Heritage Stewards: Maintaining a Historical Record
The Trinity Triangle High Street Heritage Action Zone is a four-year regeneration programme supported by Historic England to breathe new life into a historic part of Hastings town centre: the Trinity Triangle and America Ground. The Trinity Triangle area of…
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Hastings Independent has published more than 4,500 articles since it started in 2014. And maybe one of them was about you or your organisation – or perhaps you just got a mention. If you’d like a colour copy of the…
Christmas Joy Around the World
Four local musicians brought Christmas joy into the lives of people around the world on Sunday when they appeared in an online concert organised from St Leonards. Jazz maestro Liane Carroll, global music specialist Frank Moon, and multi-talented sisters Alice…
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…
A Bit of Joy and Happiness
Lifestyles assistant at Hastings Court care home, Chloe Oliver-Taylor, and her partner, Matt, were planning a wedding celebration with 70 family members and friends at Crowhurst Park in Battle in October. But the pandemic meant their party was cut to…
Raising money the hard way
James Robinson, director of Surviving the Streets, led the way in fundraising for the organisation; he has already done a sponsored walk, from Eastbourne Pier to Hastings Pier on 30th November, to help boost funds for the less fortunate over…
Some Traditions Remain
Entering the festive season, many of us will want to reflect on this difficult year and, in particular, remember family and friends no longer with us. Many changes have happened this year and we have had to adapt to new…
Know your rights as a Carer
Carers Rights Day, which fell last week on 26th November 2020, is an annual campaign to highlight unpaid carers and their rights – and East Sussex charity, Care for the Carers, wants to get the messageout. There are over 68,000…
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*. …