Tag archives for Hastings Voluntary Action
HVA Volunteer Awards 2026
Hastings Voluntary Action’s annual Volunteer Award Nominations are now open! Nominations are invited for people who either live or volunteer in Hastings. The categories are: Award for Individual Excellence in…
Pride in Place Applications Invited
HUGH SULLIVAN The Hastings Neighbourhood Board (HNB), charged with allocating £20 million of government money over the next ten years to boost community amenities and activities in the town, is…
Men Behaving Wisely
ROD WEBB Anyone involved in Hastings’ voluntary sector will know how well served the town is. Local research suggests that regular volunteering is far more common here than in much…
Community Events and Activities
Record-breaking May Day RNLI Fundraiser At the heart of Hastings’ Jack in the Green festivities, the RNLI Hastings May Day Bank Holiday fundraiser was one of the station’s most successful recent events.…
Engaging with Hastings Voluntary Sector
The Directors Briefing event will tell you all you need to know about the Hasting Voluntary sector. If you are new in post in a voluntary organisation or keen to…
Time to Start the Conversation
HIP has partnered with suicide prevention group Hastings Baton of Hope to spread the word about this national campaig which arrives in town on 23 September Mr Hastings and Mr…
Age-Friendly Celebrations in Hastings
Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) have been organising Age-Friendly events and festivals to support and enable older people to lead healthy and active lives. Jane CaleyThe HVA Diwali Celebration Back in…
Talking Big
ROD WEBB looks at the recently released Big Conversation report on enlisting community engagement in town regeneration Under the former government, Hastings was one of 75 towns selected to receive…
Protect Our Green Spaces
CHARMIAN KENNER Standing Up For Nature (SU4N) Hastings & Rother is holding an event for everyone concerned about losing our precious green spaces to building development. Protect Our Green Spaces…
Kick Out theGrey Cliché
NICK PELLING looks into a forthcoming action day. I suspect that most people don’t think being old is a desirable state of being. Oldies tend to get a bad press:…
Isabel Blackman Centre relaunches
Thanks to the support of the Hastings Old Town community and kind backing from the surrounding area, Isabel Blackman Centre in Winding Street, Old Town, Hastings will remain open indefinitely.…
Religions, Faiths and Cultures Unite
Do you ever wonder if anything goes on locally to encourage people of different faiths – or none – to meet each other, discuss issues of mutual interest, or find…
Volunteers Still Needed
Volunteers’ Week was from 1st to 7th June, a time to thank volunteers for all their hard work. But the work goes on, so HIP is spotlighting Hastings Voluntary Action…
Local Labour at Odds with Party’s National Policy?
Why is Hastings Borough Council (HBC) intent on building on green spaces within the borough when there are extensive brownfield sites in the town that could be developed instead? That…
Census 2021: Snapshot of Modern Society
Households in Hastings will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021. The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people…
BAME Survey in Hastings:
“When can I be just ‘British’?” A survey undertaken in recent weeks to report the impact of Covid-19 on “the BAME community” of Hastings and St Leonards includes among its…
Turning the Lights Back on at the IB Centre
The closure of the much-loved Isabel Blackman day centre in Winding Street reduced many of its older users to tears 17 months ago. Now it could soon reopen its doors…
Deal Us In!
West St Leonards community groups seek share in Town Deal to fund development alternatives Since October last year, Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has been insisting that it is on the…
Isolation Station Hastings
Live Streaming & Good Vibes By Fiona McGarry At the beginning of lockdown, Dan Matthews was concerned that there was “nothing to connect people”. He got together with Andrew Davies,…
Post Pandemic Planning for Hastings
How to benefit the whole community In Issue 150 of HIP, HEART Looks Beyond Lockdown, we talked to Alastair Fairley, co-founder of HEART, about the organisation’s post lockdown plans and…
HEART Looks Beyond Lockdown
Huge numbers of selfless residents have stepped up to help isolated people cope with the Coronavirus pandemic according to Hastings Emergency Action Response Team (HEART). Established by volunteers Kim Batty…
HEART Doesn’t Miss a Beat
As I wrote in my previous article (HIP Issue 48: Hastings’ Response to a Crisis), the Hastings Emergency Action Response Team (HEART) has emerged as a galvanising force for action.…
Hastings’ Response To A Crisis
One of the good aspects of a crisis is the way people come together. What we are not so good at is seeing things coming. But on Thursday 12th March,…
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…
Can you spare any time to volunteer?
Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) are trying to encourage more people to volunteer but have found that people often don’t know what opportunities are available or how to get involved. To…
Ore Valley On The Market
The acre freehold site of the former power station at Ore Valley, allocated in the Hastings Local Plan for up to 50 units of housing and now vacant after the…
Picture Our Heroes
Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA), the community council which promotes and supports activities and initiatives of volunteer groups and individuals across the town, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. To…
Calling All Charities!
Charities from Hastings and the surrounding area are invited to Hastings Voluntary Action’s ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ Charities Fair to promote their organisation and activities FOR FREE. The aim is to celebrate…
Ore Library Closure
By Colin Gibson After efforts by the local community to keep it open after its initial closure order in May 2018, Ore public library will now close and will be…
Think Big, Act Local
North-east Hastings is not an obviously distinct neighbourhood. With a population of around 8,000 residents, it ranges from Down Farm and Red Lake at the north end to the streets…
Volunteers’ Week
Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) Almost all charities and community groups rely on volunteers. Volunteers’ Week, running from 1st to 7th June, is an annual opportunity to celebrate the contribution that…
Small Town, Open Mind
By Pete Donohue The Hastings & St. Leonards community has a history of all-inclusiveness and speaking its mind that stretches back over many years. Through 2017 we continue that tradition…
Helping Self Help
By Tanya Vice October was a very busy month for the Helping Self Help project! Tuesday 4th October saw self- help groups coming together for our Networking Café at Sussex…