Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
25 years! Hard to believe that BPEC is still here after 25 years, having gone through ups and downs and moving to different locations around Brighton.
I think this can be only explained by the dedication and commitment of the various volunteers and supporters involved with BPEC over the years. So it is really time to say a big ‘thank you’ to all of you who have shaped BPEC and have made it an institution in Brighton & Hove!
In a day full of fun pupils of Varndean School learned to play Bhangra and other rhythms with Johnny Kalsi, the lead drummer of the mighty Dhol Foundation.
Brighton Peace and Environment Centre's 25th birthday celebrations got off to a thunderous start with the Dhol Foundation at Varndean School on Thursday 18th April.
Mabel Pratt is one of BPEC’s founding members. She was interviewed for this special edition of the newsletter to tell us how it all came about.
Mabel has a long history of peace campaigning – she is a Quaker and has been a member of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) and the Fellowship of Reconciliation “since the year dot”. At the age of 15 she sold the Peace News, the PPU’s publication, at Brighton Station. She remembers others from her class at school walking past with their noses in the air. However, her most successful place for selling the paper was on the seafront where she would offer it to people sitting in the shelters who couldn’t get away!
Dear BPEC supporter,
Charity Status: I’m delighted to say that BPEC is now a registered company (number 6166971), thanks to the pro-bono (free) work by Simmons & Simmons. The documents are now with the Charity Commission and we should get charity status in approx 1-2 months. For clarity, the organisation will be both a charity and a company – there will only be one organisation. The current BPEC “association” will be closed down when the charity status is through.
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Brighton Peace & Environment Centre,
Address: 39-41 Surrey Street, Brighton, BN1 3PB. United Kingdom.
Tel: UK (01273) 766610
Email: info@bpec.org
Web: www.bpec.org
Company Registration No. 6166971