Emmaus Brighton & Hove is the largest Emmaus Community in the UK. We have 40 resident Companions who staff our two shops and café. We are situated in Portslade on the south coast of England 4 miles west of the centre of Brighton.

We offer a home and work to 40 men and women, many of whom have been homeless. We have been called 'the charity that works'. If you are thinking of applying to live in our community or would like to help someone else apply then you will find more information including our rules, the work residents do, and an application form in our Community section of this website.

Central to the work of an Emmaus community is helping others. Our founder said 'serve first the one who suffers most'. For more on this aspect of our work see our solidarity page on our website.

The work of the Community centers on the reuse of good quality donated goods including furniture, electrical goods, bric-a-brac, clothes, books etc. We also sell plants & shrubs grown in our nursery garden along with garden furniture, pots and tools. We also run a very successful Community Café which is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday each week.