A statement has been issued by Brighton and Hove City Council pledging that a council-owned building will be used as a shelter for people sleeping rough in the city this winter. A large room in the centrally located Brighton Centre venue is currently being prepared.
The Brighton Centre will open its...
In Brighton & Hove there are an estimated 15,000 households that struggle to keep their home warm enough over winter, and living in cold conditions can have a terrible effect on your health with an estimated 135 'excess winter deaths' in the city each year due to cold housing....
Those of you wishing to take a wander through rose-tinted visions of Christmas-future, and to tease yourself with fanciful daydreams of living in an ex-windmill, are in luck. A property has recently become available on the outskirts of Brighton and Hove, in the lovely Patcham.
A life in Patcham Mill is one...
Moments is a series of curated talks featuring extraordinary stories told by ordinary people. Organisers of Moments, Matt Matheson, and knows what it's like to be overcome with nerves, or to believe that nothing you have to say is of interest. "I know how it feels to freeze at the...
First Base has appointed BuckleyGrayYeoman as master-planner and architect for a new 300,000 sq ft mixed-use project on the site of the former Amex House in Brighton. The redevelopment will transform the vacant site, giving a new lease of life to the site and creating a new vibrant quarter for Brighton.
Matt Yeoman,...
StreetSmart was established in 1998 and since then have raised over £8.2 million for homeless and vulnerable people across the UK.
At participating restaurants during the festive months of November and December, with the benefit of a tablecard or a reference on the menu, a voluntary £1 is added to the diners’ bill.
At...
Looking to learn how to fix up your bike to take you through the winter trouble free?
Let's face it, no one wants to have to sort their chain out on a cold evening. With numb fingers and the shivers doubling up the difficulty of the task, enacting roadside DIY...
With the news that on in 69 people living in Brighton and Hove are either homeless or in a uncertain and unstable housing situation, and conflicting advice on how you, as an individual, should be responding to the violent rise in rough sleeping that materialise these desperate and depressing...
Walking the streets of Brighton this weekend, I found myself looking up at the plastic husks of Christmas future in anticipation of the Christmas spirit being turned on and glowing down on Brighton's streets. Many of you will have noticed the large installations running across the top of traffic...
Drivers are being warned they could face hefty fines if they continue to park their cars inconsiderately on the main driveway in Stanmer Park.
Enforcement begins in the park from Monday, 13 November and vehicle owners could be fined up to £100. Parking on the main driveway has caused numerous...
