Links
Local
Brighton Black History
www.black-history.org.uk
MOSAIC Black and Mixed Parentage Family Group
www.mosaicbrighton.org.uk
Brighton Housing Trust (Immigration Advice Service)
Based within the Brighton Housing Trust, the Legal Services provides a range of specialist legal advice in housing, immigration, welfare benefits and debt at their advice centres in Brighton and Eastbourne.
www.bht.org.uk
Community and Voluntary Sector Forum
With over 500 members, The Community and Voluntary Sector Forum supports third sector organisations to work together and have a strong voice to influence policy and plans for the benefit of local people.
www.cvsectorforum.org.uk
Women's Refuge Project (Now called Rise)
Rise provides support for women, children and young people living with the effects of domestic abuse.
www.womensrefuge.org.uk
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust provides mental health, specialist learning disability and substance misuse services for Brighton & Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) is the regional teaching hospital and provides general and specialist acute hospital services working as one teaching hospital across two sites: Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath. These include the Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and the Sussex Eye Hospital
Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust (NHS Brighton and Hove)
Put simply, we aim to help people live healthily and stay well, and make sure that high quality care is provided for them when they become unwell. The work is split between improving people’s health, engaging and involving local communities and commissioning services to meet local needs.
South Downs Health NHS Trust
South Downs Health provides community and rehabilitation services, as well as children’s services in partnership with the Children and Young People’s Trust.
www.southdowns.nhs.uk
Sussex Interpreting Services
SIS exists to enable full access, for people with language needs, to publicly funded services in order to improve health, education and overall quality of life.
www.sussexinterpreting.org.uk
National
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Equality and Human Rights Commission champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society
www.ehcr.org.uk
The Refugee Council is the largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees. They give direct help and support, but also work with asylum seekers and refugees to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed.
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
Founded in 1985, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture is an independent charity that provides care and rehabilitation to survivors of torture and other forms of organised violence.
Race for Health
Race for Health is a Department of Health-funded, NHS based programme that works with PCTs and Trusts to drive forward improvements in health for people from black, and minority ethnic backgrounds. We believe that the time for simply talking about race inequality is over. We support real change across the NHS, with the implementation of legislation as a starting point.
Funders
Big Lottery Fund
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Big Lottery Fund – Awards for All
www.awardsforall.org.uk
Brighton and Hove City Council
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk
Comic Relief
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Heritage Lottery Fund
www.hlf.org.uk/English
Sport England
www.funding.sportengland.org
Sussex Community Foundation
www.sussexgiving.org.uk
Tudor Trust
www.tudortrust.org.uk
Yapp Charitable Trust
www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Regional/National BME Networks
Uni – South East Regional BME Network
Uni Network is a regional organisation dedicated to strengthening the BME Third Sector in South East England as a positive force for change. It provides a platform for regional, sub-regional and local BME organisations and also for organisations that support the aspirations and needs of BME men and women to enable them to influence policy making.
Voice for Change England
Voice4Change England is a partnership of national and regional BME-led organisations established in 2006 that speaks for the interests of the BME Third Sector at local, regional, and national levels to all types of policy-makers
www.voice4change-england.co.uk
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