Art with Heart

Our partnership with Artists Open Houses is special, but no more so than at the May 2024 Festival when we ran an open house at Cardinal Newman School. Tony Mills won AOH Artist of the Year for his ‘8 Miles Away’ series, which blew the judges away. Here he is, pictured with Alfie White who … Read more

Getting to our Artists Open House

Sussex Nightstop proudly hosts its first Open House with Cardinal Newman Catholic School during the Artists Open Houses Festival throughout May 2024. We’re open every Saturday and Sunday from 10am-4pm and we think this might just be the biggest open house, with over 80 artworks on show from local artists, Brighton MET art students and arts pupils from the school.

What can you expect?

A superb range of art spanning acrylic or oil on canvas to affordable prints of original art, sculpture, photography, jewellery and fashion accessories. Prices start at £20 and even our most expensive pieces from renowned artists are under £600, so there really is something for everyone.

We’re part of the Dyke Road Trail, alongside six other fabulous open houses.

Where is it?

At the BEACH – that’s the Business, Enterprise and Careers Hub at Cardinal Newman Catholic School. The middle of three entrances to the school campus, with plenty of free parking on site and lots of buses stopping just up the road. Please visit Brighton & Hove Buses to find your route.

If you’re driving, there’s free accessible parking at the BEACH for blue badge holders and for everyone else, there’s a bigger car park at the main school entrance.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Charity Art Auction and Open House

Our partnership with the fantastic Artists Open Houses continues in 2024, thanks to the kindness of AOH artists and the festival team. Exciting news for this year – we have a new partner – Cardinal Newman School – proudly hosting our first Open House! On display you can expect a superb range of art spanning … Read more

Annual Chair’s Report 2022-2023

It has been a privilege to Chair Sussex Nightstop over our 15th year anniversary. The service has gone from strength to strength across 2022-2023. We have responded to one of the highest levels of demand we’ve seen in five years with young people experiencing homelessness sleeping safe in one of our volunteer host homes on … Read more

SLEEPSAFE fundraiser with Artists Open Houses Christmas Festival

It’s that time of year when the cold bites and we start thinking about Christmas. So what better timing than Brighton’s fantastic Artists Open Houses festival, which offers a unique opportunity to shop for Christmas in the warmth of artists’ homes. We love our partnership with the renowned festival – it’s special because we share … Read more

Make Change Count 2023-2024

Make Change Count

Supporting homeless people in Brighton & Hove Make Change Count is the city’s combined fundraising campaign that provides much needed funds to local charities who support and prevent homelessness. It has been running since 2016 and is supported by Brighton & Hove City Council, Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and Sussex Police. Make Change Count … Read more

World Homeless Day 2023

World Homeless Day aims to raise awareness about the needs of people who currently experience homelessness and promote work in local communities to alleviate suffering and prevent death. As an organisation that is built on a community response to youth homelessness, every day is homeless day for us. Each and every conversation our fantastic service … Read more

Tryathlon 2023

We promised a team bonding experience like no other and a whole lot of fun at the second annual Sussex Nightstop Tryathlon on 7th September 2023 and it did not disappoint!

View the highlights video here.

12 teams arrived at Yellowave in a blistering 32 degrees – the hottest day of the year! They fought out a five-game tournament closely, with Filby Builders winning the tournament; House Construction placed second and BuildmyHome placed third. Impressive play from all teams though, as the pictures show.

A brief dash up the road to stylish Proud Cabaret in Brighton (and very welcome air conditioning) the teams showcased a quite incredible array of baked treats in the Cake-Off….themed around celebrations to mark Sussex Nightstop’s 15th year of service. Each team put forward a cake taster for a blind judging in three sections and the winner of each section were put to the test by Amal Casin – founder of community baking charity Sussex Bakedown.

Team Totty’s bejeweled carrot cake was a hit in both rounds, followed closely by IMEX Heroes, Filby Builders and Mortgage Medics. The competition was fierce…. All cakes were super tasty and a treat for the eyes!

The Tryathlon ended with a quiz that tested teams’ knowledge of celebrations around the world; pop songs with a celebration theme and topics around the number 15. IMEX Heroes stormed to victory, with Archangels Architects, Mirkwood Magic, Team Totty and Mortgage Medics all close behind.

With all scores added together, trophies presented to three winning teams and medals for the cake-off runners up, all that remained was presenting the awards to the overall winners.

Posh Totty took first place as Tryathlon victors, IMEX came second and Mortgage Medics came third.

There were no losers at this event though, with everyone enjoying the sunshine, the challenges and the hospitality – all in the spirit of supporting Brighton’s only same-day service for young homeless people.

Here are some highlights!

A big thank you to everyone who took part and our sponsors:

And thanks to the generosity of teams who bought raffle tickets and to the fantastic companies who donated prizes:

 

More team pics available below: