Citylight is a local project working in the Brighton & Hove area, offering holistic support services to women involved in prostitution and girls who are at risk of sexual exploitation, including exit support and harm reduction advice.

Citylight also offers welfare support to female victims of sex trafficking.
If you have been brought into the UK against your will, either by physical force or under false pretences and you are concerned for your safety, please contact us for advice.

If you are involved in prostitution and live or work within the Brighton & Hove area and would like to contact us for support or advice, please phone Citylight on 0845 873 6624

If you would like to make a donation to the work that we do please either send a cheque (payable to Clarendon Trust) to 21-23 Clarendon Villas, Hove, BN3 3RE or give through the BigGive by pressing the button below

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For Victims of Sex Trafficking

One of our main aims is to address the crime of trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation by offering support to the women and girls who are victims of this crime.

For those women and girls who have been trafficked or forced into prostitution by means of debt-bondage, our goal is to reaffirm their sense of self-worth and dignity as valued individuals, empower them to regain control over their lives, and work alongside them to regain their sense of freedom and independence.

Our Services

The support we can offer includes:

  • Coordinating an immediate response to police referrals: assignment of key worker to visit police station to offer support;
  • Coordinating an immediate response to referrals from other agencies;
  • Visits to accommodation to ensure safety and assess needs;
  • Provision of basic emergency items, such as food, clothing and toiletries;
  • Ensuring access to medical treatment and sexual health checks;
  • Emotional support and advocacy during interviews with the Police, Social Services, Solicitors and Home Office;
  • Appropriate adult support for child victims;
  • Assistance in accessing immigration and asylum advice;
  • Assistance with voluntary return to country of origin (including signposting to support agencies in country of origin);
  • Referrals for Counselling;
  • Signposting and referrals to other specialist agencies. 


Citylight are currently conducting quarterly visits to brothels in the local area in partnership with Brighton and Hove police as part of Operation Thames. The purpose of these visits is to monitor the safety and well-being of women working in these establishments, with a particular concern for identifying victims of trafficking or signs of child sexual exploitation.

In addition to victim support, Citylight also believes in the importance of engaging in preventative strategies, such as tackling the demand for sexual services and raising awareness amongst vulnerable women and girls.  We are therefore anticipating, over the coming months, the launch of a local anti-trafficking media campaign and young people's focus groups on sexual exploitation. 

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