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 Boorman Kevin Boorman, marketing manager for Hastings Borough Council, which…
£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 across the UK and appeal to individuals who might not…
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. Andrews Square; a chance for children of local disadvantaged residents…
Community Ledge #6 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 chalk”, at 70 – enabling her to concentrate more on…
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 ; Each year hundreds of people join in this simple act…
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 £140 Warm Home Discount. The free advice and information covers…
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 carers had different ideas on what helps youngsters’ emotional wellbeing.…
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 the transition to an adulthood free of crime, and full…
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 supporting the residents of Hastings Borough for over 30 ;…
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. Around 500 tickets to The Lost Toys’ Big Christmas Adventure…