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Jakob, one of our Little Gate Farm  Future Ready Interns takes his morning site walk with Isaac very seriously. They not only check and clear the litter from across The Firs, they also walk the perimeter and clear the litter from both Elphinstone Road and Ochiltree Road, doing their bit for out local community. Well done Jakob and Isaac

Isaac recently joined groups and individuals from across the town to do some digging and create a new climate-adaptation garden on the seafront at Denmark Place. This garden will be the first of a series of test-planting beds where we'll be able to observe and learn more about what kind of plants, care and conditions might help with climate-adaptation, improved biodiversity and flood-resilience in our area. Thanks the team at Transition Town Hastings  and Fergus from Great Di

This Christmas we are pleased to be able to offer 2 mornings of Christmas holiday fun here at The Firs. Each session will have limited spaces and will only cost £20 per child, with a 10% discount for siblings. The sessions will include all the usual EFT outdoor fun and games for young people aged 5-14yrs and a warm, nutritious lunch will be provided. Click the link for further details and to book your child's place: https://eequ.org/book/eft-christmas-holiday-club-with-educat

We want to share a big thank you to two of our local supporters for their recent kind donation to EFT. Each year they take cuttings from their garden and sell plants outside their home. This year they have collected £300 from these sales, with half being donated to us and the other half to the wonderful Dragonflies charity. They have been doing this for a few years and have supported a number of different local and national charities. What a wonderful way to use a personal ho

Trustees’ Week is a time for us to come together to celebrate the achievements of nearly one million Trustees across the UK. It is a time to thank them for the time, commitment and effort they bring to our charities to help us thrive. As we celebrate Trustees’ Week here at EFT, our CEO Zoe wanted to share a few words of thanks to our Trustees. " I want to express our sincere gratitude for the time, expertise, and passion you dedicate to our charity. Your leadership and commi

Last term's DIY course saw previous participants from our beginners course, return to EFT and increase their skills even more by learning to use a variety of power tools. As always each participant chose a project to make throughout the course and take away with them at the end. Quotes from our participants included: "I feel happy and confident using power tools, I felt a great sense of achievement" "I felt like a valued member of the course and built confidence" "It's great

We are excited to share that we have been chosen as one of the charitable causes that will be a part of the Co-op Local Community Fund across the country for the next year, and Co-op members can now choose to support EFT!   The funding received will help us to deliver Talking in the Tipi speech & language sessions within local schools next academic year.   If you are not a Co-op member you can join by downloading the Co-op App ( https://coopapp.onelink.me/ftOk/3m9vjws6 )  an

Big thanks to the team at Sayer tree works  for their very kind donation of a whole lot of wood chip and some logs. We are already using...

Thank you to Luke over at Triton Building services  who recently donated the money for us to purchase 10 tool bags for our DIY courses....

On Tuesday 23rd September the Baton of Hope arrived in Hastings and spent the day being transported across the town by over 40 different...

Earlier this month we headed over to our friends at Little Gate Farm for our annual Team Day. We had a fantastic time on the farm that...

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay  and EFT is proud to support this year’s Baton of Hope 2025 On Tuesday, 23rd September, the Baton...

⚽ Thank you to Hastings Round Table  for their recent donation that enabled us to purchase new goals for the field ⚽ These goals mean...

Today the team have traded their indoor office for the outside one! Working together to get some much needed site work done before we all...

We want to say a huge thank you to our local Muffin Club who kindly funded the purchase of a new picnic bench for our Secret Garden. It...

We want to give a big shout out to Balfour Beatty   for gifting us a whole bundle of free bean bags! Thanks also to the wonderful...

What a wonderful card for one of the team to receive at the end of this term's Forest Fun. Well done Gareth!

Investing in Volunteers Award Logo We are so pleased to share that after nearly 18 months of work we have achieved our Investing In...

Small Charity Week is a campaign that amplifies and supports the amazing work of small charities across the U.K and this year’s focus is...

Our beautiful Plumpton College  Garden is looking beautiful here at The Firs. Be sure to turn your volume up for some added early morning...