Council Announces Help For The City’s Rough Sleepers

More support and expanded services have been announced by Brighton & Hove City Council to help the city’s rough sleepers.

Brighton & Hove currently has the second highest number of rough sleepers in England, behind Westminster. This is a figure which has risen … Read More

Council Break Procedure by Throwing Away Homeless Man’s Possessions

The council are working to resolve the issue.

Brighton and Hove City Council have been forced to apologise following a breach of procedure.

This comes after they broke their own rules in dealing with a homeless citizen.

They removed a … Read More

Brighton’s Rough Sleepers Receive Financial Boost of Nearly Half a Million

The financial boost is a necessity as homelessness consistently rises.

A crucial funding boost has been given to homelessness services in Brighton.

In the financial year of 2018-19, the city council will receive an extra £495,107.

The money was awarded by … Read More

Campaign To End Street Homelessness In Brighton Needs Support

Galvanise Brighton & Hove is a community-led campaign with local people working together to end street homelessness.

The campaign sits alongside the vision of the City’s Rough Sleepers Strategy which aims to make sure that no-one has the need to … Read More

Council States Policy on Abandoned Belongings Following Recent Homeless Episode

A Brighton local took to twiter to express her outrage at the way in which two homeless residents of the city were treated by the council.

Following the tweet (below), the council responsed by stating it’s policies regarding abandoned belongings.

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Could a Plan to House Homeless in Unused University Accommodation Work for Brighton?

A radical, innovatie, yet suprosingly simple idea is being put forward by a group of dissatisfied locals in Manchester who are not about to wait around for the government to get a grip of the rapid incrases in street and … Read More

Full Occupancy at Brighton Centre Night Shelter Due to be Reached by End of Next Week

A night shelter has been open since Sunday 10 December at the Brighton Centre providing places for up to 30 people who are rough sleeping in the city.

In the first few days that the shelter was open, the weather … Read More

Rough Sleeper Review Shows 20% Rise In Street Homelessness In Brighton & Hove

This year’s rough sleeper review has shown a rise in the number of people living on the streets in our city. The official estimate for this winter is confirmed as 178 rough sleepers in Brighton & Hove, a rise of … Read More

Brighton Centre Opens Shelter For Homeless

This Sunday, a night shelter opened at the Brighton Centre providing places for 30 people who are rough sleeping in the city.

The places at the shelter will be allocated from referrals by outreach workers from St Mungo’s and BHT … Read More

Galvanise Brighton & Hove Completes the First Stage of Surveying in its Ambitious Campaign

“27 surveys completed this morning and some amazing feedback from the volunteers about what it was like to sit down and speak to people about their live. We also had a great outreach session at the Library where we did four … Read More