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The Trust is currently engaged in the mission to rescue Hastings Pier from its present state of neglect and near dereliction, and to provide it with a bright and sustainable future.
Until the Pier is back under local ownership we can’t physically do a lot, but we can plan how to rebuild it and raise the funding necessary to do the job. So to this end we are engaged on three key activities:
Firstly, to support the Hastings Borough Council through the Compulsory Purchase Order process and to build the organisations that will own and operate the Pier in the future. The Hastings Pier Charity will own the Pier for the long-term and a social enterprise with Community Shareholders called The People’s Pier Co-Operative will run it.
Secondly, to work with our professional teams to develop the future plans for the Pier that will enable it to be economically successful, a significant resource for the community encouraging learning and participation, and a gateway to employability delivering benefit for the wider regeneration needs of Hastings.
Thirdly, and crucially, working with the Heritage Lottery Fund as our primary project sponsor, and other major funding bodies to assemble the necessary financial resources to carry out the restoration and reinvigoration of the Pier.
On this site we will endeavour to keep you up to date with progress on each of these three aspects. Thank you for your interest in the Pier. If you are a member, thanks also for your support and if you are not a member we sincerely hope that you will consider becoming one.
Simon Opie – Chief Executive Officer.
Join us for some right royal fun & games at Hastings Pier on Saturday 2nd June, from 12 – 4pm, as we celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and raise some much needed funds for the Pier!
“One one letter of objection to the council’s compulsory purchase of Hastings Pier has been received, and those involved are confident it will be in safe hands by the end of the year… ”
Owners of the iconic Hastings Pier will have to start work or face losing it after the council kick started more legal proceedings this week.
A Repairs Notice was tied to the Pier gates on Tuesday and notices sent to Ravenclaw, calling on them to start work on preserving the structure or hand over the keys to Hastings Borough Council.
A new dawn has arrived for Hastings beleaguered pier a year on from the devastating fire which ravaged the Victorian icon and robbed the town of its landmark building.
