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HFS CHARITY
HFS is a local independent charity that has been established for 21 years and has helped thousands of people set up home. It re-uses furniture and electrical goods to help low income households in Hastings and Rother. They provide FREE collection and can also provide a full house clearance service. Their stores are in Dorset Place, Hastings and London Road, Bexhill. They’re open 6 days a week to the public and if you get a means-tested benefit or working tax credit , bring proof to the store and get 30% off plus free delivery. Also, pensioners and full time students get 10% off and free delivery.The charity also involves unemployed people as volunteers and trainees helping them to gain experience, skills and qualifications. HFS is also running free courses for unemployed people in partnership with Sussex Coast College which is teaching how to revitalise old furniture using creative paint effects. For more information or to request free collection call 01424 441112
EMMAUS CHARITY SHOP
Emmaus Hastings and Rother is a new second hand charity shop selling second hand furniture, clothing, books and DVD’s. Donations are always gratefully received and they offer a free collection service. The shop is at 2 Whitworth Road, Hastings (behind Sainsbury’s), and it’s open on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday between 10am and 4pm. They’re also looking for more volunteers to work in the charity shop.
HASTINGS AND ROTHER ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind is a small local charity based in Upper Maze Hill, St.Leonards and they rely heavily on volunteers. Without the volunteers there would be no Day Centre or Clubs. They're currently very short of volunteer mini bus drivers and car drivers. They are a very rewarding charity to volunteer for so if you could spare a few hours a week call Mandy on 01424 433762
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION CHARITY SHOPS
The British Heart Foundation Charity Shops in 1066 Country urgently need donations to help fill their shelves. The recession has meant more people are holding onto items rather than giving them away which has had an impact on their stock. If you’re having a clear-out to make way for new gifts then please consider donating any unwanted items. They are after good quality clothing, handbags, CD’s, DVD’s, books or bric-a-brac. For more details about the location of their shops log onto the website www.bhf.org.uk/shops
SHORT STORIES FOR ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPICE
A book of poetry and short stories have been written by members of a local writing group to raise funds for St.Michael’s Hospice. Eight members of the Battle Writers Group have produced the book called “Pieces From Eight” which has taken them two years to put together. It’s now on sale for £3.50 and all proceeds are going to St.Michael’s Hospice. For more information call Harold Lawrence on 01424 731034.
TRAINING SHIP HASTINGS ASSOCIATION
The Training Ship Hastings Association was formed in 2007 to support the local Sea Cadet Unit in fundraising. They have members across the UK, Canada, Australia and America. There are ex-cadets living in 1066 Country who left in the last 10 years who they haven’t been able to contact. So if you belonged to the Training Ship Hastings Association they would love to hear from you, call Christopher Lewis on 01424 813113 or go to the website www.tsha.tshastings.co.uk
HASTINGS BONFIRE SOCIETY
Hastings Bonfire Society is appealing for help as it bids to celebrate it’s 150th Birthday this year. The organizers of Hastings Week are producing a special programme to commemorate the anniversary and editor Tony Streeter is keen to hear from anyone who has memorabilia, press cuttings, photographs or memories of past bonfires. Any submissions will be treated respectfully and returned. If you have any information you can write to Tony at 29 Harold Road, Hastings. TN35 5NJ, email t.streeter702@btinternet.com or call 07929 327051.
ST.MICHAEL'S CHARITY SHOPS
St.Michael’s Hospice is urging local businesses to help kit out it’s fundraising shops. They run 10 shops across 1066 Country and they need any kind of wall fixtures, clothes rails, display cabinets and units for further developments. If you can help call Chris Jones on 01424 717202.
FREE IT TRAINING COURSES
Free IT training courses for single parents are being held in Bexhill and Hastings. The courses will consist of ten workshops, each three hours long and will be held at easily accessible community venues. Topics include introduction to computers, word processing spreadsheets, internet searching and security, and internet job searches. There will be 10 people on the courses. For further information call 07784 153002 or email enquiries@musikata.org.uk
CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
After recently losing a number of volunteers due to retirements and successful job finds, the Citizen Advice Bureau are currently looking for more volunteers. They will provide free training to become a qualified generalist adviser with the certificate course programme being widely recognised by local and national employers. Any age or background who can offer a minimum of one day a week can apply, but must be computer literate, motivated and enjoy challenging work
If this applies to you contact Nichola Merrick on 01424 452704 or email nicky@citizenadvice1066.co.uk
ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPICE LOTTERY
Why not get yourself down to St Michael’s Hospice and join their weekly lottery! There are many chances to win their jackpot of £2,000 each week, plus many other great prizes. Entry is just £1 and all profits go to the hospice. For more information call 01424 446665 or email lottery@stmichaelshospice.com. They also want any unwanted gifts to help raise money for the charity to contribute to the prizes in their raffles during the course of the year.
MG DRIVERS WANTED
MG drivers are being urged to drive for the Help For Heroes Charity to raise money. It’s taking place on Sunday 19th September and the drivers need to contact organiser John Wheeler to pay the £5 entering fee for the drive which starts in Hastings and travels through Tenterden, Faversham, Margate, Ramsgate, Deal , Dover, Folkestone, Hythe, New Romney, Ludd, Rye, Winchelsea and back to Hastings. To contact Mr Wheeler email fj.wheeler@btinternet.com or call 07759 745727
WOODLANDS SCHOOL REUNION
A school reunion is being held for anyone who attended Woodlands School for girls in the 1960s. Organisers would like to hear from ex-pupils who started at the St.Leonards School in 1961 and left the school in 1965 or 1966. The event will hopefully be held in September with dates and venues yet to be confirmed. For more information send an email to quirkysue@waitrose.com
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS
Do you have a few hours spare each week? If so then St Michael’s Hospice is in need of volunteer drivers to enable patients to benefit from their day therapy centre. You’ll be collecting patients from their homes at about 9.30am, dropping them at the Hospice and then return to collect them at about 3pm. You could make a real difference in someone’s life by becoming a volunteer driver. For more information contact Andrea Garrick on 01424 456610 for more details.
EQUESTRIAN APPEAL
The Kipling Carriage for the disabled is holding a series of ridden Gymkhanas and clear round jumping but is in desperate need of a few items including 4 large barrels and some show jumps. If you could help in any way please call Margaret Grimes on 01424 773077 or 07977599484
APPEAL FOR CHAIRS
The John Taplin Day Centre is in need of some replacement chairs, and the Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for The Blinds are appealing for some Parker Knoll upright chairs. So if you’re having a clear out and you can donate one, or maybe more give Mandy a call on 01424 433762 or email mandy@hastingsandrblind.org
20 HOUR RELAY CHALLENGE
Volunteers are needed to make up a Bexhill team for a family party weekend in aid of local charities. The event, organised by the 1066 Country Relay Fundraisers kicks off at William Parker Community Athletics Arena, Hastings, from midday on Saturday 11th September until 8am the following morning. Teams up to 20 walk or run around the track in the 20 hour relay challenge, raising money for charities such as Cancer Research, RSPCA and The Sara Lee Trust. Find out more by calling 07891039334 or visit www.1066fundraisers.co.uk
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR BEACHWATCH WEEKEND
The Marine Conservation Society has set up a campaign to clean up the beaches in Sussex and is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help the clean up. The society needs people for its Beachwatch Big Weekend on 18th and 19th September. While trying to rid the tide of litter, the group is also trying to clear the sea for marine life that is being poisoned by the waste. For further information, visit www.mcsuk.org or call 01989 567807.
GOLF DAY FOR ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPICE
Golf fans are being urged to help raise money for St Michael’s Hospice who are holding a golf day at Cooden Beach Golf Club on Thursday 7th October. Teams of four being invited to take part at a cost of £55 per person. The Hospice is also looking for sponsorship, raffle and auction prizes for the day. For more information ring Marcia Dart on 01424 456381
CHARITY BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Businesses are being invited to take part in a Beach Volleyball contest against other firms in aid of national disability charity Action For Kids. The contest will be held at the Yellowave Beach Volleyball Courts in Maderia Drive, Brighton on Friday 17th September. Teams must have at least 5 members consisting of men and women, and a player of each gender on the court at all times. For more details or to register visit www.actionforkids.org
SPONSORSORSHIP NEEDED FOR CALENDAR
Jean is a 50 year old pole dancer who took up this form of exercise when her husband died of cancer a couple of years ago. She’s got some amazing photos and is looking for a way to get funding to do a fundraising calendar in aid of St.Michael’s Hospital who cared for her husband during his final days. She’s looking for sponsorship to help cover the printing costs of the calendar. If you can help call Clara on 07815 091074 or email chiggs-prosser@unity-media.com
SPONSORED DAM JUMP FOR THE PARCHMENT TRUST
A daredevil who plans to throw himself off a giant dam to raise funds for a local charity can now be sponsored online. Mark Simmonds, who works at the Deluxe in Pelham Place, Hastings will jump from a height of 220 metres in a fundraiser later this year to raise cash for the Parchment Trust which is a charity which helps young disabled adults.
Mark will jump down a dam in Switzerland which was made famous by James Bond’s leap at the start of “Goldeneye”. To sponsor him, visit www.justgiving.com/marksbigjump
BLOOD DONORS WANTED
NHS Blood and Transplant are looking for more blood donors. With blood in constant demand new donors are always needed. Figures show that only 4% of the eligible population donate regularly. First time donation nerves can hold people back so recruits are being asked to think about their first day of school for inspiration. The process is simple, you will be given a questionnaire to fill in about health, medical history and lifestyle and a finger prick checking your iron levels, providing everything is fine, your donation will take no more than 15 minutes. For more information contact the NHSBT donor line on 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk
SPONSORED WALK FOR UFOSA FOUNDATION
The charity Ufosa is giving a chance to lift the spirits of seriously unwell, handicapped or terminally ill children and young people by taking them up in the air on free flights in a light aircraft. Robert Vallier, a British pilot and Ufosa Foundation founder is making a 350-mile sponsored walk from Sussex to Snowdon to raise money for the foundations new programme ‘Touch the Sky’. Robert has suffered with asthma since childhood and remembers being off school for days puffing and panting, but he is taking on this fundraising walk which will last 35 days (29 days walking and 6 days flying) for charity. For more information please contact Ufosa Foundation on 01424 223700 or email admin@ufosafoundation.org.
3 PEAKS CHALLENGE FOR ST.MICHAEL'S HOSPICE
A paramedic from Hastings has put together a 30 Strong team to undertake a gruelling climb in aid of St Michaels Hospice. Tim Hodgson and his group are taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday 25th September and will have to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in under 24 hours. They’re doing it in memory of Marwyn Laycock, the mother of one of the team members who was cared for by the Hospice. For more information or to sponsor the team visit www.justgiving.co.uk/tims3peakerschallenge
HELP FOR HEROES SPONSORED WALK
A sponsored walk on Saturday 11th September is being held from Tonbridge to Hastings, around 30 miles, for the Help For Heroes charity. It starts at 5am in Tonbridge and finishes about 4pm at the Carlisle Pub on Hastings seafront. The event is fully endorsed by the Help For Heroes charity and the goal is to raise £1000 for wounded service men. Donations can be made online www.bmycharity.com/v2/pauljamessam or at the Carlisle pub.
APPEAL FOR SCAFFOLDING FOR MODEL CAR CLUB
The Southern Oval Model Car Club is a newly formed club that races radio controlled stockcars and hotrods on their track by the recreation ground on the tip road at Pebsham, just off Bexhill Road. They’re a non profit making organization and all the money raised goes back into the club. They’re holding a meeting called “Champion Of Champions” later this year with drivers from all over the country. With winter approaching they’re after a scaffolding firm to donate and erect a small covered area to make pits. They don’t have the funds to pay for this themselves but they have raised a small amount of money to cover the cost of putting it up. If you can help please call Nikki Betts on 07999 258568 or email nikkibetts22@hotmail.co.uk
FLY FISHING IN AID OF ST.MICHAELS'S HOSPICE
St Michael’s Hospice is holding a charity fly fishing event at Lakedown Fishery in Burwash on Saturday 25th September.
You can enjoy breakfast, ploughman’s lunch and fishing with just a £50 payment going to the Hospice. For more details or to register please phone Marcia on 01424 456381.
HASTINGS PIER OPEN MEETING
Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust are holding an open meeting on Monday 4th October for people thinking about joining the trust, volunteering and also for existing volunteers. It’s being held at the White Rock Hotel and the trustees will be available to answer any questions between 7pm and 8pm. The meeting will be a chance to find out more about the trust itself, the shop, the pier or just to catch up on the latest news. Refreshments will also be available.
For more information on membership packs and the open meeting email Lesley@hpwrt.co.uk or ring on 07913664163.
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