Community Voices Group

What is CVG?

Community Voices Group

Do you identify as Black, brown, Asian or from another language, ethnic or migrant community?
Do you want to improve how public services are delivered locally?
Do you want the chance to speak directly to representatives from the Council and NHS and get your voice heard?

Members of the group attend meetings as individuals or as representatives of a community group they belong to. We meet monthly, either online or in-person, to discuss issues that matter to us and to talk to representatives from Brighton and Hove Council and NHS Sussex about how they can be delivered.

Meetings

Men's Health Meetings

Following our meetings on Men's Health with our CVG members, we are inviting decisions makers to meet our members and discuss the issues that were raised. These were:

Cancer
Mental Health and the stigma around it
Support for migrants and refugees

If you are Black and racially minoritised, this meeting is for YOU to speak directly with the people who run services and are decision makers. We hope to see you there.

Reports

Decision makers
(September, 2025)

A report outlining how CVG works for Decision makers in the Council and NHS

Read the report here.

Bridging Change NHS Workshop
(November, 2023)

Bridging Change was awarded a grant by NHS Sussex to deliver a face-to-face, 2.5-hour workshop in November 2023 with racialised minority communities based in Brighton and Hove. The event's aims were two-fold: to close the community engagement loop by feeding back to communities and to engage with the local communities.

Read the report here.