Councillor Paula Warne Green Party

14/06/2026

13/06/2026

The Refugee Buddy Project: Hastings, Rother & Wealden

13/06/2026

12/06/2026

This week, we’ve unveiled our brand-new Pride ambulance as part of Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Made possible thanks to generous sponsorship from SECAmb trade unions - Unison and GMB, this specially designed vehicle reflects our commitment to inclusive patient care and celebrating diversity across our teams and the communities we serve. 💛

You’ll see it out and about at Pride events this summer before it goes fully operational in September 2026.

Huge thanks to UNISON, GMB Union and Jellyfish Design for making it happen 👏

12/06/2026

Refugee Week officially runs from Monday 15 to Sunday 21 June with a range of events across Hastings and beyond. This year's national theme is Courage.

Here are some of the events being held:

Links Project celebration featuring music, shared food, speeches, creative activities and friendship - all welcome! - Wednesday 18 June, 11am to 2pm at Central Hall, 6 Bank Buildings, Station Rd, Hastings, TN34 1NG.

Statue of Liberty + The Copper Family a benefit concert for the Refugee Buddy Project, with DJ Southcoast DonArden playing before and between the bands. Booking essential - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987496784384/ - Friday 19 June, 7pm at Henry Ward Hall, 45 Robertson St, Hastings, TN34 1HL.

5-a-side mini-tournament hosted by HVA, Links Project and partners. 18+ for players, but families welcome - Sunday 21 June, 9am to 12noon at The Firs, Elphinstone Road, TN34 2AY.

For more information on the events being held, visit the Refugee Buddy Project website: https://www.therefugeebuddyproject.org.uk/events

11/06/2026

Exciting for Hastings

Hastings Borough Council is excited about the plans and events being arranged to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the birth of William the Conqueror.

There will be events across Hastings and the rest of the country and in France from this summer and into 2027, as part of the Year of the Normans. National events include the Bayeux Tapestry returning to the UK for the first time in almost 1,000 years at an exhibition at the British Museum. Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is working with the British Museum on the launch of the exhibition.

The Hastings Embroidery, which was created to mark the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings will be on display at Hastings Town Hall. The exhibition will open over August Bank Holiday weekend and will run until the end of October for Hastings Week.

Cllr Julia Hilton, lead councillor for shaping places, regeneration and community wealth building, said: “I am really pleased that we have been able to help fund and plan a huge variety of events and activities in the next few months to celebrate this historic anniversary. I’m really looking forward to seeing how these events reflect and re-tell the story of this important part of our history as a town and country. I hope people will want to come and visit the place that inspired the making of the Bayeux Tapestry.”

Find out more - https://www.hastings.gov.uk/news/latest/celebrating-year-normans/