Having premiered at the launch of the East End Film Festival, Austerity Fight, a feature length documentary by Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim, is making its way through the UK. Don’t miss your chance to see this film here in Hastings and meet the directors. Rossanna Leal writes.
The chair of the East Sussex Pension Committee, Councillor Richard Stogdon, has said that he ‘entirely agrees’ that ‘any encouragement to the fracking industry’ – such as investments in ‘fracking companies’ – ‘should be avoided’, as these are ‘not in the best interest of the Council’s pensioners … [or] residents of East Sussex.’ Cllr Stogdon also stated that the Pension Committee would be ‘looking at strategies for reducing – as far as possible – any investment in coal where we see that’s in the best interests of our pensioners.’ [1] Information sent by Divest East Sussex.
Local Mind’s ‘Wellbeing in Hastings & Eastbourne Project’ is leading the provision of a Happiness Café in central Hastings throughout the summer. Su Barnicoat-Hill
Political satire & supernatural fantasy collide as ‘Angels of Islington’ Serve & Protect! Former Whitehall insider and Hastings resident, Sam Davey launches her new book.
As part of Old Town Week, there will be a scarecrow contest for children on the afternoon of Sunday 30 July organised by Lower Torfield Allotments.
Beat the Street helps a St Leonards’ mum with mental health problems explore her local community and beyond. Niall Norbury from Intelligent Health writes.
In August, Hastings Arts Forum will see the second exhibition: “In the light of Surrealism #2”, curated by artist Jo Welsh.
The therapeutic benefits of art for those with mental health issues are well known. Artistic creation has helped Nick Hill, who is exhibiting in the Zoom Arts gallery in St Leonards in the week beginning Monday 17 July, in his struggle against depression, writes Zoom Arts’ Susan Cleland.
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