Thursday 23rd November, we celebrated 25 wonderful years of the Clock Tower Sanctuary, surrounded by extraordinary individuals and organisations who have gone above and beyond to support our day centre. Without this appreciated and continued support, we simply couldn’t keep our doors open for the young people experiencing homelessness we’re so proud to support. The event saw too the release …
Hike Against Homelessness 2023 raises £7,563 for CTS!
Surrounded by amazing humans and the stunning, sun-drenched South Downs, it’s safe to say that we had a fabulous time on our second ever Hike Against Homelessness! While the challenge itself crossed the finish line more than a month ago, the donations didn’t stop there. We’re overjoyed to share that, thanks to the incredible fundraising efforts of our hikers, Hike …
CTS Welcomes New Chair on our Board of Trustees
We are delighted to welcome Alex Rees as our new Chair on our Board of Trustees. We look forward to working with Alex towards our mission to make Brighton & Hove a city where young people’s experience of homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring. Emily Brock, former Chair at CTS, served on the Board of Trustees for more than six …
Big City Sleepout 2023 raises £41,810 for CTS!
Monday 6th March 2023, 47 extraordinary humans joined us on the terrace of the Brighton i360 for our biggest and best Big City Sleepout to date! December of 2022, the dangerously cold weather forced us to postpone the event, so words won’t properly express how elated, humbled and proud we were to finally watch the sun rise and set on a wonderfully successful event. BBC Radio …
Spotlight on a supporter: Laura from Articulate
This month, we wanted to give a shout out to Laura and Articulate. For over eight years, Laura has been coming to the centre to run creative and therapeutic photography workshops for our young people. She now travels 170 miles every week from Bristol for the sessions! Our clients love working with Laura and the work they produce together is stunning (see …
8-year-old ‘sleepout’ superstar, Hattie, raises over £1,000
When Hattie, just 8 years old, got in touch to tell us she was planning to do her own ‘sleepout’ to raise money for CTS, we were blown away. Having already done a sponsored one-night sleepout for us in 2021, Hattie had decided she wanted to do even more this time around. She was going to spend 8 nights in …
New Chair and Vice Chair appointed at The Clock Tower Sanctuary
The Clock Tower Sanctuary, a charity supporting young people experiencing homelessness in Brighton & Hove, has today announced the appointment of Emily Brock as its incoming chair and Mo Kanjilal as its vice chair. Emily Brock, incoming chair, says “As a trustee of Clock Tower Sanctuary for the past 5 years, including as vice-chair since 2019, I have seen the …
Hike Against Homelessness a roaring success!
On Saturday 2nd July, we held our first Hike Against Homelessness, and we’re pleased to say it was a resounding success! We had a lovely mix of staff, CTS volunteers, clients, corporate partner teams and individuals walking with us on the day. Everyone absolutely smashed their fundraising targets and raised £9057 which will go directly back into our work here …
Team CTS bosses Marathon Weekend
On 10th April, Team CTS took to the roads to run and ride in Brighton Marathon Weekend events. After some stellar fundraising efforts that saw every one of our team members smash their target, race day finally arrived. And what a day it was! Bathed in Spring sunshine, Brighton’s streets came to life with music, megaphones and cheering. Thousands of …
CTS awarded Investing in Volunteers award
We are very pleased to announce that CTS has been awarded NVCO’s ‘Investing in Volunteers’ award for our commitment to volunteer experience. The award recognises the incredible work of our Volunteer Coordinator, Claud, who has worked tirelessly to ensure that volunteering is very much a two-way street at CTS, and that our volunteers feel valued and supported. “I am delighted …