East
Sussex County Council
County Hall,
St Annes Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1SW (01273) 481000
Local
Government Ombudsman
Commission for Local Administration,
Local Government Ombudsman, 10th Floor, Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4QP.
Tel: 020 7217 4620 Fax: 020 7217 4621. You
can complain to the Local Government Ombudsman
if you think you have suffered injustice arising
from maladministration by your local council or
certain other bodies.
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Police
Non Emergency
(low cost local rate) 0845 60 70 999 Hastings Police Station, Summerfields, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1JJ, (01424) 425000.
Sussex
Police
Police HQ, Malling House,
Lewes, BN7 2DZ, (01273) 475432. Police Helpline
for Deaf People (01273) 483435.
Crimestoppers
If you know the names of
people committing crime, or dealing drugs call
Crimestoppers 0800 555 111, your call is free
and totally anonymous and you may receive a reward.
Hastings
and Rother Magistrates Court
Law
Courts, Bohemia Road, Hastings TN34 1ND, (01424)
437644. Clerks office open Mon-Fri 9.15am to 4.30pm.
Hastings
County Court
Law Courts, Bohemia Road,
Hastings, TN34 1QX, (01424) 435128, Mon-Fri 10am
to 4pm. Payments 9am to 4pm.
Hastings
Rainbow Network
Support and Social Network for the Gay, Lesbian,
Bi-Sexual and Transgender/Sexual Community in
Hastings and beyond
- PO Box 221, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 2YB
Tel: 0790 4534099
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Neighbourhood
Watch Association
Anthony Turtle, 87a Hughenden Road, Hastings TN34
3TF (01424) 443857
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Victim
Support
Hastings, Bexhill & Rye
for victims of crime (01424) 424393. Fax 721100.
Registration
of Births, Deaths and Marriages
(including
Bexhill) Summerfields, Bohemia Road, Hastings.
(01424) 721722/Marriage enquiries:721212.
Citizens'
Advice Bureau
24 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings,
TN34 1EB (01424) 430400. Mon-Fri 10 am to 1 pm;
Open door 2-4pm by appointment; Bureau open 5-7pm
Wednesdays, by appointment. Money advice service
by appointment, (01424) 721386. Legal sessions
by appointment, Wednesdays 5-7 pm. Mediation service
Mon-Fri 10am - 4pm (01424) 446808
Hastings
Tourist Information Centre
Queen's Square, Priory Meadow,
Hastings, (01424) 781111
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Cornwallis
Residents Association
Flat 2, 39/40 Cornwallis
Gardens, Hastings, contact Paul Boustead (01424)
436218. Representing residents views and working
to improve the quality of life in the Cornwallis
area.
Alzheimer's
Society Information Centre
22 Claremont, and shop 20
Claremont, Hastings (01424) 720640. Also contact
Rosemary Iddenden (01424) 720516.
Carea
Recruitment and Training
1
Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX, contact Linda
Sutton (01424) 461490
Age
Concern Hastings
Angela Colburn, Manager,
50 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL, (01424)
426162.
Age
Concern East Sussex
The Almonry, High Street,
Battle, TN33 0EA, Dorothy Smith: information and
advice worker; Jackie Dennis Day Care Organiser
- (01424) 775721.
The
Bohemia Trust
123 Bohemia Road, St Leonards,
(01424) 722923; Charity No. 1057723. Helps with
any debt or related problems. A free confidential
service.
ADHD
- Adults Support Group
Judith Guest, c/o 75A Middle
Road, Hastings. (01424) 420767.
Disability
Information Line
Children's Services:
Ann Ling, 37 Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY,
(01424) 422617 weekday mornings 9am to noon. Courses
for Adults with Learning Difficulties: Supportive
Education at Hastings College: 80 St Saviours
Road, St Leonards, TN38 0AR (01424) 720978, contact
Judith Guest.
Employment
Service Direct
Job seekers hotline, data
base of 300,000 vacancies for the price of a local
call 0845 6060 234.
Face
to Face
Free confidential counselling service
for 16-25 year olds, 5 Queen's
Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP. Self referral by phone
or letter, ring (01424) 466366.
HARES
Hastings and Rother Epilepsy Support
Contact Dee Heyfron (01424)
715763.
Hastings
Paranormal Research Group
22B Dane Road, St Leonards-on-Sea
TN38 0QW.
Hastings Voluntary Action
31a Priory Street, Hastings,TN34
1EA, (01424) 444010. Development and support agency
for voluntary sector.
Dental
Advice in Emergency
For those not registered
with a Dentist - Out of Hours cover weekdays 6.30
to 10.30pm and 9.30am to 1.30pm weekends and Bank
Holidays. Tel (01424) 850792.
Health Information Service
Free and confidential health
information, freephone 0800 66 55 44. Mon-Fri
9am to 7pm, Fri 9am to 5pm. Minicom service.
Health
Information Service at Healthline
The College of Health, St
Margaret's House, 21 Old Ford Road, London E2
9PL.
NSPCC
Child Protection Helpline,
Free 24-hr helpline. If you know or suspect that
a child is being ill-treated or neglected telephone
0800 800 500.
NSPCC
East Sussex
Provide counselling for
abused children and their parent/carers and families,
and adults who were abused as children. Tel (01424)
428833.
NSPCC
East Sussex
and NCH Action for Children
Provide a Brief Family Therapy
service for families experiencing a wide range
of problems, Tel (01424) 728500.
NSPCC
Schools Counselling Service
Provides counselling for
children at a small number of schools in the Hastings
and St Leonards area Tel (01424) 728520.
Oasis
Clare Croft, 42 Chiltern
Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PZ. (01424) 719080. Centre
offering advice, support and educational courses.
Health and family support services also available.
Hastings
Pensioners Association
Pressure group meet every
second Wednesday in the month at 2pm 'Pop In',
6 Bank Buildings, Hastings. Membership £2 per
year - outings/holidays.
Pagan
Healer & Adviser, Paranormal Researcher
22B Dane Road, St Leoanrds
TN38 0QW, Sandie Carlyon
Paranormal
Research
Kevin Carlyon, 22B Dane
Road, St Leonards. Free advice available for those
wth a supernatural problem.
Samaritans
26 St Andrew's Square, Hastings,
TN34 1SR (01424) 436666. Emergency telephone staffed
24 hours. Centre open each day 9.30 am to 9.30
pm. National number 0345 90 90 90.
Social
Services
Pine Hill Training Centre,
185 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE . Social Services
Information Line for queries on services and social
care issues call local rate number 0845 60 10
664 Fieldwork Teams (Children and Families) St
Leonards/Hastings Ocean House, St Leonards, (01424)
723100.
Hastings
Furniture Service
(Registered charity No 1003257).
Needs re-usable clean household furniture and
electrical items for people in need. Dorset Place,
Hastings. Tel (01424) 441112. Hastings and Rother
district only.
Chapel Park Community Centre
Community centre open to all in the heart of St Leonards. Offers computer training, free internet access, 'not for profit' community cafe, Hastings Ethnicity Minority Advice Service and volunteering opportunites. Please call Ann or Gary for more information 01424 714095.
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Southwater Area Residents Association - SARA
(successor to Southwater Renewal Area Residents' Association). Hon.Sec. (2004) Mr James Westacott tel/fax: 716368.
Home-Start
Hastings and Rother
66 London Road, St Leonards, TN37 6AF (01424) 443636.
A home visiting scheme offering support to those
with children under five.
Parents
Helpline
Brighton (01273) 550600. 24-hr listening telephone
line by parents for parents under stress. Anything
to do with children from babies to teenagers. Confidential
and anonymous.
Relate
More than Marriage Guidance, 5 Warrior Square, St
Leonards, tel (01323) 410001 for appointment. Confidential
counselling service for difficulties in marriage
or in other personal relationships.
Brighton
Rape Crisis
PO Box 323, Brighton BN2 2TY (01273) 203773 (24-hr Ansaphone). Open Mon 6-9pm and Fri 6-9pm. Or for immediate help ring London Rape Crisis on 020 7 837 1600. Confidential service, answered by women, telephone counselling and advice service.
St
Jude's Women's Refuge
Belle Hill, Bexhill contact
(01424) 732060. Temporary refuge for women (Rother
district and Hastings) who are afraid or have suffered
violence themselves or to their children. Also Outreach
service, support and advice manned 24 hr (01424)
732060.
Xpress
Advocacy Service
42 Robertson Street, Hastings,
TN34 1HL, Tel (01424) 440118. Helpline 0800 454424.
Contact Jill Miles. Hastings Befrienders P O Box
6, St Leonards, (01424) 444777 Wednesday 7-9pm.
Al-Anon
for relatives and friends
of alcoholics - 020 7 403 0888. Alcoholics Anonymous
(01622) 751842.
Hastings
Drug Dependency Unit
9a Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings,
TN34 1LY (01424) 720088. Advice for drug users,
their families etc. Assessment - medicals; counselling,
prescribing where applicable. Community Detox; in-patient
Detox.
Drugs
and Alcohol Information Service - DAIS
Counselling and support for
people with drugs/alcohol problems and their parents
and relatives. Dave or Juliet (01424) 220788.
Manor
Housing Association
Collington House, Collington
Rise, Bexhill, TN39 3RT, contact Mrs K.E. Nobbs,
(01424) 845019.
Xtrax
Young People's Centre
16/24 yrs, Provincial House,
Provincial Yard, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
- Terry Drinkwater (Project Manager). (01424) 722524.
Sussex
Alcohol Advice Service
(01323) 416305. Confidential
one-to-one counselling service for those concerned
about their own drinking problem or that of someone
close to them.
Talking
Books
for information ring (01273)
481170 or apply at public library.
Trinity
Project
6 Trinity Street, Hastings
(01424) 426375. Trained counsellors with advice
on everything from alcohol to heroin. Home visits
to rural areas. Free condoms and syringes.
Gamblers
Anonymous HQ
Phone 020 7 384 3040
Quitline
0800 00 22 00 - For help to
stop smoking.
Post
Office Counters Ltd
Helpline For all enquiries
relating to Post Office transactions 0345 223344.
Post
Codes
To obtain a post code call
0345 111 222. British Telecom, Telephone House,
Rheims Way, Canterbury, CT1 3BA. (01227) 474000
Mon to Fri 8.30am to 5pm..
Seeboard
plc
Customer Service 0800 056
888, Power failure 0800 783 8866.
British Gas Energy Centres Ltd
Billing: 0845 609 11 22. Gas
Escapes - All areas Bexhill, Hastings and St Leonards,
Rye, Winchelsea Any local area 0800 111 999. Gas
Accounts 0645 555800 Mon-Thurs 8.45am to 5pm. Friday
to 4.45pm.
Childline,
0800 1111
Help for children and young
people suffering any kind of abuse.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association
Offering advice on caring
and research into this illness. Contact Ian Munro
(01424) 842527.
Hastings
and Rother Counselling Service
Contact Rose Wesbter (01424)
428300, self referral adults, personal family relationship
issues, Ground Floor Flat, 73 London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea
TN37 6AR.
Meningitis
24 Hour Helpline
01454 413344. Be Aware, Be
Alert and Act - get medical help.
Migraine
Support Group
Informal meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month. Please contact June Gavin on 01424 714285, or Lesley Drew on 01424 216991.
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Hastings
and Rother Citizens' Advice Bureau
24 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings,
TN34 1EB (01424) 446808. Free confidential and impartial
service. Help to resolve neighbourhood disputes.
Office staffed part-time, answerphone at other times.
Family
Matters
128a Battle Road, St Leonards,
TN37 7AN, contact Rev'd K. Baird, (01424) 851500
or Peter Stevens (01424) 851502. A local service
supporting Parents and Families of Adolescent children
in times of difficulties.
Hastings and St Leonards Credit Union Ltd
41e Earl Street, Hastings
TN34 1SG, contact Sam Burt (01424) 203651. A community
mutual savings and loans organisation, providing
secure savings and low interest loans.
Employment
Services Direct
0845 60 60 234 To find a job,
accessing huge database.
Hastings
& Rother Counselling Service
Appointments Anne, clients
seen in St Leonards, Rye and Bexhill (01424) 428300
for personal family and relationship problems.
Hastings
Lifeline
1066 Housing Association,
P.O. Box 1066, Hastings, TN34 1WY (01424) 781234.
24-hour community alarm service for the elderly,
disabled and vulnerable.
Association
of Carers
Theaklen Drive, off Ponswood
Industrial Estate, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 9AZ,
(01424) 722309. Voluntary relief sitting service
for carers in their own home.
NCH
Action for Children
211 Elphinstone Road, Hastings
TN34 2AX, (01424) 440840. Nursery unit and support
for under-fives and their families. Referrals through
social services and health visitors.
Priory
Playlink Family Drop-In
St Clements Hall, Priory Road,
Hastings, TN34 3JE, (01424) 718511, contact Trish
Drinkwater.
Supportive
Learning - HCAT
6 St Saviour's Road, St Leonards,
contact Judith Guest (01424) 720978
Direct
Debt Line
for advice and information
contact: 5b St Mary's Walk, Hailsham, E. Sussex.
Tel. 0345 626804.
WRVS
- Women's Royal Voluntary Service
Enquiries Isabel Blackman
Club, South Street, St Leonards, Contact Sue Adey - Centre Development Manager
(01424) 426090.
Together - Community Bridge Builder Support
Provide a support service for adults (18 - 65) who live in Hastings/St Leonard's with mental health problems or are experiencing isolation. Supporting individuals back into ordinary community activities (Art, Volunteering, Exersise, Social Activities, Learning Opportunities, Employment, Physical Health and General Wellbeing).
Southwater Area Community Centre, 1 Stainsby Street, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 6LA - 01424 717430.
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