To celebrate International Women’s Day BWC (Brighton Women’s Centre) is collaborating with WaterBear, The College of Music and Republic of Music for an exciting concert on 8 March 2023. The show will feature live performances from various artists with all proceeds going to BWC. This one-off show will feature a powerhouse line up of performers … Read more
BWC is taking part in The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge – where supporters have the opportunity to double their donations during the week the event will run. This year the challenge will run from 12:00pm on Tuesday 29th November until 12:00pm on Tuesday 6th December. All donations must be made via the Big Give website … Read more
Food insecurity is the highest it has ever been according to 2022 national research from the Food Foundation. Brighton Women’s Centre is part of a coalition of 44 community organisations supporting people in poverty who rely on us for food. The Brighton & Hove Emergency Food Network have come together to call on the Government … Read more
Our ToyBox Early Years manager Gemma Turner has made it into the top 10 Finalists for The 2021 Famly’s Children’s Champion of the year! “Early years is where my heart is. My mission will always be to create a wrap-around service that supports the family as a whole and recognises the importance of early years. … Read more
ToyBox Early Years has received £5,000 funding from the Sussex Community Foundation, enabling the Ofsted-registered pre-school to continue to provide affordable and accessible childcare to women and families in Brighton & Hove. ToyBox do not ask for any hidden fees on top of the Early Years Funding Entitlement that 3 to 5-year-olds are offered. This … Read more
Brighton Women’s Centre are taking part in the Women and Girls Match Fund 2022 to raise £20,000 in just one week! We need to raise vital funds to ensure that our low-cost Women’s Counselling and Psychotherapy Service can continue to provide specialist support for self-identifying women who are struggling with suicidal thoughts as a result … Read more
Brighton-based charity, BWC, has received a National Lottery grant of almost £275,000 to expand its mental health and well-being support to women across the South East. The grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, will allow BWC to extend its services further across East and West … Read more
To coincide with #Giving Tuesday, Brighton Women’s Centre today launched ‘A Christmas Gift’ Crowdfunding campaign to support women living with fear, insecurity and loneliness. More than 490 women received support from BWC during 2020-2021, a 13% increase on the previous year despite adapting to remote working during the pandemic. With the increase in demand, we … Read more
Director of BWC Lisa Dando speaks with Edwina Grosvenor about how BWC work closely with women in the justice system including running a new pilot project to provide support to women at risk of breaching their community orders and going to prison. Lisa shares that there is real need for gender-specific services and the importance … Read more
We condemn in the strongest terms the plans unexpectedly announced on Saturday 23 January to build 500 new women’s prison places. This plan flies in the face of all the evidence built up over years (including official Government data) about how to address the root causes of women’s offending that so often include experiences of … Read more
