Hastings Food Network

Lovely new offer from our friends at Ore Community Centre 😊

Kids' cooking classes this summer holiday at the Sunflower Cafe (Ore Community Centre). Learn how to make some yummy food then eat together.

This is a pay what you can initiative. It is unfunded. We ask parents/carers to pay what they feel they can afford, with a suggested donation of £4 per session. This is to help us cover the costs of the food and an extra helper in the cafe Donations will be taken via an anonymous donations box.

IMPORTANT: a parent/adult carer must stay at the cafe during the session. They can join I the session, or relax in our lovely garden with a cup of tea.

To book, or ask any questions, drop by the cafe, or email [email protected]

Oasis Community Project - East Hastings Karmabank Kitchen Warming Up The Homeless

Home - The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Home Home We award grants to registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK. We aim to give grants to those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are most limited. As there is an ever-growing need for grants to support the essential work that many charitie...

Our summer holiday programme is out!

We have a bumper calendar of free activities for children taking place throughout the town during the summer holidays. Activities include our Holiday Activity and Food Programme, cricket, yoga, rounders, inclusive sports, girls football, rugby, volleyball, street dance, muay thai, athletics, table tennis and family days in the park.

For details visit: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/sport_play/getactive/holiday-activities/

Any Hastings food partners looking for space for food pop ups?

We’ve recently had our license extended to allow us to open in the evenings. If anyone is interested in doing , or something similar, then please come and have a chat.

If you’re struggling, from today until 14th July 2024, all Morrisons cafés are giving customers a free meal of a jacket potato with Heinz Cheesy Beanz - no need to purchase anything else. One per customer, per day, and you just have to ‘Ask For Henry.’

We’re pleased to share the latest insights from our community survey, which acts as a temperature check on the 35,000+ charities and good causes in our network.

Across the 5,000 food banks utilising our platform, an estimated 225,000 people are going unsupported each week due to lack of resources.

Hearing about these challenges can feel demoralising but we also hear many stories of resilience and hope from the amazing individuals working tirelessly in small charities around the country.

This is why we’re proud to champion events like Small Charity Week who also work to amplify, support and connect small charities across the UK.

Read our latest blog, in the comment section, to find out more about the results of our survey.

Come along to a free workshop showing how you can grow your own vegetables from the reduced section of the supermarket.

Craig's Cabin Volunteers are organising the session on Tuesday 25 June, 11am to 1pm at Hidden Eden, Parsons Close. Booking is required, either through emailing [email protected] or contacting them on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/craigscabin.
https://www.craigscabin.org.uk/

Apply for a £15,000 Healthy Heart Grant👉 Apply for a Healthy Heart GrantCheck out our grant round dates below and either apply for a grant or sign up to receive email alerts regarding the Healthy Heart Grants in your chosen location.We currently only accept applications from small, registered charities and community interest companies with...

Dandelion is hiring, we are looking for a full time chef, apply in the shop or call 01424722154
Must be experienced.

Hastings Food Network is pleased to have joined the Alliance for Dignified Food Support www.alliancefordignifiedfoodsupport.org.uk

We advocate for being able to provide people in Hastings with access to food in our community in a kind, respectful and non judgement way.

Over the next year we will be working with the Alliance to embed good practice in Hastings food projects and to achieve the Dignity Toolkit kitemark.

Alliance for Dignified Food Support Working to embed dignity into community food support. Principles and Recommendations WHAT IS THE ALLIANCE FOR DIGNIFIED FOOD SUPPORT? Dignity - a person’s right to be valued and respected – is essential for good human relations, individual self worth and wellbeing. Dignity is negatively affected...

Hastings Voluntary Action are looking forward to welcoming Healthwatch East Sussex to Central Hall tomorrow to hear all about your concerns related to health care, accessing GP’s etc.

Join us at Central Hall at 10.30am on Thursday 23rd May.

We are looking forward to welcoming Sustain: The Alliance For Better Food And Farming to our food network meeting tomorrow to find out about becoming a member of their network of food partnerships.

If you would like to join us then the meeting starts at 10.30 at the Town Hall hub in Priory Square on Wednesday 22nd May.

Next week at Central Hall we have a double offering for you!

Tuesday 21st May 1-2.30pm The Big Digital Switchover- find out about the changeover by 2025 from analogue phones to a fully digit network and how this might affect you. East Sussex Hearing will also be offering advice on hearing and hearing aid maintenance.

Thursday 23rd May 10.30-12 Healthwatch East Sussex- find out what information and advice you can access on local healthcare services and how to deal with any queries or complaints regarding your health care in Hastings Healthwatch East Sussex

Pop in and join Hastings Voluntary Action at either or both of these sessions with free tea, coffee and biscuits as always 😊

Vegan Society Volunteer | Rother Voluntary Action Our network of committed local vegans across the country is growing!

Join our friends at East Sussex College on Wed 17th Jan for their Veganuary celebration 😊

💚It's Veganuary month! 💚

This year, East Sussex College will be supporting Veganuary month by hosting our very own VeganFest.😍

You can expect to meet a range of different companies, including; Vegan Sweet Tooth, Licence To Kale, Animal Save Movement and many more! 🌱

Join us from 10.30am at :

📍Station Plaza, Hastings on Wednesday 17th January
📍Lewes on Thursday 18th January

For anyone needing a refresher…

Training Opportunity: Basic Food Hygiene & Infection Control, Fri 2nd Feb, 10.00 - 12.30.

This training session will provide practical information on food handling and safe preparation and how to control the spread of infection.

Find out more and book at: https://hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk/events

We ❤️ The St Leonard’s Grocery on London Road – a fabulous local shop with the most beautiful array of fresh fruit and vegetables. Also selling local meat, dairy and delicatessen products and much more… An invaluable asset to the St Leonard’s community 💥 The owner - Giles has been donating veg to Karmabank since our launch and has supported our ‘pay it forward’ scheme and in the last six months – even taking donations in a pot on the counter. The definition of community! Shop local. Eat local. Spend local. Enjoy Local 😃 @thest.leonardsgrocery

As we settle into the New Year we wanted to tell you about some exciting changes coming up!

As you know we are part of the Good Food East Sussex collective with Food Matters - Charity East Sussex County Council Public Health and the other East Sussex Food Partnerships. To enable a stronger focus on Hastings priorities we have now become a standalone network and all of our efforts will now be concentrated on the Hastings and St Leonards areas. This change is supported by additional funding from Public Health for which we are very grateful.

Rother food work is moving back to Rother Voluntary Action and we will be working together over the next few months to enable a smooth transition.

Hastings Food Network is moving to in person gatherings from January and will be meeting on Wednesday 24th January from 10.30 at the Warming Up The Homeless hub in Hastings town centre.

Meeting in person will encourage opportunities for networking and collaboration between Hastings food partners and a more strategic focus on our 2024 action plan.

We will be continuing our work with Feeding Britain, working more closely with The Tressell Trust at a local and national level and joining Sustain: The Alliance For Better Food And Farming as a membership organisation too so there is lots happening!

If you are a food producer, business, project or organisation or work in any way with food in areas such as poverty, health or education then you would be most welcome to join our network.

Contact [email protected] for meeting details or call 07513 234 307.

The Pantry - ETC Sussex, Karmabank Kitchen Hastings Foodbank Education Futures Trust Health and Wellbeing Hubs at FSN Whites Tintastic Of Hastings Surviving Christmas - Hastings & RotherBroomgrove Community Centre The Hastings Project Brewery The Observer Building The Salvation Army - Employment Plus - South East Southdown Ore Community Centre In2playHastings Area Chamber of CommerceHastings Voluntary ActionTown Grown Hastings GroupTransition Town: Hastings & St Leonards Pocket ParkMr. - Men's Room Hastings & St LeonardsHastings IndependentHastings Youth CouncilCo-op Member Pioneer Hastings & St LeonardsMorrisons Hastings Community ChampionHastings & St Leonards Primary Care NetworkThe Y Centre YMCA HastingsCastledown SchoolCoast Restaurant Family Action Connecting Communities Through Food

The Pantry - ETC Sussex Karmabank Kitchen

NISA'S MADL CHARITY SUPPORTS UK FOOD PANTRIES THROUGH HEART OF THE COMMUNITY AWARDS • C-Talk Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally (MADL) charity has announced the launch of its first Heart of the Community Awards for 2024.

Hastings gets its first best before store HOT’s Judy Parkinson usually has her head in the art world, and as she strolled along George Street, a window display stopped her in her tracks. What is this new shop Arkwhites, with its tribute …

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Are you a local business in East Sussex that buys or sells food?

The Good Food East Sussex network has been approached by many local businesses with the suggestion of an event to enable farms and producers to connect with businesses and procurers on a local scale - Support more local food being bought locally.

If you would be interested in coming along to an event, and/or being part of a local directory connecting suppliers and buyers, please fill in the following form:

https://forms.gle/pC456GY2grSpsu3f7.

This is open to anyone based in Sussex or surrounding areas.

All are welcome (over 18s); please join us! No invitations needed.

Now this is a Christmas treat you don’t want to miss out on 😋😋😋

Get on down to Bok Shop now at

A year in pictures-

Happy Christmas from the Hastings and Rother Food Network- we’ll be back in 2024 with some exciting news!