Resources for New Media Freelancers in Brighton
Information
Wired Sussex has many resources freelancers can take advantage of, including a Projects Board listing available work and members directory. They also hold occasional networking events in Brighton.
Shared Office Space
The Brighton Media Centre has three buildings in central Brighton with various sizes of office for sharing. Several Farm members have been in the BMC, sometimes sub-letting from companies who have an entire suite.
The Werks is a shared office building near Palmeria Square which has standard desk space to hire and also drop in 'co-working' space, which is perfect if you need to occasionally escape your home office and work where you can also meet a great group of people. They also run talks and host interesting groups. If you're in Lewes, they have a new building offering workspace and co-working on Western Road
The Skiff have co-working space available most days and also occasionally desk space. They're in the North Laine area, close to the main Jubilee library.
Brighton Desk Space also supplies office space suitable for freelancers.
Dimple's Desks provides desk space on flexible terms for freelancers. They're based in the Fiveways area of Brighton.
Local Networking Groups
Brighton Farm for new media freelancers, find out more about us all over this site.
Vine Brighton supports entreprenuers in all types of business and has regular meetings in Brighton and London. Check Upcoming for their events
Sussex Geek Dinner is a regular event for technical people, usually involving a talk and networking session with some food. Currently it's being held in Brighton.
Niche Local Groups
Flash Brighton is for people designing and coding in Macromedia/Adobe Flash.
£5 App hold meet ups once a month with talks by people who've built up businesses and web apps, and those who've made interesting projects for fun. If you're interested in making thing or becoming a startup, these are good events to go to.
Brighton Rubyists for people using Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
Brighton Girl Geek Dinners is a new networking event for women with technical work/interests.