This blog makes a stand for openness and accountability, eg with the Hastings Pier Fire Justice Fiasco. The potential community justice Phoenix has not yet arisen. "We need to act if we want justice" was the first piece on this theme published in the Hastings Observer (2011). In 2014 the blog author is now working closely with people who know the arrestees.
To register your interest in the community share issue by the HPWRT, click here
Other forms and key information sheets for securing a future for the pier have been placed on a wiki site (like wikipedia) run by Mediation Support Ltd; that site being here
To read how restorative justice work produced remarkable outcomes for a woman whose house was burned down (arson) & was uninsured -read here
To book for the major event that marks the 2nd anniversary of the pier fire -which is the focus of a further year's work by Paul Crosland, trained Criminologist, Mediator and Community Development Worker (as well as being the famous playwright!), click here
"St Leonards Sharing" Consortium have made a number of offers to the HPWRT & engaged well with the chair of the HPWRT over the year leading to the first anniversary of the pier fire:
The offers made by "St Leonards Sharing" Consortium will be listed on this page, AS WELL AS details of how they were responded to!
Meanwhile, before this new page is set up on this blog, here's some videos about this:
Begin forwarded message:
Date: 2 May 2012 22:09:52 GMT+01:00
To:
Subject: How about joining me for the HPWRT AGM again - Friday 7pm White Rock Hotel?
Dear x
How are you? I hope your life in St Leonards is turning out like you hoped?
Sad to be missing Jack in Green; will you be sponsoring me for the Hospice bike ride (75 miles) I'm doing instead?
How about joining me for the HPWRT AGM again - Friday 7pm White Rock Hotel?
Kind regards
Paul
St Leonards Town Team
Your Town?
Your Team?
Your Values?
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If you want to do me/you/the world a favour (i.e. build "systemic win") could you please send people the link to http://YouTube.com/playlist?list=PLC9D35D323F22D5F9
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http://additionalinfo.blogspot.com
http://YouTube.com/toothpaste007
http://twitter.com/paulcrosland http://stleonardssharing.info
http://ethicaloutings.blogspot.com/
etc x40
For a better quality of connection and mutual understanding, please phone/text 0780 70 66 202.
I usually prefer calls & will call back
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Forwarded message from HPWRT:
We’re only here for the pier!
Everyone is welcome to attend the Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust AGM this Friday. It’s been a busy year for the pier and this will be the ideal opportunity to find out about all the progress that has been made and meet the trustees and Simon Opie, the chief executive.
The compulsory purchase submission is currently being reviewed by the Secretary of State, but there has also been progress in several other areas. If you attend the meeting, you will find out about the latest funding news, progress on the information kiosk at White Rock Baths, and dRMM, the architects commissioned to work on the designs for the new pier, will give a presentation.
The meeting starts at 7pm on Friday at the White Rock Hotel.
Everyone is welcome, but only members of the Trust will be able to vote.
If you are not yet a member, this will be the ideal opportunity to join.
You can keep up to date with Pier news by visiting the HPWRT website
or joining their facebook page “The Battle for Hastings Pier”
With which multi-million pound high profile project in Hastings & St Leonards do you believe the community could benefit most from holding a dialogue uncovering the truths and the different ways forward?:
The Pier (due to get £8million if the community provide sufficient work in kind to show their support -see last month's posting on this blog)
The Jerwood Gallery - the rumour being that the land was given for free, to the annoyance of the most local community to that site and that other matters of concern were overlooked, whilst the social divisions caused by a common lack of agreed benefits of "art galleries for regeneration?" remains a sore wound rather than an unfolding understanding and agreed way forward!
The Bexhill Link Road -agreed in principle now, with an expected cost to local taxpayers (East Sussex) of £100million (if it doesn't increase as other projects have).
