East Sussex Community Information Service (ESCIS)

What is ESCIS?

ESCIS stands for East Sussex Community Information Service.
It is a computer database of local and community information developed and managed by the Library and Information Services of East Sussex County Council in association with Brighton and Hove Library Service.
It is a free resource for everyone. It is free to be listed and free to use.

What sort of information can I find on ESCIS?

ESCIS holds information about 8000 organisations based in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. The sorts of organisations included are:

• Information and advice
• Voluntary welfare and health
• Support groups
• Business advice
• Trade and professional bodies
• Places of worship
• Charities
• Youth clubs
• Mother and toddler groups
• Clubs and societies
• Environmental groups
• Sports clubs and facilities
• Places to visit
• Local authorities
• Political parties

We record the name of an organisation, contact details (name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses), general information about what the organisation does, the geographical area covered by the organisation and details of access for people with disablities. We also link to multimap to show where the service is located.
You can easily search the whole of the ESCIS database to find out about a particular organisation, or to find a number of organisations working in a particular field or geographic area.

How to contact ESCIS

The ESCIS information officer is based at Library Headquarters in Lewes

Information Officer, ESCIS
Library and Information Services
Unit 2, Brooks Road
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2BY

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