The Brighton and Hove Federation of Disabled People offer low cost,
confidential, independent and accessible counselling for disabled
people, their families, friends and carers.

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When you apply for counseling you will be invited to attend a FREE 50
minute assessment session with a qualified, experienced and BACP
accredited supervisor.

Our counseling rooms are based at: 3 Rutland Gardens, Hove BN3 5PA, all
counseling is done in-house during the working week (Monday - Friday,
9am - 5pm)

Counselling can provide an opportunity to review situations, feelings
and choices. It can help someone who may need change in life, or who has
to cope with unwanted change or crisis. In these and many other
situations the chance to meet with a counsellor can be useful and
supportive.

Brighton & Hove Federation of Disabled People
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Two play areas in Whitehawk are set to be completely renovated as part of a munlti-million pound Government scheme. A new play area will be established near the tall blocks off Swanbourough Drive/Whitehawk Way, and the exisiting play area off Coolham Dive near the Crew Club will be refurbished.

The Government money has been given to the city to encourage children and young people to lead healthier and more active outdoor lives. The play areas will focus on activity rather than sport, and be accessible for adults as well as children. The play spaces have worked well in London boroughs.

Residents will be fully consulted on the plans ahead of work being done next year.

'The City Council and its key partners, including the Learning and
Skills Council and Jobcentre Plus, see Apprenticeships as a valuable
employment and training route and have developed the city's first
Apprenticeship strategy
(http://www.bhlp.org.uk/news-events/news/apprenticeship-strategy-final-d
<http://www.bhlp.org.uk/news-events/news/apprenticeship-strategy-final-d>
raft) to increase the number of Apprenticeship opportunities that will
assist the city's economy to grow and meet the challenges of competing
in a global economy.

The strategy challenges local public sector to lead the city's employers
to increase the number of Apprenticeships available by 500 starts per
annum from 2012/13. The Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning
Bill currently going through the Houses of Parliament, will bring in an
Apprenticeship Guarantee that all suitably qualified young people will
be entitled to an apprenticeship place from 2013.

The draft strategy sets out how by working together employers, training
providers and residents looking at the Apprenticeship option can
increase the availability of Apprenticeships.

The Strategy is out for consultation until the end of August. Please
download the word version of the strategy and send any comments back to
Dan Shelley, Learning Partnership Manager by 31st August to:
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<mailto:daniel.shelley%40brighton-hove.gov.uk>  '

New Youth Action Team campaign to transform the face of volunteering among young people

Leading charity, Brighton and Hove Volunteers, are calling for local young people aged between 16 and 25 to join a new group that champions volunteering to its peers.

Drawn from all walks of life and acting as ambassadors, Youth Action Team members encourage their peers to volunteer, and advise organisations on youth led community action. The Youth Action Team organise local events aimed to highlight the many benefits of volunteering, including gaining new skills, contributing to the community and increasing employability. Volunteering within the Youth Action Team include activities such as marketing, design, fundraising and events organisation.

Commune leader Hilaire Purbrick is illegally living up a tree after the council evicted him from their land.

Last year Mr Purbrick set up a commune and dug a meditational cave on allotment land in Whitehawk Hill, Brighton.

But his luck ran out in June this year when Brighton and Hove City Council were granted a permanent eviction order by a judge.

Mr Purbrick said he would stay until the bailiffs forced him out because his “emotional attachment” to the land was so strong.

But when the time to move on came, Mr Purbrick didn't go far, he simply relocated to the other side of the hill, known as Craven Vale, where he built a tree house.

Yesterday the city council applied for a possession order and an injunction which will stop Mr Purbrick returning to the area for two years.

Mr Purbrick told The Argus: “This time we have the hope of legal representation from the group Friends, Families and Travellers.”

He said: “We live in a lovely sort of hut in a tree. We are trying to get the land back into a state where things can grow – it was a former waste dump.”

A spokeswoman from the council said: “The council has applied for a possession and injunction order across the Craven Vale Estate.

“This would mean that Mr Purbrick would have to vacate the designated area and then be prevented from returning for up to two years.

“The possession order was granted and the hearing for the injunction order was adjourned to the first available court date after 14 August.”