The Joy of Giving 2020
Last year we wrote about all the help the Hastings community was giving to others during the Christmas period. The article, called Christmas: The Joy of Giving, celebrated the community spirit in our town, but at the same time touched…
Musical Extravaganza from Palestine
An online raffle and musical extravaganza held on Sunday 22nd November raised over £1,000 for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). The Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HRPSC) organised the online event with the help of local businesses in Hastings…
Interesting People #2
Sassy Luke The Interesting People series was furloughed after its first outing with Mike Willis but after five months – it’s back! Maybe HIP was overcome by the sheer quantity of people we could write about, the paradox of choice*. …
Paid work for musicians!
The Trinity Triangle Heritage Action Zone is a four-year, community-led, regeneration programme supported by Historic England to breathe new life into an historic part of Hastings town centre, the Trinity Triangle and America Ground. As part of the scheme, Project…
HEART still beating the drum for Hastings
As another round of lockdown measures take effect, HIP catches up with Alastair Fairley, one of the joint co-ordinators at HEART (Hastings Emergency Action Resilience Team) which did so much to help the community through the first. How is HEART…
576 People Eat the Rainbow to Raise Money
During the Summer months Hastings Adventure Golf created a gelato ice cream to honour our NHS workers. It was a creamy vanilla-based gelato with skittles and coloured syrup throughout, aptly named, Eat the rainbow, their take on the Skittles advert…
Want to try something different? Take a tour of a derelict building
Starting on Thursday 29th October, the Observer Building will be hosting small groups for guided tours. Rod Webb from HIP went along for a preview. Artist’s impression We met outside as a small group, huddled against the wind and rain…
Big prizes at Palestinian aid raffle
Do you fancy a two-night stay in an East Sussex glamping retreat or a slap-up meal at the award-winning Crown pub? Well, here’s your chance to bag yourself a special treat from the Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HRPSC)…
Rat invasion?
I’ve already experienced the horrors of rats with two very large rats taking up residence in my house on two separate occasions. Both times it seems that a rat had wandered in through the back door and decided to stay.…
Get Cooking and Save Money
Bags of Taste used to teach real-life cooking classes in Hastings, London and beyond, but like so many organisations, they now run virtual courses online. But the focus remains the same to motivate vulnerable and disadvantaged people to change their…