Community Base

10/12/2025

Did we mention that the Community Base Festive Market is this week? Tomorrow in fact! So head over to 113 Queens Road between 4 and 8pm to celebrate with us!

10/12/2025

During a cupboard rummage yesterday we found this snap (yes, a physical photograph!) of a September 2001 advert for the new BMW Mini featuring an actual car on the side of our building.

09/12/2025

We love having in the building! Where else would you find a Bon Jovi mouse mat on your lunch break?

02/12/2025

The Community Base Festive Market is less than two weeks away! Come make some up-cycled Xmas decorations with Over the Moon whilst supporting local charities and makers.

📆 Thursday 11 December
⏲️ 4 - 8pm
🏢 Community Base, 113 Queens Road, BN1 3XG

04/11/2025

Look what we found rumaging through the cupboards as part of our Community Base history research project. A straight to VHS release from 2003 that was sent out to councils, libraries and schools. The 20 minute thriller has 48% on Rotten Tomatoes and will be digitised soon.

03/11/2025

So, it was 30 years ago today that Community Base was officially registered with Companies House. It was two years in the making, and it'd take another 18 months to secure and open the building we call home. We're seeing today as the start of a process researching and documenting our history - which is really a history of the community and voluntary sector in the city.

This is a piece written by Simon Northmore, gen sec of Brighton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS), at the time of incorporation. The CVS were instrumental in setting up Community Base, with Simon and the incredible Keith Braid at the forefront. Another key figure was the late Tehmtan Framroze, a Labour councillor and former mayor who was our first chair. But there were so many more important figures! Watch this space for more info.

Also included is a draft outline of what space the initial organisations would take in the building. A nice little window into those early days!

11/08/2025

A super happy monstera sitting in its new pot in the Community Base reception - thanks to the magic of .dryad.uk

16/04/2025

⌚ EASTER OPENING HOURS ⌚

The Community Base reception will be closed on Friday 18 and Monday 21 April for the Easter Bank Holiday.

If you - or anyone you know - needs signposting advice during this time there will be information on the poster in our front window. You can also access the information on our website: https://communitybase.org/our-services/our-poster-guide/

We apologies for any inconvenience

09/04/2025

The incredible Care Collective are doing a full take-over of the Community Base South Wing this coming Sunday. As the poster below outlines, this beautiful crew of q***r and disabled neurodivergent folk will be running a mini-festival of workshops, open mic performances and community building - with free food!

For more info and details on how to attend head over to the Eventbrite page 👉 https://tinyurl.com/44z464s7

09/04/2025

We've had quite a few film screenings up in our Conference Room of late and there is another one coming up this Saturday. The Clare Project are showing Rainbow Menopause, a ground-breaking short film that sheds light on the often-overlooked experiences of LGBTQ+ people navigating menopause.

There will also be a Q&A with a panel including the film's director Ceri Harris. Full details can be found here 👇

The Clare Project is excited to host a special screening of Rainbow Menopause, a groundbreaking short film directed by Ceri Harris BEM that sheds light on the often-overlooked experiences of LGBTQ+ people navigating menopause. This powerful film amplifies diverse voices, challenges misconceptions, a...

03/04/2025

Did you know we offer discounted room hire to community groups on weekday evenings?

From Monday to Friday you can use our meeting rooms for just £5 per hour.

Head over to https://communitybase.org/our-services/our-meeting-rooms/ for more information.

02/04/2025

Our April events schedule is out the gate! With spring starting to fully express itself we have the Urban Dryad returning for another houseplant hospital - no doubt there are a few chlorophytum comosum's across the building in dire need of a larger pot.

We're also starting a new meet-up for caseworkers that we hope can emulate our now well established comms meet-up. Feels like there is so much potential with 30+ incredible charities in this building but we're only just scratching the surface.

As always, all events are open to anyone using Community Base as a postal address. So pop along and join in!