We take most of our referrals through Brighton and Hove City Council.  Please contact generalenquiries@brightonymca.co.uk for more information.

Housing Options Contact Information:

Phone: 01273 294 400

The service is open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday

Email: housing.advice@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Address: Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1JE

If you meet the criteria for our accommodation, we will invite you for a housing interview. This will give you the opportunity to look around and for us to assess whether the support we offer is right for you.

Other services:

• ACORN:  07871 715 693 & brighton@acorntheunion.org.uk
• BHT Sussex: 01273 645 455 & enquiries@bht.org.uk
• The Clock Tower Sanctuary: 01273 722 353
• Project Antifreeze: 01273 774140
• Immigration Legal Service: immigrationlegalservices@bht.org.uk
• Brighton & Hove Food Partnership: 01273 234 810 & info@bhfood.org.uk
• Brighton & Hove Local Discretionary Social Fund: 01273 293 117 & ldsf@brighton-hove.gov.uk
• Community Base: information sheet click here

Services that can offer general and emotional support:

• Cruse Bereavement Support (information and counselling for bereaved people): 01273 234007 /eastsussex@cruse.org.uk / www.cruse.org.uk
• RISE (offering prevention and recovery support services to those who have experienced domestic abuse): 01273 622 822/ www.riseuk.org.uk
• Safe in the City (support for people experiencing anti-social behaviour, hate incidents or domestic violence) 01273 290 000 / hello@bhct.co.uk
• Brighton Women’s Centre (women’s support, counselling, psychotherapy and other services): 01273 698 036 / www.womenscentre.org.uk
• Victim Support (practical and emotional support for people affected by crime): 0808 168 9111 / www.victimsupport/org.uk/resources/sussex
• Survivors’ Network (helpline, counselling, advocacy and support for survivors of abuse): 01273 203 390 / www.survivorsnetwork.org.uk
• Domestic Abuse Specialist Service (DASS) at Victim Support (support to survivors and those affected by abuse and racism): 0300 323 9985
• Mindout (mental health and wellbeing services for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people): 01273 234 839 / info@mindout.org.uk
• Age UK (support for older people): 0800 019 1310
• Ageing Well: 0808 175 3234
• Refugee Radio (casework advice, mental health support group and radio programme for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants): 01273 234 868
• Voices in Exile (support refugees, asylum seekers and those with no recourse to public funds): 01273 328 598
• CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably (emotional support for men and those bereaved by suicide): 0800 58 58 58
• Mankind (therapeutic service for men who have been affected by sexual abuse): 01273 911 680
• Men’s Advice Line (support for men in abusive relationships): 0808 801 0327
• Together Co (connecting people to reduce isolation): 01273 775 888 / www.saturncentre.org
• Change Grow Live Recovery Service (support or those affected by substance misuse, offers one to one interventions, group work and clinical interventions and talking therapies): 01273 731900

• The Clare Project (charity run by and for trans, non-binary and intersex people): 07565229395 / info@clareproject.org.uk
• Mindout (mental health and wellbeing services for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people): 01273 234 839 / info@mindout.org.uk
• RISE (specialist support and refuse for LGBTQ+ people experiencing domestic abuse): 07563 389 482 / LGBT@riseuk.org.uk
• Switchboard (provides targeted health and wellbeing services for LGBTQ people): 01273 234 009 / info@switchboard.org.uk
• Allsorts Youth Project (LGBT+ youth and family services): 01273 721 100 / info@allsortsyouth.org.uk

• Sex Workers Outreach (confidential service for women who work in the sex industry): 01273 675 526 / 07801 376158  (texting or whatsapp available) / www.oasispoject.org.uk/swop-sussex/swop-contact
• Arch Healthcare (GP surgery for those experiencing homelessness or housing crisis): 01273 00 3930
• Saturn Centre (free confidential healthcare and support to anyone aged 14 years and above that has experienced unwanted sexual experiences): 0330 223 0099 / mahl.saturncentre@nhs.net
• Shopmobility (low cost scooter and wheelchair hire): 01273 323 239
• East Sussex Vision Support (support with sight loss): 01323 832252 / info@eastsussexvisionsupport.org
• Switchboard (provides targeted health and wellbeing services for LGBTQ people): 01273 234 009 / info@switchboard.org.uk
• Impact Initiatives (support for children, young people and adults) (support for children, young people and adults to live health and fulfilling lives): 01273 322 940
• Alzheimer’s Society (support and information for people with dementia, and their families and carers): 01273 726 266
• Pathways to Health (community acupuncture service for those in recovery from mental health and substance use issues): 01273 234766 / info@pathwaystohealth.org.uk
• Assert Brighton & Hove (support for autistic adults who identify with Asperger Syndrome or HFA): 01273 234 850

• EVOLVE (YMCA Brighton’s Work & Learning service): to see more about our service and how to refer click here
• National Careers Service (information and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work): 0800 100 900
• Youth Employability Service (guidance to those 16-18 not in education or employment): 01273 294 247
• Youth Employment Hub: 01273 291 654
• Sussex Interpreting Services (free language support for non-English speakers to access local public services): 01273 702 005 & info@sussexinterpreting.org.uk
• Migrant English Project (English lessons for refugees and asylum seekers): mepbrighton12@gmail.com

• Pathways to Health (community acupuncture service for those in recovery from mental health and substance use issues): 01273 234766 / info@pathwaystohealth.org.uk
• Arch Healthcare (GP surgery for those experiencing homelessness or housing crisis): 01273 00 3930
• Oasis Project (support for women and families with current or former drug or alcohol problems): 01273 696 970
• Cascade Creative Recovery (empowers people to find and sustain recovery from substance misuse): 07512639758
• Change Grow Live Recovery Service (support or those affected by substance misuse, offers one to one interventions, group work and clinical interventions and talking therapies): 01273 731900
• Keys Community Detox (Christian detox and recovery programme for those struggling with drug and alcohol addictions): 0800 634 9638
• RU-OK? (free advice, guidance and support for under 18s on drugs, alcohol and sexual health): 01273 293 966

• Black and Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (resource centre which champions and supports the BME community): 0300 303 1171
• Brighton & Hove Black History (challenges racism and prejudice by raising awareness of the multicultural history of Britain): www.black-history.org.uk
• Sussex Interpreting Services (free language support for non-English speakers to access local public services): 01273 702 005 & info@sussexinterpreting.org.uk
• Friends, Families and Travellers (charity working on behalf of all Gypsies, Travellers and Roma regardless of ethnicity, culture or background): 01273 234 777 & fft@gypsy-traveller.org