Nicki Morgan

In keeping with its mission to use football for social good, Lewes FC has launched its own #JoinLewes Christmas campaign. For everyone buying a single ownership share between now and the end of December 2020, the club will donate 20% of the initial sign-up payment to Brighton Housing Trust. You can buy or gift an ownership at LewesFC.com/owners. Andy Winter, BHT’s Chief Executive, commented: We are thrilled to be associated with this campaign. Lewes FC is such an amazing force for good, promoting equality and consistently identifying with the pressing issues facing our communities. Over the last year, with all … Read more

Andy Winter, BHT’s Chief Executive, has called for investment in prevention services in order to help end homelessness and rough sleeping for good. Speaking at the annual conference of the National Housing Federation’s Smaller Housing Associations Conference, which was held online this month, Andy Winter said that councils like Brighton and Hove City Council, working in partnership with others, did “incredibly well to accommodate so many people during the first pandemic lockdown”, but warned that a different approach is needed to end homelessness for good. He said: If we are ever to end homelessness and rough sleeping we have to … Read more

BHT’s advice centres will again remain open over the national lockdown period, providing specialist housing, immigration and benefits advice to vulnerable people within our local communities. This will mean that more people can stay in their homes – last year our advice centres in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings prevented 927 households from becoming homeless. While our offices are not currently open for drop-in appointments, we are providing our usual advice by telephone, email and other media. The Community Justice Fund has given BHT financial support to enable our crucial advice services to continue at this time, despite the challenges posed … Read more

This Saturday 10 October is World Homeless Day, and BHT is launching a new campaign, #EndItBeforeItBegins, to encourage people who are worried about their housing situation to seek advice to prevent homelessness before it begins. Last year the BHT advice centres in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings prevented 927 households from becoming homeless. BHT’s advice centres offer free, independent, high quality advice on a range of housing, immigration and welfare benefits related issues, and have continued to operate throughout the pandemic. While our offices are not currently open for drop-in appointments, we are providing the usual advice by telephone, email and … Read more

As the temporary government ban on evictions has now come to and end, BHT is urging anyone facing eviction to get professional advice as soon as possible. Our advice centres in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings offer free, independent, high quality housing advice and last year prevented 927 households from losing their homes. BHT’s advice centres have continued to operate throughout the pandemic, offering support on a range of housing, immigration and welfare benefits related issues. Whilst current safety precautions mean that their offices are not open for drop-in appointments, we are providing our usual advice by telephone, email and other … Read more

The annual Brighton Legal Walk takes place today 21 September, aiming to raise much needed funds for local advice services in Brighton. These include Citizen’s Advice, Money Advice Plus, Possability People and BHT’s Brighton Advice Centre. The walk will look a little different this year, as due to social distancing measures participants will take part at different times along different routes, but the aim is the same; to raise as much as possible for these important services. If you would like to sponsor our team click here. The Brighton Legal Walk is organised by London Legal Support Trust which supports … Read more

The Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye, Sally-Ann Hart, visited BHT’s Hastings Advice Centre on 4 September to learn more about its work in preventing homelessness. Last year the Hastings Advice Centre, which is based at Renaissance House, London Road, St Leonard’s, prevented 346 households from becoming homeless, including 73 at the Court Duty scheme that operates at Hastings County Court. The Hastings Advice Centre is run by BHT and is funded jointly by the government’s Legal Aid Agency and Hastings Borough Council. Sally-Ann Hart also heard about other work that BHT does in the town including a specialist … Read more