Sara Lee Launches New eBay Shop
Local charity, The Sara Lee Trust, announces the launch of its new eBay store online as part of its ongoing support for local people affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. As the trust relies on donations, you never know…
Feel The Burn: A Challenge For 2020!
Martha Trust has partnered with Summerfields Leisure Centre to deliver a calorie-busting, three-hour ‘Spinathon’ on Sunday 16th February from 9am-12noon. The trust, which offers residential care for young people with profound disabilities, is asking participants to raise whatever sponsorship money…
Hastings Pier Comes Back To Life
When Hastings Pier was sold into private ownership in June 2018, the digital pier archive was given to Hastings Museum and Art Gallery (HMAG). Since 2019 the volunteers of Hastings Pier Community Archive have worked in collaboration with HMAG to…
East Sussex Podcaster Wins At Gardening ‘Oscars’
Local podcaster, Sarah Wilson, who until recently co-owned Simply Garden in George Street Hastings, has won Podcast of the Year at the prestigious Garden Media Guild Awards, the so-called gardening ‘Oscars’; she was recognised for her weekly gardening show Roots…
Community Action Group To Set Up In Hastings
ACORN the Union is a member-led campaigning organisation supporting and empowering low-income communities across the country to fight for a better life. Founded in Bristol in 2015 as a local action group, it has grown into a national organisation that…
What To Do If You Can’t Get A Gp Appointment
East Sussex County Council have issued a helpful guide to making the best use of NHS services in a bid to prevent overloading local A&E services. However, the rise in visits to A&E has been provoked by the decline in…
Europe Is Still Our Neighbour
Visit Two of Hastings’ Twins Whatever our future relationship with Europe, Hastings will continue to maintain its long-term ties with four continental towns: Béthune (France), Schwerte (Germany), Oudenaarde (Belgium) and Dordrecht (The Netherlands). Over the years, twinning has given Hastings…
Birth of Living Streets
Do you want to improve the pedestrian experience in Hastings? Are you concerned about speeding cars, the lack of zebra crossings or just want to make our streets more accessible and welcoming for everyone so we all feel encouraged to…
Young And Out Of Work?
This could be for you Sussex-based charity, Enterprise Junction, is launching a new training programme across East Sussex in January 2020, to support young people, 16-25, to start their own business or develop the skills and experience they need for…
Helping The Homeless
By Sally Burr Young volunteers from St Matthew’s Church made Christmas survival bags for homeless people in Hastings with the help of elderly care home residents at Crest House care home in St Leonards. Catherine Harvey of St Matthew’s Church…