Employment and volunteering
Advice services
- Brighton and Hove Careers Centre
Provides help with returning to education, job ideas, careers changes, CV's, funding, information, interviews and application forms.
Contact details
Address: 47 Church Road
Hove
BN3 2BE
Telephone: 01273 223040 - Brighton and Hove Learning Partnership - LENS
Provides employment rehabilitation with a focus on IT training to people with physical and mild mental health disabilites. - Brighton and Hove Learning Partnership - 50+ Peer Mentoring Project - Lifelines
Matches unemployed people who are 50+ with volunteer peer mentors, providing support and motivation with jobsearch.
- Information and advice about your legal rights
Contact details
Telephone: 0845 345 4 345 - Social fund and crisis loans - JobCentre Plus (265kb PDF file)
An information leaflet about social funds and crisis loans, which explains eligibility. - St Luke's Advice Centre
Helps you to complete welfare benefit forms.
- The Bridge Community Education Centre
Advice & Guidance on finding employment, training or education opportunities for clients who may face barriers in moving on to the right opportunity.
Also run a supported in-house voluntary work placement programme.
Contact details
Address:The Bridge Community Education Centre Lucraft Road
Brighton
BN2 4PN
Telephone: 01273 294929
Email: staff@bridgecommunity.org.uk
Benefits
- The benefits adviser
An online questionnaire to help you find out which benefits and tax credits you and your family may be entitled to, and if you are entitled to the State Pension. - How to claim benefits
Includes information on benefits for those employed or looking for work. - Leaflets and guides to benefits and services from the Department for Work and Pensions
Information on areas such as children and families, child support, pensions, sick/injured/disabled people and their carers and working age people and employers.
Careers advice
- Information and advice on planning a career
Includes information on careers advice, refreshing your skills, financial help, adult learning, apprenticeships and more. - Careers advice
How to contact 'Next Steps' - A free friendly service that offers face-to-face help and support about training, learning and the world of work. - The National Careers Service
Includes information on: dealing with redundancy' returning to work; help with reading, writing and maths; and more.
Contact details
Telephone: Freephone 0800 100 900 - Jobs, training, careers, childcare and voluntary opportunities
An online search facility.
Employment rights
- Community Legal Advice
Facing discrimination at work? Have you been unfairly dismissed? Want to know about your rights at work? Read on for information and advice - Information on employment terms and conditions including the national minimum wage
- Information on your employment rights and responsibilities
- Information on employment and rights of agency workers
Dealing with problems at work, trade unions, health and safety, redundancy and more. - New Deal for Disabled People (114kb)
JobCentre Plus leaflet helping disabled people find work. - Your rights at work (168kb PDF file)
This factsheet is for older people in work or who have recently left work. It covers various employment rights and what a person can do if they feel they are being denied those rights.
Getting into employment
General advice
- a4e
Help with finding a job, managing your money, benefits advice for those returning to work, legal advice and lots more - Creating Futures
Works with The Princes Trust, Job Centre Plus, The Probation Service, e2e, Learning and Skills Council & many other statutory & voluntary bodies to provide a range of different volunteering and employment opportunities throughout Sussex. - Help and advice when applying for a job
Job hunting, writing a cv, applying for jobs online, recruitment agencies, letters and application forms, making the most of your skills, and preparing for an interview. - On line tool to help with writing your CV
- The Shaw Trust
This project provides individuals with personalised one-to-one support, advice and guidance they need to help them overcome their barriers to work and progress to sustainable employment. We also have information for those with specific needs or circumstances, such as those who are disabled, young people etc
Long term unemployed
- Careers Development Group
Careers guidance and job specific training to the long-term unemployed and those seeking a new career path, also provides sector route ways to employment.
Disabled people
- City Council Employment Team
Works with disabled people and those with long term health conditions who need intensive support to gain or sustain employment. - Employment support for those clients who are deaf
- Opportunities - support for those with disabilities wanting to get into employment
- RBLI
Offer tailored support for people wanting to gain and sustain employment who have health needs and or disabilities. - Scope - Support for disabled people returning to work
Housing association
Offenders
- Brighton and Hove Youth Offending Team
Arranging fully paid, full-time work experience placements for young offenders (16-18 yrs) towards securing positive references or permanent jobs. - Creating Futures
Works with The Princes Trust, Job Centre Plus, The Probation Service, e2e, Learning and Skills Council & many other statutory & voluntary bodies to provide a range of different volunteering and employment opportunities throughout Sussex. - Working Links
Offers a range of employment support to ex-offenders, those who have suffered from substance & alcohol misuse, and homelessness. Mentoring, pre-employment training and a lone parent returner programme is also available.
Homeless
- Brighton Housing Trust
Providing catering and literacy & numeracy training for homeless/ex-homeless people. - Working Links
Offers a range of employment support to ex-offenders, those who have suffered from substance & alcohol misuse, and homelessness. Mentoring, pre-employment training and a lone parent returner programme is also available.
Mental health conditions
- Care Co-ops
Support for individuals who have experienced mental health issues. Helps them to explore employment and training goals and develop confidence to achieve these goals.
Older people
- Help with looking for work (109kb PDF file)
This factsheet is aimed at people those aged over 50. It offers advice from finding work, applying for benefits to setting up your own business. - Jobs, training, careers, childcare and voluntary opportunities
An online search facility.
Young people
- Tomorrow's people
Help and support for young people wanting to get into work.
Volunteering
Local
- Brighton and Hove volunteer search
A free service provided by Community Base. Puts people looking for volunteer opportunities in touch with volunteer opportunities in Brighton and Hove.
Contact details
Telephone: 01273 234002 - Brighton and Hove Community & Voluntary Sector Forum
A Forum aiming to support networking between community and voluntary organisations. The website contains helpful information and useful contact details for those wishing to volunteer in or around Brighton and Hove
Contact details
Address:
Brighton Junction
1 Isetta Square
Stroudley Road
Brighton
BN1 4GQ
Telephone: 01273 810230
Email: info@cvsectorforum.org.uk
- Activities, involvement, work & learning, work, voluntary work and funding. (1.75mb PDF file)
A directory produced by Brighton Housing Trust - Find a volunteering opportunity
Contact details
Telephone: 01273 775888
Address: Impetus
Intergen House,
65-67 Western Road,
Hove,
BN3 2JQ
Email: info@bh-impetus.org
- Age Concern shops
You can offer your services as a volunteer to the shops direct by calling in person or by calling them. Money raised in the shops goes towards local needs.
Contact details
Email: info@ageconcern-bhp.org.uk
National
- Community service volunteers
Involving young people aged 16-35 in voluntary service in the UK, to enrich the lives of volunteers and those they help and to generate social change.
Contact details
Telephone: 020 7812 0033
Email: rbarbour@csv.org.uk - Information and guidance on volunteering whilst on benefits
Website link to DirectGov. - Search for jobs, training, careers, childcare or voluntary work
Website link to DirectGov. - Search for voluntary work in Brighton
Website link to DirectGov. - Peer mentoring programme for people of all ages and abilities.
Includes information on the programmes and services available, and the different ways to get involved. Also features a toolkit for clients with mental health problems.
Providing you with information to help you and your family live longer, healthier, more comfortable lives