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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Choir with No Name perform Big Christmas Singalong at Brighton Dome

The Choir with No Name Brighton, a choir for people who have experienced homelessness and marginalisation, returned to the Brighton Dome last night for their annual Big...
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Recovery Project clients collect for Winter Appeal

On Wednesday, clients from the Recovery Project volunteered to do a street collection in aid of our Winter Appeal for First Base Day Centre. The group...
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BHT Sussex launches winter appeal for First Base!

Still from BHT Sussex appeal video BHT Sussex has launched its winter appeal which aims to support those facing homelessness this winter,...
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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

YL

BHT Sussex’s Immigration Legal Service has helped hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers with legal support. Many of those we work with are ‘unaccompanied minors’; young people and children who have often endured unimaginable suffering, and who have no adults to look after their welfare when they arrive in the UK. We provide a crucial service for some of the most vulnerable people in our community, including victims of trafficking and domestic violence. This Is YL’s story. YL was living in Vietnam with her parents when tragically, when she was just 14, they both died within a short time of … Read more

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