LGBTQ+ Night Shelter Pilot
We’re delighted to be opening an LGBTQ+ night shelter in Brighton. Opening January 23rd 2023, the shelter will be a pilot project which will run initially for 10 weeks.
The Shelter
The Team
Access To The Shelter
Referral Criteria
- LGBTQ+ people aged 18+ who are sofa surfing/escaping domestic, discriminatory, or hate violence/first time street homeless/already in homelessness support services/insecurely or unsafely housed
- Low risk for substance abuse/violence/self-harm and suicide
- Lower support needs for mental health/physical/learning disability (e.g. not those who would require a carer with them)
- Either engaging with services already or wish to engage in services if required
- No dependents who will also need to be in emergency accommodation
- We welcome referrals of LGBTQ+ people with no recourse to public funds.
Referral Questions
How You Can Help
We’re still accepting applications for volunteers to join our night shelter team and help support homelesss LGBTQ+ people in Brighton. If you’re LGBTQ+, available nights and/or weekends, and able to commit to at least two shifts – we’d love to hear from you. Training will be provided.
If you’re interested please complete our short online application form here.
Donate
Donations are essential to our work. Your donations will enable us to support people in crisis and help us get homeless LGBTQ+ people back on their feet. We will use your donations to put money towards a deposit for someone leaving the shelter or to purchase essential items for those who may have lost everything fleeing an abusive situation.
Switchboard will provide those leaving the service with support packages including essential items like bedding, toiletries and treats, which make a real difference to how people are feeling. If you think you can help by donating anything to our support packages please email [email protected].
Ongoing Review and Improvements
Justlife and Trans Pride Brighton & Hove will be evaluating the pilot in order to ensure we continue to improve safe housing options for LGBTQ+ people in Brighton and beyond. As this is a pilot project we will be reviewing our service and referral criteria on an ongoing basis and will keep you informed of any changes. We always welcome your feedback.