Partnership Boosts Sara Lee Support For Those With Cancer
Hastings-based charity, the Sara Lee Trust, has announced an exciting new partnership with Look Good Feel Better (LGFB), the only international cancer support charity that provides practical support for people…
Helen Pankhurst Calls On HIP Readers To Help End Workplace Harassment
Descendant of the suffragettes Helen Pankhurst is calling on Hastings Independent readers to travel to Westminster on Tuesday 5 March to ask MPs to commit to ending workplace harassment. The…
Community Notices
Hastings Council to work with Surviving Streets UKHastings Borough Council and Surviving Streets UK are working in partnership so they can use Churchwood House as offices and a base for…
EAL Support For Hastings Students Secured For Another Year
By Gareth Stevens In the last issue we reported that the EALs service, which has been running in East Sussex for approximately 25 years, was under threat. This service provides…
What’s The Future For Edith Swan Neck?
In June 2016 author Iain Sinclair and artist, writer and filmmaker Andrew Kötting walked with their followers from Waltham Abbey in Essex to St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex as part of…
Hastings Launches New Campaign to Champion Reading
Get Hastings Reading, which had its launch day on Friday 25 January, is a new initiative to inspire children and young people to read for pleasure and gain the confidence…
Social Prescribing Comes to Hastings
By Dave Young Representatives from over 80 voluntary sector groups recently attended a Social Prescribing event at East Sussex College in Station ; Social prescribing enables GPs, nurses and other…
Wellness, In A Box
Hastings Library is loaning out ‘Wellbeing Boxes’ to encourage people to “take ownership of their own health”. Each container includes a pedometer; stress balls; a mindfulness colouring book; healthy eating…
Hope for Housing
Our community has a housing affordability crisis, but it’s not just about building more homes, rather it’s about the right sort of homes. We should aim to build genuinely affordable…
Language Service Under Threat in Hastings Schools
By Gareth Stevens English as an Additional Language service (EALs) has been running in East Sussex for approximately 25 years. It provides teachers and Bilingual Support Officers to work in…
New Zero Waste Shop for Locals Seeks Crowdfunding!
This press release was given by the Bare Supplies team, George and Supplies is a new local business looking to open its doors this spring; we’re a family run business…
Talking and Listening
This is a press release from Chances4Change East Sussex and Hastings Voluntary Action. Join Local Mind and community organisation Audio Active this Time to Talk day, Thursday 7th Feb. Everyone…
South of England Agricultural Society Supports New Jamie’s Farm in Lewes
This is a press release from the South of England Agricultural Society is delighted to announce that its 2019 Charity of the Year is Jamie's Farm. Established in 2005 by…
Make A Date To Join The Race For Life In Hastings
By Jenny Ainsworth This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone in the area – women, men and children - to join the Race for…
Enjoycation Is One!
An education not-for-profit business set up last January in Hastings, Enjoycation CIC, has just celebrated its first birthday, and Director Paula Radice looks back over the last – very successful…
Hastings Fixing Club
Hastings Fixing Club is a new group dedicated to fixing things otherwise given up for lost. Most people have some small items they could fix, if they had the time,…
Run or Walk the Half Marathon
The Sara Lee Trust supports over 700 local people each year who are affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses, by providing free psychological and therapeutic support. They are…
Local charity celebrates 30 years supporting unpaid carers
Local charity Care for the Carers is asking residents across East Sussex to help it celebrate its 30th year by taking part in its many planned events for 2019. Formed…
Art Workshop to Support Narcolepsy UK
As a sufferer of Narcolepsy with Cataplexy, Sheryl Hall is running a FREE friendly community Art Workshop in the heart of Hastings Town Centre to raise awareness for Narcolepsy UK…
A Letter of Hope
Many people across the nation are living with mental illnesses including suicidal thoughts, and the NHS is doing its best to offer them help and ; NHS mental health staff…
Hastings Hugs
Christmas and New Year are weeks ago. Nights are long. The weather is cold and damp. The news seems to be constantly grim and depressing. What we all need is…
SAVE THE NHS: Film plus Q&A
East Sussex Save the NHS Campaign will be showing the film Groundswell: The Grassroots Battle for the NHS in Eastbourne on Sunday 20th January. After the film has been shown…
White Rock Theatre Improvements
The White Rock Theatre will undertake a full refurbishment of the original wooden auditorium flooring in 2019, changing the seating configuration and giving the venue greater flexibility to present standing…
Help Seven Acre Horse Sanctuary Save Horses’ Lives
Seven Acre is a family-run sanctuary based in Catfield near Battle, rescuing abandoned and neglected horses and ponies. Tabitha Jones is the yard manager and works with her mum and…
Multi-Sports – Beat the Blues at Summerfields
No, it’s not an opportunity to defeat Chelsea footballers, but a one day sport and leisure fest promoted by Active Hastings to combat winter lethargy that is open to all-comers.…
Green Space Can Build Community Cohesion
Land Trust Chief Executive, Euan Hall, says that well-managed green space has the ability to bring communities together as the national land management charity publishes its 2017-18 annual report. Hall…
Community Notices
Many of this Issue’s Community Notices have been taken from Hastings Voluntary Action’s e-bulletin. You can find out more about HVA and subscribe to the bulletin at Vandals at West…
Fight Depression and Bring Families Together, says YHA
Families should make a New Year’s resolution to spend more time together in the outdoors, according to leading youth charity YHA (England and Wales). Having adventures together outside promotes positive…
New Partnership For Local Charity
The Sara Lee Trust and the Wellington Health and Wellbeing Centre would like to announce their new partnership which will help to transform the lives of people affected by cancer…
The Arts Forum Grand Bazaar
Hastings Arts Forum Come and help support a much-valued local resource. The Arts Forum is experiencing a big financial crisis and needs help to ensure it continues giving the unique…
Hastings Care Home Wins National Award For Its “First Class” Dementia Care
By Lisa Pettifer A Hastings care home has scooped a national award for its “first class” dementia care. Hastings Court on The Ridge beat off stiff competition from five other…
Little Gate Farm Awarded ‘Life Changing’ Lottery Funding
Thanks to players of the National Lottery, local charity, Little Gate Farm will be creating apprenticeships for 50 young people with learning disabilities and autism across East Sussex. They have…
Local Politicians Celebrate Carers in East Sussex
By Care for the Carers The county was abuzz this year’s Carers Rights Day, Friday 30th November. Eastbourne’s MP Stephen Lloyd and Deputy Mayor Kathy Ballard attended the “Win a…
Oasis for Recovering Women in 16 Days of Activism
Oasis Women’s Recovery Service (OWRS) is a substance misuse service for women and families in Hastings. It offers women-only support as well therapy for children and young people who have…
Mental Health Help Hastings
By Andrew O’Leary After struggling with mental health consistantly for several years I have noticed a lack in services and support available. Therefore I’m setting up a community support group…