The Centre is run by the Patcham Community Association - a Registered Charity. For full details please visit www.charitycommission.gov.uk quoting charity number 275529.
The Association is governed by a Management Committee consisting of up to 16 persons who give of their time & effort to keep this valuable asset open for YOUR benefit.
Somewhere in the region of 40 different organisations or activities currently use the Centre during the year, including regular Blood Doning sessions, the annual Horticultural Show and the two day Model Railway exhibition. In addition, many private functions take advantage of our excellent facilities.

Historically in 1944 the then Brighton County Borough Council got together the various Patcham organisations to discuss the formation of a Community Association.
In 1945 the Association was launched by a group of 14 organisations, two of which, the Horticultural Society & British Legion, are still affiliated to the Association over 60 years later. One surprise member of the original 14 was the Patcham Communist Party!
Patcham now had a Community Association but no Community Centre, although a wide variety of organisations held their meetings in the local schools.
In the mid 60’s the Margaret Hardy Secondary School for Girls and the Fawcett School for Boys were relocated from St Peters Church area to the Patcham area, the girls moving into a remodelled secondary school in Warmdene Road and the boys moving to a newly built school at the very top of Ladies Mile Road.
The Mayor of Brighton at the time was a prominent Patcham resident - Alderman Kippen and he arranged for a combined Community Centre & Youth club to use a portion of the revamped girl’s school.
Patcham then had its first dedicated Community Centre which included a ‘TV Lounge’ where special occasions could be watched by those without TV sets of their own.
Having absorbed the Patcham Fawcett Boys School to become the ‘mixed’ Patcham High School in the 1990’s, it soon became clear that more accommodation was needed which meant that the Centre had to relocate. Consequently in 2003 the Association moved into a new purpose built Community Centre & Library, the library moving from a building adjacent to the campus entrance and the vacated building being converted to the Youth Club.

If you would like to know more or able to offer your services please contact the Hon Secretary - Frank by email or phone 01273 501258.