I woke up around 3.30am last Saturday feeling the cold wind and light rain on my head – I was momentarily confused and wondering what the hell was going on writes Andy Batsford. Then I remembered I was sleeping in a cardboard box on Hastings seafront – as you do in September! I was taking […]
Tomorrow night will see a group of hardy souls gather at the Stade and spend the night in cardboard boxes, sleeping rough! It’s the annual Hastings Big Sleep, the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Seaview Project based in Hatherley Road St Leonards. Tomorrow also sees the arrival of Seaview’s new Chief Officer Dave […]
Where will you be sleeping on September 27th? Why not try a night out on The Stade and as part of The Big Sleep raise some money for worthy cause at the same time. The Seaview Project is holding its annual sponsored sleep-out that night to raise awareness as well as vital funds ti help […]
I’m absolutely gutted I’m not going to be able to be part of The Big Sleep in 2019 writes Stuart Baillie. The number of people sleeping rough in Hastings and St Leonards is rising and I’ve met some of those people thanks to an early morning I spent earlier this year with the outreach team […]
Seaview’s sponsored mass sleep-out returns to the Stade Open Space on Friday September 27th, raising awareness and funds for some of the town’s most vulnerable people. The Big Sleep 2019 will put greater emphasis on what the Big Sleep is all about, its role in enabling Seaview to carry out its vital work in the […]
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 […]
