Working together for a fairer, more equal, democratic and sustainable Sussex
What we did in 2024 Newsletter
Read about our last coffee morning with Polly Toynbee and Stewart Lansley here
10 May 2025
Join Us at Our Next Coffee With Politics Morning
10 May - 10.00-12.30
Conerstone Community Centre
Booking essential
Devolution - Changes Are in the Works in Sussex - How Can Our Voices Be Heard?
Join us at our next coffee morning to discuss the implications for democracy of the Government's proposed changes to local governance. Will we the citizens have a greater or lesser voice when these changes are implemented and how can we contribute to the final shaping of the proposals?
We have two excellent guides to the proposed changes:
Dr Matthew Fright, Senior Researcher, Institute for Government will talk about the justification for these reforms and describe how we got here: the history and overall picture.
Cllr John Hewitt, Cabinet Adviser for Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation at Brighton and Hove City Council, will explain the latest thinking in the Labour party and the Council and explore the implications for our city.
Click here to book.
Click here for more information.
Click here to sign up to our Mailing List.
To see meeting notes from previous Coffee Mornings Click here
Coming Events - Coffee with Politics Mornings
19 July 2025 Social Care Options and Possibilities for Change - Speakers: Tristram Burden and Brian Fisher
13 September 2025 So How's it Going Then? Reflecting on Labour's First 12 Months - Speakers: Mark Perryman and Mike Phipps (invited)
About Brighton and Hove Compass
Nationally and locally, Compass campaigns for the good society, one that is more equal, democratic, and sustainable. We believe that no single organisation or political party can create the good society. And that the main progressive parties have far more in common than differences. So, we need to develop new and radical collaborations to achieve a good society.
Brighton and Hove is an amazing creative and progressive place with a vibrant artistic, community and voluntary sector. A city with an great track record of campaigning that remains as alive as ever with Pride, Black Lives Matter and others. And we are fortunate to have a council with a progressive majority. But our city is also a place where wealth and extreme poverty, poor housing, low paid and seasonal work, and homelessness sit side by side so, when we re-launched our local Compass group in 2020, our priority was to support Brighton build back better after the pandemic. However, our local collaboration can only achieve so much without changing Britain’s centralised, short term and tribal political system. We believe that there are three key elements getting in the way:
- Our unfair electoral system
- Our tribal politics
- Our over centralised national and local political systems
We are exploring ideas, discussing issues and planning strategies. We do this at our bi-monthly coffee mornings and other events in Brighton and Hove.
B&H Compass needs your input
Over the coming 2-3 years, B&H Compass will be holding campaigning actions and conversations around the broad theme of democracy and power. Watch this space for more, or contact us on brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk if you have ideas or would like to get involved.
Brighton and Hove Compass is coordinated by a volunteer steering group of seven.
Join Compass here https://action.compassonline.org.uk/. And email us locally at brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk
Promoted by and for Compass Campaigns Ltd., 10 Salamanca Place, London, SE1 7HB
Click here to sign up to our Mailing List