Hastings Mens Network

26/11/2025

🌳🔥Men's fire circle tomorrow, Thursday 27th Nov, 7-9pm at 26 The Slides, Hollington, Hastings

Theme: Ending of 2025
Facilitators: Adam & Chris
Bring a dish to share
Tea, coffee provided
Donation to cover cost of the space

If you haven't been to a fire circle before. It's a welcoming space for men to connect with others, share and learn outside in nature around the fire. We have an undercover space to use if it's rainy so whatever the weather we'll be at the fire 🔥🌳

24/11/2025

Great men's project in Ore, Hastings

Nestled on the edge of Ore Village lies an unassuming building. It may look like an ordinary workshop from the outside, but inside, the Hastings & St Leonards Men’s Shed is quietly rewriting the narrative of ageing and loneliness in East Sussex. In this corner of Hastings something remarkable is b...

08/11/2025

The men have been out and about with the apple press during October & November.... First year pressing at a food bank

28/10/2025

🔥🌳Men's Fire circle this Thursday 30th October 7-9pm at 26 The Slides, Hollington. Donation to cover venue.
Theme: Into the Winter... A time of dormancy
Facilitators: Andy & Neil
If you've never been to a fire circle before it's a chance for men to connect, share and learn with other men. We're outside and all men are welcome 🌳🔥

24/10/2025

Apple season is here. Come apple pressing at events in and around Hastings

24/10/2025

16/10/2025

Well done to former St Leonards resident Simon for calling out toxic masculinity on Channel 4 News

A Channel 4 News investigation reveals shocking allegations against Mike Thompson, who authored the memoir The Penguin Lessons under the pen name ‘Tom Michel...

22/09/2025

🔥🌳Men's Fire circle this Thurs 25th Sep 7-9pm at Glenns, The Slides, Hollington, Hastings.

Theme: Balance of dark and light
-Donation to cover fire space and bring a dish to share (to go with the soup provided)
Facilitators: Chris & Adam 🌳🔥

18/08/2025

Death of men recently:
We were sad to hear of the death of Nick Clements and Joe Smith recently.
-Nick spoke at the pop up community conference in Hastings, May 2018 as an invited elder about working with men, life and the four genders model amongst other things. This marked the start of A Band of Brothers Hastings. A big heart, wild stories and a love of art, Nick , ran a men' group in Gloucestershire and pop up men's conferences that inspired the men's work in Hastings (the video below is Nick's introduction to his Hastings talk-an example of how we can all remember our humanness) To see more of Nick's work including his real men conferences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQRG2RxUZMw
Nick's talks: https://www.youtube.com//videos
-Joe was one of the first A Band of Brothers Hastings mentees. He was mentored by Stu. Joe was a father to Arthur, a cheeky chap like his Dad. Whilst he had challenges in life he also was caring, helping out others in need and courageous. Joe was 29.
-When hearing of Joe's death in St Helen's Woods an owl was twit twooing a reminder of Hastings legend Grey Owl aka Archibald Belaney who also died young at the age of 49 . An oak tree marks his memory in St Helen's Woods which we saw on the recent walk & BBQ. Grey Owl was one of the first conservationists in the UK and his remarkable story is told in the Richard Attenborough film of his life with Pierce Brosnan as Grey Owl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7loOrrteCw . Richard and David Attenborough attended one of Grey Owl's lectures in 1936 inspiring them both with his stories of nature conservation. You can see a replica of Grey Owl's hut that he shared with beavers in Hastings Museum.

18/08/2025

06/08/2025

🌳🌝 Full moon walk/bbq is this Sunday, 10th Aug
Joint walk Hastings Men's Network & A Band of Brothers Hastings.
*St Helens Woods & bbq at site in woods
*7-9.30pm Sunday 10th Aug.
*Meet at Langham Road entrance: Junction with St Helens Park Road. TN34 2JH
*Request men bring something for putting on bbq, and/or optional donation towards food.
Walk led by Alan, popular in previous years.
Contact Chris 07816457650 with any questions otherwise look forward to seeing you there for a great evening walk and BBQ🌝🌳