Community action/Brighton

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Brighton. It's an introduction to local networks, groups, events, community resources and assets.

• Brighton community climate action and ecological restoration is a separate page.

• The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, ...on youtube.com, links checked 16:33, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
• Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
• The Green Centre
• Hanover Action for Sustainable Living
• Sussex in Transition on facebook, society of the University of Sussex that acts as a hub for all other student societies focused on sustainability and the environment.
• Earthship Brighton

Cosmolocal discovery club

Each week 3 different short videos from across the UK or world.

People's Emergency Briefing - Teaser Trailer (PG version)

Authors: The National Emergency Briefing, 1.04 mins.

Date: 2026-03-27

We're Right Here at Labour Party Conference

Authors: We're Right Here, 3.46 mins.

Date: 2026-10-13

Artist Turns Gardener and Grows INCREDIBLE Vegetables and Perennial Edible Crops

Authors: Huw Richards, 9.10 mins.

Date: 2024-11-23

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The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere

Authors: The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, 1.51 mins.

Date: 2025-11-12

BIG SWIM IWD 2025 Final Cut

Authors: Nicky Chisholm, 3.05 mins.

Date: 2025-03-12

Leave NO Trace Brighton - Trailer (U)

Authors: LEAVE NO TRACE BRIGHTON, 1.04 mins.

Date: 2025-01-25

What was it like to be part of Brighton & Hove's climate assembly?

Authors: Brighton & Hove City Council, 2.39 mins.

Date: 2021-01-11

Wild Coast Sussex Project Launch

Authors: Sussex Wildlife Trust, 1.49 mins.

Date: 2020-07-20

Our Biosphere: Brighton & Lewes Downs

Authors: The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, 2.59 mins.

Date: 2014-06-10

• Brighton & Hove City Council Petitions Scheme, (PDF, 11 pages)

Goodmoney CIC, social enterprise based in Brighton & Hove, local gift vouchers.

The Community Pub Keeping Local Spirit Alive – Bevy Pub (Brighton, UK)

Authors: The Socioscope, 3.39 mins.

Date: 2025-07-10

Plans to feed the 5,000 in Brighton unveiled

Authors: Latest TV, 2.16 mins.

Date: 2015-07-29

Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival September 2013

Authors: Bite Brighton, 3.03 mins.

Date: 2013-09-19

• Very Local Food Hubs Brighton, not-for-profit community food project, available to everyone living in Moulsecoomb, Bevendean & Bates Estate. added 15:51, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
• Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, not for profit organisation that works for better food for the city now and in the future. "By better food, we mean food that is healthy, affordable, accessible and produced within environmental limits. We believe by working in partnership Brighton & Hove can achieve a sustainable food system."... Brighton & Hove Food Partnership Press release, 8th February 2010
• Brighton Open Market
• Brighton Permaculture Trust
• The Food Waste Collective on facebook
• The Real Junk Food Project Brighton
• Scoop, student-run food co-operative, University of Sussex on facebook
• Sussex Roots, University of Sussex on facebook

Policies

• Planning Advice Note, Food Growing and development, Sep 2011 brighton-hove.gov.uk

• Brighton Energy Cooperative
• Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-operative Ltd

Bunker Housing Co-operative - a Community Led Homes success story

Authors: Community Led Homes, 1.58 mins.

Date: 2019-12-10

Seasalt - a Community Led Homes success story

Authors: Community Led Homes, 2.17 mins.

Date: 2019-12-10

SEASALT Housing Co-operative

Authors: Seasalt Housing Co-operative, 3.29 mins.

Date: 2019-03-21

• SEASALT Housing Cooperative, added 13:45, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
• Brighton & Hove Community Land Trust, added 13:45, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
• Brighton-based student housing co-op secures first property, Jul 24, 2021...thenews.coop
• A cooperative model of homes for students, collectively managed and at affordable rents. SEASALT in Brighton shows the way. Jul 20, 2021...thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative

• Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
• Emmaus Brighton & Hove, situated in Portslade village on the South coast of England, four miles from the centre of Brighton. It is the largest Emmaus community in the UK, and its "Second-hand Superstore" is the largest second-hand shop in the South of England....^W

Free stuff

• Brighton...Land of Free Things! on facebook

Citizens data initiative

• Council data, Brighton & Hove City Council, (open data)

Apps for sustainability

• My Urban Angel

• Sea Lanes Brighton, "Sea Lanes Brighton is an integral part of the Brighton and Hove community, made up of businesses and individuals that are passionate about open water swimming." added 21:14, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
• Our Future City, video: Our Future City #BeWell Programme on vimeo
• ONCA, "ONCA's mission is to inspire creativity and positive action in the face of environmental change."

• Brighton Repair Café
• Magpie Recycling, worker cooperative ^W
• Green A - Z, guide to Reduce Re-use Recycle, information from the Green Centre
• Brighton - GreenCycle Sussex
• Brighton 'Waste House': The House That Kevin Built, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts

Past events

• February 5, 2017, Seedy Sunday
• December 4, 2015, Collaborative Futures workshop with Ben and Annabelle Macfadyen, eventbrite.co.uk
• November 15 - 21, 2015, Brighton Time to Act Week
• October 29, 2015, Feeding the 5000 bhfood.org.uk
• October 18 – 19 and 25 – 26, 2014, Eco Open Houses, Brighton & Hove
• September 4 - 14, 2014 Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival, Autumn Harvest
• July 19, 2014 Brighton Open Market launch
• April 26 - 27, 2014, Big Sussex Market
• April 16 - 27, 2014, Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival, Spring Harvest
• February 8 -16, 2014, Roots Week, schools and communities coming together to plant trees at simultaneous events throughout the week in the UK and Africa

From Wikipedia:Brighton

Brighton ( , BRY-tən) is a seaside resort in the unitary authority area and city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, England, 47 miles (76 km) south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the Domesday Book (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses.

As of 2017, Brighton and Hove had a resident population of about 290,885. Brighton has been described as the UK's "hippest city", "the happiest place to live in the UK", and the "unofficial gay capital of the UK". ^W