REWILD HASTINGS
Free Community Work
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“We are so lucky to have Project Rewild in our town. My children always come home tired, muddy and full of magical stories of their adventures. This is what all children should be doing”
Free opportunities for children and families in local communities across Hastings and St Leonards to get outside and enjoy their local natural spaces.
Free opportunities for children and families across Hastings and St Leonards to get outside and enjoy their local natural spaces.
Project Rewild is a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) committed to making our work accessible to everyone in our local communities.
Rewild Hastings is an exciting community campaign run by Project Rewild, delivering free opportunities for children and families to spend time outdoors and connect with nature close to home.
We work with a range of funders, housing associations and community partners to make this possible. All of our events and groups are completely free and open to everyone. By bringing high-quality outdoor experiences directly into our neighbourhoods, we’re helping more people across Hastings build a lasting connection with the natural world.
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NEW DATES COMING
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AUTUMN 2025
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NEW DATES COMING 〰️ AUTUMN 2025 〰️
We are delighted to announce that we have recently received funding from ‘BBC Children in Need’ and ‘Southern Water Goodwill Fund’. This will allow us to offer lots more free outdoor opportunities to local children over the next three years
Get ’Em Outside Again
Children need to be outside to play, socialise, learn and grow.
To build resilience, strength, dexterity and balance.
To develop strong immune systems, move naturally, stay fit and have fun.
At Project Rewild, we believe this is every child’s birthright.
In a world filled with screens and overstimulation, we give children in our town the chance to reconnect with nature, with each other and with themselves.
We create space for children to explore freely, to climb, dig, splash, roll and tumble.
To discover confidence, curiosity and a sense of belonging in the wild places around them.
Together, we are helping Hastings’ children grow up connected to the land, the sea and the wild heart of their home.
Our Town
Hastings, St Leonards and the surrounding area are rich in natural beauty. We are lucky to live in one of the most stunning parts of the world, blessed with an incredible variety of outdoor spaces to explore and enjoy.
We have it all; captivating beaches and sea, rolling hills, dramatic cliffs, marvellous marshes, enchanting woodlands, pretty parks and green spaces scattered throughout the town.
We work in all of these spectacular places, as well as in smaller pockets of green space within housing estates and neighbourhoods across Hastings.
Our town’s natural spaces are amazing. Let’s get outside, enjoy them, love them, learn from them and protect them.
“Luke and the team are amazing with the children. We look forward to the future with project rewild and highly recommend to everyone! Thank you to you all - something this town really needed!”
“My kids (8 & 4) have enjoyed every session we’ve been too. great activities, wonderful leaders, really social and a fab way to discover new parts of our town.”
“Can’t imagine Hastings life without Rewild. First thing I ever dropped my son off at… he loves the energy and all-weather adventures. Big respect to the highly experienced team and what they offer to local children.”
The good ole’ days
We’ve all heard it a million times:
“When I was a kid, we played outside all day, we never wanted to be indoors.”
It’s something most of us remember, and something every generation says with a smile
We all remember when the streets, woods and beaches were full of children playing.
Days spent climbing trees, building dens and getting muddy felt free, wild and full of life.
That spirit hasn’t gone, it’s just waiting to be reawakened.
Project Rewild is bringing it back, helping Hastings’ children grow up outdoors again, exploring, laughing and discovering the wild spaces that surround them.
Together, we’re rewilding childhood in our town.
Free outdoor activities for children in Hastings.
From autumn 2025, we’ll be offering free groups for children across Hastings and St Leonards.
In the woods, over the hills and on the beaches: we’re rewilding childhood and rewilding Hastings.
All groups are completely free and open to all children living in Hastings and St Leonards.
A number of spaces are reserved for children from families receiving free school meals or Universal Credit, children in care, and young carers.
If your child has additional needs or you’d like to know more, please get in touch.
BOOKINGS COMING SOON!!
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HAF
Thanks to funding from HAF we are able to offer Free outdoor activity and healthy food sessions in school holidays.
Join the Project Rewild team for nature led learning and play, Free healthy lunch cooked on the fire that day.
Groups take place in Hollington- Churchwood and North East Hastings - North Seat country park.
Free spaces are available to local children aged 7-14 years. Given the nature of the funding spaces are for children in receipt of free school meals (FSM) and SEND.
North Seat days click here
Churchward days click here
CHRISTMAS DATES COMING SOON.
Our community
Partners and funders
