Large Grants For Hastings Community Businesses up For Grabs
Power to Change opens Community Business Fund Round 8 with cash grants worth between £50,000 and £300,000 for community businesses across ; From farms to libraries, canal moorings to cinemas, the Community Business Fund supports a wide range of businesses…
Archery Gardens Nearing Completion
By Rod Webb After many years of wrangling, Archery Gardens, the development on the old College site in Archery Road, St Leonards, is nearing completion. Regency Place, comprising nine houses in West Hill Road, will be the first to become…
Hastings Country Park To Say Goodbye To Well-loved Ponies
The Exmoor ponies at Hastings Country Park will be leaving us after six years of grazing the slopes and glens of Hastings Country ;The Sussex Pony Grazing Conservation Trust, who manages the ponies, has told the council that they are…
The Perils Of Running A Pub
By Rod Webb Running a pub these days isn’t easy, what with the low price of take-away alcohol, the unsociable hours, finding good staff and attracting a regular flow of customers; so the last thing you want to deal with…
Looking To Help Your Community? Here’s How…
Hastings Borough Council is looking for volunteers to sit on its Grants Advisory Panel. This gives advice to the Hastings and St Leonards Foreshore Trust on how surplus income from the Foreshore Trust should be distributed. Cllr Sue Beaney, who…
West Cliff railway closed for repairs
The West Hill Cliff Railway is currently closed due to a mechanical fault. Repairs are underway, but some of the equipment needs to be sent away to specialist contractors, so the work is likely to take 2-3 months. During this…
Food Detectives In Search Of Good Eating Habits
Food Detectives is a new initiative which aims to make the process of trying new, healthy foods into something exciting for young children. Once a week, for five weeks, 90 children have been taking home a different piece of fruit,…
Come Dine For Palestine
Have you ever tried Palestinian food? If not, here’s your chance to taste authentic Palestinian cuisine at a fun and uplifting local event. The Hastings and Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HRPSC) is inviting the public to Come Dine for Palestine…
Knitting for Google
By Dave Young What might Sicily, lichen and Google have in common? The unlikely answer is Hastings Knitters – a local craft group asked at short notice to provide part of the set dressing for a worldwide networking event. Hastings…
COMMUNITY LEDGE #3: Claudine Eccleston
This week we give you Claudine Eccleston, a determined advocate of equal rights and well-deserving of her legendary ; Although there’s no shortage of Community Ledges down here in Hastings, if you want to nominate someone, get on social media…