We work with and are funded by a variety of different organisations including local authorities, social landlords and grant making organisations and trusts.
We receive no statutory or direct government funding and have to raise our own income to run our projects and services every year and to maintain our small central office and team. Without this continued effort, our services would cease.
We would like to thank and recognise the support of the following organisations for their current or recent funding:
Brighton & Hove City Council
East Sussex County Council
Sussex Community Foundation
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
Lewes District Council
The National Lottery Community Fund
We are also supported by Registered Social Landlords with whom we have Service Level Agreements to mediate between tenants in dispute.
These include:
Southern Housing Group
Clarion Housing
We also welcome donations from individuals and organisations who support our charitable objectives. If you would like to make a donation to our service, however large or small, please do so by either visiting our Donate page or sending a cheque made out to 'Brighton & Hove Independent Mediation Service', along with, if possible, a completed Gift Aid Form.
Other Sussex Mediation Services
We work in alliance with three neighbouring community mediation services who cover the East and West Sussex areas outside of Brighton and Hove.
Click on their names to visit their websites:
West Sussex Mediation Service Covers all of West Sussex including Worthing, Horsham and Chichester.
Hastings & Rother Mediation Service Covers Hastings, St Leonards and Rother District including Bexhill and Rye.
Mediation Plus Covers Eastbourne and Wealden areas including Hailsham, Uckfield, Heathfield and Crowborough, plus runs the Time 2 Talkservice in the Lewes District Council area.
Other Advice and Support
National Family Mediation Help line Family mediation is a way of resolving disputes after separation or divorce. In mediation, couples are helped to look for their own solutions to their disputes.
Citizens Advice Bureau Advice Line: 0845 120 3710 Admin: 01273 696 616
Community Base Brighton A central information hub for all the many community services available in Brighton and Hove and also download a PDF guide in different languages.
Mediation East Sussex provides Family mediation in Brighton, Shoreham, Eastbourne and Hastings. MES holds a contract with the Legal Aid Agency to provide Legally Aided (free) mediation to those who are eligible.