Archives for Community - Page 7
The Centre of the Community
The Clifton Community Centre in Central St Leonards recently welcomed supporters, funders, and partners to a celebration event to mark the end of a year-long project to make the building…
Come on Hastings, Ramp it Up!
PENNY PEPPER I’ve lived in Hastings for 15-and-a-half years. I love my town, I love the diversity and the quirky, creative people, not to mention the incomparable sense of community.…
Vexatious Vegetation
ROD WEBB East Sussex County Council (ESCC) is reminding people that “most roadside hedges are the responsibility of the landowner and need regular trimming to keep them within property boundaries”.…
Help Keep Shipwreck Afloat
ROD WEBB The popular Shipwreck Museum in Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, is on the lookout for more volunteers to work in the museum and shop. And, according to Tim McDonald, chair…
Open weekend with Freedom Leisure
If you fancy trying a new sport or want to improve your technique, Freedom Leisure centres in Hastings and Rother will be opening their doors to allow local people to…
Alexandra Park Greenhouse Fully Restored After 10 Years
Volunteers have celebrated 10 years of progress at a Hastings community hub with a surprise presentation to its chairman. Photos: Colin Foy Linda Pearson receives a presentation album from Linda Foy…
Craig’s Cabin
ROD WEBB I’d arranged to meet Craig at the Hidden Eden Wellbeing Garden, an early project of his that involved turning a disused playground into a multipurpose place for the…
Eco-Open-Home Events to Take Place Around East Sussex
Local residents open homes to the public to view energy-saving improvements and renewables Local residents from around East Sussex who have installed energy-saving and green technologies will be opening their…
What’s Wrong with me?
A question most girls ask themselves sometime in their lives Finley de Witt, local writer and body therapist, felt compelled to write Lovebroken (pub 2024) about their tumultuous journey through…
Volunteer Weeding Scheme Takes Root
FIONA MCGARRY speaks to Liz Farr about how the residents of Clinton Crescent, St Leonards came together to stop the use of toxic glyphosate in their street In December 2023…
Get Ready for the Hastings Seafood, Wine & Music Festival!
The highly anticipated Hastings Seafood, Wine & Music Festival is just around the corner, taking place from 13 to 15 September. With a lineup of events and activities, there’s something…
A Very Independent Estate Agent
FIONA MCGARRY speaks to Alex Atabey of Alexander Estates Alex is well aware of the reputation that estate agents have and has a wealth of stories to tell. He is…
Sally Burr,1977-2024, RIP
BEN BRUGES, co-Features Editor, pays tribute to a former HIP volunteer At HIP we learned that one of our long-term volunteers, Sally Burr, had passed away at the very young…
Roots of Return: The Road to Recovery
FIONA MCGARRY I took my own relatively good health for granted for many years, so recent health issues came as a shock and made me question my priorities and re-think…
Paid Partnership: The Case For… Using CBD
CBD (Cannabidiol) has become a popular natural supplement to support wellness, but not many of us understand how it works in the body. In fact, there is a lot of…
A Young Person’s Guide to the Musical
MIRI (7) and RUPERT (10) enjoy an evening out It’s too late to see the musical version of Charlie and the Chocolate factory at the White Rock Theatre, but the…
But he seemed like a ‘nice guy’ …
FLO GRAHAM When a man who seemed like a ‘nice guy’ murders three women in cold blood, what can we expect from the men who don’t seem like nice guys?…
Swimming against the Tide
ROD WEBB talks to Jacky Butler about her daughter’s bid to swim the channel In 2020, HIP carried an article about a young Brighton director who was making a film…
Hastings Celebrates the RNLI
This is the RNLI’s 200th year of saving lives at sea – and the Hastings lifeboat station is taking part Photos: Kevin Boorman Until recently, ‘retired’ lifeboats Priscilla MacBean and…
Pavements, Potholes and the Blocking of Dropped Kerbs
PENNY PEPPER In the sunny weather, I often find myself wheeling down the road attempting a slalom approach around the vast gruesome potholes, expecting a Saxon arrow to pop up…
Get Ready to Sing Big at the Big Sing
St Michael’s Hospice has announced the return of its Big Sing event. It’s set to be a spectacular celebration of music and community and takes place on Saturday 12 October…
WOH!
A regular space to bring ideas and reflections. We discuss and write together to create awareness & encourage positive change for women and Educating Ourselves About Health There is still…
New Green Gym at Conquest Hospital
National conservation volunteering charity, The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) is marking 65 years of connecting people and green spaces this year by launching a new project at the Conquest Hospital. The…
Women’s Cohousing: an Interview with HOWCH
JANIS JEFFERIES talks to Hastings Older Women’s Cohousing (HOWCH) about why such initiatives arestill needed Dave BruceHOWCH organising committee posing in homage to Lunch atop a skyscraper. One of the…
Southern Water: Apologies, Promises and Rebukes
Four senior officers of Southern Water, including Chief Executive Lawrence Gosden, came to Hastings on Tuesday 23 July to address all 32 members of the full borough council; they also…
Happiness in Mind
ROD WEBB Happiness in Mind is one of several services provided by the Education & Training Consortium under the general slogan of ‘helping to improve the lives of local people’. It…
Pride Reprieved
As HIP goes to press it seems hopeful that the Hastings Pride Festival at the Oval and LGBTQI+ parade through town on 25 August will go ahead after an 11th…
Choosing a Care Home
FIONA MCGARRY What should elderly people do when they can no longer manage to live independently? Angel HealthcareGlenmuir House Care homes had a bad press during Covid, and now that…
What We Doat the WI
MANDY SKEATES explains the Wonky Women's Institute: a safe, social and educational space for chat, laughter - and always fun Wonky WI2023 Charities Cheque Presentation Evening. Pictured L to R:…
National Women’s Register
PATRICIA WATKINS tells HIP about ‘the organisation that no one’s heard about’ Patricia WatkinsBattle Group celebration tea at the Royal Victoria hotel National Women’s Register (NWR) is a registered charity…
OBX Connects – Technology as a tool for resistance in the UK’s immigration system
Join OBX (The Observer Building’s Creative Technology Hub) on 25 July from for the forthcoming OBX Connects talk. OBX Connects are monthly free-to-attend talks by local and national digital artists…
The Evolutionof Sanctuary
Following a hugely successful event on 23 June to close Refugee Week in Hastings, organiser POLLY GIFFORD looks back on eight years of Sanctuary Festival Things rarely end up where…
Hastings Artists Unite to Raise Funds for Al Mawasi
Artists across Hastings have come together to raise funds for the community of Al Mawasi in Gaza. The Art Raffle is a collaboration between Stella Dore Gallery in St Leonards,…
A New Beginning
JJ and Paulina, the new owners of the Marina Fountain, talk to ROD WEBB about its future The Marina Fountain on West St Leonards seafront has had a great five…
Celebrating Refugees
NICKY TORODE National Refugee Week - whose theme this year was Our Home - was a busy time for Culbaba Theatre (Dandelion Theatre), the Ukrainian amateur choir from Bexhill, Hastings…
£100,000 Charity Giveaway
The David Hunt Trust announced in May that it had set aside £100,000 to donate to some of the smaller charities and community projects based in East and West ;…
Making the Most of Life
Often, the people and streets where we live lack the care and attention they deserve. If there isn’t much sense of community in your neighbourhood, maybe more of us need…
Disability Pride Month
A new regular column by disability activist, PENNY PEPPER JJ Waller Penny Pepper is an award-winning author and poet whose stories explore the disability narrative through provocation, humour and wisdom.…
Are House Parties a Thing of the Past?
FLO GRAHAM describes her experience of the decline of house parties and argues for their return For many of my teen years, house parties were key to an enjoyable weekend.…
Connecting with Nature at the Hollington Oak
June is the Month of Community, and the Eden Project eco-charity has been working with the people of Hollington to grow community spirit – quite literally. Community gardens and growing…