Our monthly meetings
Our meetings usually happen on the third Wednesday evening of the month. The meetings are a space to facilitate mutual aid between co-operatives, other types of social enterprise, small ethical business, community groups, and other like-minded people. All are welcome – please spread the word.
We are currently organising a day long event focused on housing which will take place on Saturday 24 June. To get involved in making it happen email mais@riseup.net for more info.
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Open day: What is it like to live in a housing co-operative?
Join us on Saturday 15 July for an open day of six housing co-operatives in Brighton & Hove, each with its own story. This is a chance to see some of the ways more genuinely affordable housing has been created … Continue reading
The schedule for Housing Crisis: Community solutions 2017
Saturday 24 June, 10am – 5pm Brighton Steiner School, Roedean Road, Kemp Town/Whitehawk, BN2 5RA (map). FREE entry. Donations asked for to cover costs. No person turned away for lack of funds. Register here: We have a housing … Continue reading
Housing Crisis: Community solutions 2017
Join us on Saturday 24 June for a day dedicated to community-led housing and how people can make it happen. We have a housing crisis in Brighton & Hove. House prices are nearly five times what they were twenty years … Continue reading
Occupy the factory! Workers and communities take over in Greece and beyond
Liam Barrington-Bush will join the next Mutual Aid In Sussex meeting, on Wednesday 19 April to talk about solidarity ecosystems in Greece and beyond. In 2011, the Vio.Me. factory in Thessaloniki became the first European face of the occupied factory movement which … Continue reading
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Next meeting: What can we do about housing?
Housing is a massive issue in Brighton & Hove. House prices rose from an average of £50,000 in 1995, to £295,000 in 2015 and it has the highest share of privately renting households (32.5%) of any town and city in … Continue reading
Sick of landlords? How to set up a housing co-op.
Please note the change of location for this event – it will be at Coachwerks. Brighton and Hove house prices are nearly 5 times more expensive in 2015 than in 1995 (from £50,000 to £295,000 on average) and it has … Continue reading
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Seize the Power! Bringing community renewable energy to Brighton & Hove
The next Mutual Aid in Sussex (MAIS) meeting, on Wednesday 19th October, will include a talk with Kayla Ente (Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-op – BHESCo) and Will Cottrell (Brighton Energy Co-op) about what they’ve been doing in Brighton … Continue reading
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