A bold claim from last April that Ore Library had been saved for the community – seen by many at the time as an electioneering stunt – has come to nothing. Worse still it looks like East Sussex County Council now plans to sell off the old library building which could dash all hopes of […]
Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd was given a whistle stop tour of some of the community work being undertaken at some Marshlink stations last Saturday. The tour was organised by John Spencer of Winchelsea, one of the volunteers working for the Sussex Community Rail Partnership, the community interest company which encourages community use of […]
Ore Community Land Trust (OCLT) has been granted £20,200 by Big Local North East Hastings to progress its plans to buy three plots of land in Speckled Wood in Ore. Speckled Wood covers roughly 13 acres of woodland in the upper Ore Valley which is the last remaining large green lung in the area. For […]
It’s a year since Ore Library closed its doors – the community facility was axed as part of a round of spending cuts by East Sussex County Council (ESCC). Shortly before its closure local Conservatives – during the election campaign for Hastings Borough Council (HBC) – proclaimed they had ‘saved’ the library for the community […]
There’s another chance to join Hastings Greenway Group this weekend and join a walk that will take-in a route from the Conquest Hospital to Alexandra Park following the route of the greenway. To be part of the walk those wishing to join it should meet at the Coffee Box cafe at Kings Church, opposite the […]
More than 50 people turned up on Saturday morning to help clear rubbish from Speckled Wood in Ore as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great Spring Clean. Cubs and scouts from the 4th Hastings group based in Ore joined their parents and more than 40 local residents along with their children and dogs. Between them […]
Residents in North-East Hastings can look forward to more events and activities in the coming months as Big Local North East Hastings awards more grants to improve life for local residents. In 2012, 150 of the most deprived and neglected areas of the country were each given £1 million for residents to spend improving their […]
Recent figures show that almost a quarter of young people between 16 and 24 do not drink alcohol but that doesn’t mean there is not still work to be done when it comes to tackling issues surrounding underage drinking. This week John Whittington, who is Community Safety Manager at Hastings Borough Council (HBC), won a […]
The first newsletter from the resident led partnership looking to make north east Hastings a better place to live has been published. In 2012 an organisation called Local Trust received £220 million from the Big Lottery Fund. With that money 150 ‘Big Local’ areas were created in the country and each one was given £1 […]
