BHT Sussex Year in Review 2025

BHT Sussex empowers people to overcome homelessness, poverty, addiction and mental ill health across Brighton, East Sussex and West Sussex. In 2024-25, the charity supported 10,683 clients and tenants, prevented 2,303 cases of homelessness and raised over £4 million in welfare benefits for clients. Its 40-year-old First Base day centre, its Outstanding-rated Detox Support Project, and its newly won NHS Sussex mental health contract reflect a comprehensive and growing offer across the South East.

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First Base Day Centre (Brighton); Phase One 52-bed hostel; East Sussex Floating Support Service; Mid Sussex Supported Housing; addiction services including Detox Support Project (rated Outstanding by CQC) and Recovery Project; Pathfinder mental health support (West Sussex); Be OK young people's mental health service; Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings Advice Centres; Accommodation for Work; Homes for Ukraine Sustainment Service; Choir with No Name; PRS Leasing; community housing (319 homes across Brighton and Hastings)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 10,683 clients and tenants supported across all services in 2024-25

Key Metric 2 2,303 cases of homelessness prevented; £4,063,042 raised by welfare benefits advisers for 519 clients

Key Metric 3 6,603 visits to First Base day centre; 463 individuals and households accommodated in community housing; 198 people in specialist mental health supported housing

Key Outcomes

512 people supported through First Base day centre; 2,273 people helped through advice centres in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings; 67 people supported to achieve abstinence and recovery from addiction
1,838 people supported by community mental health services in West Sussex; 21 people with first-hand experience of homelessness, addiction or mental ill health joined as staff or volunteers
Route One supported housing scheme saved from closure through partnership with Brighton and Hove City Council; secured lead provider contract with NHS Sussex for West Sussex Mental Health Support Services for next five years; 1,489 hours of free meeting space provided to partner agencies