Useful Links
Categories: Community Information, Culture and the Arts, Education, For Kids, Health, Media, Sport, Transport, Young People, Other Local Interest
Community Information
Hastings Trust - working with and for the Community to create active partnerships between the public, private, voluntary and community sectors and to enable them to work together for the economic, environmental and social regeneration of Hastings.
East Sussex Community Information Service (ESCIS) - the fastest way to reach more than 13,000 organisations in East Sussex, including:
- Information and advice
- Voluntary welfare and health
- Support groups
- Business advice
- Trade and professional bodies
- Places of worship
- Charities
- Youth clubs
- Mother and toddler groups
- Clubs and societies
- Environmental groups
- Sports clubs and facilities
- Places to visit
- Local authorities
- Political parties
Gensing Central St Leonards Community Forum
Hastings & Bexhill Task Force website - contains information on the exciting new developments taking place in Hastings & Bexhill.
Culture and the Arts
Education
Schools, colleges (see also Community Information).
Hastings & St Leonards Education Action Zone
Hastings College of Arts and Technology
Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) - schools inpection reports
Red Lake Community Primary School
St Mary Star of the Sea RC School
www.enjoy-languages.co.uk - Enjoy Languages will be starting fun and engaging language courses this September run by a friendly, and experienced tutor. The languages on offer are French, German and Spanish. The level, day and time of the course will meet demand so please contact Enjoy Languages to register your interest.
For Kids
Clambers Play Centre - childrens play centre for fun indoors and out, whatever the weather!
Club4Kids - registered charity providing high quality 'Out of School' childcare service during term time and all school holidays, serving the Hastings & Rother area.
National Association of Toy & Leisure Libraries - offering services to local families based on regular toy loan for a nominal fee (and sometimes for free). Providing carefully selected toys to borrow, play sessions, and a friendly, informative meeting place for parents and carers.
Health
Local hospitals, doctors, dentists (see also Community Information).
Ask Your Pharmacist - health advice for men, women and children
British Dental Association 'Find a Dentist' service - Emergency Dental Treatment:
British Pregnancy Advisory Service - if you're pregnant and don't know what to do
Eating Disorders Association - information and help on all aspects of eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related eating disorders.
Find a Doctor in your area: Telephone: 01273 485364/485319/485366 (direct line, office hours)
Find an Optician - online service to find opticians in your area
Find a Pharmacy - online service to find your nearest pharmacya
National Childbirth Trust - information and support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood
National Drugs Helpline - accurate information and advice on drugs
NHS Trusts - four NHS Trusts in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove provide hospital and community services.
- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust - a single NHS Trust to run general services in Brighton and Mid Sussex
- East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust - a single NHS Trust to run general hospital services in Eastbourne and Hastings
- East Sussex County Healthcare NHS Trust - NHS specialist mental health services and learning disability services in East Sussex
- South Downs Health NHS Trust - a range of community and mental health services to Brighton & Hove and part of East Sussex
NHS -policy and guidance
NHS Direct - a 24-hour helpline providing confidential advice and information.
Primary Care Trusts - five Primary Care Trusts in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove are responsible for improving the health of local people, for developing the primary care services in their area and for making sure that other services (provided mainly through hospitals and local community health services) are in place.
- Bexhill and Rother Primary Care Trust - covering the Rother district and Ninfield
- Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust - covering the city of Brighton & Hove, working closely with the city council and other NHS partners in the city.
- Eastbourne Downs Primary Care Trust - covering Eastbourne, Hailsham, Pevensey, Polegate and Seaford
- Hastings & St Leonards Primary Care Trust - covering the local government Borough of Hastings
- Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust - covering the Lewes district (except Seaford) and northern half of Wealden including Heathfield, Crowborough and Uckfield
- Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority - A new Strategic Health Authority leading the strategic development of the NHS across the area. Tel: 01293 778899, Fax: 01293 778888
www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk
The Hypnotherapy support network. Find a hypnotherapist in your area using Hypnotherapy Directory. You can search by postcode, town or county to find your local hypnotherapist. Each hypnotherapist is fully qualified and insured.
Media
Hastings & St Leonards Observer - the local newspaper for Hastings & St Leonards.
Sussex Life - the county magazine for Sussex
Sport
1066 Swimmers - small swimming club situated between Bexhill and Hastings. Stated aims to provide tuition and coaching for children of all abilities.
Hastings Hash Harriers - 'running club with a drinking problem' web site
Transport
Network Rail - links to rail timetable information
www.thetrainline.com - impartial information on train times and tickets on mainland UK routes, using current timetable and fares information
Young People
Other Local Interest
Hastings and Rother Family History Society
Hastings Conservation Volunteers
Hastings International Chess Congress
Hastings Old Town Carnival Week
Hastings Voluntary Action - working to enhance the quality of life of people in the Hastings area by promoting the principle and practice of voluntary action by both individuals and organised groups and by supporting the development and provision of good quality local services to meet the needs of all sections of the community.
Hastings Weather - Hastings Weather Station - Extensive local weather information including a webcam.
Marina Allotments - Marina Allotments Association site.
The Ultimate Alternative - Kent and Sussex gig guide
Tree of Hope Children's Charity - charity with the stated aim of offering hope to the families of sick and disabled UK children who need specialist surgery or additional medical treatment and therapy by funding the treatment required
Women of Hastings and St. Leonards - an 'Illustrated Historical Miscellany' offering a snapshot of the lives of women of all classes in an ordinary English town in the mid-19th century and looking at some of the persons and events connected with the women's suffrage movement in Hastings & St Leonards