Serving Our City.

Any active and effective church must be thoroughly involved with its local community.

At CCK we have some projects that are city-wide and others that are much more localised, serving local communities through various forms of social action.

This is by no means the full list of our social action projects but helps to provide a flavour of the broad range activities in which we are involved across Brighton & Hove.

All that we do in the community is a practical expression of our Christian faith. Jesus had a passion for people; he recognised their needs and met them. We want to reflect that attitude across our city where people in need are looking for help, support and relationship.

For more information please feel free to contact us.

 

Community Involvement

Friends First House
Wanting to help homeless and vulnerable people in the area, we bought a house….
Pregnancy counselling centre
Alternatives offers free testing and support to those facing an unplanned pregnancy.
Strengthening families
We provide marriage preparation & support classes plus parenting training.
Food & friendship for homeless people
Our Friends First Drop-in provides a hot meal & clothes for disadvantaged people.
Friends First Growing Together
A farming micro-enterprise teaches agricultural skills & equips people for a return to the workplace.
Debt advice support
We raised money to support St Luke's Church as they help people looking for advice on personal finance.
Friends First Farm
The Friends First Farm will provide a residential rural apprenticeship scheme for the homeless.
Practical community service
From decorating to rubbish clearance; we’ve done a lot as part of our festivals.
People with special needs
We provide activities & worship appropriate to adults with differing special needs.
CCK deaf
We have a thriving group of hearing-impaired people and host BSL training.
Older people
New Horizons provides friendship and support for people in their later years.

Loving our city

Brighton Marathon staff & venue
300 people from CCK joined other helpers in 2010. We also provided the local marathon Zone HQ.
Fundraising: Haiti Concert
We provided the venue free for 700+ attendees for the Concert for Haiti.
Brighton & Hove Council
Our local council use the Centre for their Drugs & Alcohol Team annual conference.
Blood donation
We've provided the National Blood Service with use of the Centre to enable people to donate blood.
School & college exams
A number of schools including City College use the Clarendon Centre as an exam venue.
New England Arts Orchestra
This community orchestra provides opportunities for all ages and abilities to play classical music.
Recent Gift Day
We raised money to help us serve our City through the Brighton Marathon, Family Life dept & Christmas events.

Also...

Clarendon Centre hire
We're pleased our church centre is used by many local organisations.
BIMM – Brighton’s rock school
Exams/awards ceremonies take place here. Many CCK musicians are former students.
Creatives Network
This acts as a meeting point for people involved in creative activities in the city.
Community festivals
We’ve run and funded festivals in Carden Park, Hangleton & Poet’s Corner.
10:10 Challenge
We're signed up to Brighton & Hove's mission to cut 10% of our emissions in one year.
Business & Enterprise
We've begun to run training seminars to support those involved in running businesses in the city.
Recent Gift Day
As well as funding costs for our multi-site adventure, we gave gifts to St Peter's and Holland Road churches.

International Involvement

Concert for Haiti
Over £13,000 was raised from this event, donations going via charity, Tearfund.
Kenya famine
People from CCK gave £50,000 in an offering to help & feed famine victims.
Zimbabwe support
Church members gave £12,000 to help support Christians in different parts of Zim.
Newfrontiers International
Regular gifts to Newfrontiers help support the poor and plant churches around the world.
Worship
We serve the wider church through our songwriters and worship leaders.