Umbrella Sussex

08/10/2026

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08/10/2026

Our latest newsletter is out. Read it, or browse our archive- https://umbrellasussex.org.uk/wp-admin/post.php?post=1282&action=edit or drop us a line to sign up.

06/10/2026

Who is going to Saturdays Eco conference? Tickets (limited) on sale til Thursday. Last year was great, and we are looking forward to this one. Barnaby Green

Hastings Eco Conference - HEC26 – White Rock Hotel, Sat 10 Oct 2026 - You are warmly invited to attend the Hastings Eco-Conference 2026 (HEC26) on 10th October 2026 at The White Rock Hotel, Hastings. This event is for the many initiatives, community groups and organisations working in the gree...

05/10/2026

05/10/2026

Thank you anonymous donator number 114, we appreciate you!

05/10/2026

Thank you, annonymous donator- we appreciate you (as the kids might say). https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/community-eco-hub. We have the building, now to do all the work and make it into a useful, accessible and joyful space.

We are building a Community Eco Hub in Hastings Town Centre. Climate Action that puts people first. Help us buy our very own building!

04/10/2026

We've been meaning to publish a guide to Free Shops- a bit of a brain dump of our experience of 20 plus free shops in 5 years. The guide- https://umbrellasussex.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Free-Shop-Guide.pdf. We are happy to share, and happy to enable other groups to run them, get in touch if you have questions.

03/10/2026

The hub needs a bit of work before we can open,,. we still have ab open crowdfunder, but, if you wanted to help towards the refit costs, the best way is to take out Hastings Library of Things membership. It's pay what you want/ can and saves our members an average of £500 a year. You can also buy a gift membership to give or to pay it forward to donate to someone who needs it by choosing the little gift box- top right hand side of the sign up page.

03/10/2026

This is it, we have the keys to 82 Queens Road, a community owned eco hub, no shareholders, no dividends, just us, (and a big loan), keep an eye on us to watch the journey and see the transformation. It's scary, there is more work needed than we'd thought, but it's going to be great.

01/10/2026

We have the keys, 82 Queens Road is going to be our forever home, a community eco hub with all manner of projects and schemes.