Community
Contacts

Age Concern - (Brighton Hove & Portslade) 57 Ditchling Road, Brighton BN1 4SD
Anti-Victimisation Initiative - To report incidents of domestic abuse, homophobic or racist crime, please call (01273) 665800/665502. Community co-ordinators: M'Bye Babacourr Sohna (01273) 291097 or Paul Stewart (01273) 291090. For further details please click here.
Brighton Central Library - Vantage Point, New England Hill, Brighton BN1 2GW (01273) 290800 or 296959
Brighton & Hove Buses - (01273) 886200 www.buses.co.uk
Brighton and Hove venue search, an interactive database of rooms and halls available for hire to community and voluntary groups in Brighton and Hove, online at www.communitybase.org/venuesearch.
Brighton and Hove Disability Advice Centre:
6 Hove Manor, Hove Street, Hove BN3 2DF
email:
Telephone / Minicom : 01273 203016
Brighton & Hove Volunteer Bureau - (01273) 737888
Brighton Rape Crisis Project - (01273) 203773
Brighton Women's Centre - 10 St George's Mews, BN1 4EU Tel: (01273) 600526 Fax: 620258
Carers - A young carers' website based on the experiences of a Young Carer, www.angelfire.com/poetry/youngcarer/
Children's Information Service - (Brighton & Hove City Council) (01273) 293545 www.childcarelink.gov.uk/brightonhove
Citizens Advice Bureau - (01273) 207551
Community Base - a home for local community and voluntary groups host a list at: www.communitybase.org/groups
Friends of the Earth - (Brighton & Hove) (01273) 324455
Federation of Disabled People - (Brighton & Hove)
Snowdon House 3 Rutland Gardens Hove BN3 5PA
Telephone : 01273 208934 Fax : 01273 778266
E-mail :
Internet : www.bhfederation.co.uk
Also (see above) Brighton & Hove Disability Advice Centre
GLAM - Gay and Lesbian Arts and Media Information and Advice Line (01273) 707963
Hindu Temple- (01273) 420200
Marie Stopes - 0845 300 80 90 Advice and information on unplanned pregnancy
NHS Direct - 0845 46 47 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Parents Helpline - (01273) 550600 24 hour confidential listening service for any parent under stress
Parentline - 0808 800 22 22 Free confidential advice for those in a parenting role
Police Station - (non-emergency) 0845 60 70 999 (in emergency dial 999)
Refuse and Cleansing Helpline (Brighton & Hove City Council) - (01273) 274674 Find out about refuse collections or report problems, or try the website, www.brighton-hove.gov.uk - select Refuse and Recycling, then choose a link from the right of the page. You can find out regular collection days by typing your street name into the search box after selecting 'rubbish collection days'.
RSPCA - (01273) 554218 or 08705 555 999 - Emergencies and general enquiries
Samaritans - (01273) 772277
School admissions - (01273) 293653
Sussex Careers Service - Career's advice for all ages (01273) 827400
Tomorrow's People Trust - Job search and basic skills training, (01273) 722111
Victim Support - (Brighton) (01273) 234009
Visitor Information Centre - (Brighton & Hove) 0906 7 11 22 55 (Premium rate - 50p per minute)
Women's Refuge Project - (01273) 622822
Workability - Job search and guidance for people with disabilities and mental health needs (01273) 324343

See also community centres, community organisations, charities etc on other pages. Links at the top of this page.