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Albion Life
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We are a Community group dedicated to getting people together with a Voice, a Hub and a Garden. A resource of information and activities for residents of Albion Hill, Brighton UK

Avatar image 'Composition 2' is a creation of our resident 'BN2 Arts' group
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Nearly time for our festive shindig!

Tuesday from 5.30pm., eat and be merry. Prize for the most outrageous Xmas jumper 🎅⛄🎄

All #AlbionLife area residents welcome
Poster for our winter celebration. Image shows happy people in snowy scenes. Text reads: Winter Celebration. As the year comes to an end its a great time for all to come together as groups, sponsors an individuals to share memories of a remarkable year. Sharing food is central to most cultures so you are invited to bring a small dish, sweet or savoury. There will be an outrageous Christmas jumper prize presented by our mystery guest. Tuesday9th December 5.30 - 7.30 Albion Life Hub Thornsdale, Albion Hill, Brighton BN2 9NN Dial 100 on intercom
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Want some help using your device or accessing things online? Finding it hard to afford data?

'IT for Everyone' Digital Drop-in' could be the place for you. Each Thursday 2-4pm #AlbionHub

Ground floor, Thornsdale Flats. Albion Hill, Brighton BN2 9NN

#Brighton #Community #Digital
Flyer for IT for Everyone Digital Drop-in at Albion Hub Thornsdale ground floor Brighton BN2 9NN Help and Advice, skill share, All welcome.
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Our Community Swap Shop is go!

The Great Swap Shop - Friday mornings 10 - 2pm at Albion Hub

Community exchange, re-use, re-purpose.

#Brighton #CircularEconomy #Community
Poster for The Great Swap Shop. Image of vintage preloved children's toys and clothes. Text reads The Great Swap Shop! Refresh your wardrobe and toy box. Come in for a coffee and chat. Opening hours Fridays 10am - 2pm. Albion Life Hub. Thornsdale Albion Hill Brighton BN2 9NN Dial 100 on entry phone
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Today is Thursday and that means 'IT for Everyone' Digital Drop-in!

If you need help using tech, getting tech, affording tech this could be the place for you. 2-4pm #AlbionHub

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#Brighton #Community #Digital
Flyer for IT for Everyone Digital Drop-in at Albion Hub Thornsdale ground floor Brighton BN2 9NN W3W over.sock.frame Help and Advice, skill share, All welcome.
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Did you know...?

Each Saturday we run a Recycle Bike Community Workshop at the Hub. Get help to fix your bike or help out fixing up donated bikes to reuse in our community.

11.30 - 16.00ish #AlbionHub Thornsdale

#Brighton #Community #Bike #Reuse #Repair
Poster for our Community Bike Workshop showing a picture of a person repairing bikes outside our workshop at the Albion Hub, Thornsdale BN2 9NN email AlbionVoiceBN2@gmail.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Its great the #BrightonYouthCentre has re-opened after its makeover. Here's one of the things they are doing to celebrate: www.youngwriterscollective.org/bfest

#Brighton #Hove #Youthwork #Art #Community #BFEST25
Poster for a free Zine making workshop at Brighton Youth Centre for BFest 25. Poster includes QR code and weblink for the event is in the main post. Tuesday 28 October, 3-5pm
October 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Grand night out at the #TDC Trust for Developing Communities AGM. Fantastic to see Huda receive a Community Champions award for her work setting up the Tarner Migrant Women's Group, part of our community who meet weekly at #AlbionHub 👏🙏
#Community #AlbionLife #Brighton #Hove
Packed audience look toward the stage as Huda receives a community Champions award presented by Bella Sankey Brighton Council leader
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Meet your local councillor! Friday 10.30am Thornsdale Hub

#Brighton #QueensPark
Photo shows Councillor Marina Ladermacher against the backdrop of Thornsdale flats
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The Healthy Neighbourhoods Fund is now open for applications - up to £500 for Health and Wellbeing projects. #AlbionLife works with the Trust for Developing Communities to deliver this scheme in our part of town. Apply by Oct 27 more info HERE: trustdevcom.org.uk/project/heal...
#Brighton #Community
Flyer for the Central Brighton Healthy Neighbourhoods Fund offering £500 grants for health and wellbeing projects.
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Its important to work on the offline as well as online spaces

How to refurbish a neglected noticeboard in three easy steps...

#AlbionLife #Brighton #Community
Community noticeboard on the estate, neglected and graffitied The same board cleaned up, and painted with the Albion Life banner added The same board again, now with up-to date community notices
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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📢 COMMUNITY NEWS 📢
Our good friends and neighbours at the Hanover & Elm Grove Communities Forum are holding their AGM, to be attended by the verdant member for Brighton Pavilion @sianberry.bsky.social
Saturday October 11th, Phoenix Community Centre Brighton

#Brighton #Community #HEG
Flier for the Hanover and Elm Grove Forum AGM on October 11th at the Phoenix Community Centre Brighton, featuring Sian Berry MP
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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A great thing about the different groups who make up our #AlbionHub community is the collaboration, co-operation and support.
Here is the Community Gardens Network sign made by the BN2 Arts Group for the Albion Community Garden crew 💚

#Brighton #Community
A large heart shaped sign painted in blues and greens earing the logo of the Brighton & Hove Community Gardens Network
September 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Our digital inclusion project 'IT for Everyone' is on Thursday afternoons. All welcome!!!

#Brighton #DigitalInclusion #Community
Flyer describing the IT for Everyone Digital Inclusion sessions which take place at the Albion Life Hub on the ground floor of Thornsdale on Albion Hill BN2 9NN. These are drop in session giving advice on phone/tablet use and support using our shared PCs to develop skills
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Albion Life is a resident led volunteer group in Brighton Albion Hill area. We manage the Thornsdale Hub community centre and the Albion Community Garden.

Here is the Albion Community Garden from above....

#Brighton #CommunityGrowing
Image shows the Albion Community Garden in a shot taken from an adjacent tall building. The courtyard, beds and a couple of people are visible.
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM