Nicki Morgan

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, Money Advice Plus, Possability People and BHT’s Brighton Advice Centre. The walk will look a little different this year, as due to social distancing measures participants will take part at different times along different routes, but the aim is the same; to raise as much as possible for these important services. If you would like to sponsor our team click here. The Brighton Legal Walk is organised by London Legal Support Trust which supports … Read more

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 homelessness. Last year the Hastings Advice Centre, which is based at Renaissance House, London Road, St Leonard’s, prevented 346 households from becoming homeless, including 73 at the Court Duty scheme that operates at Hastings County Court. The Hastings Advice Centre is run by BHT and is funded jointly by the government’s Legal Aid Agency and Hastings Borough Council. Sally-Ann Hart also heard about other work that BHT does in the town including a specialist … Read more

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