Who We Support
The Homity Trustees have no fixed agenda on awarding grants, just a commitment to provide financial support where a need is identified. We will only award funds after careful consideration and due diligence by our Grants Committee, to formally registered groups where a small amount will make a big difference.
Based in central Brighton, but covering all of Sussex, we prefer to help local community groups to improve quality of life and social inclusion for their end users, and to be kept in touch with their development and progress stemming from the use of the grant.
Here are some recently funded groups showing the ever increasing needs continuing on from the COVID pandemic and now the extra influence of the cost of living crisis.
The Old Boat Community Centre
Community Hub
Under the human fount of knowledge and energy, otherwise known as Reyna, the whole team and atmosphere at the centre is incredible. This truly is the epitome of a community hub in the Carden Hill area of North Brighton. The immediate sensation is of busy, happy people helping each other. From Food and hygiene needs to clothes exchange, soft play to dementia cafe, this place delivers it all with great cakes too! We have recently supplied regular drip funding to allow some extra funds to be used where and when most needed to address existing or new ideas and issues. Trustees are confident that this funding is being used to its maximum and delivering the Homity message of small amounts making a big difference.
Kennedy Street Recovery Hub
We are pleased to support the newly opened Addiction Recovery Hub run by the brilliant Kennedy Street under the leadership of Emma and her team. A central point for all those struggling with addiction issues, the volunteers signpost ways to help with recovery from addiction. Their support improves health and wellbeing, encourages and promotes social inclusion through education, training and personal development. They also offer a comforting cuppa in a relaxed setting where users can find a listening ear and meet with others on the same journey.
The newly refurbished Recovery Hub at the Level, Brighton.
Pelican Parcels
We are proud to have supported this incredible group since their formation and so the recent decision to award them with our special 10th anniversary grant was a reflection of how they best match our desire to give funding that will make a BIG difference. This money has been matched by another local charitable foundation and a significant donation from another Sussex based Trust too, which is amazing. The charity provides emergency and ongoing support from their Hove warehouse. They take in pre-loved and new item donations for babies and children up to age 12+, and redistribute them to families facing financial hardship via various existing family services across Brighton & Hove.
Our funding is helping with the more difficult to donate items like cot mattresses, buggies and even a washing machine. Unfortunately demand for their services keeps increasing and is a sign of the real hardship many families are facing at this time. Shelley and her team of amazing volunteers do a tireless task with a smile and we look forward to being involved with their (unfortunately) further expansion and growth.
Harriett’s Press by Quiet Down There
A free to use Laundry service for those in need, especially at this Cost of Living crisis time, is brilliant! Lucy and her team offer a warm (literally) welcome and a cuppa or all sorts of craft fun while you wait at their space in the Brighton Open Market. We have supplied further Core funds to help with the staffing and planning for an expansion of opening times, but as an idea it is great and helps deal with the often hidden subject of hygiene poverty.
Crawley Open House
Richard recently arranged a site visit to this amazing resource in Crawley. Smoothly run by
Ian and his team, it is a haven of resouces and a warm welcome for those struggling from recent homelessness for whatever reason. The site has expanded enormously over the years and now incoporates a drop in advice hub with food & clothes bank, job and benefits advice, plus full on barista facilities too! In an area poorly served by charitable enterprises it stands out as a gem of an organisation and we are so happy to continue our support for their work even if in a small way, most recently supplying new bedding for their temporarily accommodated residents.
Cornerstone Friday FoodBank
Under Alli’s brilliantly organised leadership her amazing team of volunteers run this drop-in facility at the Cornerstone Community centre in Hove. More than 130 people a week are helped with surplus Fareshare food, Gails bakery bread & pastries (yum!) plus local donations. Simple but so effective. They have recently added Beauty Banks toiletries to their available products. This is literally the definition of small funding helping a bigger need, and we are very pleased to be able to help support their expansion.
