Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has led a successful bid to the government for money to help reduce homelessness across East Sussex. It applied for a grant from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Accessing the Private Rented Sector initiative on behalf of Eastbourne, Lewes, Rother and Wealden Councils. The project will work with […]
When Seaview won its GSK/Kings Funds Impact Award last year – one of only eight organisations in the country to do so the judges said of it: “This charity does hugely valuable work in supporting its local community. We were impressed by how it has a big reach despite being relatively small. It shows an […]
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 […]
For the first time in my life I’ve just slept rough, outdoors, in the open and in a cardboard box writes Stuart Baillie. Unlike those who find themselves forced to sleep on the streets I was not alone, I was one of more than 100 people taking part in The Big Sleep on the Stade […]
Steve Sampson has slept rough on the streets of Hastings three times in his life and he will be doing so again on September 28th as part of this year’s Big Sleep. The Big Sleep is being organised by the Seaview Project from its base at the Southwater Centre in Hatherley Road, St Leonards and will […]
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 […]
The Seaview Project based at the Southwater Centre in St Leonards was deemed to have made such an impact on the community it serves that it’s one of only eight national winners of a GSK/Kings Funds Impact Award this year. Local MP Amber Rudd visited the project last week and met with Annie Whelan, the […]
