Hastings Sierra Leone Friendship Link

Welcome to the website of the Hastings Sierra Leone Friendship Link. The Link works to further the friendship that has existed between the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex and the village of Hastings in Sierra Leone since 1999.

Please use the menu on the right to find out more about Hastings and Sierra Leone, about the history of the link leading up to the official twinning of the two towns, about the ways that Hastings UK is helping its Sierra Leonean namesake, and about past and future events. Our current big project is a ‘community resource building’ to put the heart back into the village, which was laid waste in the rebel war. We’re very proud of our school-to-school links, too. We had a great Singathon in Alexandra Park on Saturday July 4th and raised over £2000, thanks to the generosity of Hastings people and of the Beer & Music Festival Committee who lent us the equipment for nothing and  let us keep ALL the gate money. Nevertheless, we’re still desperately short of the money we need to finish the building project.  If you have any ideas for raising money on  our behalf or know of any funding streams we may not have applied to, please let us know!

We would be delighted to hear from you, to see you at our meetings, and to have your support. Next meeting: Wednesday 24th March at 6.05 pm in Hastings Town Hall.  Our Annual General Meeting will take place on 15th May, in  the Council Chamber of Hastings Town Hall. Exact time to be announced.

Please come back and visit this site often – it hadn’t been updated for a while, but we will try harder from now on.