Youth Social Media Channel launched
Young people from across Sussex have been collaborating on a new social media channel, using creative ideas to raise awareness of issues such as mental health, racism, and body positivity. The channel, named Luma, went live on Instagram on Monday…
Creative Projects for Care Homes
HIP ran two stories about care homes in the last issue as part of Dementia Action Week. This week we take a look at the use of creativity in care homes to tackle the stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic…
HIP YOUNG WRITING
Get Hastings Reading Our passion for words goes viral By Stephen Ratcliffe Culture Shift, a key partner in the Get Hastings Reading campaign, has launched a series of short films to encourage young people to take up the art of…
New Chapter for Hastings As Charity Takes On Literacy Campaign
“Books to the ceiling, books to the sky. My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.” – ARNOLD LOBEL Hastings-based support…
Getting Creative With Careers Advice
Culture Shift is a local organisation with a fresh approach to careers advice through its Creative Café careers programme. Set up by Culture Shift in 2012 to bring creative professionals and students together, the idea is that it’s easier for…
Exhibitions
THOMAS DENMAN Earlier this month at Hastings Station, Judy Rogers and Nigel Sinden, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hastings, opened ‘Welcome to Hastings’, a lively, multimedia exhibit brought to us by the not-for-profit Zoom Arts group. Thus opened another exciting…