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Hastings, England · HastingsLetter Future of Jack-in-the-Green Dear HIP HIP 249 ran an article headlined Jack-in-the-Green Future ‘At Risk’. Those of you who, like me, love this festival will be relieved to hear that in fact its future is not in the least at risk. The budget agreed by the former Labour administration in December 2023 allocated £5,000 to JITG for 2024-25. Funding for the following year will be allocated in the next budget. The independent Grant Advisory …See the Story
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Hastings, England · HastingsHUGH SULLIVAN On the Hastings Town Deal website, the project entitled Hastings Castle World Heritage Destination is still described as “our flagship signature project for the whole Hastings Town Investment Plan”. Hastings Borough Council The stated aim remains to transform the castle from “a neglected, inaccessible ruin” into “a modern interpretative attraction” targeting 250,000 visitors a year compared to a pre-Covid average of 30,000. In Jun…See the Story
Scaled Down Castle Project Will Need Fresh Approvals
Hastings, England · HastingsHUGH SULLIVAN
In addition to receipt of £20 million capital investments under DLUHC’s Levelling Up Partnership Scheme, Hastings has been selected as one of 75 towns to receive another £20m of funding over ten years (i.e. £2m per year) under the same government department’s Long-Term Plan for Towns funding scheme (LTPT). Its stated aim is “to create an endowment-style funding plan to support, invest and deliver change”. Like the Town Deal, und…See the Story
Long Term Plan Fund: Meet the Board
Hastings, England · HastingsROD WEBB We’ve all seen deathly pale elderly people lying on the pavement waiting for an ambulance. As we get older, it might evoke the thought that ‘There but for the grace of God go I’. Two months ago, I was one of these elderly people lying on the ground with concerned faces peering down at me. Apart from the pain, what I remember most was trying to explain that it was “My boots!” I suppose I was trying to convey that it was not age and infi…See the Story
These Boots Ain’t Made for Walking
Easter · HastingsThe café at the Bale House Visitor Centre in Hastings Country Park closed over the Easter weekend and will not reopen until a new operator is found. The centre is managed by national charity Groundwork South. The café concession had been operated by the Grumpy Cook team since it opened in 2021 (two years before they set up shop on Robertson Street in Hastings town centre), and they were widely recognised as providing a popular service. On the G…See the Story
Grumpy Cook Leaves Bale House
Gaza · GazaLetter Zone of Contention Dear HIP I refer to the Spotlight article in HIP 247 – Trinity Triangle Heritage Showcase previewing the celebration at the Observer Building (OB) which brought to an apparent close the Trinity Triangle High Street Heritage Action Zone (TTHSHAZ) programme. I have to ask: where has the £1.9 million allocated to the zone gone? At least £700,000 was immediately sidelined for 12 Claremont and the OB. Neither are listed bu…See the Story
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Hastings, England · HastingsCATHERINE MACK gets up early on a Sunday morning to join her local community gardening group, to find that it surpasses all expectations It’s hard to get the nursery rhyme Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? out of my head on a Sunday morning in the rose garden of Warrior Square. That’s because there are two Marys at the Friends of Warrior Square Gardens community group who welcome volunteers, hand out secateurs and trowels and…See the Story
Coming up Smelling of Roses
Hastings, England · HastingsPETER BOLWELL What makes for constructive dialogue between those of different life views? Collisions between people who view the world from opposing perspectives throw up unique challenges. It is not simply a matter of conflict resolution. Just because people or nations engage in warfare doesn’t mean that they necessarily hold different life views. Most of the wars in which the countries of Europe were embroiled from the Middle Ages through to t…See the Story