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Set Up Your Own Housing Co-op!
St Leonards-based artist Emily Johns will be giving an introductory workshop, How to Set Up a Housing Co-op. The workshop will be based on her experience of co-founding Walden Pond…
Sunday Lunch in Warrior Square Gardens: You’re Invited
Hastings has no shortage of special ways to socialise, but The Big Lunch is a bit different. You don’t have to wear green or dress as a pirate, play in…
The Oak speaks for us all
When The Oak Spoke is a socially engaged art commission led by visual artist Beccy McCray for Wadhurst Culture, opening on June 22nd in the Jardin d’Aubers. Fringe events before…
Something Concrete Is Happening In The Observer Building
By Sarah Jackman The Observer Building was purchased by local developer White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures (WRNV) on 14th February and, just over 4 weeks later, renovation work began – the…
Celebrate Hastings’ volunteers at Electric Palace cinema this Volunteers Week
This is a press release from Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings. The Electric Palace cinema in Hastings Old Town is hosting a special event during Volunteers Week (1-7 June) to celebrate…
The Eggtooth Project Hatches A Golden Egg
An egg tooth is a tooth-like structure on the beaks of baby birds (and egg-laying mammals) used to break through the egg’s surface during hatching. One of the wonders of nature.…
Exciting Developments At Emmaus Hastings & Rother
Emmaus, the charity which provides the homeless with accommodation and a route back to independent life has ambitious plans for upgrading their main site and superstore in St Leonards. A…
St Leonards Festival 2019 Is On!
There’s more than a month till the 14th St Leonards Festival on Saturday 29th June, but anyone who wants to get involved should sign up quickly. According to Mandy Curtis,…
Jack in the Green – A Tale of Dressing Up
By Rod Webb While enjoying Jack in the Green (JITG), you might wonder what goes into making all the costumes, why people go to so much trouble, how long it…
Jack In The Green Full Programme
Friday 3rd MayFolk Session at the Stag Inn from ;Folk music and singing. Saturday 4th MayDancing on Winkle Island from , with local morris groups Mad Jack’s Morris and Hannah’s…
Experience The Wonder: A Magical Walk For Charity
Chestnut Tree House, the children’s hospice for Sussex and South East Hampshire, is bringing a brand new walk to Eastbourne this summer – and it promises to be an evening…
Music Competition – Spring Live! 2019
East Sussex College sets out to prepare the best acts. After the success of last year’s show, the College is looking for four acts (solo artists or groups) to perform…
Credit Union Moves In With Other Community Action Groups
Local financial services provider Hastings and Rother Credit Union reports that it has moved to new fully accessible and secure offices in Hastings town ; The new base at Jackson…
Visionary Housing Project for Older Women
Hastings Older Women Co-housing (HOWCH) is a community-based housing project that is working towards providing co-housing for women over 50 in Hastings and St Leonards. Following a series of successful…
‘Power to Change’ Releases Another £3m For Community Businesses
By Rod Webb The Community Business Fund, Power to Change, will reopen on Wednesday, 24th April offering grants of between £50,000 and £300,000. Grants are available for businesses in England…
Project Art Works From Local to International
By Rod Webb Sometimes you have to travel outside Hastings to get a proper perspective on the town and the amazing things that go on here. It’s not something I…
Volunteer Driver
The Association of Carers is on the lookout for a new volunteer driver to help other volunteers who are unable to drive or don’t have access to a vehicle to…
Good News For The Elderly – Including Hens And Winkles
By Rod Webb We all know there is a crisis in elderly care. The population is aging, councils have less money and the private care home sector is losing money.…
Treasures from the Amsterdam
By Rod Webb Hastings Independent covered the first 2019 guided tour of the wreck of the Amsterdam on a cold morning in February (see 8th March edition). At the end…
Local Children Produce Knockout Puppet Panto
In a comic variation of the sorry tale of Hansel and Gretel, an enthusiastic audience watched the fall of the three turrets on Baron Big Belly’s castle! The event was…
Bringing Ideas Together To Create Solutions
Hastings is well known for its creativity and always seems to be buzzing with ideas. But some feel the energy is too easily dissipated through a lack of joined-up thinking.…
Free educational talks for older people
Be your own doctor - Avoiding Frailty in Older ; Fresh and entertaining talks for older people across four venues in Hastings, St Leonard’s, Bexhill and Rother during April and…
Become Part Of The Pantry Family
The Pantry is a community food store run by volunteers for the benefit of the local community. They are expanding rapidly and looking for more people to help them out.…
Raising A Glass For EFT
If you’re a fan of wine and want to raise money for charity, combine the two for EFT’s Wine Tasting Fundraiser at Carr Taylor Vineyard in April. Hastings-based support charity…
Hastings Open Mosque Day A Success
By Rod Webb Open day at Hastings Mosque on Sunday 3rd March was part of the fifth annual #VisitMyMosque Day, where mosques opened their doors to the general public ‘for…
Putting My Foot In It
Granma gives her views on dogs Mothers in Dudley Road in Ore recently had to call in the council after steps to the local school were fouled by dogs – and…
Local Charities Get Bags of Money
Corporate responsibility might just seem like a fig leaf to cover the excessive profits of large corporations, but it’s still interesting to see how their charitable funding can help at…
Join A Day Of ‘Inspiration and Perspiration’
Feeling overwhelmed, paralysed, fearful about the future and looking for a way to take action? This is the event for you. The first showcase event of the Common Treasury of…
Much-needed Support For Men
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th each year and Hastings did its bit (see report here). Fewer people know about International Men’s Day celebrated on November 19th –…
Egg-citing Fun This Easter At Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Starting on Saturday 6th April, the legendary free Easter Egg Hunt returns to the Hastings Museum. This fun free trail will take you on an egg-xcellent journey through the museum…
Get involved at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is looking for enthusiastic people to get involved by is not necessary and you don’t need any special or in-depth knowledge of the town or history:…
RSPCA Cattery reopened
Bluebell Ridge Cat Rehoming Centre in Chowns Hill, Hastings reopened on 11th March after closing for over a month due to resident cats being under the ; Myra Grove, Centre…
Local children produce puppet panto!
Children and families from the local community are working to produce a Mad March Puppet Panto! With practitioners from TheatreRotto, a Hastings-based puppet theatre company and charity. The group have…
Creative New Support For Carers Launched
Care for the Carers update HIP readers on their latest activities The charity Care for the Carers launched an exciting new package of support for carers in East Sussex at…
Calling Time on Fast Fashion
Rod Webb highlights a St Leonards haberdashery If you feel the pace of life is getting too much, you might want to visit La La Rookh in Norman Road. The…
Victory For Victor!
Sent in by Hazel Cake, who volunteers at Seven Acre Horse Sanctuary It now seems that life is looking up for Victor the horse. After an article in the 11…
Shipwreck Retains Pulling Power
Rod Webb visits the Amsterdam wreck Why on earth would upwards of 150 people gather on the beach in Bulverhythe at 8am on a Saturday morning in February? OK, it…
Littlish Allsorts
Merlin Betts interviewed Lisa Chester-Linskey of Littlish Allsorts, a weekly session held in residential homes that builds relationships between toddlers and the elderly Lisa Chester-Linskey runs Baby Sing, Sign and…
Partnership Boosts Sara Lee Support For Those With Cancer
Hastings-based charity, the Sara Lee Trust, has announced an exciting new partnership with Look Good Feel Better (LGFB), the only international cancer support charity that provides practical support for people…
Helen Pankhurst Calls On HIP Readers To Help End Workplace Harassment
Descendant of the suffragettes Helen Pankhurst is calling on Hastings Independent readers to travel to Westminster on Tuesday 5 March to ask MPs to commit to ending workplace harassment. The…