Civic Life · 3 min read
What the JSNA Tells Us About the City’s Needs
Explain how the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment combines population, health and service evidence to guide local decisions.
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THE ARCHIVE
Results for “2025”
History, neighbourhoods, civic explainers and environmental stories — independently researched and organised for unhurried reading.
Transport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
The A259 Active-Travel and Bus-Priority Programme
Explain corridor proposals, consultation history and links between coastal travel, safety and public transport.
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Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls: The 2025–2028 Strategy
Explain prevention, survivor support, perpetrator accountability and safer-public-space commitments using trauma-aware language.
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From the 2025 Park-and-Ride Trial to Strategic Mobility Hubs
Separate evidence from the temporary trial from longer-term proposals that still require decisions and funding.
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Community Pharmacy and Primary-Care Access: What the 2025 Needs Assessment Found
Summarise citywide access, need and geographic coverage without profiling individual commercial providers.
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Weekly Food-Waste Collections: From 2025 Rollout to Citywide Service
Document the phased introduction, what households can put out and how separately collected food is treated.
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Our City Transport Plan 2035 in Plain English
Summarise the plan’s movement, safety, accessibility, decarbonisation and public-realm objectives.
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The Health Gap Across Brighton & Hove
Use official evidence to show how healthy life expectancy and outcomes vary between communities without stereotyping them.
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Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Reading the Local Evidence Responsibly
Present trends, risk factors and prevention work with careful context, signposting and no sensationalism.
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The Bus Service Improvement Plan: Fares, Frequency and Priority Measures
Translate the 2025 plan into its principal passenger outcomes and delivery mechanisms.
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Alcohol, Drugs and Multiple Compound Needs: How Services Connect
Describe the public-health and safeguarding response to overlapping substance use, homelessness, trauma and mental ill-health.
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Making Bus Travel Accessible: Stops, Boarding and Information
Examine how infrastructure, vehicle design and passenger information affect independent travel.
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Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity: Needs, Rights and Support
Use local needs evidence to explain service access, health inequalities, independent living and reasonable adjustments.
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Storm Overflows, Heavy Rain and Coastal Water: How to Read the Data
Show what event-duration monitoring records, what it cannot prove by itself and where water-quality evidence fits.
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Vision Zero and the City’s Road-Casualty Record
Set official casualty trends against the commitment to eliminate fatal and serious road harm.
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How the 2025 Housing Allocations Scheme and Homemove Work
Explain eligibility, priority bands, bidding and the reality of demand without implying that an application guarantees a home.
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Why Brighton & Hove’s Elm Collection Is Nationally Important
Tell the ecological and management story of the city’s surviving elms and continuing disease-control programme.
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Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025–2030
Summarise prevention, accommodation and support commitments while distinguishing statutory homelessness from street homelessness.
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