Festival Programme

DOWNLOAD THE PDF PROGRAMME (NOTE: On September 28, 10am-12.30pm Rewild Communities event should be Robsack Wood not Church in the Wood. See Event page.)

All Day

Family Word Walks

St Helens Wood and Gensing Gardens

Discover lost local words from the natural world in your community. Throughout festival period there will be walking trails in St Helens Woods and Gensing Gardens for families to enjoy. Download the leaflet and enjoy discovering the words! Activity sheets for the trails can be found at https://literacytrust.org.uk/communities/hastings/hastings-take-word-hunt-near-you/  

FREE

Rewild Communities at Robsack Wood

Robsack -Meet outside One stop - 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea. One Stop, 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea

Discovering, protecting and enjoying our local natural space. An opportunity for the communities of Hollington and Robsack to discover, explore and protect their local woodland spaces We will have conservation and woodland management tasks and activities for the whole family. We aim to help make the woodland space a safer and more enjoyable place for families to enjoy. We will also attempt to work together to protect and support the ecosystem of the woodland beyond this event. We will have an opportunity to enjoy the...Continue Reading "Rewild Communities at Robsack Wood"

FREE

Warrior Square Station Community Garden open day

St Leonards Warrior Square Station Saint Leonards-on-sea

A special session at Transition Town Hastings' community garden with a guided tour. Come along and say hi to the team tea and cake will be served! Open to all to join with a friendly, relaxed, group of volunteers.   I walk past your garden on my way to work in Kings Road, and I have to say it truly brightens my day! Thank you all for your efforts, and I shall, if it is agreed with your chalk boards, help myself now and again....Continue Reading "Warrior Square Station Community Garden open day"

FREE

Community Street Audit

Meet at lower junction of London Road and Ashburnham Road

A chance to learn how to evaluate the quality of your streets and spaces from the viewpoint of the people who use them, including safety, air pollution, and ease of walking. Hosted by Hastings Green Party.

FREE

Rewild Communities in Hollington

Hollington woodland (Tile barn wood) Hollington Skate Park, Wishing Tree Road North, St Leonards on sea

Discovering, protecting and enjoying our local natural space. An opportunity for the communities of Hollington and Robsack to discover, explore and protect their local woodland spaces We will have conservation and woodland management tasks and activities for the whole family. We aim to help make the woodland space a safer and more enjoyable place for families to enjoy. We will also attempt to work together to protect and support the ecosystem of the woodland beyond this event. We will have an opportunity to enjoy the...Continue Reading "Rewild Communities in Hollington"

FREE

Colombia Day in Hastings

Central Hall 6 Bank Buildings, Hastings

Workers Solidarity, Coal Mining & Climate Change An afternoon focused on the political situation in Colombia. With speakers addressing coal mining in Colombia, workers solidary through trade unions, and how these issues relate to climate change. There will also be Latin music, and a street protest led by XR. All welcome, free event, donations accepted, wheelchair accessible.

Free - Donations welcome

Soil, society, sustenance, solutions – Supper event with Tristram Stuart, Craig Sams and Pea Pod Veg.

Home Ground Kitchen Gotham Alley, Hastings

We're really pleased to announce this special event with key speakers discussing issues around sustainable food production, food waste, food sovereignty and soil health. Speakers will be addressing the question of what can we do to support the planet as well as feed a global population. Meet the Speakers: Craig Sams, Founder of Green And Blacks Chocolate and co-founder and Executive Chairman of Carbon Gold Ltd, a carbon sequestration business based on the use of biochar as a soil improver. Tristram Stuart, Food Waste campaigner, founder...Continue Reading "Soil, society, sustenance, solutions – Supper event with Tristram Stuart, Craig Sams and Pea Pod Veg."

£15