The future of the Isabel Blackman Centre – a ‘vital community asset’

The Future of the Isabel Blackman Centre in Hastings Old Town is back on the agenda and Age UK needs your support to try to save what they say is, ‘this vital community asset’ by signing their petition. Age UK East Sussex have been working with the Hastings and St Leonards Seniors Forum, Hastings Voluntary […]

Got a plan for the Isabel Blackman Centre? Step forward now…

Community groups with a plan for the Isabel Blackman Centre are being asked to come forward. Yesterday Hastings Borough Council (HBC) announced that it was ‘inviting expressions of interest’ in the Winding Street building right in the heart of the Old Town that is owned by East Sussex County Council (ESCC). At county level councillors […]

Council to ignore petition demanding Isabel Blackman centre be saved

A campaign by local people to halt the closure of the Isabel Blackman centre in Hastings Old Town has failed. And East Sussex County Council (ESCC) appears to be discarding a petition signed by more than 1,500 local people asking for the council to reconsider its decision. A statement issued by ESCC today said: “As […]

Hastings councillors put up a fight over closure of Old Town centre

Plans by East Sussex County Council (ESCC) to effectively close the Isabel Blackman Centre in Hastings Old Town will be challenged by the borough council when it meets next week. A motion proposed by Councillor Tania Charman and seconded by Councillor Dany Louise expresses concerns that the decision made by ESCC’s cabinet at its meting […]