An opportunity to see what life was like for a homeless person, by spending a night on the streets. We raised awareness, gained support and publicity for our work. Thanks go to Fat Boy Slim and Hove Lagoon for supporting this. We hope to make this an annual event, so watch this space …..
AXA Insurance run an annual corporate responsibility fund. This year Sussex Homeless Support were fortunate to receive one of the four prizes for the south east. Giorgio Finella, SHS volunteer and AXA employee, presented Jim with a cheque for £500. If your company runs a corporate responsibility fund, please think of SHS.
In August 2018, the Levellers held their Beautiful Days festival at Escot Park in Devon and raised almost £5,000 for us. The boys then came and joined us at the Sunday Street Kitchen on 23rd September, helping to serve food and chatting to our homeless visitors. A concert at The Dome in October raised £860 […]
Oliver’s Brighton – Oliver’s parachute jump raised £1,065 for SHS but he hasn’t stopped there … On 15th September 2018, Oliver Dall, owner of Oliver’s Brighton, jumped out of a plane to raise money for SHS. The Harry Potter enthusiast jumped in Slytherin attire with Hedwig attached to his shoulder. He has been an avid […]
Teenager Gabriel Preston climbed Snowdon for us – August 2018 Distressed by seeing so many homeless people on the street, teenager Gabriel Preston and his mum, Andrea, a SHS volunteer, decided to raise funds for the charity, by climbing Snowdon. They did it and raised a whopping £700 – over double their initial goal.
We are delighted to say that our 2019 Sussex Homeless Support Fundraising Auction , which ended on Thursday, March 14th, 2019 has raised the amazing sum of £3,263. We had 79 incredible ‘lots’ donated to us. This is our second year of running this highly successful auction, raising much needed funds for the charity and […]
On August 4th 2018, we built a bus for Brighton Pride and joined the procession. What a privilege and what an amazing day. We couldn’t take the real bus so we made one! Our volunteers and homeless service users joined in the carnival atmosphere, partying into the evening.
On the 19th May, we took the orange bus, volunteers and some of our homeless service users to Windsor, to see the wedding. We were given a prime parking spot and we worked with the police and other organisations to offer the ‘displaced’ homeless a place to relax, have a cool glass of water and […]
In March 2018, we launched an online auction to raise funds for the ‘Orange Bus’. We needed funding to keep the bus taxed, insured and to keep the generator running every night we were open – the generator keeps the lights on and the bus warm and costs £25 per night in fuel to […]
Jim Deans turned an old, out-of-service double-decker school bus into a refuge shelter for rough sleepers. We met up with Jim to have a chat about his bus, homelessness and how you can help.
