Breaking News! Crowdfunding extended for one month!

Not quite the last chance saloon though feeling a bit like 

From the Journal of a Disappointed Man - Andrew Motion

Right now we are really close to our target of £500,000 and we have an extension on our crowdfunder of one month, to help us reach our target. This is great news!

No announcement has been made on the fate of the Pier, and we hope that the extra money we can raise in that month will swing a decision in our favour. 

If we don’t reach our target or are not successful in our bid, your money will be returned to you.

Last Chance Saloon*

"The loss of Hastings Pier as a community business would be a tragedy and would have repercussions throughout the country.

What community is going to make the effort required if they think it could all be taken away from them like this?

"If you care about community ownership… please show your solidarity and donate right now as much as you can afford so we can get to £500,000 and have the chance to prove that the pier can be both community and commercial."
*Saloon reference: 

From the Hastings News of 21/07/1871 ” The new saloon is almost completed and will be the biggest room in the borough.

For information about the FOHP bid and to donate see www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/deadline-looming-for-hastings-pier-bid-1-8514425

Penultimate Day!

May we get pennies - (or pounds) from heaven!

Friends of Hastings Pier have only 3 days left to raise £100,000 through crowdfunding to keep Hastings Pier in community ownership.

The Friends of Hastings Pier Crowdfunder

This also outlines who they are, their principles, and has some very powerful messages explaining why people care so much.   It has been heartwarming to hear directly from people how much the Pier means to them.

In parallel, FoHP are working with larger contributors, donors and a commercial operator to secure the future of the Pier.

Just some of the bands.....

Great minds think alike!

Mum writes to Sir Paul McCartney to ‘save Hastings Pier’ in son’s memory.

Brad – who was a drummer in a number of bands in Hastings moved to Hastings in 2008.  He spent many years mentoring young musicians, helping to build up their confidence to perform on Hastings Pier – something he had done many times during his drumming days.

Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/mum-writes-to-sir-paul-mccartney-to-save-hastings-pier-in-son-s-memory-1-8511445

See also - Everybody but the Beatles! Now there's a thought.

Friends of Friends of Hastings Pier are delighted to announce ,,,,,

......................................that igloo Regeneration (“the UK’s leading responsible real estate business working… to make the world better one place at a time”) has pledged £300,000 as an interest-free loan, so right now we’re at £372,548. So there is still a massive challenge – to raise £120k in 7 days.  Can it be done?

DONATE HERE

Time is running out! Please - Save Our Pier!

You can donate at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

You can input any amount you want - just overwrite what is shown in the box!

• Invest in a beautiful new building (below) designed by our RIBA Prize winning architects, true to the spirit of our Pier but dramatically increasing its financial sustainability.
• Make ours a 21st Century pleasure pier with a year-round programme of events and entertainment to attract visitors and appeal to locals too. 
• Change the way decisions about the Pier are made so they're more transparent and responsive to stakeholders. 

Invest as much as you possibly can and pledge it NOW!

(Please note, the amount you pledge will exit your bank account but if we don't hit the target it'll be refunded) 

Share and encourage on Facebook /Twitter/Instagram/everywhere.

Find further details, creative content report, business plan, FAQs and videos at:

hastingsvoluntaryaction.org.uk/fohp

We've done it before and we'll do it again - with YOUR help!

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And the best place from which to view it....

The Pier, of course! 

"The daily ten minute light show starts at 8.30pm. 

  The extended half hour show on Fridays also starts at 8.30pm"

End of an era - L & E says goodbye

17th May 2018 marked the end of a special chapter on the Pier (and in the Pier Hub before that.  see 

An Important Part of Pier History–The Hub )

Since 2013 they have worked with the local community, including schools , families , young people and adults from diverse backgrounds in all sorts of different ways, helping them learn about Hastings Pier’s past through interpretation and activities, write poetry, attend Science sessions, learn engineering basics (with chocolate, sugar, toothpicks and wine gums) and so much, much more.

They have established Hastings Pier as a national heritage icon, established an archive of photographs and worked with over 250,000 local people on a huge range of community projects.  

They founded Zooquarium, which saw 60 local young people run a music festival attended by 2,000 people; co-curated the world famous Cabaret Mechanical Theatre's exhibition 'Automata on the Pier', and have set up 100 work placements, 140 volunteers and 6 apprenticeships, not to mention the fabulous yarn bombing.

Thank you to Beatrice Rapley (and Melanie Parker during Bea's maternity leave) Jo McLaughlan, Susan Kent, Yaz Norris and Francesca Piacentini.

And while we're on the subject....

........ what about Simon Fuller?

"From Hastings pier to Pop Idol: Fuller named Britain's most successful music manager"

He may have started out in the time-honoured fashion of promoting gigs on the pier in his hometown, Hastings. Yet yesterday, Simon Fuller, the man who quit East Sussex to bring the world the commercial glories of the Spice Girls, S Club 7 and Pop Idol – revolutionising the global music industry – was named the most successful British pop music manager of all time.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/from-hastings-pier-to-pop-idol-fuller-named-britains-most-successful-music-manager-831027.html

Friends of Hastings Pier - Community Ownership bid

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

Amber Rudd ‘pleased to see’ community bid for Hastings Pier

In discussions with the pier’s administrators, Ms Rudd said she learned a number of offers for the pier had been received and were currently all under consideration. The administrators said they had also received a number of revisions to these offers and they hoped to make a decision shortly so the new owner may make full use of the boost in tourism over summer.

Campaigners eke out more time in bid to keep Hastings Pier in community hands

Group raises £50k in bid to keep pier in community ownership - but need over £1,000,000

Please

visit:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

Everybody but the Beatles! Now there's a thought.

It's reported that Sir Paul McCartney is worth £850,000,000.

Maybe he would like to donate a modicum of that sum to help atone for the solecism committed (allegedly) in 1964.

Hastings & St Leonards Observer, Saturday, February 15th, 1964
More stars are lined up for Pier Stage
...............
More names from the 'pop' world are due at Hastings Pier in the coming months..... and the Beatles in September.
https://ninebattles.com/2017/02/15/tony-meehan-combo-1964-pier-attractions-rolling-stones-and-beatles/

Adam Wide on the Creative Vision for Hastins Pier development bid by FOHP

May Day webcam - lense needs cleaning!

Fun for all ages

Music on the Pier - May Day Weekend

May Day Weekend on the Pier

The Phoenix Arrived - but time now for more magic!

dRMM backs crowdfunding campaign to rescue Hastings Pier

The practice behind the Stirling Prize-winning rebuild of Hastings Pier has pledged money to a new crowdfunding campaign to take the attraction into community ownership

The practice has pledged its design and planning application fee for future work on the pier towards the crowdfunding campaign, which aims to raise an initial £500,000 towards buying and running the venue.

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/drmm-backs-crowdfunding-campaign-to-rescue-hastings-pier/10030750.article?utm_campaign=missed_yesterday&utm_medium=email&utm_source=user_mailer

• The practice behind the Stirling Prize-winning rebuild of Hastings Pier has pledged money to a new crowdfunding campaign to take the attraction into community ownershipThe practice has pledged its design and planning application fee for future work on the pier towards the crowdfunding campaign, which aims to raise an initial £500,000 towards buying and running the venue.

Hello Hastingues!

Hastings, East Sussex (Battle of Hastings, 1066)
Hastings Pier is raising funds to try and keep ownership in the Community.  Would you like to reach out a helping hand?

Please visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

Supporting the bid!

FOHP possible Phase 2 development

FREE TALK AT BRIGHTON UNI ON REGENERATION, feat HASTINGS PIER!

You are invited to attend this talk in Brighton at the Bevy Pub, the town’s only community owned pub.

Brains @ The Bevy
Wednesday 27th June
The People’s Pier - Regeneration, community, and popular culture heritage
Olu Jenzen, University of Brighton

This free talk features 2 case studies by Dr. Jenzen, covering Hastings and Clevedon Piers

Hastings Call out

Hastings, East Sussex (Battle of Hastings, 1066)
Hastings Pier is raising funds to try and keep ownership in the Community.  Would you like to reach out a helping hand?

Please visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

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Hastings Pier is raising funds to try and keep ownership in the Community.  Would you like to reach out a helping hand?

Please visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018

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Friends of Hastings Pier documents

 1. FOHP covering letter.pdf

 2. Friends Plan for Hastings Pier v5.pdf

 3. Creative Content report - Adam Wide.pdf

 4. Friends Plan financials v5.xlsx

 5. dRMM design concepts (smaller).pdf

 Appendix - key biographies.pdf

DONATE at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fohp2018