Homelessness & Homeless Prevention

We are committed to making real changes to the lives of people who are vulnerably housed or street homeless across East Sussex.

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Homelessness & Homeless Prevention

We are committed to making real changes to the lives of people who are vulnerably housed or street homeless across East Sussex.

BHT Sussex provides services to people who are homeless and sleeping rough to help improve their health and wellbeing and move them away from the streets onto healthy independent living.

BHT Sussex's Services

East Sussex Floating Support Service

The Service provides short-term housing-related floating support across East Sussex for vulnerable people, aged 16+, who require support to live independently.

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First Base Day Centre

First Base offers a range of services to support people who are sleeping rough or insecurely housed in the city, to get off the streets and start realising their aspirations.

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Phase One

A 52 bed, high support hostel for single homeless men and women with complex needs.

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Hastings Young People's Service

The Hastings Young People’s Service is a supported housing project for homeless and vulnerable young people aged between 16 and 25 years old.

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Choir with No Name

The Choir with No Name runs choirs for homeless and marginalised people.

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Homes for Ukraine Sustainment Service

This is a support service for hosts and guests taking part in the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

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Real life stories from BHT Sussex

Samuel

For many people, there may come a time where they hit a breaking point and can’t carry on without support. This is the case with many of our clients experiencing homelessness, who come to First Base Day Centre to seek support from our highly trained, knowledgeable and compassionate case workers. Each client who walks through our doors receives support from a dedicated case worker to help them move away from rough sleeping. This is what one of our clients, Samuel, experienced when he came to First Base. This is his story.

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Jim

Many clients who seek help from First Base, our day centre for people who are sleeping rough, have multiple and complex needs. When helping a person move away from rough sleeping and into more secure accommodation, the case workers at First Base consider all the physical and mental health needs a client may have. This approach helped Jim get off the streets. Read his story below. “Before I came to First Base, I had lost my supported accommodation and was rough sleeping on the streets. On my first visit to First Base, one of their case workers asked me if … Read more

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Khan

Living day to day Last year, I was living a hectic life in Brighton and Eastbourne – to escape that I turned up on my mum’s doorstep, and I wasn’t looking well because I’d been on drugs for a long time. After 6 months Khan’s relationship with his mum and his recovery broke down. He had to leave his mum’s house and he returned to Brighton, where he had nowhere to live. He ended up sleeping rough. Khan was initially placed in emergency temporary accommodation, through the local Street Outreach Service, but he needed more supportive and longer-term housing, and … Read more

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