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The Ageing Well Festival
It’s not too late to take part East Sussex Seniors’ Association have been celebrating Older People’s Day (1st October) for 13 years with events across the county. This year they…
Well-known local artists donate to Secret Auction
Over 50 artists have pledged their original artworks for an online auction from 16th-26th September. The auction, to be held via eBay, will raise money for an electric wheelchair for…
Our County Ambassador
Back in 2018, (Issue 103, Sheriff’s Posse) HIP wrote about the anachronistic role of the County High Sheriff. David E P Dennis provides a different perspective. Andrew Blackman is the…
Feeling suicidal? You’re not alone
10th September is World Suicide Prevention Day where organisations and communities around the world come together to raise awareness of how we can create a world where fewer people die…
A horse called Arthur
During lockdown Suzanne Bunton was inspired by Captain Tom Moore’s fundraiser for the NHS and decided that she and her wonderful horse, Arthur, could cover 50 miles of laps around…
Mandatory dog walking for the UK? Hastings has it covered
According to a BBC report, a new law in Germany, called the Hundeverordnung, will require dog owners to walk their pets twice a day. The report says: “They won’t just…
Storytelling by sea: Another chance to join in
A dynamic documentary filmmaking workshop took place in St Leonard’s and Hastings this August under the mantle Storytelling by the Sea. Local filmmakers Ross Domoney and Rod Morris taught an…
Get writing for Hastings Week Poetry Competition
Hastings Week Poetry Competition continues to be a successful part of Hastings Week held each year in October. This year, the theme is Love Hastings. The competition is for all…
Local artist paints one of Hastings’ Everyday Heroes
Taking place across Southbank Centre, Everyday Heroes is an outdoor exhibition that celebrates the contributions that key workers and frontline staff have made during the pandemic. As part of this…
Go local for stress-free shopping?
The Covid lockdown has been good for some local shops. Not only were people avoiding crowded supermarkets and other chains, but they discovered that small shops could often supply things…
Be more bee
Many companies emerging from lockdown have changed in some way: Bee Potion, formerly run by Katharine O’Brien as a sole trader, became a community interest company (CIC). This was to…
What can you buy in a convenience store?
HIP investigates one of the many convenience stores of Hastings and St Leonards Hastings and St Leonards are full of convenience stores, but people are not always clear what they…
Activity programme to support at-risk youth
Hastings-based Education Futures Trust is a charitable organisation seeking to advance education for the public benefit in Hastings and the surrounding area. Working with schools and families, it aims to…
Join Sir Quentin Blake as part of lockdown history
Arts on Prescription aims to link the appropriate Creative Service with NHS, Health Care and Community Services to provide creative reminiscence and confidence-building activities to enhance wellbeing and reduce social isolation.…
Best Beach in East Sussex?
As a newsletter from East Sussex County Council proclaims: “When the sun is out there is nowhere quite like the beach, and in East Sussex we have some of the…
Things Are Opening Up – But For How Long?
Following a change in the Government guidance, things are opening up in Hastings. How long for we are not sure, so enjoy them while you ; The latest is Hastings…
Conservation Grazing gets a Boost
Cattle have been part of the council management of Hastings Country Park for many years, along with the wild Exmoor ponies that were reintroduced in February this year. The current…
The Circus Comes to Town
If you’re fed up with staying at home and the limited opportunities to go out and be entertained, perhaps you should consider a trip to the circus. Coming to Glyne…
Local Care Homes Keep Residents Safe
We don’t yet know why rates of Covid-19 are so low in Hastings, but it’s interesting enough to be the subject of a study at the University of Sussex. The…
Still Helping Young People at 80
Adapted from an article in Your East Sussex, When Jackie spotted an advert looking for people to give vulnerable teenagers a room, she could never have imagined where it would…
Morrisons Fund Mobile Medical Care for Homeless
The St John Ambulance Hastings Homeless Service aims to be accessible, approachable, and inclusive. It supports marginalised members of the community who find it difficult to access the NHS. The…
Coping With The Virus: What You Told The Council
There were well over 10,000 responses to the questionnaire organised by East Sussex County Council, who intend to use the information to guide their work in helping East Sussex rebuild…
West Hill Lift Off
Hastings Borough Council’s West Hill Lift, the 129-year-old funicular railway which connects the Old Town to Hastings Castle and Smugglers Adventure, has been awarded the ‘We’re Good to Go’ mark.…
Keep Learning With The WEA Education At Its Cheapest And Best
Although we are coming out of lockdown, many people are still experiencing a degree of social isolation. For those with too much time on their hands at home or wanting…
Hastings Takes Stand Against Israeli Annexation
Lockdown has diverted attention from many important issues going on in the world. One of these is ongoing illegal annexation of parts of Palestine culminating in the plan to annex…
Housing For Older Women Going Ahead
By Kate Moran Howch (Hastings Older Women’s Cohousing) is revving up after the lockdown and has good news: we’ve been given the go-ahead for a survey of the site we…
Hospice Launches Virtual Fundraising Pack
Having recently experienced the wonderful service hospices provide, I wanted to add my own voice to the work carried out by the hospice movement. I was particularly touched that, having…
Interesting People #1
Mike Willis The Community Ledge series ended with an homage to the whole town (See HIP Issue 152 Community Ledge #12). But this isn’t the end of our exploration of…
Keep Growing This Summer At St Leonards Own Community Garden
By Sherry Clark Covid-19 has provided us all with ample opportunity to think about how we use our time, and for some, how we can spend more time outdoors, getting…
Calling All Extras
Brighton Film Director hoping to film later this month Elliott Hasler, who writes and directs all his films, has been dubbed “the next Spielberg”. At 19, he recently embarked on…
Help Build a Nest for The Egg!
Like a cuckoo, the Eggtooth Project has been doing its amazing work without a place to call its own. Since 2012, its work with young people and families to tackle…
A New Vision For Our High Streets
In a recent article in the Financial Times, High streets face a ‘new normal with old problems’, Vidhya Alakeson, CEO of Power to Change wrote about her vision for high…
A Platform For Young Readers’ Voices
By Gail Borrow Catch this year’s biggest public display of young people’s art locally as ATownExploresABook20 gears up for its final weekend of exploration of H G Wells’ The Time…
OPINION Kicking up a stink
I was down at the Bathing Hut café on a recent sunny weekday and took the opportunity to think about the issues involved with the proposed redevelopment of the old…
4th July Hastings’ Own Independents’ Day
By Fiona McGarry “Independents’ Day is a not-for-profit campaign that exists “to support and promote independent retail businesses across the UK all year round, with an annual focus on 4th…
Opportunity To Engage With The Community
Heart of Hastings is a members-led Community Land Trust: it brings spaces into community ownership, making them available to people who need them. As the property boom continues our homes stay…
Fresh Look Museum
Over the past 18 months, Hastings Museum has undergone something of a transformation: first with the appointment of a new manager, Damien Etherington, and then a new team of curators.…
Isolation Station Hastings
Live Streaming & Good Vibes By Fiona McGarry At the beginning of lockdown, Dan Matthews was concerned that there was “nothing to connect people”. He got together with Andrew Davies,…
New Name Looks to the Future
We wrote in Post Pandemic Planning (HIP Issue 153) that we would continue to focus on this key issues for Hastings. Since then several more reports have emerged to join…
Refugee Week 2020
By Fiona McGarry This year the theme of Refugee Week (15th-21st June) is ‘Imagine’. It’s important that we do try to imagine, so we can begin to understand how people…