Nicki Morgan

Generous local companies including Brewers Home and The Ivy, Bill’s and Higgedy Pies have come together with volunteers from St Peter’s Church in Brighton to provide food parcels and furniture for clients of Route One, a mental health service run by BHT. Brewers Home donated approximately £20,000 worth of brand-new furniture to clients living in Route One’s supported accommodation for people with complex mental health needs. Clients received armchairs for their rooms, and communal areas were improved with items like sofas, sideboards and dining sets. Friendly volunteers from St Peter’s Church distributed the furniture across Route One’s eight different properties, … Read more

IT Services and Solutions company CANCOM, and cross-sector partnership Digital Brighton and Hove have donated internet dongles, SIM cards and tablets to The Choir with No Name Brighton, which runs choirs for people who have experienced homelessness and marginalisation. This has enabled some of its most isolated members to connect to a virtual choir community set up during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Choir with No Name Brighton is run in partnership between the national Choir with No Name charity and BHT. It is a vital support network for some of the most isolated members of the community. The Choir with … Read more

BHT is appealing for donations of sun cream, baseball caps and sunglasses for our day centre First Base, to help protect our clients in the summer sun. First Base helps homeless people in Brighton and Hove by providing food, showers, clean and dry clothes, and support to get off the streets. First Base is still open and supporting people in our city, although not currently working as an open-door day centre due to Covid-19 restrictions. Debbie Piper, Deputy Manager at First Base, said: While many of us enjoy the hot weather, for homeless and vulnerably housed people exposed to the … Read more

This Refugee Week BHT wants to acknowledge and celebrate the life-saving work being done by our Immigration Legal Service (ILS), which has helped hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers with legal support. It provides free legal advice and representation delivered by specialist solicitors and caseworkers under the Legal Aid Scheme. BHT is the only legal aid representation and advice provider in Sussex for refugees and asylum seekers, and as such our services are highly in demand. Last year the ILS achieved positive outcomes for 80% of the clients whose cases they took on. The work of the ILS is demanding … Read more

This Mental Health Awareness Week, BHT is celebrating Sheila Nuttall and Peter Taylor, who volunteer at our mental health care homes in Hove and who have won Covid-19 Community Champion Awards in recognition of the work they are doing to support the vulnerable. The awards have been organised by the Mayor of Brighton and Hove and celebrate the efforts of local people to offer direct and practical help to others during the pandemic. The two care homes where Peter and Sheila volunteer form BHT’s Archway project, a residential service providing intensive mental health support; both care homes have been rated … Read more

BHT’s supporters joined people from across the UK to take part in the ‘2.6 challenge’, a campaign to help charities that have lost funds due to the Covid-19 pandemic. BHT’s creative supporters dreamed up some imaginative challenges and have so far raised more than £3000, which will help the charity continue to run its services for those facing homelessness, addiction and mental ill health. The idea behind the ‘2.6 challenge’, which was launched on 26 April 2020 to coincide with the planned date of the cancelled London Marathon, was to support charities who have had to cancel their fundraising events … Read more

The Choir with No Name Brighton has launched a ‘virtual choir’ online, as part of efforts to make sure its members can stay connected during the coronavirus pandemic. This choir for people who have experienced homelessness and marginalisation is run in partnership between the national Choir with No Name charity and BHT. It is a vital support network for some of the most isolated members of the community. The Choir with No Name Brighton used to meet to sing every Monday at One Church in the city centre, with each rehearsal followed by a hot meal, cooked by a team … Read more

At BHT we are continuing to run our services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, but we need your help. We have had to cancel our major fundraising events for the year, and urgently need to raise funds so that we can carry on supporting people who are relying on us now more than ever. This is where you come in! The organisers of the biggest mass-participation sports events across the country have come together to create a new campaign to help UK charities like us. The 2.6 Challenge will launch this weekend on Sunday 26 April – what should have been … Read more