Community Base
Community Base is a centre that provides a home for community and voluntary groups in Brighton and Hove, just a few minutes from Brighton Station.
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Venue Description:
Community Base is a centre that provides a home for community and voluntary groups in Brighton and Hove, just a few minutes from Brighton Station.
Community Base is a charity. They use income from affordable rent and services, including use of the South Wing meeting rooms, to repay a mortgage on their accessible seven floor building, and to meet their running costs.
It is a truly multicultural community centre, providing a home to groups offering real help to local black and minority ethnic communities alongside groups providing services to the wider community. Their annual poster guide to community services in Brighton and Hove is available in twelve languages other than English to help non-English speakers get help when they need it.
As well as providing meeting rooms and conference space for groups, they aim to help people access local community services, find local venues for hire, and find volunteer opportunities with local community and voluntary groups.
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Address:
113, Queens Road.
Brighton. BN1 3XG
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Phone:
01273 234000
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Web:
http://www.communitybase.org/
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Opening Times:
Reception is open Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm.
The meeting rooms can be accessed after hours via an entry system.
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Getting There / Parking:
The Centre is 5 minutes from Brighton Station.
Plenty of buses stop nearby.
Parking is not easy in this area.
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Getting In:
Community Base has automatic doors, with a push button on the left. So too do the Credit Union and Brighton Housing Trust which come under the Centre but have their own entrances. The South Wing has an entry phone system for out of hours use.
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Getting Around / Facilities:
The reception area has lots of leaflets, and folders of information on voluntary groups.
There are 2 lifts, each with braille buttons, and all 7 floors can be reached.
All the corridors are painted yellow and blue, a good contrast for partially sighted people, and likewise the notices are bold and clear.
As well as the many meeting rooms, there is a large conference room on the 7th floor, which has a kitchen.
There is a roof terrace which is just being made accessible, and has a great view. It can be used by any groups, and can be reached from the conference room and the corridor.
There are fire procedures, and corridors have 30 minute safety times.
There are well equipped accessible toilets on 4 of the 7 floors.
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Additional Comments:
Community Base has a good website available in 12 languages
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Reviewed By:
Pat
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Review Date:
June 2010, updated 17/3/2011 by Pappya
Published in
Public Buildings & Community Centres - Brighton
