Charities In Brighton And Hove

Providing a range of services including advocacy support, counselling, technology advice, benefits advice, organising & running social activities and providing financial grants

Founded in 1963 Fiveways Playcentre follows a lively pre-school curriculum with additional daycare and an After-Schools Club. The centre has generous outdoor play area and is open 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday term time, with community based clubs and play schemes at weekends & school holidays. (The Playcentre was formerly known as Fiveways Pre-School Playgroup - Reg No 305178).

The charity tackles homelessness in Brighton and Hove. This includes an outreach to people who are street homeless, a drop-in advice service, and supported accommodation. The charity also runs a befriending service for women and a schools project.

The objectives of Ditchling Museum are to actively collect, conserve, record, research and make publicly available original material essential to understanding the story and historical context of the artists and craftworkers who lived and worked in the area since 1900. These are to be achieved through the acquisition, organisation, preservation and interpretation of relevant and related objects.

Allsorts is a project-based in Sussex supporting young people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual , Trans or exploring (LGBT) their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. We provide one-to-ones, group work, activities, training and workshops to schools, colleges and people working with children and young people. We also provide LGBT youth resources.

The Choir with No Name provides choirs for people who have experienced homelessness. We began with one choir in London and are now expanding to run choirs across the country. Our work is based on the premise that singing is good for you; it makes you happy; and a choir can provide a community that is all too often lacking from the lives of homeless people.

Now! is a community-led charity. Our flagship household services reduce waste and carbon footprint via reusing and recycling hundreds of tonnes of household items. Whilst our social inclusion activities maximise our social impact through multiple 'Projects for Good'. These are local support initiatives which are driven to achieve transformation for people at risk of exclusion.

The promotion of the arts. The advancement of public education in the appreciation, production and practice of the arts, and the relief of poor artists, providing workspace, studio facilities and artistic advice.

The advancement of education in arts and culture through the establishment, management and maintenance of an open air theatre in Brighton & Hove for the use of residents and visitors. The cultural facility operates from April to September each year and is based at Dyke Road Park in Hove. We present performance, spoken word, film, music and community events. It opened in May 2015.

The Society is established to promote and assist the study, practice, knowledge and appreciation of music, and generally advance the cause of music. It aims to bring pleasure to the local community through providing high quality, varied classical music programmes, professionally performed, at realistic prices to the audience, within the Society's available resources.

To promote further education in Sussex and South East, represent Members views, provide a forum for Members to exchange ideas and information, to develop and share best practice and identify and implement key national, local and other agendas in futher education sector and to assist Members in interpreting and implementing such agendas.

The objectives of the Charity are to relieve the stresses experienced by Carers and Beneficiaries ('Carers' means any person or people involved in the provision of care for a person or people who have care needs as a result of disability, illness or age. 'Beneficiary' means any person or people who have care needs as a result of disability, illness or age.)

We overcome loneliness experienced by older people through befriending. We provide one to one befriending, group befriending, events, seasonal outreach and social prescribing in Brighton and Hove, Adur and Worthing in Sussex.

VCHP provide free eyecare services to homeless and other vulnerable people in UK in an accessible and friendly environment in which they feel safe, welcome and comfortable. We aim to preserve, protect and promote the ocular health of homeless and other vulnerable people in the UK and include the provision of spectacles that meets their immediate visual needs.

Work done alongside community leaders, local authorities and educationalists to rebuild positive meaning, responsibilty and self respect in young men, thereby creating a safer community.

The Object of the CIO is to advance education and provide facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation for the benefit of children and young people in Brighton and Hove, particularly those living in the Tarner area and experiencing multiple deprivations with the objective of alleviating the impacts of poverty by developing their physical and mental capacities.

We collect pre-loved and new item donations for babies, children and their families and gift them to those who need them via various existing family services in Brighton & Hove and Sussex.

Regular public worship open to all. Provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Provision of a cafe and community spaces. Promoting the whole mission of the church through activities for children, parents, senior citizens, refugees and the homeless.

Diverting waste wood away from landfill and incineration in East and West Sussex. Promoting the re-use and recycling of waste wood. Seeking to establish, and raise awareness of, a circular economy. Producing new products from reclaimed timber at our workshop in Brighton. Working with many disadvantaged people, offering accredited training and volunteering opportunities, within a caring environment

An inclusive children's charity providing for under 11 year olds and their families. It operates 50 weeks a year, from 8am till 6pm, with a pre-school group, breakfast and after-school club, holiday club and pre-playgroup for children with special needs. It offers training and volunteering opportunities, offers a special needs toy library and provides internal and external creche services.

Partnership working in prisons & the community; providing volunteer mentors for people involved in the criminal justice system, supporting them holistically to change behaviour and reduce harm to the community; recruiting training and supporting community members to volunteer; delivery of mentoring service; identifying appropriate specialised services for referral; applications to grant funding.

TRC provides running & fitness-based initiatives to homeless and disadvantaged young people aged 16-24, using the great value of sport as a catalyst for proactive and productive social change. By providing them with the means to participate in healthy recreation and with access to support services to relieve their needs and assist them to integrate into society.

4Sight provides about 5000 vision impaired people with information, guidance & on-going support to promote independence & prevent social isolation following sight loss. We help people to access advice, equipment, skills & services needed to improve health & wellbeing, build confidence & participate actively in their community and family life.4Sight also campaigns to remove barriers to inclusion

We are a grant making Charity supporting projects seeking to alleviate poverty and bring Christian teaching to families and children in South Africa, India & other deprived areas of the world. We also support projects which alleviate loneliness in the elderly, disabled and socially isolated locally and within the wider UK and bring Christian companionship and the Good News of Jesus Christ.

The charity supports individuals and family carers following brain injury across East Sussex, Brighton & Hove & West Sussex. This includes individual and group support for wellbeing and reablement at home and in the community, information and signposting including at our centre in Newick, East Sussex. Our Living Well Programme Team helps people rebuild lives and to live well after brain injury.