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. This means the lift follows government and industry Covid-19 guidelines,…
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 are assessing to build our housing project. The land is…
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 recently come into contact with hospice care for a relative…
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 to meet friendly teachers and fellow-learners, one solution is to…
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 parts of the West bank. But lockdown has not prevented…
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 the fascinating people of Hastings: we’ll now be showcasing ‘interesting…
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 our hands dirty. Gardening has never seen such a surge…
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 his second feature film, Vindication Swim, and is looking to…
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 academic underachievement, mental health issues and lack of opportunity in…
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 streets of the future. Power to Change is an important…