End of Life Care in Disarray
Brian Bostock is responsible for end of life and complex care patients over a large part of Kent. Palliative Care Service End of life care is an emotional rollercoaster for everyone involved. It can last anything from a few hours…
Taking The Pub Back Home
As a ‘live’ product, cask ale requires not only craft and care but also a fast turnover. What do beer drinkers do with pubs shut due to Covid-19? And what do the pubs do with their beer supplies sitting in…
5 Wellbeing Tips from Lisa Powell
1. Practice Daily GratitudeTake time each day to think about things that you’re grateful for. It doesn’t matter how small or simple it is, it could be hearing birds when you wake, feeling the soft touch of air whispering on…
Beers To Go: Eel & Bear
By Mary Redmond The question Nick and I are most often asked by customers in our little bottle shop and tap room (apart from “what’s with the name?”) is, “What made you decide to do this, then?” The answer is…
Spring Hibernation
How local green groups are coping with lockdown We have a wealth of environmental and wildlife groups in and around Hastings, mainly comprised of volunteers. At this time of the year they’d normally be embarking on a busy activity programme.…
Cupboard Kids
With little ones growing restless under lockdown, cooking together is a great way to teach children about food and keep them engaged in an activity that has a tasty outcome. The recipes that follow have been submitted by local parents…
Cupboard Creations
Cooking Online in the time of Corona By Pasha Milburn During the Covid-19 crisis, many of us have had to alter our shopping and eating habits, making use of cans at the back of the cupboard and generally becoming more…
Friends of Hastings Country Park
HIP spoke – at a safe distance – to Michael Moor, FoHCP chairperson and asked how the group is doing day to day. He told us: “The Country Park Nature Reserve supports our physical and mental health and is much…
Strandliners: ‘Cleaner rivers, cleaner seas’
Spokesperson Andy Dinsdale told HIP: “As projects are cancelled for the foreseeable future, we’re striving to keep an online presence. There’s no formal coastal monitoring of plastic pollution, just reports from our network when people are able to make it…
How Not To Lose It In Lockdown
By Terryalice Lewis, Tots Play These truly are strange times but they don’t have to drive you crazy. Here are a few ways to help from a parent or carer’s point of view: • Have a routineThe odd PJ day…