Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Hangleton and Knoll Project.

We are a Community Development charity based in the Hangleton and Knoll ward of Brighton and Hove in South East England. A part of the community since 1983 we are a project working for the community with the community and managed by the community.

Right from the start local residents have shaped and developed the Hangleton and Knoll Project (HKP) to become what it is today; a model of good practice for how a community is able to develop and manage its own resources.

This website provides an overview of the Project's aims, our history, some examples of our current activities in the community and contact details for our teams and services should you wish to get in touch with us.

Our regular E-Newsletter, "HKP's What's on in Hangleton & Knoll", keeps people informed of HKP service updates, events, activities, courses and classes. If you would like to receive our regular email newsletter please subscribe to HKP’s E-Newsletter here.

In 2021, HKP launched a new Community Learning Membership; which is free to join until July 2022. If you would like to become a member, please download a copy of our membership form here and email the completed form to info@hkproject.org.uk.

You can find our Data Protection Notice here.

News

14^th October 2024 : Our new Hangleton and Knoll 50+ leaflet contains details of our latest online and in-person groups and activities for new and existing members for autumn 2024. You can find out more here.
9^th October 2024 : The minutes of the West Area Health Forum on 25th September 2024 can be viewed here along with copies of papers from speakers, including presentation slides for Brighton & Hove September update on Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams (NMHTs), and a report from Age UK West Sussex Brighton & Hove Social Prescribing Review Q1.
9^th October 2024 : West Area Health Forum meeting dates until February 2025 are included in the poster below
10^th September 2024 : The HKP IT Suite is open weekly for free, friendly, and informal IT support, with David our IT Tutor. Learn new IT skills and make life easier by working online by visiting us upstairs at at St Richards Community Centre, Egmont Road, BN3 7FP. Our drop-ins on Tuesdays are between 10-12pm and we can help with form filling, health/NHS App support, employment, volunteering, or training, as well as general IT. On Wednesdays, our drop-ins are 10am-12pm, 1-3pm (both run by David) and 3-5pm (these are quieter sessions, run by Karen) for support with how to use a computer, search online or download and use Apps on your mobile amongst many other things!
30^th August 2024 : Our new Youth Work timetable shows our current schedule of regular and new projects and activities on offer for young people every day of the week (term time only) from 16 September to 13 December 2024.
23^rd July 2024 : The HKP IT Suite is open every Wednesday between 10am-12pm and 1-3pm (both sessions are run by David) and 3-5pm (these are quieter sessions, run by Karen) at St Richards Community Centre, Egmont Road, BN3 7FP for our free and friendly general IT drop-ins, where we can help you to use a computer, search online or download and use Apps on your mobile amongst many other things!
4^th July 2024 : The minutes of the West Area Health Forum 26th June 2024 can be viewed here.
3^rd July 2024 : Our new Multi Cultural Activity Leaflet for the West area - providing a diverse range of activities for all ages.
24^th May 2024 : New Hangleton Community Newsletter May 2024
9^th April 2024 : The minutes of the West Area Health Forum on 27th March 2024 can be viewed here along with copies of papers from speakers, including Bowel Cancer Awareness, NHS Health Checks, and presentation slides and notes from a talk about integrated community teams.
15^th December 2023 : The minutes of the 6 December 2023 West Area Health Forum can be viewed here along with copies of the Health Event Outcomes Report and the West Area ICT Data Pack.
25^th November 2023 : The Hangleton and Knoll Project premier their 40^th Birthday film at the AGM on 22 November 2023 at 6pm at St Richards
25^th November 2023 : The Hangleton and Knoll Project's Annual Report for 2022/23 was signed off at our AGM on 22 November 2023. You can read the Annual Highlights here, as well as the full report with the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements.
11^th October 2023 : The recently published report of London South Bank University Institute of Health and Social Care's National Inquiry into Health Inequality cites The Hangleton and Knoll project as an example of good practice in what works (see page 78).
3^rd October 2023 : This Active Ageing for Life - Brighton & Hove City Council and The Hangleton & Knoll Project film was made to showcase the successful partnership between the Hangleton & Knoll Project, the Hangleton & Knoll 50+ Steering Group and Active For Life to develop the very successful HK50+ In Shape for Life group.
27^th September 2023 : The minutes of the West Area Health Forum 20th September 2023 can be viewed here along with copies of the West Area GP Patient Survey results, Overview of Our Future Health handout and Census 2021 West Area Forum presentation slides.
11^th August 2023 : HKP was celebrated in the NHS Working with People and Communities Annual Report 2022/23 - please see page 34 for details and a link to a video interview with Jo Martindale
14^th July 2023 : Our new West Area Multicultural Activities and Groups leaflet includes groups and activities taking place during Summer 2023 for people of all ages from multicultural communities in Hangleton and Knoll and the West of the City. Please use the contact details in the leaflet to find out more.
4^th July 2023 : Draft minutes of the 21 June 2023 West Area Health Forum meeting can be viewed here, along with the Integrated Care Strategy presentation slides (item 5)
20^th March 2023 : We are pleased to announce that our request to Brighton and Hove Buses to commemorate one of our late volunteers was successful; with the Bunty Bateman bus now running on routes around Brighton and Hove.
16^th March 2023 : Stay Strong, Steady and Independent Activities 17 – 30 April 2023
2^nd March 2023 : It is never too late to get a Covid-19 Vaccination, here are the current opportunities to go to the Mobile Vaccination unit
15^th February 2023 : Our newly-published Five Year Strategic Plan for 2022-2027 has been developed as a result of 40 years working with volunteers, staff and the Hangleton and Knoll community. It is also based on the priorities identified while creating The Hangleton and Knoll Neighbourhood Action Plan in partnership with residents and the City Council, and our annual trustee, volunteer and staff away days, and is an updated version of HKP's Five Year Strategic Plans for 2018 to 2023 and 2012 to 2017.
9^th January 2023 : The draft minutes of the 7 December 2022 West Area Health Forum meeting can be viewed here, along with copies of the Cancer Screening discussion handout, feedback from a cancer screening consultation, and the Public Health data programme presentation slides.
6^th December 2022 : We have published our organisation's annual report to March 2022. You can find reports for previous years on the Annual Report section of the site.
28^th November 2022 : The 2023-24 meeting dates for the West Area Health Forum meetings have now been confirmed (please see poster for details)
30^th September 2022 : Draft minutes of the 28 September 2022 West Area Health Forum meeting, and copies of the Primary Care NHS Sussex presentation on developing our health and care system and model for reducing healthcare inequalities which were shared at the meeting.
29^th August 2022 : Speak Out is running a monthly drop in for people with a learning disability living in West Hove, at St Richards Church & Community Centre,
Egmont Road, Hove, BN3 7FP. Sessions take place from 3pm-4.30pm on the last Wednesday of every month. Please see the flyer for more details.
23^rd June 2022 : Our Youth Team's Safe Out in Summer programme ran from 1st August - 26th August 2022 and can be seen here.
7^th June 2022 : Draft minutes of the 25.5.22 West Area Health Forum meeting
30^th May 2022 : From 1 June 2022 the HKP IT Suite is returning to a drop-in service, every Wednesday between 10-12 and 1-3pm at St Richard's Community Centre, Egmont Road, BN3 7FP. David, our friendly, experienced & qualified tutor, is available to help people 1:1 in a group setting to answer questions, help them navigate the internet and increase their skill base. You can also contact David via 07422 665761 (call or text) or email hakit@hkproject.org.uk for help and advice with any of your IT-related questions.
5^th May 2022 : An interview with HKP CEO Joanna Martindale and 50+ Chair and HKP Board Member Keith Mason published in Sussex Living magazine
24^th March 2022 : We worked with Benfield Valley Healthcare Hub to run a free, 6-week course for their patients who had recently been diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes and wanted to learn how to improve their blood sugar. This work was supported by Heads On and NHS Charities Together.
10^th March 2022 : Draft minutes of the 2.3.22 West Area Health Forum meeting, a leaflet about the NHS App and more information about Social Prescribing
11^th November 2021 : Draft minutes of the 27.10.21 West Area Health Forum meeting, copies of the Mental Health Community Transformation Programme and Primary Care Network (PCN) Developments presentation and details of the free, 1:1 digital health support drop-ins running on Friday mornings at St Richard’s Church and Community Centre.
3^rd November 2021 : The West Hove Prescribe To Thrive Partnership are offering free Social Prescribing sessions for all West Hove residents with ongoing physical or mental health concerns, or who feel they need a boost to stop their health declining, from now until the end of March 2022.

Social Prescribing is an NHS programme to support anyone whose personal circumstances are affecting their health and/or wellbeing. This video explains more about what Social Prescribing is and the potential benefits

Details of the activities and groups on offer in West Hove can be found in this programme and our online map - a searchable resource that is welcome to be used by everyone. The sessions are designed to provide a safely-managed way to try a new, professionally-led activity which could help someone's health and/or wellbeing.

To find out more, please call 01273 229382, email socialprescribing.togetherco@nhs.net or speak to your GP Practice about Social Prescribing.

If you would like someone to go with you, please contact Katie Merrien on 07422693478,
01273 410858 or katie.merrien@hkproject.org.uk
1^st November 2021 : The 2022 dates for the West Area Health Forum (a resident-led group attended by health and care-based organisations in West Hove, hosted by the Hangleton and Knoll Project) are now confirmed, with meetings planned to take place at St Richard's. Please use the contact details on the poster to find out more information, or submit your agenda ideas, comments, feedback or questions. Everyone is welcome!
27^th July 2021 : In summer 2021, the West Hove Prescribe To Thrive Partnership ran a free programme of Prescribe To Thrive Social Prescribing taster sessions in Hangleton and Knoll. This offered anyone living with ongoing physical or mental health concerns, or who felt in need of a boost to prevent their health declining, the chance to try professionally-led activities for free and find out what worked for their own health and wellbeing.
20^th April 2021 : The Hangleton and Knoll Project is working in partnership with Brighton and Sussex Medical School on its Healthy Hearts project; offering free healthy lifestyle coaching to Hangleton and Knoll residents who want some support to be healthier in 2021. The 1:1 online coaching sessions are hosted by locally trained Community Health Volunteers.
27^th December 2020 : We have published our organisation's annual report to March 2020, as well as the related annual accounts. You can find reports for previous years on the Annual Report section of the site.
17^th December 2020 : Between July and September 2020, we completed a Council tenant- and leaseholder-targeted door knock of Hangleton, Knoll and Ingram estates, to find out what learning, IT and employment opportunities residents would like to see available. Our report details the process and outcomes of the consultation, and some of the community learning courses we have already delivered in response to the needs identified by our residents
10^th December 2020 : HKP worked with Sussex University as part of the Ignite programme: a model of good practice for the City in Arts/Community relationships
23^rd November 2020 : Papers from the 18 November 2020 West Area Health Forum, including the Public Health presentation slides and the draft Minutes of the meeting
18^th May 2020 : Our COVID-19 Community Support newsletter with information and contact details for available community, citywide, and national support available at this time.
24^th April 2020 : Young people work with our Youth Team create the Lockdown Lowdown eZine, about their experiences during the Coronavirus lockdown, and share some coping strategies.
29^th February 2020 : A film about the story of the West Area Health Forum, funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Sharing and Celebrating Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare community grant, is available here. Further details about the Forum, including previous meeting minutes, are available on our Publications page.
29^th February 2020 : A video about the S-card Scheme: a collaborative project between Benfield Valley Healthcare Hub and The Hangleton and Knoll Project, to support people in Hangleton and Knoll to access free period products to help alleviate period poverty. This animation was funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Sharing and Celebrating Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare community grant.
29^th February 2020 : An animated story of how the patients at Benfield Valley Healthcare Hub helped to update the GP Surgery's website to make it better for patients. This animation was funded by NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Sharing and Celebrating Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare community grant.
13^th October 2019 : Our Community Information Booklet containing a range of useful information about services, groups and activities in the Hangleton and Knoll area.
5^th July 2019 : Our report of the successful ‘Your Life’ pilot pilot we ran to support older people on retirement to think about their choices, funded by Ageing Well.
22^nd November 2018 : The 2018 Report of Public Health on Arts and Wellbeing citing HKP's work as a model of good practice.
31^st October 2018 : The HKP 5 Year Strategic Plan for 2018 to 2023
31^st October 2018 : Hosted by Hangleton and Knoll Community Action, Hangleton and Knoll is now a designated neighbourhood area with Brighton and Hove City Council. For more information, please see our Neighbourhood Action Plan
25^th July 2018 : The achievements of the Brighton and Hove Youth Collective are celebrated in this publication
21^st January 2018 : Helen Bartlett HKP Youthworker contributed to a chapter on community youth work based on experience of successful delivery in Hangleton and Knoll. More details on the University of Brighton blog.
6^th November 2017 : This guide about eating well as you age was created by Brighton and Hove Food Partnership and presented to the October 2017 West Area Health Forum.
18^th August 2017 : Our Hangleton and Knoll Information Technology (HaKIT) annual report for 2016-2017.
13^th April 2017 : Building a community from the bottom up requires time, but the community development approach brings long-term and sustainable benefits. This report details the impact of work with and for our local black and minority ethnic communities.
9^th April 2017 : Our Community Development team's Older People's Community Development Work End of Year Report for 2016-17.
23^rd November 2016 : This 3 minute film was made by local young men who chose to highlight the impact of youth work on bullying for them
23^rd November 2016 : This 10 minute film was first shown at the AGM on 16th November 2016 and showcases the impact of HKPs work on the local community
10^th September 2016 : Hangleton and Knoll 50+ Committee, the Hangeleton & Knoll Project and Older People's Day worked in partnership to host the Hangleton and Knoll Older Peoples Information day on 3 October 2019, with over 40 local services and groups in attendance to share what's available in the City and locally for anyone over 50.
4^th July 2016 : Our Older People’s Community Development Work Annual Report for 2015-16.
4^th July 2016 : Our Hangleton and Knoll Information Technology (HaKIT) annual report for 2015-2016.
24^th March 2016 : The Hangleton and Knoll Project were delighted to have been honoured by the High Sheriff of Sussex for their work in the community at a special service at St Margaret's Church Ditchling. HKP Vice Chair Raminder Gill and HKP CEO Joanna Martindale collected the award and cheque on 17 March 2016.
21^st March 2016 : Our Community Development workers have produced a directory of local community groups with information about what they each do, as well as contact information in case you would like to get involved
10^th March 2016 : A report of the questionnaires completed by HKP staff and volunteers with patients of Hangleton Manor in February 2016 to try to ascertain the impact of the Surgery's potential closure. This local report fed into this City report pulled together by our partners CommunityWorks which detailed the results of similar exercises across other Practice PLC surgeries.
1^st December 2015 : The Fairness Commission was set up to hear residents stories about what works and doesn't work in the City for them.
7^th August 2015 : The community insight data for the Knoll estate provides a set of reports showing key social and economic indicators for that area compared to national averages.
23^rd June 2015 : We are delighted and proud to announce that HKP Chair Pat Weller received the MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours in recognition of over 35 years of volunteer service in her community.
21^st June 2015 : We're proud to publish a refreshed version of the Hangleton & Knoll Project's 5 Year Strategic Plan, providing a detailed description of the aims and ambitions of the Project in the coming years.
7^th April 2015 : An article about the Hangleton & Knoll Project Youth Team published in the Knoll Scroll and Harbinger
23^rd November 2014 : BBC Children in Need filmed HKP youth work showcasing health impact on young women in our community.
5^th November 2013 : Our youth work team's "Young Women's Fashion Project" video showcasing the work of the Hangleton & Knoll Young Women's Group around fashion and positive body image.
5^th August 2013 : The Hangleton & Knoll Youth Manifesto website was launched to showcase the HKP-supported initiative to provide information and a forum for young people to have their say on issues that concern them.
23^rd April 2013 : Download a copy of the Good Food project recipe book developed with Brighton and Hove Food Partnership
31^st January 2013 : The Mayor of Brighton and Hove held a celebratory event at Brighton Town Hall to congratulate the Hangleton & Knoll Project on receiving a national Big Society Award from the government.
31^st January 2013 : An evaluation of our partnership project with Amaze and parent carers in Hangleton & Knoll in 2013.
2^nd December 2012 : In reaction to the Hangleton & Knoll Project's "Big Society" Award, ITV Meridian News ran an article showcasing some of the work
9^th October 2012 : The Hangleton & Knoll Project wins National recognition with a Big Society award.
26^th June 2012 : Youth group 100 Felt Tips explain in their own words how they managed to achieve an astroturf court in Knoll Park
26^th June 2012 : Hangleton and Knoll Multicultural Women's Group talk about the community development support they get from the Project
4^th April 2012 : A report of notable achievements of our youth work team in 2011-12.