Grim news from Freetown – How can we help?
August 16, 2017Everyone will have seen pictures of the terrible floods and landslip in Freetown. At least 400 deaths are reported, with many more left homeless. Although the landslip has not directly […]
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Cheers!
July 24, 2017A couple of dozen of us meet at St Paul’s School (thank you, Richard White and the Governors!) for a very pleasant wine-tasting evening on Saturday. The immensely knowledgeable Ted […]
Sussex Brass Concert a Resounding Success
May 16, 2017Well, admittedly, we’d have liked a bigger audience – but it was a splendid evening, Sussex Brass did us proud, and we still raised at least £500 towards our schools […]
Two great fundraisers for the Link
July 18, 2016Fundraising can also be fun! Friends of Hastings SL have run two events recently which involved raising money and having a good time. Jo Avery organised another of her ‘cheese […]
Our own Eddie Izzard!
April 2, 2016Local businessman Dain Jensen (and one of the Link’s three Patrons) is about to brave the desert heat to raise funds for our Twin Town, Hastings in Sierra Leone. Dain, […]
Celebrating the good news about Ebola
November 9, 2015Christine, Richard and Edwin were invited to join a Celebration group in London on Saturday 7th rejoicing over the WHO announcement that after 42 days SL was Ebola free. They […]
Rotary Club’s Africa Evening a Great Success
July 22, 2015AFRICA EVENING A Great Success! A great time was had by all at the Rotary Club’s Africa Evening at the Elphinstone Sports and Social Club on July 15th. Guests were […]
Jeremy Birch
May 11, 2015All friends of the Hastings Sierra Leone Friendship Link will have been deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jeremy Birch. Jeremy played a key role in the Link’s […]
Rotarians raise over £1000 towards re-wiring the health centre
February 26, 2015Last night St Leonards Rotary Club ran a terrific quiz night at the Elphinstone Sports and Social Club. Twenty-odd teams battled it out, answering John Easter’s clever questions as posed […]
Thanks from Health Centre Manager
February 7, 2013Sallu Lansana, the Health Centre manager in Hastings SL, has written to confirm that the latest shipment of equipment and supplies for the health centre has been carefully distributed. He […]