Brighton says YES — T4K Oct Update
Brighton says YES
Everyone is Welcome Here — T4K September Update
This is a newsletter with a difference. It is a call to action. We need to expand T4K and rapidly.
Tell your friends about the problem. Tell your friends about the project (you could share this newsletter). If you have a spare room, sign up to Room for Refugees (and let us know). Write to your local councillor and tell them to publicly support the call to keep people in Brighton. Sign the open letter calling on the council to use its communication channels to amplify our request for support. Link us up with the media. Art, music, joy
Mind the GAP — T4K April Update
It is the May Day bank holiday. It is officially summer. It was also, of course, the International Workers’ Day. You can dance round the maypole raise the red flag, or indeed both if that is your bent. In one of many highly ineffective and somewhat ludicrous actions, I once danced around a maypole outside of GAP. We were apparently highlighting their exploitation of garment workers. Ah youth… Confusingly though this is our April newsletter. It will though mainly contain use of upcoming events. Perhaps it should be the May newsletter. Time is an illusion (and lunchtime doubly so).
Sharing our Feasts — T4K March 26 Update
Chag Pesach Sameach (slightly early), Eid Mubarak (slightly late) and happy Easter (when it comes). It is not just been a busy month for religious folk (and loudmouth politicians who seem to have a problem with some, but not all, public displays of belief). It has also been a busy month at Thousand 4 1000.
Keep Building — T4K Feb 2026 Update
There are definitely some signs of spring. I have even seen daffodils. This gives me enormous hope. It is not always easy to have hope. This is going to be a newsletter about hope.
Moving Lives — T4K Jan Update
Happy New Year. I have say that it does feel that 2026 started a very long time ago even if my calendar says that it is still January. Things are tough. The Home Office machine has crept slowly back into gear. They are making decisions, but unlike the last backlog clearing exercise, those decisions are negative and of poor quality. It is overloading the tribunals and there simply isn’t capacity in the legal aid sector to ensure that people have representation. The net result is an awful lot of homelessness. Even when people win, the Home Office want you out of your accommodation in 28 days (if you follow the link, you will see that they do not always get their way. It doesn’t help much). It pushes the burden onto the council. The council will do their best to avoid it, the voluntary sector and the community picks up the pieces.
Finding Joy — Nov Update
I am very sorry for being a terrible correspondent. I would like to point out that this is in contradistinction to everybody else involved in the project. They do their …
Beyond a Boundary
If we can afford to wage war on the country for 20 years, we can find space for those made homeless by that war. We also have to put our money where our mouths are. If we have spare rooms and can have people in our house, we can offer it through Room for Refugees. If we are landlords, we can rent at prices that are affordable. And if we have spare change, we can pool it to make homes for those with nowhere else to go. It is what humans do. It is who we are. We make space for all.
Room at The Inn — T4K Dec Update
It has been another busy month at Thousand 4 1000. Not only have we been busy raising funds by selling masks and Christmas cards, one of our newest members, Jimmy, set about raising money by restricting his consumption in the run-up to Christmas to just £1 a day. It was an anti-consumerist move designed to encourage people with a little more than enough to share some of their abundance with those without. He raised over £1000.
