Hangleton Community Centre
Room Hire, Activities & Community Support Services for Local Residents ...
 
 
 


Links

Here you will find a list of other websites which are quite useful, we have tried to put them into sections so that whether your looking to hire a room or want to get some help or advice there will be something useful here for you

  • Self Help & Advice services
  • Local Community Websites for Hangleton & Knoll
  • Brighton & Hove City Council Services
  • Room Hire
  • Useful Sites for Community Groups
Self Help & Advice Services - This list is by no means exhaustive, whether your issue or concern is health (mental and physical), disability, conflict, employment, discrimination, financial ... absolutely anything there are a range of specialist support groups and services in Brighton & Hove who can give you real help and who truly understand your circumstances and have the skills and understanding to help you through your problems. But you can start by getting in touch with us!
Addaction - Helping people and communities to tackle drug and substance misuse

Provides a broad range of help and support to older people from Nail cutting, to benefits/pensions advice and activities all helping to improve the quality of life for older people and helping them to have a voice in local decision making.
Anchor Home Services An organisation dedicated to helping older people be safe and secure in their homes through providing maintenance services from a team of qualified and experienced tradesmen and women with the aim of helping older people remain safe and secure in their accommodation
Blue Bird Society for the Disabled Helping people with disabilities to have a better quality of life through arranging trips, regular activities and a door to door transport service for shopping.
Brighton & Hove Credit Union Set up to provide an ethical and easy access to savings and loan services, which aims to reduce poverty and financial exclusion and help all members of the credit union gain their financial independence.
Brighton Housing Trust Provides advice on Housing and Benefits Issues on a wide range of issues including private tenants and leases, ensuring clients are receiving the right benefits and apply for ones which they are entitled to and support for people who are homeless, disabled or elderly people living in isolation and poor conditions
Brighton & Hove Leaseholders Association There are many Lease Holders in the Hangleton Area. If you are one and are having difficulty resolving issues with other tenants, Brighton & Hove City Council etc regarding maintenance, repairs, responsibilities and buying the lease hold of a property, then these are the people for you.
Carer's Centre Provide information and support to people who care for a relatives and friends with disabilities, illness through personal support, regular carer's meetings and also providing activities and outings to help give Carer's a break. There is also a special young carer's project which aims to help children who are in a carer's role for members of their family.
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Provides free advice on a range of issues from Housing and Benefits to Debt and Neighbour disputes. Always in high demand but a valuable service available from Hove Town Hall.
Community Legal Advice Services Provides information on how to access legal support and services for everything from marital breakup to Criminal Defence for people under investigation by the Police Authorities as well as employment matters and life insurance documents.
Depression Self Help Group Provides a non therapeutic session which looks at discussing behaviour and how to use self-help strategies for overcoming depression
Federation of Disabled People Provides Advocacy and support for disabled people in order to promote independence, dignity and empower people with disabilities. They also provide guides to accessibility friendly shops, restaurants.
Mediation Services Brighton & Hove Help resolve neighbour disputes through following a series of steps to help understand issues and ways they can be resolved as well as providing a legal background to conflict resolution
Victim Support Provides help and emotional support to people who have been the victim of or experienced/witnessed crime

 

Local Community Websites for Hangleton & Knoll
Hangleton & Knoll Community Information Site Has information on all community groups, community buildings, events, services and information in the local area.
Hangleton & Knoll Project

The Hangleton & Knoll Project is a community development team that have youth workers supporting young people to look at issues that effect them and their developments, community development workers who look at social issues which exist in the community and work with residents in improving the local environment as well as an IT worker who run regular training, information and fun activities involving using computers, cameras and technology
The North Hangleton Residents Association Meet to discuss issues effecting people in Council Housing in the North of Hangleton and decide how estate development budgets are spent to improve the local area
Hangleton Fun for Families A Parent led group who provide activities and outings for parents living in Hangleton & Knoll
Hangleton & Knoll 50+ Action Group Organising activities, events and outings for older people as well as representing the views and ideas of older people in order to make Hangleton a better place for them to live



Brighton & Hove City Council Services - The Brighton & Hove City Council Website has lot of useful information, here we have tried to link to the most useful and helpful sections, however if you can't find what your looking for here then try using their search feature!
Contacts for Councillor Dawn Barnett Conservative Councillor for Hangleton
Contacts for Councillor Brian Fitch

labour Councillor for Hangleton
Contacts for Councillor Tony Janio Conservative Councillor for Hangleton
Housing Information on Council Housing services from applying for a home to benefits and information on planning
Benefits Advice Information on council tax and housing benefits
Waste Services and environment City Clean are responsible for everything from waste removal to street cleaning and care and maintenance of Green areas
Public Events Want to find something to do? here is a list of events and activities taking place in the City
Public Pathways and Roads Got a problem with pot holes in your street or dangerous paving, report it now before there is an accident! Also report abandoned vehicles, poor/damaged street lighting and signs

 

Room Hire - the centre is a very busy building and we cannot always offer every group that makes an enquiry with us some space. However there are some other local buildings which may be able to accommodate you and there are some very helpful places to go if you want to be able to find a venue anywhere in Brighton & Hove
Community Base Community base is a great place to find a venue for your activities if we cannot accommodate you or the space isn't right. You can choose different areas, sized spaces, costs etc to get what you really want and with listings for virtually all rentable space in the City it has a lot to offer
Community Buildings Network

This is a group of local community building managers who share information and expertise about running community buildings in the Brighton & Hove area

The Ethical Property Company Looking for office space for your group or Social Enterprise, The Ethical Property Company has a number of buildings available in order to make space affordable and with all the necessary requirements for your office
 

 

Useful Sites for Community Groups
The Resource Centre Need equipment? Display boards, fundraising games, laptops? Need to do lots of printing? Want some help with funding? Need your groups accounts reviewed? The Resource Centre is quite possibly the most fabulous place for community groups with the most amazingly helpful people!
Voluntary Sector Forum

Represent local community groups in a number of groups making sure the needs of the community and voluntary sector as a whole are included in the decision making of the local authority
Support For Groups Here is a nice site which lets you look at a list of areas where you think your group needs help and gives you information and contacts for people, groups and resources that you can access.