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There’s A First Time For Everything
The two-part ceramics course is now complete, the pots have been glazed and distributed to participants to proudly display at home. This was all part of the First Time for…
Knitting Is Good For You
Learn a skill and make friends at the new Sugar Pie Honey Buns knitting group between each Monday evening, beginning on Monday 2nd March. If you’re already a knitter, bring…
Romance Doesn’t Need To Be Legal
With February the month when love is officially sanctioned by a greetings card and a gift, Madelaine Cooper, a humanist wedding celebrant living in Hastings, finds it heart-warming to see…
Hearing Loss?
Don’t miss the bus! East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre is providing a no-charge mobile information and advice service for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people living in East Sussex.…
Hang Out with the Conquest Hospital Radio Crew
Conquest Hospital Radio is hosting a fundraiser at Hastings & St Leonards Angling Club on 21st March to raise funds for the station. Wavebands runs from 3pm to 11pm and…
Take the Castle Night Challenge
Be the first to take part in a brand new 10k trek with Chestnut Tree House on Saturday 16th May and experience the stunning grounds of Herstmonceux Castle after dark.…
Free Course For People Living With Sight Loss
The Living with Sight Loss course is designed to help local blind and partially sighted people to regain their confidence and independence. The sessions will provide advice on a range…
Creating A Local Food Network In Hastings
There are many great food projects in Hastings, from Dom’s Food Mission and Surviving the Streets to Bags of Taste, Home Ground Kitchen and Pea Pod Veg. Some work is…
Hastings Week 2019: Prizes Awarded
While Hastings Week 2019 might now seem part of ‘that year’, it was this year, 2020 that the winners of events of Hastings Week were honoured at a special Prize…
Positive Start For West St Leonards Forum
The West St Leonards Forum, with funding support from Common Treasury and Locality, recently launched a campaign to encourage residents and local amenity groups to work together for a better…
Bloom Britannia according to Justin Greenland
An interview with Barefoot Opera’s youth lead, Justin Greenland, by Caf Fean Who are Barefoot Opera, and what is Bloom Britannia?Barefoot Opera is a creative arts organisation who want to…
New Look Emmaus Ready For A New Decade
By Sally Burr Emmaus (pronounced ‘Em-ous’) was first established in Paris in 1949 by Father Henri- Antoine Groues to provide accommodation, work and community to homeless people. There are now…
Reclaiming The Streets
Eleanor Togut, project coordinator for Living Streets reports on the recent meeting in ; The launch of the Hastings Living Streets Local Group on Saturday, 25th January 2020 brought together…
Glenn Veness kicks off! Again
An occasional column by well-known Hastings resident Glenn Veness in which he expresses his opinions in flamboyant style. Being 70 years old, I’m frequently told that Kath and I are…
Community Ledge #8: The Horse & Groom Pub
Although the Community Ledge set out to showcase people who deserve recognition ‘for being a stand-out member of our community’ we felt it time to extend our range to highlight…
Local Rspca Offers Free Talks To Community Groups
The RSPCA Sussex East and Hastings Branch, also known as Bluebell Ridge Cat Rehoming Centre, offering talks to community groups or clubs in Hastings and ; Bluebell Ridge, who rescue…
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…
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…
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…
HIP is online?
I recently bumped into Chris Richards of Band of Brothers and asked him what he thought of the article I’d written about the organisation he’s involved in (See Issue 141).…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Need Fresh Air After Christmas Day? Boxing Day Opening For East Hill Lift
The country’s steepest working funicular railway, in Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings Old Town, will be open 26th December for anyone wanting some fresh air up on the East Hill. PICTURE: Kevin…
£2M Lottery Funding To Boost Community Spirit
A £2 million National Lottery fund has opened to celebrate the National Lottery’s 25th Birthday, with thousands of grants available to Sussex residents. The aim is to boost community spirit…
Helping Others Over The Festive Season
Surviving Christmas Surviving Christmas will be a visible presence during the Christmas period, with a Christmas grotto on 21st and 23rd December, , at the Salvation Army hall in St.…
Community Ledge #7: Erica Barrett
Last month we nominated a mature 16-year-old for the community Ledge. This month we have a youthful 79-year-old, a former teacher who only gave up teaching or “laid down my…
Lights of Love 2019
St Michael’s Hospice hosts Lights of Love as an act of remembrance for someone who has passed away by dedicating a star or heart on a Lights of Love ;…
Energy Advice For Winter
Energise Sussex Coast’s winter energy advice service has restarted. In the first two weeks alone it has saved residents £2,381 by switching to a cheaper supplier or applying for the…
Top Tips To Support Children’s Mental Wellbeing
Young people in East Sussex are offering ‘top ten tips’ to help parents and carers support children’s mental health after a survey of almost 1,000 people found children, parents and…
A Band of Brothers
Helping young men help themselves abandofbrothers mentors “young men involved or in danger of becoming involved in the criminal justice system, providing them with the support they need to make…
Free Theatre Tickets from Foodbanks!
An all-female theatre production company will bring Christmas cheer to disadvantaged children this year, using food banks in Hastings and Eastbourne to give out free theatre tickets to low-income families.…
Pictures Are Powerful, The Community Is Valuable
Help Hastings Voluntary Action create a large public artwork bringing the community together and highlighting the fantastic volunteers of Hastings. PIC: The Peoples Picture Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) has been…
Our NHS and Our Community
Graham Pearcy wrote eloquently about his experience of the NHS in Poetic Justice and the NHS (Issue 139). It’s interesting how one good experience can make you ‘almost’ question your…
Pot Luck with Common Treasury
On Thursday, 28th November, the second Taking-it-Forward potluck supper will be hosted by The Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas. It’s the next stage of the 24th October showcase that featured…
Shape The Future Of The Observer Building!
The project to renovate the Observer Building (OB), the iconic ex-newspaper factory at the heart of Hastings town centre, is entering its next exciting phase – developing designs for the…