WHAT'S HAPPENING AT
AFRI-CO-LAB
JOB ALERT: SUMMER SHOP KEEPER
Application Closing Date: 30th June
Interviews: 9th July
Role starts: 22nd July
Role ends: 2nd September
Salary: £2,969 (£13.65 per hour)
We're hiring a Summer Shop Shopkeeper! ✨
This July to September, Afri-Co-Lab is turning our Marine Court space into a vibrant pop-up shop — and we need someone fabulous to run it.
You'll be the friendly face behind the counter, championing local makers, artists, and creatives, and helping their work find new homes. From styling displays to sharing their stories on social media, you'll be right at the heart of supporting Hastings & St Leonards' creative community.
Organised, warm, proactive, and love a good chat? This one's for you.
Breathe Play Laugh
Monday 20th July
8.00 am – 5.00 pm
A day of restorative play: as a radical act of community care for Global Majority space holders and facilitators living or working in Hastings, Rother or Lewes.
This is a free event taking place on Monday, 20th July at Charleston House (Firle). This event is specifically for Global Majority folks whose work or life means they often hold space, take responsibility for others, and struggle to find space for themselves. It is an invitation to put something back in your pot.
Get Your Sweat On
JULY ONLY
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Mon 29th June | 6 pm
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Wed 1st July | 09.15 am
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Mon 6th July | 6 pm
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Wed 8th July | 09:15 am
More sessions to come
This July, whilst our resident dance maestro Darragh O Leary is away we are mixing it up.
Starting with swapping the studio for the seafront. _freedomdance_ meets Afri-Co-Lab for a beachside Silent Disco Dance Fitness series — all abilities welcome, no experience necessary, summer vibes guaranteed.
Get moving. Get sweaty. And afterwards get in the sea!
Individual classes £15/£10/£5 or
purchase a 4-Class Bundle £56/£36
Dare 2 Repair
Every other Sunday, 1 pm - 6 pm
Next sessions: 14th and 28th June
Save yourself some pennies and bring your broken textiles to our fortnightly repair club, Dare 2 Repair. Whether you are brand new to sewing or have been stitching for years, everyone’s welcome to join in.
The Afri-Co-Lab team will have sewing machines ready and will be there to offer guidance, encouragement and a friendly space to get mending.
Every Body Yoga
New 5-week course starting in June!
21st June - 19th July
Sundays 11.00 am - 12.15 pm
Our next Every Body Yoga course starts in on Sunday, 21st June and runs until 19th July. Sign up now and enjoy five weeks of slow, grounding movement and body-positive connection.
Led by experienced teacher Janice Kate Fisher, these small group classes create a calm, supportive space to rest, breathe and reconnect. Perfect if you’re looking for a gentle practice in an inclusive, body-diverse environment.
Open House
Every Wednesday 11 am - 5 pm
First Wednesday of the month - Late Night Opening 11am - 9 pm
Open House is our weekly drop-in at The Lab hosted by Khadija Khan. Come for work, play, or just to take a breather.
On the first Wednesday of the month, we keep the lights on a little longer for Late Night Opening until 9 pm.
Come as you are, stay as long as you like. Everyone’s welcome!
Darragh Dance Back in August
From August onwards:
Mondays 5.30 pm & 7 pm
Wednesdays 9.15 am
Darragh, our resident choreographer extradonnaire, is taking a little break for the month of July. You can enjoy his weekly dance class for all abilities from August onwards.
Until then, why not try something new with our GET YOUR SWEAT ON dance sessions, more info below.
Individual classes £15/£10/£5 or
purchase a 4-Class Bundle £56/£36
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Shopfront Gallery Presents:
Pallavi Devkota
"Chimera"
Tuesday 26th May - Sunday 21st June
The Chimera is a hybrid creature of myth — a combination of many parts. Multi-layered, fragmented, and alive with unexpected colour
Come and see how Pallavi's installation turns our shopfront window into a prism — a lens through which St Leonards looks impossible, dreamlike, and completely alive.
Freedom Bus: Warrior Square to Exhibition Road, London
Saturday 6th June
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FREE COMMUNITY DAY TRIP
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For Black and Global Majority folks and their chosen families
Ding! Ding! All Aboard — the Freedom Bus is back! Your Afri-Co-Lab conductors are ready to help you board.
The BLACK2HASTINGS Freedom Bus is rolling out again on Saturday 6th June, this time heading to the Great Exhibition Road Festival in South Kensington, London — one of the biggest free festivals of arts, science, creativity and ideas in the country.
Afri-Co-Lab will take care of all the organising and planning, so you can focus on the only job that matters: enjoying yourself — freely, confidently and with fabulous company.
Creative Chill: Monoprinting
to Music with Morokoth Fournier des Corats
Saturday, 30th May
1.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Join local artist Morokoth Fournier des Corats for our next Creative Chill: a calming and sensory monoprinting workshop that allows for spontaneous and imaginative mark-making. Morokoth will lead you in slow, intentional exercises where you’ll be listening to and visualising music through automatic drawing, stencils and the monoprint process.
No drawing experience required, just intuition and imagination! Leave with a collection of test prints and two final prints.
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Creative Gossips: Shape of the Sea with Rebecca Sinker
Citizen scientist and Clean Water Action-ist Rebecca Sinker is calling a Gossip. The subject: The Sea. The question: How do you feel about it?
Come and explore our relationship with the sea – beyond the headlines of pollution and small boats. Share your stories, your experiences and your feelings about the water on our doorstep and beyond.
Creative Gossips are relaxed, community-led conversations hosted by Afri-Co-Lab. Everyone is welcome.
Shopfront Gallery Presents:
"Walking into Myself"
by Shreyans Iyer
17th March until 12th April
Taking over the Afri-Co-Lab Shop Front Gallery, Shreyans creates a living archive of everyday sounds and creative inspiration.
Visit the installation and scan the QR codes to hear what he sees.
This installation of process will be shifting and adapting weekly - come and see how the work journeys every Thursday.
