Community Land Trust Annual Report 2023-2024
Our Community Land Trust annual report is now available to READ HERE. Here are some highlights from the report: This year we launched many new projects and programmes, including the Hastings Youth Commons evening club: March 2024 also signalled the end of the 4 year Trinity Triangle project. Here are some of the outcomes: Here... Continue reading→
12 new homes for the 100 year old Observer Building
Hastings Commons has been awarded a £1 million grant from the Hastings Towns Fund to support the delivery of 12 affordable, sustainable and energy efficient homes in the Observer Building, which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Continue reading→
Commoning the Programme OBX
Blog post by Jess Kinch, a young person who took part of in the OBX- led 'Commoning the Programme 1' Continue reading→
OBX Coastal Currents
Made collaboratively in Hastings and thinking into the future, Hastings Commons & OBX are proud to present two new art works as part of Coastal Currents 2024. Catch them at OBX (The Observer Building) and in Priory Meadow atrium on 6th, 7th and 8th September Continue reading→
Hastings Commons launches new Alley Way Learning Project
Hastings Commons have launched a new programme called ‘Alley Way Learning,’ and will be holding an open day on 10th August between 11am – 1pm in Priory Meadow shopping centre (Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1PH). Continue reading→
Radical Retrofit at the Observer Building
Hastings Commons were pleased to commission live illustration artist Esther Springett to sketch a piece during the recent Radical Retrofit workshop which was held on 18th July as part of the Centenary Celebration for the Observer Building. Esther is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and creative producer based in Hastings, UK. Esther’s practice is social and... Continue reading→
Milestone for the Observer Building: the façade is finished!
In the Observer Building's centenary year, works to restore the façade of the building are now complete. Scaffolding has been up since 2021 and extensive work has been done on the façade to restore the previously neglected front of the building to its former glory. Continue reading→
We’re recruiting: OBX Digital Assistant Kickstarter
Are you a young person aged 16-24 interested in creative technology? We are looking for someone to help the OBX team with technical support in running workshops, talks, exhibitions and arts projects. OBX is the creative technology hub within Hastings Commons, based on the mezzanine floor of the Observer Building and often runs its events... Continue reading→
Learn more about Community Land Trusts this World CLT Day!
For World CLT Day, learn more about what Community Land Trusts are and how you can join in with our Community Land Trust, and keep land for the people! Continue reading→
Building Updates: The Road to Renovation has begun!
Permission has been given, contractors have been appointed and renovation has finally begun on three Hastings Commons properties: 12 Claremont, Eagle House, and the rooftop of the Observer Building. Through the experienced hands of Hastings Commons, whose unique regeneration approach has been crafted over more than 15 years of local action, these previously neglected buildings are being given new leases of life and purpose, all for community benefit. It has taken many years of action from the Hastings Commons team and the wider community to get to this point, and these renovations represent a pivotal moment for all three buildings. Continue reading→