Tag archives for Homelessness
Emmaus Grant to Provide Counselling Support
Homelessness charity Emmaus Hastings & Rother has been awarded £19,200 from the National Lottery Awards for All England programme to support the delivery of one-to-one counselling for residents over the…
Become an Emmaus Trustee
Innovative homelessness charity Emmaus Hastings & Rother is looking for new trustees to support the charity’s staff and volunteers in running the community and its two shops. They are looking…
What Can I Do?
The scale of the problem of homelessness can seem so overwhelming that many people simply don’t know what they can do to help. Well, the first thing is a simple…
How Many Die On Our Streets?
The most visible manifestations of homelessness in Hastings are from those who have been sleeping rough – piles of blankets and sleeping bags left in seafront shelters or makeshift tents…
HBC Auction Bargains
Two properties purchased by Hastings BC to help tackle the problem of homelessness in the town are set to be sold at auction at a knock-down price - costing the…
£5.4m Awarded for Hastings Council Housing
Hastings Borough Council has been offered £ by central government to tackle homelessness. A spokesperson for the council said last week that an unspecified part of this money will be…
BLOOM OR BUST?
“£100m” for garden town project, but council cuts still impending HUGH SULLIVAN The cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) met on 6 November to debate a very mixed financial agenda.…
Council Tax hikes, budgets approved
by PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) agreed to raise the local council tax by the maximum amount allowed without holding a local referendum at a fiery meeting of the…
Council Plans to Buy Housing for Homeless
By Paul McLaughlin Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has unveiled an ambitious £11 million plan to buy up to 50 properties to provide temporary housing for local residents who need somewhere…
Hastings Council Admits Defeat
On 10 March, eight days before its renouncement of the Tilekiln football stadium, Hastings Borough Council (HBC) issued a press release stating that it has decided to withdraw its planning…
Council to take £1.6m from reserves
Last Friday Hastings Borough Council issued its draft corporate plan and budget proposals for the next financial year (April 2021 to March 2022). It involves taking nearly £ million from…
HBC leads county effort to shelter rough sleepers as winter approaches
Hastings Borough Council is the lead partner amongst councils in East Sussex in a successful joint funding bid from the government’s Next Steps Accommodation Project to minimise the number of…
Selective Licensing: Ministry Delays Renewal
The selective licensing scheme which Hastings Borough Council has operated in a number of wards of the town over the past five years, will expire on 24th October. The council…
Hundreds Face Crisis
Council plea to extend moratorium on evictions By Emma Harwood Hundreds of families and residents across the town will face pain, crisis and homelessness unless the government extends its ban…
Enhance Your Environment
Free to enter urban design competition Should buildings mimic their surroundings or should they be distinctive and challenge us visually? Hastings Urban Design Group (HUDG) is running two competitions seeking…
Hope Kitchen: Working from the heart
Mia L writes about her own involvement as a volunteer at a local soup kitchen in Hastings town centre, as well as giving a unique, personal perspective on those who…
HIP READ – Coming Home For Good Personal Reflections On Homelessness By Roger Nuttall
Hastings self-published author Roger Nuttall is a nurse co-ordinator for Hastings Homeless Service. Coming Home For Good, as the back page blurb explains, charts his personal journey from teenage rebellion…