Heart of Hastings introductory leaflet

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diverse communities and inclusive neighbourhoods through socially driven investment and long term co-ownership

Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust is brave enough to tackle the biggest challenges surrounding, housing, social inclusion and empowerment. We are a coalition of local, on-the-ground energy, national expertise and committed backers, proving a new and highly credible model for community-led regeneration – a model aligned with central government housing policy and with potential for national impact.

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WHO WE ARE Heart of Hastings is brings together the Bottom Up Development Team (BUD), directors and staff.

Grassroots leadership: Our BUD team are at the front of every decision-making process in the organisation. They’re all local, all shareholders and all committed to engaging and involving others in every step of the process.

Directors: Our directors are chosen by our members and are dedicated to making progressing our ideals and supporting bottom up development.

Staff: Heart of Hastings employs local workers who are committed to making socially driven investment a reality.

Local people: We employ a Community Organiser to engage and involve people living in Ore Valley and White Rock.

WATCH THIS SPACE… White Rock Hastings town centre

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In the White Rock area we are harnessing the power of collective social investment to purchase underused or run down properties, renovate them using local tradespeople and then return them to the market at rates which reflect the average local income for Hastings, and which are then capped at the rate of inflation guaranteeing affordability forever.

Heart of Hastings is delighted to have just acquired 12 Claremont to turn into artists’ livework spaces, a gallery for Project Artworks and a Community Base.

The Community Land Trust (CLT) has been designed to become a “people’s organisation” – owned and shaped by its shareholding members. It is democratic because every member has one vote, no matter how many shares they hold.

We hope that 1,000 or more people might choose to become co-owners of the CLT. The equity funds raised through the shares help the CLT to manage and make progress with the two projects in White Rock and Ore Valley.

TACKLING POVERTY & DERELICTION FROM THE BOTTOM UP Ore Valley Community-led regeneration Our vision for the Ore Valley combines traditional community self-build practice with innovative building approaches and communityled regeneration techniques to transform a 40-year derelict industrial site into a thriving, community-owned, permanently affordable eco-village. Using our innovative Bottom Up Development (BUD) approach we aim to deliver 76 homes, 100 jobs and lasting regeneration with wider benefits for the whole town.

Building a temporary structure at the Ore Valley site

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JOIN US Membership Offer

Heart of Hastings CLT is a people’s organisation – owned and shaped by its shareholding members. It is democratic because every member has one vote, no matter how many shares they hold. Members get: • A voice in how we run • A share certificate • The right to stand, nominate and vote for directors • An invitation to our AGM • Regular updates on our activities

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Your share in the future of Hastings from only

£25

VOLUNTEER – Or join our mailing list “The kettle’s always on.”

If you can’t join us right now, but you want to learn more about us, you can sign up to our mailing list, or contact us about joining the BUD team.

www.heartofhastings.org.uk/mailing-list-signup email: info@heartofhastings.org.uk

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INVEST IN US… Investment Offer • We are already part way through renovating our first property, at 39 Cambridge Road, into four high quality, affordable flats. These flats, and future properties will be let to local residents in need of safe secure and affordable rents.

• If you are looking for an ethical investment you can help finance our work with an investment of £3,000–£50,000.

• Your money will be spent purchasing and renovating properties in the White Rock area.

• The investors collective is based on 90% loan and 10% shares and offers a 3% return with a loan term of 5–10 years.

• Read more about the investment offer on our website or contact us for a prospectus Participants at a community planning event.

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We are passionate about‌ Community Engagement: We run events to reach people who are less likely to engage, to find out what they want and how we can help.

Affordable spaces , diverse

communities and inclusive neighbourhoods through socially driven investment and long term co-ownership

Organisation Workshop: Regeneration: We bring money into In Ore Valley our plans are to develop a derelict site into up to the local economy 76 affordable homes. We will recruit and keep it here by 100+ local people give them a chance employing local to build their own opportunities through an organisation workshop workers, trades and (OW). The OW method is a way of craftspeople. giving excluded people the tools and ability to self-organise and achieve concrete results.

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The Heart of Hastings OW will involve building a warehouse using Modern Methods of Construction, under the direction of ZedFactory, award winning, eco conscious architects. Eventually the warehouse will be converted into a community facility and enterprise hub.

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SIGN UP FOR MORE! I want to:

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Find out more about the Investors Collective

Join Heart of Hastings by buying at least one share (you can buy as many shares as you like at £25.00 each).

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Payment options for share offer: Buy a share online at www.heartofhastings.org.uk Or we can accept cheques made out to Heart of Hastings CLT Limited sent to the address below.

Or contact us about making a BACS bank transfer.

Email: info@heartofhastings.org.uk Tel: 01424 235901 Return instructions Please put this form in an envelope and return it to: Heart of Hastings CLT Limited, 49–51 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 IDT Data protection: If you use this form to send us your details, we will treat it as consent to keep and use it for the reasons you indicate. We will look after the information you give us and keep it safe. You can contact us at any time to ask us what information we have and to ask us to change or delete it. You can read our data protection policy on our website or contact us to ask a question.

heartofhastings.org.uk HEART OF HASTINGS IS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY REGISTERED WITH THE FCA, NO. 7604 AND A CHARITY REGISTERED WITH HMRC, NO. EW82493

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