ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>What's on in Brighton and services for the elderly in Sussex</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="description" content="Useful links for residents of Brighton, Sussex; what's on, the arts, artists, countryside walks; advice on services and equipment (e.g. radios) for the elderly."> <meta name="keywords" content="links,arts,artits,countryside,flora,fauna,history,communications,Sussex,Brighton,residents,England,uk,radios,elderly,old people,hard of hearing,blind,visually impaired" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="historystyle.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div id="top"> <div id="heading">Sussex Links</div> <div id="subHeading"> </div> </div> <div id="navigation"> <ul class="nav"> <li class='active'> <a href="brightonindex.html">HOME - BRIGHTON</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="brightonsearch.html">Brighton SEARCH</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="historyindex.html">Local History Books</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="rp00.html">History Tour</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="market.html">Open Market</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="http://www.prestoncircus.co.uk">London Road area</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="nlmap.html">North Laine</a> </li> <li class='active'> <a href="muinstrument.htm">BRIGHTON MUSIC</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="http://www.roundhill.org.uk">Round Hill Society</a> </li> <li class='active'> <a href="sussexlinks.htm">SUSSEX LINKS</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="http://www.devilsdyke.co.uk">Devil's Dyke</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="butterfly.html">Sussex butterflies</a> </li> <li class='active'> <a href="ted.html">Ted Power</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="tedcontact.html">Contact Me<br /><font color="#ff0000">What's New?</font></a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=thehistorofbr-21&site=amazon">Amazon.co.uk</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/englishlangua-20">Amazon.com</a> </li> <li class='active'> <a href="transitionlinks.htm">GREEN INDEX</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="ewantheme.htm">Ewan MacColl</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="disctheme.htm">Peggy Seeger</a> </li> <li class='inactive'> <a href="links.html">English Links</a> </li> <li class='active'> <a href="index.html">HOME - ENGLISH</a> </li> </ul> <div class="spacer">&nbsp;</div> <div class="spacer" id="navimage"></div> <div class="spacer">&nbsp;</div> <div id="navbottom">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div id="bodytext"> <h2><a href="#s01">Arts</a> | <a href="#s05">Theatre</a> | <a href="#s09">Cinema</a> | <a href="#s10">Music</a> | in Brighton and <a href="#s19"><font color="#000080">Help for the Elderly in Sussex</font></a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <ol> <li><a href="#s01">Arts Councils and Information Sites</a></li> <li><a href="#s02">Arts Groups, Festivals, and Museums</a></li> <li><a href="#s03">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="#s04">Opera and Ballet</a></li> <li><a href="#s05">Theatres and Places of Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="#s06">Theatre Companies</a></li> <li><a href="#s07">Writers, Poets and Playwrights</a></li> <li><a href="#s08">Talks, Debates and Other</a></li> <li><a href="#s09">Cinemas and Film Groups</a></li> <li><a href="muplace.htm">Music Teachers and Shops in Brighton by neighbourhood</a></li> <li><a href="muinstrument.htm">Music Teachers in Brighton by instrument</a></li> <li><a href="#s10">Lunch-time Concerts and Concert Series</a></li> <li><a href="#s11">Orchestras, Classical Instrumental Music and Music Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="#s12">Choirs and singing groups</a></li> <li><a href="#s13">Popular, World and UK Regional music</a></li> <li><a href="#s14">Countryside - events and outings, and how to get there</a></li> <li><a href="#s15">Wildlife (fauna) and Downland (flora)</a></li> <li><a href="#s16">History and Reference</a></li> <li><a href="#s17">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/new_cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=doyb">What's on</a> at <a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/new_cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=doyb">The Duke of York's</a></li> <li><a href="#s18">The Brighton & Hove Warm Homes Project</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/new_cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=doyb">What's on</a> at <a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/new_cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=doyb">The Duke of York's</a></li> <li><a href="#s18"><font color="#000080">The Brighton & Hove Warm Homes Project</font></a></li> <li><a href="#s19"><font color="#000080">Help for the elderly and disabled (Crawley and Brighton)</font></a></li> <li><a href="#s20"><font color="#000080">Radios, especially suitable for elderly people</font></a></li> <li><a href="#s21"><font color="#000080">Wind-up lanterns and battery-powered lamp for use in power cuts</font></a></li> </ol> <h2><a name="s01">Arts Councils and Information Sites</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/regions/south-east/">Arts Council South East</a> <br /><a href="http://www.bh-arts.org.uk">Brighton & Hove Arts Council </a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonevent.co.uk/">Brighton Grid</a> <br /><a href="http://www.radioreverb.com">Radio Reverb</a></p> <h2><a name="s02">Arts Groups, Festivals, and Museums</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/Museums/Pages/home.aspx">Brighton & Hove - Museums & Art Galleries</a> (also Brighton History Centre, The Booth Museum, and Preston Manor) <br /><a href="http://www.brightoncollege.org.uk/senior-art.asp">Brighton College Arts </a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonfestival.org">Brighton Festival</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk/listings">Brighton Festival Fringe</a> <br /><a href="http://www.bhcc-online.org/index.php">Brighton & Hove Camera Club </a> <br /><a href="http://www.counterpointac.co.uk">Counterpoint Arts</a> <br /><a href="http://www.ditchling-museum.com">Ditchling Museum</a> <br /><a href="http://www.dupontartclub.org.uk">Dupont Art Club at Hove </a> <br /><a href="http://www.esdfas.co.uk/">East Sussex Decorative & Fine Arts Society</a> <br /><a href="http://www.samesky.co.uk">Same Sky</a> Community Arts Group 1 College Road BN2 1JA <br /><a href="http://www.thesussexguild.co.uk/">Sussex Guild </a> <br /><a href="http://www.sussexwatercoloursociety.com">Sussex Watercolour society </a></p> <h2><a name="s03">Artists</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p>Many residents in Brighton and Hove earn part of their keep through art, craft, and/or design. The Brighton Festival benefits from those among them who open their homes / studios to the public. The website <a href="http://www.aoh.org.uk">Artists Open Houses</a> links to several neighbourhood groups (e.g. <a href="http://www.beyond-the-level.org.uk">Beyond the Level</a>). Below is a list of links to local artists' own websites:</p> <p><a href="http://www.tinadavies.eu">8 Rosehill Terrace</a> Tina Davies <br /><a href="http://www.johndilnot.com">24 Yardley Street</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mibo.co.uk">33 Coventry Street</a> (lighting and homewares) <br /><a href="http://www.fifibyfionahoward.com">55 Brunswick Square</a> Fiona Howard <br /><a href="http://www.beanbagboudoir.f2s.com">99</a> (retro homeware) <br /><a href="http://www.acupuncture-clinic.org">Acupuncture Clinic, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.alanfurneaux.com">Alan Furneaux: Paintings, Prints landscapes Spain</a> 166 Freshfield Road, Queens Park <br /><a href="http://www.decorartbrighton.co.uk">Art Live At 55</a> Amanda Davidson (illustrator) <br /><a href="http://www.nickorsborn.com">Art@73 Nick Orsborn & Guest Artists</a> <br /><a href="http://www.beyond-the-level.org.uk">Beyond The Level </a> 01273 682017 <br /><a href="http://www.leftover.co.uk">Bag Ladies Of Lewes Road</a> <br /><a href="http://www.billblack.co.uk">Bill Black: Photographs, Animation </a> 57 Richmond Road <br /><a href="http://www.thebluehouse-brighton.blogspot.com">Blue House, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.bonnycummins.com">Bonny Cummins: Paintings, Prints</a> Kings Road Hilton West Pier Sea Front 01273 329744 <br /><a href="http://www.boxbird.co.uk">Boxbird Gallery & Studios</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brassmonkeys.org.uk">Brass Monkeys</a> <br /><a href="http://www.gregsturges.co.uk">Brighton And Beyond</a> Greg Sturges (photography) <br /><a href="http://www.bungerooshgallery.co.uk">Bungeroosh Gallery, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.cecilrice.com">Cecil Rice: Paintings watercolour </a> 14 Granville Road, Seven Dials <br /><a href="http://www.chalkgallery.org.uk">Chalk Gallery</a> <br /><a href="http://www.colinmillerphotos.co.uk">Chocfull</a> Colin Miller (photography) <br /><a href="http://www.mirandae.com/Blank.html">www.mirandae.com</a> <br /><a href="http://www.happyartists.co.uk">Happy Artists</a> <br /><a href="http://www.victorstuartgraham.com">Victor Graham</a> Victor Stuart Graham <br /><a href="http://www.crossstreetworkshop.co.uk">Cross Street Workshop</a> <br /><a href="http://www.karrenurben.com">Karren Urben</a> <br /><a href="http://www.one2six.me.uk">One2six</a> <br /><a href="http://www.fivewaysartists.com/artist.php?page=profile&id=56">Deborah Fleming And Friends</a> <br /><a href="http://www.web.me.com/katelulham/Site1/Welcome.html">Delicious Delights</a> Kate Lulham <br /><a href="http://www.48dr.co.uk">Dragonfly House, The</a> 48 Ditchling Rise <br /><a href="http://www.julieclarkartist.co.uk/page20.htm">First Avenue Collective</a> <br /><a href="http://www.firstlightclick.com">First Light Gallery: Photographs, Prints, Fine Art</a> 3 Nile Street, 01273 327344 <br /><a href="http://www.fivewaysartists.com">Fiveways Artists</a> <br /><a href="http://www.fullylove.com">Fullylove House, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.gillorsman.com">Gill Orsman: Photographs design, flowers & plants</a> 15 Ditchling Rise, 01273 887627 <br /><a href="http://www.handmadehouse.co.uk">Handmade House, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonbased.co.uk/map.htm">Hanover Art Trail</a> <br /><a href="http://www.hovearts.co.uk">Hove Arts</a> <br /><a href="http://www.hummingbirdstudio.co.uk">Hummingbird Studio</a> 38a North Road, North Laine, 01273 556684 <br /><a href="http://www.ilana-richardson.com">Ilana Richardson: Paintings, Prints, Posters</a> Flat 3, 11 First Avenue, Hove 01273 729090 <br /><a href="http://www.crabfish.com">It's A Family Thing ... Again!</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mnich-design.co.uk">Jan Mnich: Paintings watercolour & Prints</a> <br /><a href="http://www.jeremysanders.co.uk">Jeremy Sanders: Paintings oil contemporary</a> 237 Kings Road Arches, Sea Front, 01273 777340 <br /><a href="http://www.johnyolsson.com">Johny Olsson: Images sport</a> 18 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, 01273 883253 <br /><a href="http://www.julieannegilburt.com">Julie-Anne Gilburt: Paintings abstract contemporary</a> 39 Park Crescent, Brighton BN2 3HB 01273 689455 <br /><a href="http://www.kateosborneart.com">Kate Osborne</a> <br /><a href="http://www.kelliemillerceramics.co.uk">Kellie Miller: Ceramics vessels & wallpieces</a> 12b Wilbury Grove <br /><a href="http://www.aaronholmesdesigns.com">Kingsbury Arts</a> <br /><a href="http://www.saltdeancoastalartists.co.uk">Land And Sea</a> Saltdean Coastal Artists <br /><a href="http://www.lbparker.com">Lucy Parker: Paintings</a> 47 Cleveland Road, 01273 502552 <br /><a href="http://www.floatglassdesign.co.uk">Madame Coco's Palace</a> <br /><a href="http://www.maggiefeeny.co.uk">Maggie Feeny & Guest Artists</a> <br /><a href="http://www.maggietran.co.uk">Maggie Tran: Video and Performance</a> based at <a href="http://www.coachwerks.org.uk">www.coachwerks.org.uk</a> 19 Hollingdean Terrace, BN1 7HB, Telephone : 01273 562 658, Email : info@coachwerks.org.uk <br /><a href="http://www.sarahjonesillustration.co.uk">Milton House</a> Sarah Jones (illustrator) <br /><a href="http://www.adamjohnson.lionsplace.co.uk">Number 11</a> <br /><a href="http://www.christianfunnell.com">Old Forge, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.garyleyland.co.uk">On Your Marks</a> Gary Leyland <br /><a href="http://www.openartgallery.co.uk">Open Art Gallery Café</a> <br /><a href="http://www.artorna.com">Orna And Friends In Vernon Terrace</a> <br /><a href="http://www.davidstreeter.co.uk">Osborne Vistas</a>David Streeter <br /><a href="http://www.ourhousebrighton.co.uk">Ourhouse</a> <br /><a href="http://www.1qp.net/paintings">Peter Morris</a> (paintings) <br /><a href="http://www.pennymarler.com/penny.htm">Penny Marler</a> (sculpture: clay, plaster, cement and stone), <a href="http://www.pennymarler.com/contact.htm">Contact details</a> <br /><a href="http://www.prudenandsmith.com">Pruden And Smith</a> (silverware & jewellery) <br /><a href="http://www.rth.org.uk">Regency Town House</a> 13 Brunswick Square, Hove <br /><a href="http://www.dinamalkova.com">Russian Art & Fashion</a> <br /><a href="http://www.sarahillartist.com">Sara Hill: Paintings oil</a> 18 Eley Drive, Rottingdean <br /><a href="http://www.sewkits.co.uk">Sonja Todd: Textiles Cross Stitch subversive</a> 12 Stirling Court, Hove, 01273 328918 <br /><a href="http://www.chrislewisceramics.com">South Heighton Pottery</a> <br /><a href="http://www.cardigan.ltd.uk">Stitchmass At Cardigan</a> <br /><a href="http://www.studio106.co.uk">Studio 106</a> <br /><a href="http://www.andreadunne.com/andreadunne/Welcome.html">Studio One</a> <br /><a href="http://www.silversundials.co.uk">Sundial House, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.emmastantonjewellery.co.uk">Surf And Turf</a> Emma Stanton (jewellery) <br /><a href="http://www.wolfemurrayceramics.co.uk">Tessa Wolfe Murray & Guests</a> (ceramics) <br /><a href="http://www.anandatapestries.com">Textile House: Textiles tapestries contemporary</a> Upper Hamilton Road, Preston Park, 01273 700143 <br /><a href="http://www.troyohlson.com">Trojan House, The</a> <br /><a href="http://www.janehopkinsonbags.co.uk">Turner Dumbrell Workshops</a> Jane Hopkins (bags) <br /><a href="http://www.samtoft.co.uk">Two Days Of Fun</a> Sam Toft <br /><a href="http://www.wickedfaerieproductions.com">Wicked Faerie Productions</a> <br /><a href="http://www.yellowhouseart.com">Yellow House</a> 5 Cuthbert Road, Queens Park</p> <h2><a name="s04">Opera and Ballet</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.sussexoperaandballetsociety.org.uk/">Sussex Opera and Ballet Society </a> <br /><a href="http://www.glyndebourne.com">Glyndebourne Opera House</a> Ringmer, Lewes BN8 5UU <br /><a href="http://www.southwickopera.co.uk">Southwick Opera</a> </p> <h2><a name="s05">Theatres and Places of Entertainment</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.brightoncentre.co.uk">Brighton Centre and Hewison Hall </a> Kings Road BN1 2GR <br /><a href="http://www.brighton-dome.org">Brighton Dome </a> 29 New Road BN1 1US <br /><a href="http://www.the-little.co.uk">Brighton Little Theatre </a> 9 Clarence gardens BN1 2EG <br /><a href="http://www.brighton-dome.org.uk">Corn Exchange Theatre </a> Church Street BN1 1 US <br /><a href="http://www.gardnerarts.co.uk">Gardner Arts Centre</a> Arts Road Falmer BN1 9RG <br /><a href="http://www.brightoncentre.co.uk/scripts/bcevent.htm?page=MainHC.Home">Hove Centre, The </a> Hove Town Hall BN3 4AH <br /><a href="http://www.iambicarts.co.uk">Iambic Arts Theatre </a> 38 Gardner Street BN1 1UN <br /><a href="http://www.komedia.co.uk">Komedia Theatre </a> 44-47 Gardner St BN1 1UN <br /><a href="http://www.lewesthreatre.org">Lewes Little Theatre</a> BN7 2PX <br /><a href="http://www.marlboroughtheatre.co.uk">Marlborough Theatre, The</a> 4 Princes Street BN2 1RD <br /><a href="http://www.newventure.org.uk">New Venture Theatre</a> Bedford Place BN1 2PT <br /><a href="http://www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk">Nightingale Theatre </a> 29-30 Surrey Street BN1 3PA <br /><a href="http://www.theoldmarket.co.uk">Old Market Theatre Hove</a> 11a Upper Market Street BN3 1AS <br /><a href="http://www.brighton-dome.org.uk">Pavilion Theatre</a> 29 New Road BN1 1UG <br /><a href="http://www.brighton.ac.uk/gallery-theatre">Sallis Benney Theatre </a> Grand Parade BN2 0JY <br /> <a href="http://www.theambassadors.com">Theatre Royal</a> 35 Bond Street BN1 1SD <br /><a href="http://www.otherplacesproductions.co.uk">Upstairs at Three and Ten</a> 10 Steine Street BN2 1TE</p> <h2><a name="s06">Theatre Companies</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.brightonapa.co.uk">Brighton Academy of Performing Arts</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightontg.com/">Brighton Theatre Group </a> <br /><a href="http://www.bandbazi.co.uk/">Bandbazi Circus Theatre Education </a> Young People s Centre, Ship St BN1 1AE <br /><a href="http://www.citytheatreco.co.uk">City Theatre Company</a> <br /><a href="http://www.cityyouththeatre.co.uk">City Youth Theatre </a> <br /><a href="http://www.newventure.org.uk/home.asp">New Venture Theatre Company</a> <br /><a href="http://www.rottingdeandramasociety.co.uk">Rottingdean Drama Society <br /><a href="http://www.southwickplayers.org.uk/">Southwick Players</a> <br /><a href="http://www.stagecoach.co.uk">Stagecoach</a> performing arts school for 4-18 year olds: 77 Preston Drove BN1 6LD <br /><a href="http://www.wicktheatre.co.uk">Wick Theatre Company</a></p> <h2><a name="s07">Writers, Poets and Playwrights</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.newwritingsouth.com/home/introduction.php">New Writing South</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonpoetry.co.uk">Brighton Poetry and Spoken Word</a> <br /><a href="http://www.sussexplaywrights.com">Sussex Playwrights' Club </a></p> <h2><a name="s08">Talks, Debates and Other</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.esu.org/branches/uk/branch.asp?b=420">English-Speaking Union</a> <br /><a href="http://brightonandhoveopc.blogspot.com/">Grey Matters Productions</a></p> <h2><a name="s09">Cinemas and Film Groups</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.cineworld.co.uk">Cinéworld Brighton</a> Marina Village BN2 5UF <br /><a href="http://www.picturehouses.co.uk">Duke of Yorks</a> Preston Circus BN1 4NA <br /><a href="http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/events.htm">Lighthouse</a> 28 Kensington Street BN1 4AK <br /><a href="http://www.odeon.co.uk">Odeon</a> Kingswest West Street BN1 2RL <br /><a href="http://www.screensouth.org/eventdiary.aspx">Screen South</a> <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_in_film">Films set in Brighton</a> <br /><a href="http://www.terramedia.co.uk/brighton/brighton_cinema_directory.htm">All the cinemas that have ever operated in Brighton & Hove</a> </p> <h2>Music in Brighton</h2> <p><a href="muplace.htm">Music Teachers and Shops in Brighton by neighbourhood</a> <br /><a href="muinstrument.htm">Music Teachers in Brighton by instrument</a></p> <h2><a name="s10">Lunch-time Concerts and Concert Series</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.allsaintshove.org/wp/music/lunchtime-recitals/">All Saints Hove Lunchtime Recitals</a> <br /><a href="http://www.lccr.org.uk">Lunchtime Concerts Chapel Royal </a> <br /><a href="http://www.stlukesconcerts.webeden.co.uk/">St Luke's Concert Series</a> <br /><a href="http://www.stnicholasbrighton.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=22">St Nicholas Lunchtime Recitals</a></p> <h2><a name="s11">Orchestras, Classical Instrumental Music and Music Festivals</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.bandhco.co.uk/index2.html">Brighton & Hove Concert Orchestra</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonphil.org.uk/">Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Society </a> <br /><a href="http://www.bremf.org.uk/">Brighton Early Music Festival </a> <br /><a href="http://www.worldsacredmusic.org">Brighton Festival of World Sacred Music </a> <br /><a href="http://www.bandhco.co.uk/4763/9873.html">Brighton Saxophone Quartet</a> <br /><a href="http://www.djambass-music.co.uk">Djambass Arts</a> <br /><a href="http://www.newmusicbrighton.co.uk/">New Music Brighton</a> <br /><a href="http://www.ssomusic.co.uk">Sussex Symphony Orchestra </a> </p> <h2><a name="s12">Choirs and singing groups</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.bhagmc.org/">Brighton & Hove (actually) Gay Men's Chorus </a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonchamberchoir.org.uk/">Brighton Chamber Choir </a> <br /><a href="http://www.bfc.org.uk">Brighton Festival Chorus and Youth Choir </a> <br /><a href="http://www.escis.org.uk/Entry/View/Brighton_Musical_Fraternity/7148">Brighton Musical Fraternity</a> <br /><a href="http://www.brightonorpheus.org/">Brighton Orpheus Choir</a> <br /><a href="http://www.coastlineharmony.co.uk/">Coastline Harmony Chorus </a> <br /><a href="http://www.bandhco.co.uk/4763/9900.html"> Concert Singers </a> <br /><a href="http://www.englishconcertsingers.co.uk/">English Concert Singers </a> <br /><a href="http://www.eastbournegands.com/">Gilbert & Sullivan Society (based in Eastbourne) <br /><a href="http://www.sussexchorus.org.uk">Sussex Chorus </a> <br /><a href="http://www.singbarbershopinsussex.com/sussexharmonisers/index.htm">Sussex Harmonisers </a> <br /><a href="http://www.sussexvoiceworks.co.uk">Sussex Voiceworks Choir</a> </p> <h2><a name="s13">Popular, World and UK Regional music</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><a href="http://www.brightonfusion.co.uk/live/">Brighton Fusion</a> <br /><a href="http://www.soundwaves-festival.org.uk/">Soundwaves Festival</a></p> <h2><a name="s14">Countryside - events and outings, and how to get there</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://217.140.44.28/events2/default.aspx">National Trust Events Diary</a> specify your favourite NT property (e.g. Devil's Dyke Estate) to see what is organised for the weeks ahead. The National Trust protects and opens to the public over 300 historic houses and gardens and 49 industrial monuments and mills. The National Trust also looks after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, villages - for ever, for everyone.</li> <li><a href="http://www.buses.co.uk/travel/service.aspx?serviceid=104">Timetable for Brighton's 77 bus to Devil's Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.buses.co.uk/travel/service.aspx?serviceid=105">Timetable for Brighton's 78 bus to Stanmer Park</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.buses.co.uk/travel/service.aspx?serviceid=106">Timetable for Brighton's 79 bus to Ditchling Beacon</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/Southdowns/index.asp?PageId=1">South East National Trails - the South Downs Way</a> - Leisure on your doorstep: The 160 kilometre long South Downs Way follows the old routes and droveways along the chalk escarpment and ridges of the South Downs. The route provides the visitor with the opportunity "to get away from it all" without having to travel too far in this busy part of England.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ruralways.org.uk/">Rural Ways</a> - a Government Agency and County Council Partnership, which includes information of <a href="http://www.ruralways.org.uk/farmersmarkets/browse/">Farmers' Markets</a>. Rural Ways is your online gateway to the countryside. We have hundreds of walking, cycling and horse-riding routes for you to explore, as well as, a whole host of information to help you and your family enjoy the South East's rich rural landscape.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ramblers.org.uk/">The Ramblers' Association</a> - we work to promote everyday walking to everyone, of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, in towns and cities as well as in the countryside, as part of a healthy lifestyle.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/publications/publications.html">Ramblers' Association Publications for walkers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.visitsoutheastengland.com">Tourism South East</a> endorses the <a href="http://www.visitsoutheastengland.com/site/green">Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS)</a> and encourages tourism businesses to be environmentally friendly, whether they are hotels or guest houses, bed and breakfasts or self-catering or tourist attractions. The GTBS has over 1,300 members in the UK, over 100 of which are in the South East, all of whom are rigorously assessed and given a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award, depending on the level of environmental good practice they achieve. By using a Green Tourism Business Scheme accredited businesses, you will also be making a contribution to keeping the South East special.</li> <li><a href="http://www.rbgkew.org.uk">Wakehurst Place</a> - part of Kew Gardens in Ardingly, Sussex - home of an important seed bank. The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is: To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.</li> <li><a href="http://glynde.info/events.php">Events diary for Glynde</a> - a picturesque East Sussex village with an interesting <a href="http://glynde.info/history/index.html">history</a> - good for blackberrying, walks and opera.</li> </ul> <h2><a name="s15">Wildlife (fauna) and Downland (flora)</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.citywildlife.org.uk">www.citywildlife.org.uk</a> Register as a Nature Warden and log your local wildlife. See photos from the air and large-scale maps of the open spaces near you.</li> <li><b><i>"Whitehawk Hill - Where the Turf Meets the Surf"</i></b> by David Bangs, 78 Ewhurst Road Brighton BN2 4AJ for Friends of Whitehawk Hill</li> <li><a href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk">Natural England</a> will work for people, places and nature, to enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas; promoting access, recreation and public well-being, and contributing to the way natural resources are managed so that they can be enjoyed now and in the future.</li> <li><a href="http://www.sussexwt.org.uk">Sussex Wildlife Trust</a> aims to conserve the Sussex Landscape, Wildlife, and its habitats, and to use its knowledge and expertise to help the people of Sussex to enjoy, understand and take action to this end. With more than 23,500 members and 5,800 junior  Wildlife Watch members, The Trust manages 3,500 acres of land, which include some of the finest wild places in Sussex. Over 450 active volunteers are involved in all aspects of the Trusts work and together work more than 6,500 days a year for the Trust.</li> <li><a href="http://www.sxbrc.org.uk">The Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre</a>, one of the many record centres around the UK, is a repository, custodian, manager and interpreter of high-quality biodiversity and environmental information for the two counties of East and West Sussex, in the south-east of England. We are a small but dedicated team of environmental data management experts, ecologists and IT specialists.</li> <li><a href="http://www.southdowns.gov.uk/">The South Downs Joint Committee</a> participate in consultations on the management of the South Downs.</li> <li><a href="http://www.visitsouthdowns.com/">Visit The South Downs</a> - set up to help you explore the South Downs and get the most out of your visit to this internationally important landscape. Includes info on how to get to The Downs without using a car. </li> <li><a href="http://www.vic.org.uk/edu/sdla/1.htm">South Downs Landscape Assessment</a> learn about Chalk Downland and all the species it supports</li> <li><a href="http://www.southdowns.gov.uk/rte.asp?id=161">South Downs Conservation Volunteeers</a> - People who give up their spare time and volunteer are very important to the future conservation of the South Downs. In 2006 the South Downs Volunteer Ranger Service celebrated its 25th Anniversary and currently contributes over 5000 work days per year to looking after the South Downs. The South Downs Youth Ranger Project is a brand new initiative for 16 to 18 year olds which aims to get younger people interested in the countryside around them and to help them to develop a sense of environmental responsibility.</li> <li><a href="http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Millhill.htm">South Downs Adur Valley Wildlife</a>. The Ardur Valley is near Shoreham-by-sea and is very rich in wild plants & butterflies. The pictures on this site provide practice in identifying those common to Sussex Chalk Downland habitats.</li> <li>Sussex Wildflowers - a selection of rare and interesting wild plants, their uses, folklore and where to see them, by Mary Briggs ISBN 1-898388-17-2 [Sussex Wildlife Trust]</li> </ul> <h2><a name="s16">History and Reference</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <ul> <li><a href="historyindex.html">Local History Books</a> - comprehensive lists of publications on Brighton and Hove</li> <li><a href="http://www.queensparkbooks.org.uk">Queenspark Books</a> - publisher of local history books on Brighton and hove</li> <li><a href="http://www.brightonbooks.co.uk">Brighton Books</a> - Brighton Books Publishing is a partnership between Jacqueline Pollard and Selma Montford . They have been involved in publishing books together for 16 years. They were previously involved in the publication of six books under the imprint of the Lewis Cohen Urban Studies Centre at the University of Brighton, some of them jointly with QueenSpark Books.</li> <li><a href="http://www.hastingspress.co.uk">Hastings Press</a> - We are a small, award-winning, independent publisher in Hastings, Sussex, UK. We specialise in local history books, women's history books, and those by local authors.</li> <li><a href="http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk">My Brighton and Hove</a> - community web site dealing with the living history of Brighton and Hove.</li> <li><a href="http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8077_path__0p1364p1542p1543p.aspx">Letter in the attic</a> - Got any letters or diaries in your attic? If so, let <a href="http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk">My Brighton and Hove</a> know by completing this <a href="http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/static.aspx?idtxt=atticform">online questionnaire</a>. My Brighton and Hove and QueenSpark Books have started an exciting new project to create an archive of personal unpublished papers collected from the residents of Brighton and Hove.</li> <li><a href="http://www.massobs.org.uk/index.htm">The Mass Observation archive</a> specialises in material about everyday life in Britain. It contains papers generated by the original Mass Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s), and newer material collected continuously since 1981. The Archive is in the care of the University of Sussex and is housed in the Library in Special Collections.</li> <li><a href="http://www.in4action.com/historymaps/index.html">Brighton and Hove History Maps</a> - a proposal offering the prospect of an exciting project that could give very easy access to a wealth of local history.</li> <li><b>Books on local history</b> can be borrowed &/or viewed at Brighton Library <a href="http://www.librarycatalogue.info/cgi-bin/bah-cat.sh">check their online catalogue first</a> and The History Centre.</li> <li><a href="http://www.city-books.co.uk"><b>City Books</b></a> in Western Road (in the Brunswick area of Brighton and Hove) probably carries a better range of local history materials than any other bookshop in our city. These are displayed in the shop's basement.</li> <li><b>Rose Hill to Roundhill</b>: a Brighton Community Pub. Brighton Books Publishing. 9.99 ISBN 1-90 1454-08-8 long-awaited book on Round Hill produced by local residents.</li> <li><b>The Encyclopaedia of Brighton</b> by Timothy Carder ISBN 086 147 3159 [East Sussex County Libraries] is an excellent reference book (with a number of entries on Round Hill).</li> <li><a href="http://www.mmhistory.org.uk/cce/2005/Pam/htm%20files/index.html">Living in Brighton during the 1980s</a> - this history site includes profiles of some well known Round Hill residents.</li> <li><a href="http://www.royalpavilion.net">History of Brighton and The Royal Pavilion</a> with practice exercises for learners of English as a Second Language.</li> <li><a href="http://www.openmarket.org.uk">History of Brighton's Open Market</a> with details and pictures of current stalls.</li> <li><a href="http://www.northlaine.net">Plan of streets in the North Laine area</a> with details and pictures of small traders. </li> <li><a href="http://www.pikle.demon.co.uk/brightoncross.html">A straight line walk across Brighton</a> - this site is not a walking guide, but records a slice of Brighton, a random cross-section, at a particular moment (or moments) in time, combining all kinds of information, whether about local history and stories, architecture and planning, street names and quirky notices, or companies and organisations.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.duncanmcneill.com/brightonsarchitecture">Brighton's Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/brightonandhove/index.html">Brighton &amp; Hove Virtual Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rth.org.uk/">The Regency Town House</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.virtualmuseum.info">Brighton and Hove City Museums</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.citylibraries.info/pictures">Brighton &amp; Hove in Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.victorian-society.org.uk/">The Victorian Society</a> - Victorian arts and architecture</li> <li><a href="http://www.civictrust.org.uk/index.shtml">The Civic Trust</a> - Champion of high urban design standards</li> <li><a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/site01.cfm?request=c1001398">Listed Buildings in Brighton</a> - pdf of Listed Buildings in Brighton and Hove</li> <li><a href="http://www.theoldmarket.co.uk">The Old Market</a> - Brunswick's centre of culture</li> <li><a href="http://www.sncgsa.org/">St Nicholas Church Green Spaces</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/roundhill_crescent_history.htm">Brief history of Round Hill Crescent</a> by taxi driver, Tony Deane.</li> <li><a href="http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/st_peters_history.htm">History of St Peter's Brighton</a> with several references to the development of Roundhill.</li> <li><a href="http://glynde.info/history/index.html">History of Glynde</a> - East Sussex village between Lewes and Firle, famous for its opera house.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html">National Sound Archive Catalogue</a> at The British Library - <a href="http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/bbc.html">radio broadcasts</a>.</li> </ul> <h2><a name="s17">Communications</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <ul> <li>BBC TV Weekly Schedules:<font color="#ffffff">---------</font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules/south/this_week/ataglance">1</a> <font color="#ffffff">---------</font> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/england/this_week/ataglance">2</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">3</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">4</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnews/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">News</a><font color="#ffffff">----------------</font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/parliament/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">Parliament</a></li> <li>BBC Radio Weekly Schedules:<font color="#ffffff">-----</font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm/this_week/ataglance">4</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">7</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">World Service</a><font color="#ffffff">------</font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sussex/programmes/schedules/this_week/ataglance">Sussex</a></li> <li>Watch British TV: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/programmes/a-z/by/a/player">BBC iPlayer</a> | <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/programmes/a-z/by/a/all">All</a> | <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/programmes/a-z/by/a">Current</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nationalrail.co.uk">Train Times UK</a> | <a href="http://www.nationalexpress.com">Express Coaches</a> | <a href="http://www.londontransport.co.uk">London Transport</a> | <a href="sussexlinks.htm">Sussex Links</a> | search <a href="http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search">The Guardian Newspaper</a> | <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/">World Clock</a> |</li> <li>Live Rail Departure Boards: <a href="http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=LRB">London Road Brighton</a> | <a href="http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=BTN"> Brighton Station</a> | <a href="http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=TBD"> Three Bridges</a> | <a href="http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=GTW"> Gatwick Airport</a> | <a href="http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=VIC"> London Victoria</a></li> <li>Bus Times for routes in Brighton & Hove: <a href="http://www.buses.co.uk/travel/services.aspx"> Index</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt1-270909.pdf"> 1 </a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt2-270909.pdf"> 2 </a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt5-270909.pdf"> 5 and 5A</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt5b-270909.pdf"> 5B</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt6-270909.pdf"> 6</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt7-270909.pdf"> 7</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt25-270909.pdf"> 25</a>| <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt27-270909.pdf"> 27</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt49-270909.pdf"> 49</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt26-270909.pdf"> 26 46 and 46A</a> | <a href="http://history.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt50-270909.pdf"> 50 and 50A</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=brighton,+uk&ll=50.817432,-0.141106&spn=0.136826,0.316046&t=h&hl=en">Google Satellite Map of Brighton & Hove</a> and surrounding area.</li> <li><a href="http://www.royalmail.com">Prices for post within UK</a> | International prices for <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400036&mediaId=400347">Airmail</a> and <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400036&mediaId=400347">Surface Mail</a> | <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track;jsessionid=TSUGL4O2ZXR3IFB2IGDEQEQUHRAYUQ2K;jsessionid=TSUGL4O2ZXR3IFB2IGDEQEQUHRAYUQ2K?catId=400145&emt=emt&track=track&default=default&imageRootPath=&loc=en_GB&keyname=track_home&gear=track">Royal Mail - track and trace</a></li> <li><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roundhill/">The Round Hill Community Group</a> - web-based resource for exchanging ideas, information, requests, advice etc through an email list, for all residents of the Round Hill area of Brighton UK - residents may join the Group from this link.</li> <li><a href="http://forums.theargus.co.uk/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=66">The Argus Forums</a> - discussion of local issues of the day.</li> <li><a href="http://www.writetothem.com">Write to your local representatives</a> - online access to our MP <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_lepper/brighton%2C_pavilion">David Lepper</a>, our 3 local councillors and the 10 South East MEPs representing us in the European Parliament.</li> <li><a href="http://www.e-democracy.org/brighton-hove/">Brighton & Hove Issues Forum</a> : discuss local issues with your local Councillors & other influential residents.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/">BBC Southern Counties</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/leasearch.php?lea=Brighton+and+Hove&submit=Submit+Query">School web sites</a> for Brighton & Hove. <a href="http://www.downsinf.ik.org">Downs Infant</a> and <a href="http://www.downsjunior.org.uk">Downs Junior</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarycatalogue.info/cgi-bin/bah-cat.sh">Brighton Library Catalogue</a> | <a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/libraries-and-archives/">W. Sussex Library Catalogue and Archives</a> | <a href="http://e-library.eastsussex.gov.uk/">E. Sussex E-library search</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk">The Argus</a> | <a href="http://archive.theargus.co.uk/">News Archive</a> | <a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/letters/argusletters/">Letters Page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.picturehouses.org.uk/static/newsletter/latest/doyb.html">What's on</a> at the Duke of York's Cinema?</li> </ul> <h2><a name="s18">The Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes project</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p>A new Council initiative - <b>The Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes project</b> - has just been launched to tackle challenges of energy efficiency and fuel poverty. Under this initiative, Brighton and Hove residents may be eligible for grants of up to 100% to cover the costs of " Heating " Cavity Wall Insulation and " Loft Insulation. </p> <p>Many parts of Brighton and Hove are windy and cold at this time of year, especially in Sea Front locations or on hills. The city's housing stock is also fairly old, so there are many homes with poor energy-efficiency, which may lack cavity wall &/or loft insulation.</p> <p>Residents who could most benefit from this generous scheme may be fairly isolated and without Internet access. If you have friends, relatives or acquaintances in this position, living in any part of Brighton and Hove, you might consider printing this out or getting details sent to them by the Council, if they have not already been informed. The scheme aims to make Brighton and Hove residents' homes warmer and more energy efficient, and to reduce their fuel bills.</p> <p><b><u>Grants of up to 100%</u> (*) available for:</b></p> <ul> <li>Heating</li> <li>Cavity Wall Insulation</li> <li>Loft Insulation</li> </ul> <p>We can also offer you <b>a free confidential <u>Benefit Entitlement Check</u></b>. To apply or for information call free on:</p> <p><b>0800 048 0727</b></p> <p>(*) If you receive certain qualifying benefits or meet age or income criteria, you may qualify for the work to be carried out free of charge. For a full list of benefits & qualifying criteria please call freephone 0800 048 0727.</p> <p><b><u>A generous scheme regardless of circumstances</u></b></p> <p>For those who do not meet qualifying criteria loft & cavity wall insulation will each be charged at £199 inc VAT for most properties.</p> <p>This offer is subject to a site survey & additional charges may be payable for larger properties. This offer is available for residents in Brighton & Hove City Council area only.</p> <p><b><u>Who is funding and delivering this scheme?</u></b></p> <p>Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes is a new proactive area-based fuel poverty initiative that is being led by Brighton & Hove City Council. This project has been made possible as a result of a successful bid for a government grant under Defra s Community Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF) programme. The funding will be used to finance the initial stages of developing and launching the project, which is scheduled to continue until 2010.</p> <p>Tackling local fuel poverty is a high priority for the council, and this initiative will enable us to help many residents of Brighton & Hove to enjoy the benefits of affordable warmth. The council is working with Climate Energy (its appointed Managing Partner), EDF Energy and Anchor Staying Put Brighton & Hove in delivering Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes.</p> <p><i>Climate Energy</i> will manage delivery of the project by means of:</p> <ul> <li>Targeted mail shots with follow-up visits by trained assessors</li> <li>Citywide publicity</li> <li>Provision of benefit entitlement checks</li> <li>Arranging property surveys</li> <li>Organising installation of energy efficiency measures</li> </ul> <p><i>Climate Energy</i> will also be responsible for providing a high standard of customer care and for quality control.</p> <p><i>EDF Energy</i> have committed to making a major financial contribution towards the cost of energy efficiency measures delivered through this programme. This contribution will constitute a key element of EDF Energy s Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) programme. Specifically, EDF Energy will fund the whole cost of insulation measures (loft insulation and cavity wall insulation) for householders who receive qualifying benefits and will part-fund such measures for other residents.</p> <p><i>Anchor Staying Put</i> Brighton & Hove s <b> Keep the Home Fires Burning project</b> will provide assistance to older people with health problems and families with disabled children in arranging to have insulation measures and/or heating improvements carried out to their homes.</p> <p>The Council s <b>Benefits Take-up Team</b> will provide additional support to vulnerable householders who require assistance in making a claim for benefits.</p> <p>For more information or to apply for any of the services available through Brighton & Hove Warm-Homes telephone:</p> <p><b>Freephone 0800 048 0727</b></p> <h2><a name="s19">Help for the elderly and disabled (Crawley and Brighton)</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.crawley.gov.uk/active">Active Crawley</a> </li> <li>Advice, aids and adaptations to help you stay living independently<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Centenary House, County Buildings, Woodfield Road, Crawley, RH10 8GN<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0293 895100</li> <li><a href="http://www.ageconcern.org.uk">Age Concen</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ageconcernhorsham.org.uk/index_files/ARUN%202009%20JULY.pdf">Age Concern Horsham's quarterly magazine</a> - The Arun (info on Home Helps)</li> <li><a href="http://www.stayingput.org.uk/cust_index.html">Anchor Staying Put </a> - Our aim is to provide you with guidance and assistance to carry out whatever repairs, improvements or adaptations are necessary to help you to continue living in your own home. We will help you through the process of having work carried out from beginning to end. And, as a not-for-profit organisation, our main concern is ensuring you receive the best possible service with the minimum of worry. Roofing, chimneys and gutters, Structural, Extensions, Doors and windows, Damp proofing, Plumbing, Rewiring and electrical work, Insulation, Heating and gas fire service, Adaptations including showers, downstairs toilets and downstairs bedrooms Security improvements. <br /><u>For Crawley and Mid-Sussex</u>: 49 Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath RH16 3BN, Contact Clare on Tel: 01444 415 475 or email: midsusssexandcrawley@anchor.org.uk<br /> <u>For Brighton and Hove</u>: Intergen House, 2nd Floor, 56/67 Western Road, Hove BN3 2JQ, Tel: 01273 820895, email: stayingput.brightonhove@anchor.org.uk.</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawley.gov.uk/benefits">Benefits</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1163733">Brighton and Hove Daily Living Centre</a> - Free impartial information and advice, available to anyone, on all aspects of daily living equipment. We have an information service, an in-house Occupational Therapist and an equipment display comprising of products for physical, visual and hearing impairments. We are open Monday to Friday from 10am until 4pm for telephone enquiries and general information. For the trial of equipment we run a  drop in day every Wednesday and offer appointments with our Occupational Therapist on all other weekdays.</li> <li>Brighton and Hove Daily Living Centre <a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/DLC_tour.pdf">Visual Guide (PDF)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/bhcc/equipment_suppliers.pdf">Brighton and Hove: Mobility Equipment Suppliers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.carerssupport.org.uk">Carers Support Service North & Mid Sussex</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>The Orchard, 1-2 Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 657040</li> <li><a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/social-care-and-health/disabled-people/occupational-therapy/04-the-community-equipment-service.en;jsessionid=a6QZqlOLfqr6">Community Equipment Service</a> - this West Sussex County Council service (thought to be the largest of its kind in the country) is run by NRS National Care on behalf of West Sussex County Council and the five Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in West Sussex: Adur, Arun and Worthing, Crawley, Horsham and Chanctonbury, Mid Sussex and Western Sussex. The service runs from a central depot in Littlehampton, providing equipment like: (a) Daily Living equipment like bath seats, toilet frames and grab rails (b) Hoists and manual handling equipment (c) Nursing equipment such as special beds and pressure prevention mattresses (d) Equipment for people with sensory impairments (e.g. blind, partially sighted, Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing) (e) Specialist equipment for children with physical disabilities(f) The new service means health and social care professionals including Occupational Therapists, Community Nurses and Physiotherapists can place equipment orders electronically and will be able to track the process of an order online</li> <li>Community Transport<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>The Orchard, 1-2 Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 657080</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawley.gov.uk/buspass">Concessionary travel</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Customer Services, Town Hall, The Boulevard, Crawley RH10 1UZ<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 438635</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawleycab.co.uk">Crawley Citizens Advice Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dlf.org.uk/">Disabled Living Foundation</a></li> <li><b>Disability grants</b> - Crawley Council has schemes to help older and vulnerable people to remain living independently in their own homes. People with disabilities may be able to apply for a means-tested grant of up to £25,000 to adapt their homes. These can be used for such things as widening doors, access ramps, stair lifts and level access showers. To qualify, you will need to be assessed by an Occupational Therapist from Crawley Social Services Department. Call West Sussex Social & Caring Services on 01293 895100 or the Council on 01293 438418.</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawleynetwork.org.uk">Crawley Neighbourhood Network</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 657160</li> <li>Crawley Community Partnership Team<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Centenary House, Woodfield Road, Crawley, RH10 8GN<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0293 895380</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawleycvs.org">Crawley Older Person's Forum</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>The Orchard, 1-2 Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 657000</li> <li>Heating<font color="#ffffff">----</font>West Sussex Energy Advice Centre<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0800 512 012</li> <li>Heating<font color="#ffffff">----</font>Warm Front<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0800 072 9006</li> <li>Heating<font color="#ffffff">----</font>Winter Fuel Payments Helpline<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0845 601 5613</li> <li><a href="http://www.helptheaged.org.uk">Help The Aged</a></li> <li>Housing Repairs and Adaptations<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>contact <a href="http://www.stayingput.org.uk">Anchor Staying Put</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.icis-info4life.org.uk">ICIS information for life</a> - enabling people in West Sussex to find help</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawley.gov.uk/lifeline">Lifeline</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Crawley Homes, Town Hall, The Boulevard, Crawley RH10 1UZ<font color="#ffffff">---------</font><a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/social-care-and-health/adults/telecare---community-alarms-/">Community alarms</a> for elderly or disabled residents in West Sussex<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 438468<font color="#ffffff">---------</font><a href="http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c304">Carelink alarms</a> for elderly or disabled residents in Brighton and Hove</li> <li><a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/content/your-council/news-room/press-releases/2007/2007-10/better-connected-with-ot-connect.en">OT Connect</a> - The adults' OT service for West Sussex. To qualify for an assessment by the occupational therapists working with adults, which liaise closely with health service colleagues and the eight local district and borough councils, you would usually need to be referred by your GP or local social services. To make a referral, please contact your local adults' office. Or contact OT Connect Direct use their eligibility criteria to decide whether they can help and the level of priority if they can. There might be a six-month wait. Where possible, they try to authorise technicians to deliver and fit small items to help reduce service delays to people who have urgent need of our help.</li> <li><a href="http://www.pensions.gov.uk">Pension Service</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Norfolk House, High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6EN<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01273 364916 / 364908</li> <li><a href="http://www.pennymarler.com/press.htm">Physiotherapy</a><br /><a href="http://www.pennymarler.com/physio.htm">Penny Marler</a> is a well experienced Chartered Physiotherapist [<a href="http://www.pennymarler.com/physio.htm">contact details</a>] working in Hove, Sussex. She is also a sculptor working in clay, plaster, cement and stone. Her work has been featured in many exhibitions in & around Sussex.</li> <li><a href="http://www.crawley.gov.uk">Retirement Housing</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Sheltered Housing, Town Hall, The Boulevard, Crawley RH10 1UZ<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 438427</li> <li>Safety - anti social behaviour during normal office hours<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0800 5875 888</li> <li>Safety - for an urgent response 7.30am-10pm, seven days a week<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 07884 492324</li> <li>Safety - to report a fault on a path, verge or road<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01243 642105</li> <li><a href="http://www.sussex.police.uk">Sussex Police</a> for information, advice and to report a crime <font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0845 60 70 999 </li> <li><a href="http://www.sussex.police.uk">Sussex Police</a> emergencies <font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 999</li> <li><a href="http://www.sussex.police.uk">Sussex Police</a> Typetalk Emergency Line for the hearing impaired <font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 18000</li> <li><a href="http://www.sussex.police.uk">Sussex Police</a> Minicom for the hearing impaired <font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01273 483435</li> <li><a href="http://www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk">Trading Standards</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Consumer Advice (reporting deceptive business practices): 08454 04 05 06</li> <li><a href="http://www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk">Trading Standards</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Buy with confidence in your area: 01243 642124</li> <li><a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk">West Sussex Care Guide</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Centenary House, Woodfield Road, Crawley, RH10 8GN<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 0293 895100</li> <li><a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk">West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Personal advice on fire safety; smoke/carbon monoxide alarms: Tel: 0800 3286 487</li> <li><a href="http://www.westsussex.gov.uk">West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service</a><font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Crawley fire station: 01293 535660</li> <li>WRVS Community Centre - Community Care Centre<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Town Barn Road, West Green, Crawley RH11 7XG<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 432510</li> <li>WRVS Community Centre - Meals on Wheels<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Town Barn Road, West Green, Crawley RH11 7XG<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 528223</li> <li>4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind)<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>The Orchard, 1-2 Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD<font color="#ffffff">---------</font>Tel: 01293 657090</li> </ul> <hr> <h2><a name="s20">Radios, especially suitable for elderly people</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <h2><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">Reasonably priced radios</a> with accessible "on board" controls and good quality audio</h2> <p>Do you have elderly friends or relatives who have become disenfranchised from listening to the radio as a result of having to juggle with too many remote controls for different pieces of equipment, some unwanted?</p> <p>The radio may become usable again if the necessary buttons to switch it on and change channels are on the device itself and are easy to locate. And to avoid the complication of switching on all the components (tuner, amplifier etc) of a hi-fi system before you can simply listen the radio, consider the simplicity of just one item with decent built-in audio speakers of its own. The <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">Roberts RD21B(ECO4) Ecologic 4 DAB/FM RDS Digital Stereo Radio</a>, providing excellent audio for listening in larger rooms such as the living-room, can be located near to where the user sits or sleeps.</p> <h2><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">A DAB/FM radio suitable for the living-room, bedroom or garden</a></h2> <p>I recently bought a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">Roberts RD21B(ECO4) Ecologic 4 DAB/FM RDS Digital Stereo Radio</a> for an elderly person who was no longer motivated to use the complicated hi-fi rack system on the opposite side of his living-room. Many elderly people living in their own homes are currently deprived of the pleasure of radio because nobody has bothered to help them acquire and set up simple-to-use, accessible systems. Instead they are confronted with a confusing collection of remote controls. The controls on the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">Roberts radio</a> (below) are both <u>on the radio itself</u> and <u>easily identifiable by sight or touch</u>. This avoids the eye-strain involved in identifying small, similar-looking buttons on some other makes of radio or the confusing remotes offered as apologies for bad design. The <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">Roberts RD21B(ECO4) Ecologic 4 DAB/FM RDS Digital Stereo Radio</a> could be the ideal present for someone who is no longer able to search for remote controls with small buttons. The radio also uses just a conventional 3-pin plug to connect to the electric mains, not one of those clumsy AC/DC adapter plugs which get hot. It can also run on batteries (e.g. in the garden) and boasts 150 hours of battery life.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK">Roberts RD21B(ECO4) Ecologic 4 DAB/FM RDS Digital Stereo Radio with up to 150 Hours Battery Life - Black</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X5HGOK?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000X5HGOK"><img align="center" src="ecologic4.jpg"></a></p> <p><b>A</b><font color="#ffffff">--</font>ON/OFF SWITCH (coloured green)<br /> <b>B</b><font color="#ffffff">--</font>PRE-SET BUTTONS<br /> <b>C</b><font color="#ffffff">--</font>TUNING (no need to use once pre-sets have been chosen)<br /> <b>D</b><font color="#ffffff">--</font>VOLUME (easy-to-find large round knob)</p> <hr> <p>If you do decide to improve access to the radio (e.g. for an elderly person) it may also be desirable to supply a <a href="<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PHZ3L2?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002PHZ3L2">shelving unit</a> to allow the user to keep the radio near them together with other items they wish to have next to where they sit.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PHZ3L2?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002PHZ3L2">Langdale Beech / Silver Computer Table / TV Stand for TVs of up to 24</a> offers a reasonably-priced option.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PHZ3L2?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002PHZ3L2"><img align="center" src="langdale.jpg"></a></p> <p>Product dimensions of the above radio are 29.5cm wide x 11.5cm deep x 16.5 cm high, while the above shelving unit measures 60cm wide x 45cm deep x 76cm high with 33.5 cm (of height) between shelf-divisions.</p> <p>Click <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%26field-keywords%3DLangdale%2520Beech%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=19450">here</a> for <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%26field-keywords%3DLangdale%2520Beech%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=19450">other shelving options</a></p> <hr> <h2><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000B5TX66?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000B5TX66">A decent 3-band portable radio for the small kitchen or bathroom</a></h2> <p>I have also acquired a <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000B5TX66?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000B5TX66">Roberts R9993 3-Band Portable Radio</a> - a small portable (battery) radio</a> for the elderly person to use in the kitchen while he is preparing his lunch. The ON/OFF is the same dial as the one used to adjust the VOLUME on the side, a traditional arrangement with which an elderly person would be familiar. The audio quality is also very good for a budget-priced radio. It is also suitable for use in the garden.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000B5TX66?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000B5TX66"><img align="center" src="robertsr9993.jpg"></a></p> <p>The <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000B5TX66?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000B5TX66">Roberts R9993</a> is a 3-Band Portable Radio, offering FM, Long Wave and Medium Wave receptions. I would assume that listeners in most areas would tune to FM, since this normally offers the best reception. I considered whether I should be providing a new FM radio (as opposed to DAB) in the light of the SWITCH-OFF as broadcasters in the UK change over to digital. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcasting_in_the_UK">a Wikipedia article</a>, the final report (written by Digital Radio Working Group) says FM should be switched off between 2017 and 2022.</p> <hr> <h2><a name="s21">wind-up lanterns and battery-powered lamp for use in power cuts</a></h2> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p>Power cuts can make life extremely difficult for the elderly. Rather than have friends and relatives searching for candles and matches, a contingency plan may be to equip them with any of the following:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002UVFDRW?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002UVFDRW">16LED CRAFTLIGHT MAINS OR BATTERY OPERATED 2500LUX FULL SPECTRUM SUITABLE FOR SAD: FREE SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM UNTIL CHRISTMAS</a> - uses 3 AA batteries or mains adapter</p> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002UVFDRW?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002UVFDRW"><img src="light.jpg" alt="craft light"></a> <p>I was drawn to this by the generous amount of white light and the efficient use of batteries</p> <hr> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00011PJC2?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00011PJC2">Duracell Plus Alkaline AA Batteries Pack of 12 MN1500</a></p> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00011PJC2?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00011PJC2"><img src="batteries.jpg" alt="batteries"></a> <p>In a power cut, it could be that rechargable batteries have not been recently charged, so I have gone for the normal ones.</p> <hr> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001W7AHQW?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B001W7AHQW">Proteam TO1012 - 12 LED Wind Up Energy Saving Large Lantern</a></p> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001W7AHQW?ie=UTF8&tag=thehistorofbr-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B001W7AHQW"><img src="lantern.jpg" alt="lantern"></a> <p>If batteries or candles have been used up, the wind-up lantern still offers a solution which many elderly people will take to.</p> <hr> <p align="center"><a href="sussexlinks.htm">Top of Page</a> <p><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"></a> <input type=button value="Back" onClick="history.go(-1)"></p> <p><br /></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>