With the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill such a hot topic at the moment there will be a timely talk on Tuesday 5 October by Rossana Leal of the Refugee Buddy Project. The talk has been organised by Hastings Against War and the Hastings and Rother Interfaith Forum. John Enefer of Hastings Against War fills in the background.
Seaview’s sponsored mass sleep-out returns as the Big Sleep Bubble on Friday 1 October, raising awareness and funds for some of the town’s most vulnerable people. Josie Barnes tells us how we can all support Seaview by spending the night in our own cardboard city.
Every week two women die at the hands of male partners. In schools around 40 per cent of girls are sexually harassed on a regular basis. Women’s Voice is inviting women to come along to Concordia Hall this coming Saturday 25 September to explore ways of empowering ourselves and challenging violence against women. Ann Kramer, chair of Women’s Voice, tells HOT readers more about the project.
In 2017 a planning application for a large house in Ore was given approval by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) (ref HS/FA/17/00468 (‘468‘)), subject to certain conditions. The development as approved remains uncompleted. On the other hand, the building has features that lack planning permission. Following two refusals and two failed appeals, there’s a new application. Bernard McGinley reports.
If you’re young, have the writing itch and are keen to meet like-minded folk, good news: Hastings Young Writers group is about to relaunch. And the group, which will participate in Hastings Litfest and is mulling ideas for another anthology, wants to welcome new members, as they tell Nick Terdre.
As the process of finding homes for Afghan refugees evacuated to the UK gets under way, Hastings Borough Council has agreed to resettle two families out of eight allocated to East Sussex in an initial step. Local refugee support groups are also gearing up to play a role. Nick Terdre reports.
Sharon Rhodes finds out directly from Jess Steele OBE about the Hastings Commons and the latest on the Observer Building, including the Hastings Commons Open Day planned for Friday 10 September.
Hastings & Rother Rainbow Alliance and Hastings Pride have issued a call to action to support Trans Rights locally, nationally and internationally.
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