Real Life Stories

The Hastings Young People’s Service does what the name suggests, providing accommodation and support for homeless young people in Hastings and St. Leonards.  Frankie came to the service in October 2016.  She had held a ...

Over the last couple of years, BHT’s Addiction Services have noticed an increase in the number of ‘second generation’ addicts.  They were children who grew up with one, or both, parents with a severe alcohol ...

Mental health problems are a common thread amongst many of BHT’s clients and we have a range of specialist mental health services, including the Archway Project in Hove. Simon moved into the Archway Project in ...

Shore House provides accommodation and support for people with multiple and complex needs.  That means they will have a combination of alcohol and drug addictions, mental health problems, and other chaotic or destructive behaviours.  Often ...

Martha was referred to Shore House following an intentional overdose of prescription medication that nearly proved fatal, and which resulted in a hospital admission. As Martha was too physically unwell to travel, the Shore House ...

For most of us we get our identity and status from what we do.  BHT’s Intern Programme was set up to prepare people with a history of homelessness, mental ill health or addictions to make ...

Last year our advice services in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings prevented 817 households from becoming homeless.  The impact of this is huge: fewer people on the streets, less demands on local council homelessness services, or ...

Helping someone off the streets is not as simple as just providing a roof over their head.  Becs was referred to our 52 bed hostel, Phase One, in April 2013 having lost her accommodation. She ...

Recovery from mental ill health and moving into independent accommodation can take several years and requires individuals rebuilding many parts of their lives.  This is the account of one client from the Route One Project, ...

The Whitehawk Inn is known locally for being a valuable community support resource and adult education centre, but also provides services beyond this, for example offering specialist debt advice. Helen was referred to us by ...

Around half those sleeping rough in Brighton and Hove have a local connection.  Others come to Brighton for many reasons: the image of the city that has attracted many of us, perhaps a happy childhood ...

Increasingly we are working with people who are in work or who become homeless having lost their job. Our Accommodation for Work Project was set up to help people like Enes.  He worked as a ...