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Census 2021: Snapshot of Modern Society
Households in Hastings will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021. The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people…
Free Cookery Courses
Following a highly successful online course last November, Bags of Taste will be running a second online course from 25th January. Designed to help stretch the pennies for those on…
Hastings Emerging Futures Project – upcoming events
All through the Autumn of 2020, the Hastings Emerging Futures project ran a series of future visioning workshops for individuals and organisations working in the voluntary sector. The aim was…
Volunteer of the Year Goes the Extra Mile
A volunteer for the Education Futures Trust (EFT) has gone the extra mile to raise money for the charity, after walking 15 miles from Eastbourne to Hastings on November 24th.…
Bloomsbury donates books for Christmas
As part of its three-year partnership with the National Literacy Trust and commitment to Hastings Literacy Hub, Bloomsbury Publishing aims to provide every child in Hastings witha book of their…
Lottery Grants for Community Support still Available
With the Covid-19 pandemic still here, the National Lottery continues to support people and communities most adversely impacted. Funding can help make a real difference with sums available from £300…
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…
Had an article in HIP? Get a FREE mounted print!
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…
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…
Hastings Museum is ‘Good to Go’
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery re-opened on Thursday, 10th December. The family-friendly museum with amazingly diverse collections, offers access to art, culture and history from around the ;And the museum…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Financial Grant to help those in fuel poverty
Hastings Advice & Representation Centre and Energise South Coast have received a financial grant from the British Gas Energy Trust to work together in supporting those impacted by fuel poverty…
Black History Month
Celebrating the local Black community in Hastings St Leonards and Hastings Alliance for Diverse Ethnicities (SHADE), Black Butterfly and Hastings Borough Council are joining in the celebration of Black History…
SOS to the Rescue of the Rescue Boat
By Katherine Crowther As a self-funded rescue boat service, Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat (PLIRB) has been struggling since the pandemic closed down all of its planned fundraising events for…
Sister Suzie on Women in the Blues
Susan Simms has had a busy year. Not to be browbeaten by Covid she got through the lockdown by continuing to dress up on Fridays with her then landlord Bevali…
Hastings Musical Festival is going Virtual!
By Jenny Griffiths Hastings Musical Festival has been going since 1908 – that’s 112 years! We are certainly not going to let Covid defeat us. However, because of the ongoing…
Cash boost for Hospice
Plus pre-loved Donations restarts! St Michael’s Hospice, providing free-of-charge specialist palliative care and support to patients and their families throughout Hastings and Rother, is heavily dependent on the generosity of…
Plans Lodged Housing on Pilot Field
Hastings United Football Club have lodged twin planning applications with the borough council to pursue their intended relocation from Pilot Field on Elphinstone Road to the Tilekiln playing fields above…
HBC leads county effort to shelter rough sleepers as winter approaches
Hastings Borough Council is the lead partner amongst councils in East Sussex in a successful joint funding bid from the government’s Next Steps Accommodation Project to minimise the number of…
Close to Me: behind the scenes
When film crews come to town, local social media light up, especially when celebrity actors like Christopher Eccleston pop into a local shop* for a lunchtime sausage roll. HIP gets…
Become a Hedgehog Champion
By Rebecca Soan I live in Silverhill, St Leonards, and recently discovered I have a resident hedgehog. The joy I experienced seeing this beautiful creature was tinged with sadness. I…
Vanguard of a post-Covid retail landscape?
By Susan de Muth Not to be confused with the monthly Kings Road Street Market – which unfortunately has yet to emerge from the rubble of lockdown – St Leonards…
Hastings Week will brighten up your shopping experience
Hastings Week’s ‘Best Dressed Window Display’ Competition has now been officially launched by the Deputy Mayor, Cllr James Bacon. Time to get dressing. The first thing to point out is…
Surviving the streets: Call out for tents and sleeping bags
With the change in weather it’s even more vital that rough sleepers have somewhere warm and dry to sleep at night – even if it’s in a tent. Surviving the…
Wrap up your honey and give plenty of money!
Every year in the Easter school holidays, ATownExploresABook festival celebrates a book. Next year’s will be Edward Lear’s Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets of 1871. This much-loved heritage anthology…
Looking for an alternative to alcohol?
I’ve often wondered why I drink. What is it specifically about alcohol that I want to experience? What I do know is that when I’ve been forced to spend long…
Coffin Club Hub launches in Hastings
Coffin Club has run in Hastings for the past three years. It was the brainchild of Kate Tym and Kate Dyer, two funeral celebrants who are passionate about changing the…