
A Little Poorly Brighton
Disability Networking in Brighton
Our
Story
Founded by Lauren in 2019
After living in Brighton for a few years as a disabled student, I had made lots of friends, but I knew no other chronically ill or disabled people living in Brighton despite my university telling me one in five people in my lecture hall accessed their services. I was struggling with my degree as my health began to deteriorate rapidly and I began to need carers, as a nineteen year old living away from home, as a disabled student, I approached my university about setting up a disabled students society and was told there wasn't a need for one... I made the decision to do what lots of people may have done and take to social media to find other people like me. It was there that 'a little poorly' was formed.
Our first meet up was just me myself and I and fast forward to now- I intermitted my degree, went back to education, graduated and we now have over six hundred and fifty five members and have built a little army of disabled people and their carers living in Brighton and Hove.
W H O W E A R E
R E Q U E S T H E L P
We have a new section where you can request help from a little poorly member.
Our community works well on disabled people helping other disabled people out and unfortunately in the world we live in we have had to learn that in a crisis often other disabled people can be the best people to go to for support. We live to think this will come back around and that if you are ever in the position where you can help someone else, if you have the spoons you will. If you need a hand making a phone call, have a wheelchair emergency or carer crisis- let us know and we will see how we can help.
M E E T U P S



Past and future meet ups
Stay up to date by adding the calendar link below to your phone:)
creative
Kindness Kits
Pumpkin Painting
Art Therapy
Mindfulness colouring
Crochet
admin
Employment with Chronic Illness
Life Admin with Disability
PIP support
Bus Passes and Blue badges
social
Coffee an a catch up
Brunch
Drinks
Accessibility Talks
Public Transport chat
British Sign Language
How to join the community
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JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
We originated over on facebook, where I set up a private group, we have now expanded and have a small facebook and instagram page too.
Supported by the Local People project in Brighton supported by Scope, funded by People's Health Trust with money raised through The Health Lottery South East.

