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Jess Steele, Community Entrepreneur
HUGH SULLIVAN In an era of squeezed public finances, soaring construction costs and wasting infrastructure, the renovation of buildings around Cambridge Road by the Hastings Commons (HC) group of trusts…
Hastings Commons Diary
A semi-regular round-up of everything going on in the Hastings Commons By Andrew Myers What is the Hastings Commons? It’s a place – a collection of buildings in the America…
Hastings Commons Diary
“The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable earth.” (Wikipedia) They can also…
New Loan For Observer Building
Following a strategic board meeting on 12th June, SELEP (the South East Local Enterprise Partnership) have publicised an agreement to lend £ out of their Growing Places Fund for development…
Local Creatives Bring The America Ground’s Past To Life
A new set of creative works bringing to life a fascinating area of Hastings is now available to view online. The works were produced for Our Past, Our Future –…
Changing Hastings
Town Meeting Addresses Housing Issues By Poppy Prescott Last Thursday evening (21st November), 130 local townspeople met at the Hastings & St Leonards Angling Club to hear presentations, research, talks,…
Shape The Future Of The Observer Building!
The project to renovate the Observer Building (OB), the iconic ex-newspaper factory at the heart of Hastings town centre, is entering its next exciting phase – developing designs for the…
Heart Of Hastings Takes On The Trinity Triangle
Although many in the local community are aware of the name ‘Heart of Hastings’, there probably aren’t so many who know what the Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust actually…
Exciting Developments At Emmaus Hastings & Rother
Emmaus, the charity which provides the homeless with accommodation and a route back to independent life has ambitious plans for upgrading their main site and superstore in St Leonards. A…
On Life, Peril, Community And Photography
A conversation with Cathy Teesdale By Caf Fean I cheated death in the summer of my second year while studying English Literature at Exeter. I was trying to scramble down…
Art Workshop to Support Narcolepsy UK
As a sufferer of Narcolepsy with Cataplexy, Sheryl Hall is running a FREE friendly community Art Workshop in the heart of Hastings Town Centre to raise awareness for Narcolepsy UK…
Darning the Town Fabric
Last Thursday Hastings Green Party, as represented by Julia Hilton, hosted the first of what will be regular monthly or bi-monthly talks on matters of community importance to the town.…
Council Versus Community
Observer Building Rejected As Community Asset. By Emma Harwood An application by a local charity to register the former Observer building as an asset of community value has been turned…
Pitch Perfect: ‘A Sort of PechaKusha’ at Ro – Tuesday, 29th November
TED (Technology, Entertainment,Design) is type of networking conference, originating in the United States and now held across the world. Speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their…