Our historic building in Hove is in desperate need of updating and improvement
Our vision is to operate from modern, accessible, community-based buildings, that provide high-quality facilities for the people we support and contribute local value. The Big Build project will radically redevelop our Montefiore Road site and transform many lives.
Donate now to support The Big Build
The Big Build will cost £3.95 million. We need to find up to a third of this through fundraising, so we need everyone in our community to know about and support this project.
The Big Build is a big challenge, but we know the people of Brighton & Hove can go big when they want to! We’re already on our way – see where we are against the target on our Big Build thermometer.
Look out for more information coming very soon about our exciting fundraising campaign and more ways to support the Big Build and help transform local lives.
You can also find out about raising money for Grace Eyre here.
Our plans for the renovation, which were approved in full by Brighton & Hove City Council in 2022, will honour our building status as a ‘building of interest’ and maintain the beauty of the external building…. but we will revolutionise the inside!
We will balance business and creativity to build a space designed to really work for people with a learning disability, while promoting more integration with our local community.
The building will be developed into:
All our services will continue to run while the building work is taking place and we will locate to alternative sites where Active Lives can continue to offer its broad timetable of activities. We know that this short period of change is going to lead to massive long-term benefits for everyone, saving the building and creating future income for Grace Eyre.
We look forward to sharing this journey with you and updating on progress as we go forward.
If you would like any further information or would like to be involved in the project, please contact Chris Bland, Deputy Chief Executive, at cbland@grace-eyre.org.
