National Literacy Trust celebrates children’s literacy in Hastings with launch of Connecting Stories
The National Literacy Trust’s Hub in Hastings was launched in January 2018 and is known as Hastings Stories. As part of the Hastings Opportunity Area programme it is a government initiative with the aim of improving social mobility and raising…
Bloomsbury donates books for Christmas
As part of its three-year partnership with the National Literacy Trust and commitment to Hastings Literacy Hub, Bloomsbury Publishing aims to provide every child in Hastings witha book of their own this Christmas. Bloomsbury will donate 11,245 books to be…
Hastings Chosen For World Book Day Event
Hastings is host to one of four special events happening in the UK from Share a Story ; These are happening in four areas where low levels of literacy are impacting negatively on people’s lives. World Book Day has partnered…
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…
Lost Words Trail
By Alan Bolwell Families in Hastings are encouraged to get outside and practise their communication and literacy skills this summer with a new Lost Words Trail around the town. As part of the Get Hastings Reading campaign, the trail will…