In the most challenging of circumstances the number of rough sleepers in Hastings has been slashed with fewer than ten people sleeping rough around the town on any single night. There are an additional 40 or so former rough sleepers in emergency accommodation as plans are developed for how to move them on in to […]
Numbers of rough sleepers in Hastings has halved according to a report that will go before senior councillors next month. Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is now widely recognised as a leader in innovative practice for reducing homelessness through intervention and prevention, members of the authority’s cabinet will be told. The average number sleeping rough in […]
Homelessness and rough sleeping are big news as politicians use the issues to make political capital. But behind the headlines are real people living on the margins of society. Stuart Baillie recently joined the outreach workers from the Seaview Project on one of their regular rounds of the town, to find out about the real […]
With the numbers of rough sleepers in Hastings on the rise Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has been awarded additional money by central government to help tackle the problem. Peter Chowney, leader of HBC says Hastings and Eastbourne councils submitted a joint bid for additional funding to help rough sleepers and have been awarded £664,000. Mr […]
As the number of rough sleepers in Hastings soars the Seaview Project has announced plans for this year’s ‘Big Sleep’ to raise money, and funds, to tackle the problem head-on. This year’s event will take place on The Stade open space on September 28th. You can register now to be part of it by going […]
