Bus driver shifts up a gear to run eight marathons in eight days
Joe Moore donned his running gear last month to run eight marathons in eight days. The Hastings based bus driver, who took part in marathons across Sussex, was inspired to take on the challenge after he began counselling. After a…
A Walk in the Park
By Ben Cornwell A new walking group to help men open up about their mental health has come to Hastings. MenWalkTalk is a mental health charity that aims to bring men together to walk, talk and share their ; The…
Healthy Living for Mental Health
Following this year’s Time to Talk day organised by Mind and Re-think Mental Illness, Raquel Palmer of Licenceto KALE in Robertson Street welcomes the initiative, but considers some of the missing elements in the current attitude to mental health. On…
Art to replace bowls in the park
Arts on Prescription (AoP), a local community interest company which offers art and creative activities as a therapeutic means of mental health support, is to be awarded a tenancy by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) of a venue in Alexandra Park…
Looking on the Bright Side Ten Years On
By Jane Metcalfe It’s widely acknowledged that singing is good for you: it lifts the spirits and brings people together. Being part of a singing group, small or large, gives the individual a sense of communality, well-being and achievement (see…
HIP LIT NEWS
Kids invited to Wild World Heroes library events East Sussex libraries are calling on children aged four to 12 to read six books over the summer as part of The Reading Agency’s Wild World Heroes, Summer Reading Challenge 2021. In…
Inside / Outside
Lifesize Experimental Film By Benji Thomas In the autumn of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Hastings-based company Lifesize began to work remotely with seven young adults to produce a film, touching on the challenging experience of living under…
Put on your walking shoes
1-2-3 Walks East Sussex is a Health & Wellness website regularly updated with direction and printer-friendly maps for short rambles around local green spaces. These are one, two and three-mile routes, intended to help walkers notice nature, enjoy exercise and…
FOOTBALL
United Host SheGoals Project Believing that the Beautiful Game transcends all social barriers, Hastings social enterprise Eggtooth is combining with the United club to promote a new project in women’s football. The title they have given it is SheGoals –…
Help Build a Nest for The Egg!
Like a cuckoo, the Eggtooth Project has been doing its amazing work without a place to call its own. Since 2012, its work with young people and families to tackle academic underachievement, mental health issues and lack of opportunity in…