News & Events
World Homeless Day & World Mental Health Day 2023
Today marks World Homeless Day, an internationally recognised day which happens annually on 10th October. The purpose of this day is to draw attention to the needs of people who experience homelessness locally and highlight the...
Hardship Fund set up for victims of Brighton fire
BHT Sussex has set up a Hardship Fund for residents affected by the recent fire at one of our properties in Brighton, in response to local people wishing to offer their support. The fire broke out...
New report on First Base published!
BHT Sussex has released a new impact report focused on First Base, our Day Centre for people experiencing homelessness in Brighton and Hove. First Base is well known in the city for providing practical help to...
Brighton and Hastings Legal Walks raises £7,500 for for advice agencies
The annual Brighton and Hastings Legal Walks took place over the past 2 weeks in September and raised much needed funds for local advice services in Brighton and Hastings. These include Citizen’s Advice, Money Advice Plus,...
Caroline Lucas visits BHT Sussex
BHT Sussex recently welcomed our friend and long-time supporter Caroline Lucas, as well as her colleague Liz Collis, to our office, where the two met with David Chaffey, our Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel O’Connell, Head...
Improving our website accessibility
We have recently made some changes to the BHT Sussex website to further improve accessibility. People who have hearing, visual and certain other physical and cognitive impairments can find it all but impossible to use many...
BHT Sussex seeks new Board members
BHT Sussex is looking for new Board members to support our vital work. BHT Sussex is an organisation made up of interlinked projects and services that empower people to overcome homelessness, poverty, addiction and mental ill...
Getting Ready for Work event a great success
More than one hundred people attended our popular ‘Getting Ready for Work’ event which took place at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton last week. Our Accommodation for Work project organise the popular event annually. The...
Fatboy Slim surprises Addiction Service clients with visit
Clients in our Addiction Services were recently surprised with a visit from Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim. Norman gave a talk to the clients about his own journey of recovery and how this has impacted his...
