First Base Winter Appeal

We are raising funds for First Base, our day centre for people facing homelessness. Donate to help us keep hope alive this winter.

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First Base Winter Appeal

We are raising funds for First Base, our day centre for people facing homelessness. Donate to help us keep hope alive this winter.

Combating Homelessness, Creating Opportunities, Promoting Change

BHT Sussex is a housing association and a homeless charity. We provide essential services across Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings, as well as elsewhere in Sussex. We see it as our role to both challenge the causes of homelessness, poverty and marginalisation and to deal with the consequences.

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Sponsored walk takes place for Brighton’s advice agencies

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,...
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MP Sally-Ann Hart visits Hastings Advice Centre

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...
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Free fire safety assessments for your home

Is your home safe from fire? East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service are currently offering free fire safety in the home telephone assessments to people living...
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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

Kosi

After expanding our Immigration Legal Team in recent years, we have been able to assist in more specialist immigration cases that involve domestic violence. Although most immigration cases are complicated, it can be particularly difficult to work through the layers to help someone remain in the UK when someone has experienced domestic violence. A clear example of this is Kosi’s case, who was concerned she wouldn’t be able to remain in the UK if she left her spouse. This is her story. Kosi is originally from Ghana and had been living in the UK for several years with her husband … Read more

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