This directory has been put together by Brighton & Hove City Council, local charities, community groups and businesses.
Are you a young person or know a young person looking to break the boredom, connect with other teens or discuss more serious issues with someone?
Active for Life is a project run by Brighton & Hove City Council to support people in the city to lead active lifestyles.
For more information on the Active for Life Project, send an email to healthylifestyles@brighton-hove.gov.uk or phone 01273 294 589 to contact the Healthy Lifestyles Team.
Follow us on Twitter, or visit Active for Life on Facebook.
Albion in the Community offer online engagement and 1-2-1 support over the phone.
Find out more about what Albion in the Community offers.
Allsorts Youth Project listens to, supports and connects children and young people (ages 5 to 25 years old) who are LGBT+ or exploring their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Allsorts offers:
To make a referral, please visit the Allsorts Youth Project website.
If you need support making a referral or have any questions, please email youth@allsortsyouth.org.uk.
Amaze offers:
To contact Amazing Futures peer support, send an email to sue@amazesussex.org.uk.
To speak to someone about careers guidance, send an email to liam@amazesussex.org.uk.
Find out more about Amaze.
AudioActive offers:
Find out more about AudioActive.
Outreach work with young people affected by parental substance use.
Usual service offer to young people, delivered virtually. All enquiries will receive a screening / initial assessment, but it may be that higher risk young people are prioritised.
Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Fridays.
Send an email to youstina.brais@brighton-hove.gov.uk, or phone 01273 293 966.
The BMEYPP offers:
To get in touch, you can send an email to info@bmeypp.org.uk. You can also get in touch through the BMEYPP Facebook page or the BMEYPP Instagram.
Blatchington Court Trust is a charity supporting certified vision impaired people up to the age of 30 throughout Sussex.
It offers:
Only open to existing registered clients. Anyone eligible can ask to be registered by sending an email to alison@blatchingtoncourt.org.uk.
The Youth Participation Team offers:
To get in touch, send an email to debbie.garrett@brighton-hove.gov.uk.
New social media group, text, phone and email.
Find out more about Brighton & Hove Youth Council.
Community table tennis club offering free and low-cost sessions to young people.
The current BTTC offer includes:
Brighton Youth Centre offers:
Find more information about Brighton Youth Centre.
Get in touch through the BYC Instagram page or the BYC Facebook page.
ESTEEM offers:
Find out more about ESTEEM.
Telephone support service for young people with special educational needs and disabilities and parent carers.
Online and virtual offer of activities and virtual timetable launching 6 April.
Brighton & Hove City Council can give you a referral, or you can get in touch through the Extratime Facebook page, or on the Extratime website.
A Community Standing Together for the Rights and Protection of Young Refugees.
The Hummingbird Refugee Project is a youth-centred charity that aims to provide trauma-informed services and promote youth-led action that is underpinned by our shared belief in human rights. Our services support young refugees, between the ages of 14 and 25, many of whom have arrived in the UK as unaccompanied children.
The project is based in Brighton and works with those living in the city and across East and West Sussex. As well as our direct services for young people, we actively campaign for the rights and protection of young refugees at a local and national level.
Our award-winning services provide a wide range of Youth-centred activities, all run to provide young refugees with the care and support they need.
Be Well, Be Heard: Specialist 1:1 Support. We offer specialist support to young refugees who may have experienced trauma and/or have significant difficulties in their life
Learning Space provides 1-2-1 tuition and a weekly drop in educational and language support session with qualified teachers every Thursday 6-7pm at the BMECP
Global Social Club (GSC) meets every Monday, 5-7pm.Our team welcomes young people aged 14-25 from around the city and around the world
Young Leaders programme is run in partnership with TEDxBrighton, working with young people to develop their confidence & skills. Hummingbird Young Leaders frequently speak at events and collaborate with the media
Alongside our Young People, we have led significant national and international campaigns and continue to lobby for change.
Find more information about The Hummingbird Refugee Project. You can get in touch via their Instagram page.
Providing quality activities and help for children and young people, working in partnership with local churches.
Please send an email to info@kidzklubbrighton.co.uk for more information.
Mentivity is an inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision delivering across London & Brighton.
Complete the contact form or send an email to info@mentivity.com.
Pick Your Own offers:
Personalised support to build a young person's confidence
Find out more about Pick Your Own. You can get in touch by:
Online Adolescent Girls arts+ Wellbeing Group. Sending out resources, currently creating a new page with info and resources on RISE website. Soon to be launching live chat.
Get a referral by phoning 01273 622 828.
Under 18s substance use and sexual health service. Usual service offer to young people, parents/ carers and professionals, delivered virtually.
All enquiries will receive a screening / initial assessment but it may be that we prioritise higher risk young people.
Open Monday to Thursday from 9am to 5pm, and 9am to 4pm on Fridays.
Find out more about the ru-ok? service.
To get in touch, send an email to ruokdb@brighton-hove.gov.uk, or phone 01273 293 966.
The Schools Wellbeing Service offers:
Find out more about the Schools Wellbeing Service.
To get in touch, send an email to SWSConsultationLine@brighton-hove.gov.uk, or phone 01273 293 481.
Emotional Support for young people age 8 to 18 years old with sensory needs, via Zoom (counsellor facilitated) peer group support.
This offers a safe emotionally supportive space to meet other young people online in similar situations, or with similar issues and talk about feelings and issues coming up at present.
Telephone and Zoom Video 1-2-1 support and counselling. If this is not available or suitable there are other appropriate counselling services like:
Find out more about Sensing Friends or send an email to penny@sensingfriends.org.
Sew Fabulous offers:
Existing students have the information by email.
Find out more about Sew Fabulous.
Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Service:
Young persons therapy:
Normal referral pathways still apply. Police/SARC/Professionals can use the forms they have, or one downloaded from our website.
Make a self-referral through the Survivors' Network website.
Sussex Clubs for Young People offers:
Most staff are on furlough, but are willing to respond to community safety teams or police with support for young people. This is subject to being given key worker status.
To get in touch, visit the Sussex Clubs for Young People website.
If you have a connection with Brighton & Hove and are homeless (including sofa-surfing), worried about becoming homeless or rough-sleeping, Sussex Nightstop can help.
Sussex Nightstop sets up short stays for young people aged 16 to 25 in the homes of volunteer hosts who are vetted and trained to provide a comfortable place of respite to young people in need of emergency accommodation.
Get more information on accessing support from Sussex Nightstop.
Sussex Prisoners' Families offers family activities.
Get in touch through the Sussex Prisoners' Families website.
Tarner Community Project offers:
You can get in touch through the Tarner Community Project Facebook or the Tarner Community Project Instagram.
The Hangleton and Knoll Project offers:
You can get in touch via the Hangleton and Knoll Project Facebook page.
The Trust for Developing Communities offers:
Find the Trust for Developing Communities on Instagram, on Twitter @trustdevcom, or on Facebook.
To get in touch, send an email to adammuirhead@trustdevcom.org.uk.
TouchBase offers support to people aged between 5 and 25 years old.
They support people recovering from abuse, neglect and other adverse childhood experiences and their carers, adoptive parents and the education and social care professionals around them.
TouchBase Centre offers:
To get in touch, send an email to info@touchbase.org.uk.
Whitehead Ross offers:
Current working days/hours are: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 3.30pm.
To get in touch, send an email to workforceskills@wrecltd.co.uk.
YMCA Positive Placements offers:
To get in touch, send an email to positiveplacements@ymcadlg.org.
Youth Coaching service in partnership with Trust for Developing Communities, Hangleton and Knoll Project, Audio Active.
YMCA Reboot offers:
To get in touch, send an email to reboot@sussex.pnn.police.uk.
Find more information about YMCA Right Here.
Instagram: @ymcarighthere
Twitter: @RightHereBH
Facebook: @ymcarighthere
1-2-1 support is still being provided over the phone, video calls - including Zoom and WhatsApp. Referrals are still being accepted, but there is currently a small waiting list. Young people are triaged and prioritised according to need.
The Ambassadors programme is being maintained with existing volunteers but not currently taking any new volunteers on.
Download a YMCA WISE referral form.
To get in touch, send an email to wise@ymcadlg.org.
We are running all 4 of our services remotely. No face-to-face appointments. We are continuing to accept new referrals.
To get in touch, phone 01273 624 432 and you'll be connected to right team. Or you can email teams directly:
Find YMCA YAC on:
Young Carers Project offers:
Young Carers Project is working on its online offer.
It's referral only, but you can ask for advice on Facebook or by sending an email to youngcarersproject@thecarerscentre.org.
Young People's Centre offers:
They will respond to new enquiries through email: youthsupport.ypc@impact-initiatives.org.uk. They don't provide 'emergency' support but they will follow up with 48 hours.
Counselling and life coaching online on the Young People's Support Network website.
To get in touch, send an email to enquiry@ypsn.org.uk.
Free careers information, advice, guidance and support with moving into education, training, employment provided by a team of qualified Employability Advisers.
For people 16 - 19 years old, not in education, employment or training and living in Brighton & Hove.
YES Advisers are offering ongoing support and advice using online platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook
Send an email to youthemployabilityservice@brighton-hove.gov.uk, or phone 01273 294 247.