April update 2025

OneFamily joined us at the BUCFP allotment for their company volunteering day.

It’s been a busy month at BUCFP. The children had lots of Easter fun at our craft group and lunch clubs, which are a fun way to learn about heathy eating. The playroom allotment is in action with lots of planting ready for Summer, please check out our face book and Instagram pages to see the latest news.

April saw the start of our new group ‘creative expression’ which will run every Thursday at 11.30 in the canteen. The groups aim is to convey thoughts, emotions and ideas through creative means. No experience needed, just turn up on the day and stay for lunch if you wish. Janina will be leading the group and will offer guidance and of course a very warm welcome.

We still have yoga, twice a week Tuesday and Thursday at 11.45, these classes are popular but no need to book.

We organised a corporate volunteer day at our allotment during April, it was a lovely day and our volunteers did a great job painting the shed and clearing some space in the allotment. If you are work for a company and are allowed volunteering days, then get in touch to see what we can offer you.

We really appreciate all the items donations we receive HOWEVER we are not accepting anymore at the moment - we have run out of space. We will let people know as and when we are accepting new items.

As always a massive thank you to all our volunteers, BUCFP only runs because of your loyalty and dedication, we couldn’t do it without you.

Please add us on Facebook and Instagram to see the latest updates!

Mothers Uncovered is now taking bookings for our peer-led course for mothers under 26!

We’re delighted to announce that Mothers Uncovered is now taking bookings for our peer-led course for mothers under 26!

This runs on Fridays from June 13-July 11, 2025

10.30-12.30

BUCFP, Tilbury Place, BN2 0GY

The course is free. It will be led by two younger mothers who have attended a previous group and will use art and writing to help participants unlock experiences.

There is also a bus pass available for each day of the 5 week course, OR a voucher for £30, paid at the end of the course.

There is an onsite creche at BUCFP (a settling in session needs to be done before the course commences. It doesn’t need to be on June 6th, but our course facilitators will be present on that day to answer questions). Babies under 1 will be in the group.

To book, scan the QR code or follow this link to register

https://www.happity.co.uk/mothers-uncovered

For queries email admin@mothersuncovered.com, text/Whatsapp 07907492992.         

March update at BUCFP

The sun is finally shining here at BUCFP. Volunteers and centre users were invited to our allotment to see what needs doing for Spring. It was a great success and means we have some new volunteers on board. Even if you have no gardening experience it’s a really great project to support and we have some very experienced volunteers who can show you the ropes. If you would like to get involved, please speak to Claire of Carol.

Richard from welfare rights organised an Energy saving group along with BHESCO (Brighton and Hove energy saving co op) this month. We had a really good turnout for the event and hope to work with them in the future.

As always a huge Thank you to all our volunteers for their hard work and dedication, the centre couldn’t run without you.

Please like and follow us on Facebook, then you’ll get the latest info on what’s happening.

February at BUCFP

February has been filled with lots of well attended groups.

The children from the playroom have had a wonderful time making goodies to share and learning about healthy snacks. We also hosted our monthly Healthy eating lunch club where 14 children and Mum’s joined us in half term with the theme Colours of the world.

We have some more dates coming up so please check out our facebook page for dates.

This month we ran 2 workshops where clients were shown how to take their own blood pressure, we had a good turn out and hope to run similar workshops soon.

We also had 2 Money boost workshops from the Russell Martin foundation, centre users learnt how to save money, spend money wisely and effective ways around budgeting within the home. This proved to be really popular and we would love to run more in the future.

We are always open to ideas about courses or workshops that centre users might be interested in so do let staff or volunteers know if you have thoughts of what you like to see here.

Please follow us on facebook and like and share our posts, it helps to spread the word in the local community about the fantastic things we offer.

We are recruiting! Volunteer Co-ordinator

We are recruiting!

Volunteer Co-ordinator

Part time 21 hours per week, very occasional evening & weekend work

£30,235.40 per annum, pro rata for 21 hour week, +3% employer’s contribution to auto-enrolment pension

Principal Tasks

The post holder will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of the volunteer programme to meet the organisations operational needs. They will co-ordinate volunteers to deliver services and look at innovative ways to maximise participation. This will include recruitment, support, monitoring, development and management of volunteers and associated projects and programmes supporting the organisational policies and procedures.

The post holder, with support from volunteers and relevant staff members, will be responsible for gathering exciting and engaging content for the organisation’s website and social media channels. Also, managing regular updates and linking with relevant networks.

The post holder will be responsible for the development and system administration of the organisation’s CRM database / outcome monitoring system, including training & supporting administrative volunteers to help with this.

As part of the Project Workers Group, the post holder will take collective responsibility for the day-to-day management of the organisation and effective decision making.

A Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check is required for this role.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake accredited first aid, level 2 Food Hygiene, and safeguarding training.

PLEASE SEE -

Volunteer Co-ordinator Job advert 2024

BUCFP JD& Person Spec Volunteer Co-ordinator 2024

BUCFP blank Application Form

Deadline for applications: 18 October 2024

Please email completed application forms to info@bucfp.org

Playroom Bank staff practitioner - £12.60 per hour

Playroom Bank staff practitioner

£12.60 per hour

The playroom is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, from 10am to 1pm. Actual working hours to be arranged.

the Playroom is open term times only. 

This position is self-employed. 

We are not longer running the service during summer holidays, we do outings instead.

Closing date: ongoing recruitment

The Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project (BUCFP) is for the people of Brighton and Hove who are unemployed and low-waged. We offer low cost meals, laundry facilities, computer facilities, courses, benefits advice, parent support and quality childcare and education.

We operate an OFSTED registered environment which we call our ‘playroom’ that offers free drop in places for the children of our centre users. Our ‘playroom’ is run by a qualified childcare professionals and volunteers. Parents/carers stay on the premises while their children are with us.

We are balanced indoor and outdoor child-led childcare setting that values children’s learning, play development and connection to nature.

We are looking to recruit childcare practitioners.

Applicants must have a minimum Level 2/ Level 3 childcare qualification.

Applicants should also have experience of working with children 1 – 5 years old;

experience of working well within a team; good communication skills; good knowledge of the OFSTED welfare requirements and childcare legislation/policy and safeguarding.

The post will report to the Playroom Co-ordinator and the role is to support with the day to day running of the playroom; support the welfare and educational needs of the children that attend the playroom; support the implementation of OFSTED welfare requirements.

The Playroom works with a diverse range of families and children, many of whom have English as an additional language, this we embrace and work hard to establish and maintain positive and respectful relationships with parents and children. The playroom service is free at the point of delivery and many of our parents become BUCFP Centre volunteers. The successful applicant will need to feel comfortable working within a mixed team of paid and volunteer workers.

Unfortunately due to the nature of our set up we are unable to offer our staff a childcare service here. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check and registration to the update service.

To apply for an application pack, which contains a full job description and person specification email: playroom.project@bucfp.org

Great News!

A grant from the Morrisons Foundation 

An application for £7,100.00 to support our ‘Community Support Initiative for Families’ has been successful, this will enable us to provide free healthy food and workshops to local disadvantaged families who are in poverty.

Volunteer Celebration Day 2024.

Thanks to all who came! - The centre is run by volunteers for the benefit of all users, alongside a small team of part time paid workers.

On the 9th July we finally hosted our annual Volunteer Celebration Day to thank all our volunteers for the amazing help they are giving to BUCFP in supporting our service users. It was a bit later this year as we usually do it during #volunteersweek

In the past financial year our volunteers provided services to about 1150 service users.

We celebrated their achievements with food, music, party games and other activities to get to know each other better and to have fun together.

A big thank you again to all our precious amazing caring and dedicated volunteers!