School mental health services receive £350k boost Mental health services for schools in Brighton & Hove to receive extra investment of more than £350,000. The funding will pay for a new mental health support team hopefully to provide more and better services on top of all the work already happening in schools. By Besi • 1 min read
Brighton and Hove ‘Ageing Well Festival’ set to be the biggest ever Formerly the Older People’s Festival, now renamed The Ageing Well Festival, returns with over one hundred events in over fifty venues across the city. By Besi • 2 min read
PREVIEW: The Coast is Queer The Spire in Kemptown plays host to a four-day festival of LGBT+ literature bringing together an impressive line-up of writers for a new venture presented by New Writing South and the Marlborough Theatre. By Besi • 2 min read
New Rubber Group Social planned for Brighton and Hove A new group is being created in Brighton to offer support, create events and arrange meet-ups for the LGBT+ Rubber community and they want you to join in. By Besi • 1 min read
Sea Serpents send two players to Rugby World Cup ‘Inclusive Challenge’ competition in Japan Two players from Brighton and Hove Sea Serpents RFC will travel to Japan in October to represent their club and the City of Brighton and Hove at the first International Inclusive Challenge (IIC) rugby tournament in Tokyo. By Besi • 3 min read
Migrants activist group calls for BA to stop deporting migrants Lesbians & Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) celebrate BA’s 100th birthday with a drag video, a protest at Heathrow airport, an ad hack in partnership with Protest Stencil, and by publishing 100 letters asking BA to end their deportation contracts. By Besi • 4 min read
Be a Fundraising Superhero at Martlets KAPOW! 20% discount to register from September 1 to September 14! It’s the final chance to join the fundraising fun with Martlets KAPOW! their superhero-themed 5k challenge course of ten huge inflatables to squeeze through, jump over and slip and slide around. By Besi • 2 min read
UK MPs rally to support Palestinian LGBT rights group Wes Streeting MP and sixty other Parliamentary signaturies write to UK Palestinian Ambassador concerning police crackdown on LGBT rights group Al-Qaws. By Besi • 1 min read
New venue for cabaret lunches in 2020 Davina Sparkle Events to hold their Sunday lunch events in 2020, in the magnificent surroundings of the Crystal Ballroom at The Mecure Hotel on Brighton and Hove Seafront. By Besi • 1 min read
LETTER TO EDITOR: I had an amazing Pride this year….Affy Wajid Ok. So everyone has a view on Brighton Pride. Here’s mine. I personally had an amazing one this year. THE best it’s been for years and that is down to a small group of people who worked effortlessly all year round to deliver such an amazing event. The parade is and always will be amazing […] By Besi • 3 min read
Edinburgh Festival Fringe draws record crowds in 2019 The 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe drew to a close over the bank holiday weekend having brought together artists, arts industry, media and audiences from over 150 countries, including over 750 shows from Edinburgh. By Besi • 4 min read
PREVIEW: KDC band reunion @The Brunswick Pub in Hove The KDC band are reforming for one night only at the Brunswick Pub in Hove on October 13. Popular in the 70’s and 80’s on the gay scene in London the band performing at the Brunswick on October 13 will feature the legendary drummer Crissy Lee (ex Ivy Benson all female band, The Skinerettes and Pover By Besi • 2 min read
