Thanks to hundreds of local Tesco shoppers for voting for HFS – we won £2,000!
The funds will help us support volunteers to gain skills, confidence and experience. A lot of our volunteers need support to take on their role with us and to build up towards moving on into training or work.
Thanks to your support we can help more people.
Our friendly team can’t wait to welcome more members!
Read more about volunteering with HFS.
We’re back from our break and looking forward to helping you furnish your homes and offices in 2018.
Pop in to see us in Hastings or Bexhill:
Mon-Thurs 9.30-4.30
Fri 9.30-4
Sat 10-3
Our team will be having a well-earned seasonal break from 23rd December to 1st January.
We’ll be back on Tuesday 2nd January with our usual opening times.
We’re looking forward to seeing you in the New Year.
We are working on plans to redevelop our site in Bexhill.
We own the large site on London Road that used to be Russell’s Garage. It has the potential to offer much better facilities and more display space for our customers and our team, and to provide spaces for others to start up their own businesses, social enterprises or creative activities.
We are seeking the views of our community about these plans before we complete an application for Planning Permission, so do please let us know if you have any queries or concerns we can address.
The drawings will be on display in the windows at the store in London Road from 1st-4th November, with a special coffee, cake and chat event from 2-4 on Weds 1st November. You are welcome to comment in person or online, using the contact form below.
Click here to download the workspace hub plan drawings in one PDF document: download drawings
Have you ever wanted to learn about carpentry and woodwork?
We’ve teamed up with Rother Voluntary Action to offer these FREE women’s woodworking sessions in Sidley, with lunches provided by the Chaps Cooking Course!
To book contact Lindsay at RVA: 01424 217 259
We’re having a sale to clear space in our store for more fab reusable furniture.
The Fantastic Fiver Sale is now on at HFS Bexhill. Armchairs, coffee tables and TV units (and lots more) only £5.
Grab a bargain now!
Our donors and customers expect friendly, capable, safe, professional service from our charity.
Can you help our team deliver?
Collection & Delivery Driver
£8.75 PH 37 hours/week Mon-Fri
Full, clean driving license, van-driving and lifting experience, over 25? Download the full info & application form here and apply by 5pm Mon 21st August
Book your place today for our free / low-cost workshops in Hastings & Bexhill. We are offering:
Furniture Restoration
Beginners Carpentry
Advanced Carpentry
Paint Effects on furniture
Mixed Crafts with upcycled materials
Upholstery for Beginners
Our workshops are a great place to learn new, practical skills in a small friendly group. All courses are 20 hours, over either 4 or 6 days, and usually run on the same day each week.
We’re very grateful to the volunteers from ZoomArts who have taken our new team photo.
The whole HFS team got together for our Summer meal; a thank-you for our volunteers and staff who work so hard all year round. The photographers from ZoomArts took the opportunity to get a photo of everyone together on the beach.
ZoomArts is a local community group that helps photographers share skills, develop expertise and exhibit work.
Would you like to join the HFS team? Read more about volunteering with us.
Our workshop team has been working on an exciting new project to reuse and upcycle unwanted bed-heads into fabulous benches for the home and garden.
Sometimes we collect bed frames that can’t be reused because parts are missing but we don’t want the wood to go to waste. These benches use up the heads, ends and slats of the bed-frames to make an attractive new piece of furniture.
It’s been a fun challenge for our workshop team. Our expert Ron has helped the volunteers to figure out how to reuse the wood and make strong sturdy bench seats. Our volunteers are local people who have enjoyed HFS courses and want to do more carpentry, restoration and painting as part of the team. Pauline, Heidi, Percival, Phil and Victor have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and we are really proud of the stunning results.
Each bench is unique. There are children’s benches as well as full-size and we have painted several in fun bright colours.
Child-size benches are £70 full price (£45 benefit discount price) and adult-size ones are up to £195 (£145 discount price).
The benches will be on sale at our Bexhill store from Friday 28th April.
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