Hastings Borough Council
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- Does your group or organisation work in landslides or land stability? Do you want to work with the council to help research, prevent and mitigate against future landslides? Hastings Borough Council has £20,000 available to give as landslide grants, to support local organisations
- The public have spoken – and the favourite food waste truck name is ‘William the Composter’ (submitted by Pevensey and Westham Primary School).
- If you’re looking for ideas for over half term, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery have events and activities for everyone. There are paid for activities including Lego Lab (booking opens on Tuesday 3 February), the planetarium...
- Hastings Borough Council’s housing acquisitions programme has led to fewer children living in temporary accommodation and has helped people out of rough sleeping in 2025. The number of children living in private temporary accommodation was 62 fewer at the end of 2025 than it was at the end of 2024.
- Following a fire at the Former Convent site on Magdalen Road on 1 February 2026, Hastings Borough Council is reminding residents that this site is private property and is unsafe to enter. Although the fire did not affect the chapel, the buildings across the site are in a deteriorated and potentially
- Cabinet is meeting this evening to talk about the draft budget for 2026-27. Thank you to those who provided feedback as part of the budget process. Read the reports at hastings.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.asp….
- Are you looking for a property to rent? We have several units that are currently available. You can find out more and register your interest through our webpages - hastings.gov.uk/estates/properties-…
- Today marks the start of LGBT+ History Month. The lights in Bottle Alley will be rainbow for the month to mark this. The Pride flag will also be flown from Muriel Matters House and the Town Hall for the month Schools OUT started LGBT+ History Month in 2005
- Thank you to everybody that got involved in the ‘name that food waste truck’ competition, whether submitting names or by placing your votes! We’re amazed at how many responses we’ve had and we’re just counting the votes up. Keep an eye out on our socials and the competition page,
- If you’re looking for a new job, we’re recruiting for our revenues and benefits team with three roles open. Find out more and apply online - ats-hastings.jgp.co.uk/vacancies?ga_client…
- We will be running a consultation on Hastings’ draft Local Plan in February, with plenty of chances, both online and in person, to learn more and share your views on the future of Hastings. The Local Plan will guide the development and growth of Hastings until 2041.
- Last chance to vote for your favourite food waste truck name before the competition closes tomorrow: letstalk.wealden.gov.uk/name-that-food-wast… Thank you to all the local schools who entered, we have had lots of great entries.
- Have you had your say on our proposed budget for 2026-27? We want to know what you think about our plans, which forecast a balanced budget for the coming financial year. We are also checking progress towards our Corporate Plan and want to know if you think anything is missing.
- SWEP (severe weather emergency provision) has been activated in the Hastings Borough Council area and will remain active until further notice. The council has been working with Warming Up The Homeless to provide a place of overnight safety for rough sleepers during the severe weather.
- Tomorrow is the deadline for registered charities, non-profit voluntary or community groups to apply for the Foreshore Trust’s Large Grants Programme 2026-2028. There is approximately £181,000 per year for the programme split between five different areas.
- Are you interested in helping shape the future of Hastings? Could you give your time to the Hastings Neighbourhood Board and work on the Pride in Place programme? If you’re interested in helping to guide where the £20million of Pride in Place funding is spent in our town,
- Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. The lights in Bottle Alley are purple to mark the day. It is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. The day is to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered
- Exciting news! We have applied for Green Flag status 2026 for Alexandra Park. The Green Flag Award scheme recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom and around the world.
- There is a yellow weather warning for rain in place from midnight tonight (Monday 26 January) to noon tomorrow (Tuesday 27 January). There is a risk of flooding. You can check if your property is at risk of flooding through the government's flood alert look up -gov.uk/check-flooding.
