£400,000 share offer is now open. Energise South Society is a community benefit society that intends to install solar PV on schools and community buildings in the Hastings area, raising the funds needed through a public share offer. Tracey Heaword writes.
This weekend is your last chance to see the immersive exhibition showcasing the ‘Hastings Tapestry’, which has been commissioned for the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Dominika Hicks writes.
Opus Theatre has a new residency – the London Mozart Players. They will take over from the present incumbent, pianist Oliver Poole. He gave his last concert in the inaugural World Series featuring leading international musicians last Saturday, 5 October, accompanying soprano Tamara Radjenovic in an evening of operatic and Balkan songs. HOT’s music correspondent Brian Hick was there for the occasion.
Hastings Voluntary Action (HVA) would like to encourage more people to volunteer, and they have found that people often don’t know what opportunities are available or how to get involved.
This Sunday, 13 October, a new quartet ‘Quad Squad’ will be playing jazz from 2.30 to 5pm in Teddy’s Beach Diner at Azur Marina Pavilion. The gig marks the start of saxophonist Lynda Murray’s residency at the Azur.
To mark the bicentenary of the birth of George Eliot, a stage play of her novel Silas Marner is being brought to the White Rock Theatre by Conn Artists on Saturday 12 October. Nick Terdre reports.
East Sussex County Council reports that councillors are being asked to declare a ‘climate emergency’ and back a pledge to achieve carbon neutral status by 2050 at the latest. Council members are recommended to back a cross-party motion committing it to formulating an action plan to meet the target by reducing emissions from the council’s operations.
On Tuesday 15 October at County Hall in Lewes, East Sussex County Council is set to debate a petition [2] calling on the Council to stop funding climate change through its ongoing investments in fossil fuel (oil, coal & gas) companies. The debate will take place at the next Full Council meeting on 15 October – the same meeting at which the County Council is anticipated to declare a ‘climate emergency’ motion [3]. An update from Divest East Sussex.
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