Our Partners
Tea & Company Friendship Cafe
with Time to Talk Befriending and the Community Service team from Brighton College
Wednesdays, 3.30 to 5 pm, 11 April until 20 June 2018
Every Wednesday in term time, from 3.30 to 5 pm, St Mary's hosts a free friendship cafe for people who want to get out and smile a bit more. This is a joint venture between local Brighton charity, Time to Talk Befriending, and the Community Service team at Brighton College. Most weeks pupils from the College are on hand to serve afternoon tea, talk to our guests, and often to play some rather marvellous music.
This term's session runs from Wednesday, 11 April till Wednesday, 20 June. We'll be back regularly with the College in early October after the summer holidays. But we also hope to do a couple of summer specials in July and September - dates yet to be announced!
We're always looking for new volunteers to help bake a cake, make sandwiches, help serve or clean up. It's a happy lively gathering and we all benefit from the cheerful engagement with our neighbours.
To find out more, to recommend a guest, or to volunteer, please call Fr Andrew Woodward on 01273 698601 or else drop us an email here. We'd love to see you!
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with Time to Talk Befriending and the Community Service team from Brighton College
Wednesdays, 3.30 to 5 pm, 11 April until 20 June 2018
Every Wednesday in term time, from 3.30 to 5 pm, St Mary's hosts a free friendship cafe for people who want to get out and smile a bit more. This is a joint venture between local Brighton charity, Time to Talk Befriending, and the Community Service team at Brighton College. Most weeks pupils from the College are on hand to serve afternoon tea, talk to our guests, and often to play some rather marvellous music.
This term's session runs from Wednesday, 11 April till Wednesday, 20 June. We'll be back regularly with the College in early October after the summer holidays. But we also hope to do a couple of summer specials in July and September - dates yet to be announced!
We're always looking for new volunteers to help bake a cake, make sandwiches, help serve or clean up. It's a happy lively gathering and we all benefit from the cheerful engagement with our neighbours.
To find out more, to recommend a guest, or to volunteer, please call Fr Andrew Woodward on 01273 698601 or else drop us an email here. We'd love to see you!
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The Big Issue Magazine
Since June 2017 St Mary's has been the Brighton and Hove distribution point for The Big Issue magazine, which was founded in 1991 to provide 'A hand up not a hand out' to people who are homeless or insecurely housed.The vendors pay £1.25 per magazine and sell it at £2.50, keeping half the cover price for themselves - income that can make the difference between being able to pay for a hostel bed or not or buy food and clothing. Selling the magazine is hard work, and several of our vendors take pride in sticking to it rather than resorting to begging. For others, it provides the discipline and structure they need to resist the lure of drugs or street drinking. So, if you see a properly badged vendor, please consider buying a copy - and have a chat too. It makes the world of difference to them. And the magazine is a good read too!
We earn a commission on the sales, which we hope will pay a chunk of our winter heating costs so that more people can find a warm welcome at St Mary's. We do formal sales and induction of new vendors on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9 am - 1 pm, but we know the vendors would like longer hours. So if you'd like to help, please contact us. Our existing volunteers really enjoy meeting and getting to know the vendors.
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Since June 2017 St Mary's has been the Brighton and Hove distribution point for The Big Issue magazine, which was founded in 1991 to provide 'A hand up not a hand out' to people who are homeless or insecurely housed.The vendors pay £1.25 per magazine and sell it at £2.50, keeping half the cover price for themselves - income that can make the difference between being able to pay for a hostel bed or not or buy food and clothing. Selling the magazine is hard work, and several of our vendors take pride in sticking to it rather than resorting to begging. For others, it provides the discipline and structure they need to resist the lure of drugs or street drinking. So, if you see a properly badged vendor, please consider buying a copy - and have a chat too. It makes the world of difference to them. And the magazine is a good read too!
We earn a commission on the sales, which we hope will pay a chunk of our winter heating costs so that more people can find a warm welcome at St Mary's. We do formal sales and induction of new vendors on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 9 am - 1 pm, but we know the vendors would like longer hours. So if you'd like to help, please contact us. Our existing volunteers really enjoy meeting and getting to know the vendors.
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St Anne's Day Centre
The St Anne’s Day Centre operates from the large assembly room and kitchen in our church hall next door to the church. Open from 9.30 am to 1 pm, Mondays to Fridays, it offers breakfast, lunch, companionship and advice to approximately 60 homeless and vulnerable people each day. The day centre is an initiative of the St Anne's Trust, a Roman Catholic charity, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2013. Its operations are funded entirely by donations in cash and kind and much of the cooking and serving of food is done by volunteers. We are very grateful at St Mary's to have this resource on our doorstep as the staff and volunteers at the day centre often comfort and provide practical advice to people in crisis who come to the church. In January 2014, Fr Andrew Woodward, priest-in-charge at St Mary's, accepted an invitation to become a trustee of St Anne's. Read more about the St Anne's Day Centre here. Contact the St Anne's Day Centre here or call 01273 602824. Back to About us Back to Home page |
Christmas Lunch at St Anne's, 2013, with Mayor Denise Cobb in attendance.
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