Archives for Community - Page 9
Frock up to Get Down
This Saturday, 3 February, the Observer building will host a Frock Up Friday market (). The market stalls will offer a whole range of glamorous frocks, hats, shoes, jewellery and…
A Forgotten Hastings Hoaxer
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING investigate a curious case Have you ever heard of Charles Dawson? I suspect not. He was a well respected Victorian gent who was brought up…
Pedalling a Good Cause
Are you looking for a new fitness challenge for 2024? And one that would actually help other people? How about a 4-day cycle ride from Eastbourne to Amsterdam? Obviously that…
A Pearl for the People?
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING ask what the Hastings Contemporary is doing for the people of Hastings. The shiny black box of the Hastings Contemporary that graces The Stade in…
A Renter’s Rant
JANE METCALFE gives us one renter’s tale. My rental story is all too common, particularly in this current climate. It’s a story with a happy ending, preceded by one of…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Living the Rental Nightmare
My partner D and I are both 65. He is in poor health. We have lived in our current ground floor flat on St Leonards seafront for five years. We…
Ten Weeks That Could Shake Your World
NICK PELLING highlights the Hastings Writers Workshop If you have ever attempted the lonely craft of writing a short story or a poem, you will know how easy it is…
More Than a Gym
NICK PELLING & HELEN MURPHY investigate the realities of a community leisure centre. Around this rather bloated time of year, many people begin to think about self-improvement schemes, like joining…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Peace ‘n Love and Warmth on the Pier
FIONA MCGARRY Monday morning: it’s dark, wet and stormy – I can hear the sea roaring in the distance. I have some work with a midday deadline, but my elderly…
It’s a Kind of Madness?
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING investigate an amazing project. Something extraordinary is happening at the junction of Pevensey and London Roads. Something almost heroic, perhaps. Four years ago, one man…
A Time Machine in George Street
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING visit an almost new vintage outlet Donna Grimaldi What does the concept of vintage clothing actually mean? Some might think it is just second-hand stuff,…
Kickstarting Youth Spaces
In March of this year, Hastings Commons secured a generous grant from the Youth Investment Fund of £ million. This has enabled the organisation to set up the Hastings Youth…
Open to All Possibilities
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING visit the start of the ‘open house’ at the Afri-Co-Lab The Afri-Co-Lab, at Marine Court, is opening its doors to all in the Hastings and…
The YoYo Club is in the Park
HELEN MURPHY talks to Tara Reddy about an exciting new project Arts on Prescription was founded on the undeniable principle that artistic practice is good for your mental health and…
Dreaming of a Bright Christmas
NICK PELLING The Bright Foundation is a remarkable place. It is situated in 24 acres of beautiful land, Rodgers Farm, but it is only a few minutes out of…
Looking for a Spark
HIP catches up with a woman on a literary mission Hastings and St Leonards has an exceptional wealth of creative individuals. One such ‘creative’ is London-born Aruna Vasudevan, a multi-talented,…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Pink Star Pilates
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING investigate the P word Pink Star Pilates We should admit something: we thought Pilates was just another variant of yoga, probably a branch of transcendental…
Thinking Inside the Box
JUDE MONTAGUE uncovers a slice of Social History I have been chasing history. Specifically, Hastings history. My research has uncovered the tale of the first woman ever to become a…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Word Up!
NICK PELLING & HELEN MURPHY find out about the town’s new adult literacy group. Isabel Hodger Do you know an adult who struggles to read fluently? The difficulty is really…
One Woman, Four Floods, No Justice
HELEN MURPHY & NICK PELLING investigate one woman’s struggle with Southern Water In the last edition of HIP (238), much was written about the seeming incompetence of Southern Water and…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Helping Hastings’Pets in Need
STEVEN SHORT Pet Pantry wants to help pet owners struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and needs your donations. You may have heard that there are currently more food banks in…
Interacting with Hastings History
WILL DAVIES, from Whalebone Films, explains how he has developed an interactive Hastings History Map. When I was young, I had an unusual picture book. It was a series of…
A Merciful Menagerie
Leah HammondLeah and guinea pigs NICK PELLING & HELEN MURPHY are inspired by a visit to the White Horse Stables rescue centre. It was pouring with rain on the day…
Hastings Musical Festival
JENNY GRIFFITHS Festival President Petula Clark, with 2022 performers Calling all amateur dancers, musicians, singers and spoken word enthusiasts in Hastings for the 2024 Hastings Musical ; Every year since…
Clean Water Watch
A regular column to update readers on the damaging effects of the current management of water in Hastings, surrounding areas (and nationally) and what people are doing about it. If…
Clean the World
MARTA SINGH reports on how the Jan Brzechwa Polish Supplementary School in Hastings has been taking the Lead on World Cleanup Day Emphasising the school’s commitment to community and environmental…
Community Round-up
Hospice Xmas Market If you’re feeling festive already, take a trip to one of the St Michael’s Hospice Christmas markets in November. Many local stallholders will be there selling unique…
Spirit of Bonfire
SERENA FERRARI Near New England - where I grew up - the turn of the season was always characterised by the befalling of ghosts and witches and tricky treaters. As…
Pocket Park Award
The Pocket Park, a community garden in Hughenden Road, has received an award in the Royal Horticultural Society’s ‘South and South-East in Bloom contest’. Photos: Rebecca Sinker Local community volunteers…
Be the Nurse You Dreamt of
Demelza Hospice Care for Children, with a hub in West St Leonards, has launched a new nurse recruitment campaign. The children’s charity, which provides clinical care and emotional support to…
Sharing a Little Bit of Prosperity
ROD WEBB A welcome injection of funds in the Broomgrove area of Hastings is due to take place shortly, or already begun, with three projects benefitting from the UK Shared…
A Chink of Light in the Darkness
JULIA VAN COEVORDEN The London Road Post Office building in the heart of St Leonards is in a sorry state. Take a look at the front facade of the building…
Local parents demand meeting with MP over climate U-turns
JEN ROUSE After news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is rolling back a range of climate targets, parents from the Hastings group of Parents For Future have written to Sally-Ann…
Hastings Country Park Maintains Funding
Hastings Borough Council has been successful in obtaining another 10-year Countryside Stewardship grant for Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve (HCPNR).This latest grant from HCPNR is estimated to be worth £70,000…
Hastings High School for Girls Reunion
A gathering of Hastings High School former pupils at the Royal Victoria Hotel last week (See Issue 234 for full story). The school was demolished in the sixties, but this…