Things are getting exciting now that we have collected all the drawings from the community. They will be the foundation for the design created by Emma Harding, the mosaic artist. Watch this space…
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Volunteer to help with mosaic workshops
We’ve been working hard fundraising and we are very happy to say we (that’s the community/public/everyone!) are going to create the Mosaic at Warrior Square Station this summer.
This will consist of 11 days of workshops from 10th-19th July at Zoom Arts (right by the station and the mosaic site).
We would love your help at the workshops.
It would be easy things like:
Getting room ready
Doing some of the mosaic- most important!
Watching that people don’t put their grubby hands on the artwork!!!
Keep an eye on things not getting too messy in general
Sweeping floor occasionally
Keeping table and work area clean & regularly wiped
Showing people where toilets are
Equipping people with aprons/shirts etc
Giving out refreshmentsAlso there is a Beach Walk early June to help with the design.
We are having a prep & training session for volunteers on Thurs 11th July from 7-9pm– can you come along?
Email info@transitiontownhastings.org.uk.(Illustration of mosaic is not final design)
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Big Lunch 2019
Join us at Warrior Square Gardens on June 2nd 2019 (12-3pm) for our biggest Big Lunch yet!
Simply turn up on the day with your food to share, something to sit on and your favourite game. We usually have a fabulous selection of food and play rounders and other games, depending on what people bring.It’s a great way to get to know people in the community and it’s free! This is an
alcohol free event. Bring the whole family!
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Volunteer at our community garden!
The new growing season is upon us and we are looking for keen volunteers to help the team at the community garden in St Leonards Warrior Square train station.
The garden has raised beds for vegetables and lots of fruit tress and bushes where we are growing food that the public can help themselves to. We want to improve the area around the station as well as show how you can eat more sustainably by growing organic foods collectively in the local area.
Generally, we alternate weekly between Saturday (10-1) and Sunday (3-6) but always check the events page before coming to a session!
Or email info@transitiontownhastings.org.uk if you have any queries.Please follow and like us:
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Call out for participation in Sustainability on Sea Festival 2019
The Sustainability on Sea (SOS) festival acts as a showcase for local projects inspiring local residents, young and old, to learn, explore and try the latest in all things environmentally friendly, whilst also having fun.
After a successful pilot of SOS Festival in September 2018, Transition Town Hastings, along with other local partners, have started planning for this year.
The festival will take place between Saturday 21st–Sunday 29th September 2019, tying in nicely with World Car Free Day (Sep 22) and culminating with an all-day Big Green Fair on the 29th. The Green Fair will have stall holders, information stands, talks, activities for children and entertainment.
The theme this year will be What we can do, encouraging everyone to live more sustainably, in small or big ways.
We invite you to take part in one or all of the following ways:
- Volunteer your time to help
the festival team plan and run the festival. - Take part as an organisation, school,
community group , church group, local project or business. Plan an activity that we can add to our programme. - Add an event or activity to the programme that you know is already happening.
- Sign up as a stallholder, information stand
or activity for the Big Green Fair. - Let us know of any burning ideas that you
would like to try out as part of the festival.
How to get in touch
info@sustainabilityonsea.org.uk
SOS is a Transition Town Hastings project in partnership with Hastings Furniture Service, Energise Sussex Coast and the Bexhill and Hastings United Nations Association.
Visit the website to see last year’s programme and to find out more.www.sustainabilityonsea.org.uk
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- Volunteer your time to help
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The Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas
A year of events bringing inspiring ideas that have worked elsewhere to help towns thrive and seeing how these could be adapted to Hastings.
Join a free day of “inspiration and perspiration” at the first showcase event
Thursday 25 April 9am – 4.45 pm
Book here.AZUR Marina Pavilion,
Join a day of inspiration and perspiration at the first showcase event of the Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas
St Leonards on Sea,
East Sussex, TN38 0BU
Feeling overwhelmed, paralysed, fearful about the future and looking for a way to take action? This is the event for you
We have booked some truly inspirational speakers to tell us about ideas that have proved successful elsewhere to help towns thrive.
You are welcome to just come and listen, but if you are hungry for new ideas and have the energy to work together to adapt them to the Hastings context, you can be part of the treasure. Small pots of money and mentoring are available to support the growth of new community businesses that emerge from this event.
Confirmed inspirers so far are:
Stella Duffy OBE, the creator of Fun Palaces http://funpalaces.co.uk/about/
Melissa Mean from Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol
https://kwmc.org.uk/projects/wecanmake/
Hazel Tilley from Granby 4 Streets Community Land Trust https://www.granby4streetsclt.co.uk
Alison Paule of Paxton Green Timebank http://www.wearetempo.org/impact2017/
Maff Potts of Camerados
https://www.camerados.org
TIMETABLE FOR THE DAY
Morning Session (9 – 1) ‘Inspiring Ideas from Elsewhere’.
Afternoon Session (2 – 4.45) ‘Making it happen in Hastings’.
Taking it forward
Following each Common Treasury showcase event, a Taking-it-Forward period of three months will support the development of new ideas, with guidance and wisdom from the inspirers, a facilitator and a development fund of £6,000. Each group will have the opportunity to discuss what theyneed to develop the idea and then negotiate with the others how to allocate the fund.
The CommonTreasury.org.uk
The Common Treasury of Adaptable Ideas is a unique Hastings initiative hosted by Energise Sussex Coast & Jericho Road Solutions – generously supported by Power to Change.Please follow and like us:
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The idea of a Basic Income
Printed Matter Bookshop & Hastings Green Party are hosting a talk with Guy Standing on the idea of a Basic Income at The Printworks, 14 Claremont, Hastings TN34 1HA. Tuesday, 2nd April. 6pm. £2 entry – on the door.
Shouldn’t everyone receive a stake in society’s wealth? Could we create a fairer world by granting a guaranteed income to all? What would this mean for our health, wealth and happiness? Basic Income is a regular cash transfer from the state, received by all individual citizens.
It is an acknowledgement that everyone plays a part in generating the wealth currently enjoyed only by a few. Political parties across the world are now adopting it as official policy and the idea generates headlines every day. Guy Standing has been at the forefront of thought about Basic Income for the past thirty years, and in this book he covers in authoritative detail its effects on the economy, poverty, work and labour; dissects and disproves the standard arguments against Basic Income; explains what we can learn from pilots across the world and illustrates exactly why a Basic Income has now become such an urgent necessity.
Book available from Printed Matter Bookshop and on the night.
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Go Fund our Mosaic project!
DONATE TODAY
https://www.gofundme.com/meet-you-by-the-mosaic
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Our latest and exciting project is the creation of a mosaic at the front of St Leonards Warrior Square station, entirely designed and crafted by the community.
This activity will benefit the community in th following ways:
· Improve the visual appeal of the area outside the station, for the enjoyment of both residents and visitors
· Promote pride & ownership in the area and therefore keepingarea safe and clean
· Help to improve interpersonal skills & reduce isolationthrough engaging in the project
· Encourage self-confidence and belief in what can be achieved.We have engaged Emma Law, a well established mosaic maker. She will lead workshops involving schools, the Seaview Wellbeing Centre, Gizmo DIY Theatre Company and the general public to design and complete the mosaic. We will also employ Leigh Dyer, a local blacksmith/artist, to make a movable frame for the mosaic to sit in and be attached to the wall.
The estimated cost for the whole project is around £4,000 (approximately 25% for materials, 50% for the movable frame and 25% for the professional facilitation). We have already raised £1,500 and are now looking for contributions to cover the remaining £2,500.
We have the wholehearted approval of Southeastern Train Company and wehave conducted a street survey with the local community andimmediate neighbourhood , and an online survey, with a unanimous response thatit would be a positive addition to the area. We are very excitedabout this project and aim to have it completed by summer 2019.Please follow and like us:
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Podcast on Transition in the South of England
As experienced by Manuel Boskamp, a very intrepid 17 year old on a research trip to England.
In July 2018, Manuel paid a visit to Transition Town Hastings. During the few
days he was with us, we took him to our community garden, the West Street party and the Big Local Fair on power station site in the Ore Valley and shared our experience of transitioning with him.
Interviewing Richard Watson from Energise Sussex Coast After that he went off, armed with various contacts and offers of places to stay, visiting Lewes, Southampton, Dorchester, Totnes and, finally, London.
Listen to his experience and assessment of what he saw in this very interesting podcast:
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Hastings Older Women’s Co Housing
HOWCH held a meeting in November 2018 with a shout out for talent!The name comes from similar schemes for Older Women’s Community Housing (OWCH). This group added the “H” for Hastings. It was started in October 2017.
Brekke Larsen explained the vision behind HOWCH was from Denmark where her godfather lived in a co-operative housing scheme. This enabled him to maintain his independence whilst ensuring that he was never lonely. Many years later, Brekke’s niece separated from her husband and went to live with her children in a shared development. In this scheme, everyone had their own front doors but with some shared amenities. There is now a movement towards this type of development in the UK.
Action for Rural Sussex is one such organisation that is involved in providing advice and support for such schemes.
There are about 200 Community Land Trusts (CLTs) around the country e.g. Bristol, York, Brent (the most famous). This type of scheme also features in Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) manifesto. In some ways, CLTs fill the gap left by the reduction in council housing.
This is the background to the idea behind
HOWCH . It is not for profit. No-one will make money out of this – it is only for the community. There are now 5 people in the Steering Group. Stage 3 funding has been applied for. This will enableHOWCH to set up a legal entity, create a website etc. The next stage is to take this to the community to see what the reaction might be. The Steering Group want to be sure that what they are doing is what the community are interested in.Please follow and like us:
