News New anti-UKIP campaign group Stand Up To UKIP is an umbrella campaigning organisation which believes women, trade unions, anti- racists, black people and Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Sikh and other faith communities, LGBT, young people, students and all good people must unite and stand up to UKIP, racism and bigotry. Organ By Besi • 1 min read
General News Try beach volleyball today on Brighton Beach From 10am this morning (13), six members of the national Volleyball England team will be on Brighton Beach to showcase their skills and celebrate the first opening weekend of itsu Brighton. Passers-by can join in the fun and have a go with the pros. Practise your ‘blocks’, perfect your ‘spikes’ and By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Demand for Rainbow Laces passes 100,000 With just over 48 hours to go until this weekend’s football fixtures kick-off all eyes will be on the boots and not the ball as players from across the UK lace-up in support of Rainbow Laces – the campaign to kick homophobia out of the game. Spearheaded by Stonewall, Paddy Power and the Gay Football By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Polari National Tour receives grant funding London’s award-winning LGBT literary salon Polari has been awarded a grant from Grants for the Arts, supported by the Arts Council of England and the National Lottery. The grant will fund a national tour in the Autumn, beginning in September and ending at the Southbank Centre in November, which mark By Besi • 2 min read
Health Green MP calls for urgent review of blood donations rules The campaign for fair blood donation rules gathers pace as National AIDS Trust (NAT) backs EDM tabled by Caroline Lucas MP and calls for formal review. Caroline the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion has tabled an Early Day Motion calling for an “urgent review” of blood donor selection criteria. Her Mot By Besi • 2 min read
Health National HIV Testing Week 2014 Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and HIV Prevention England (HPE) are calling on organisations to start planning activities to mark the third annual National HIV Testing Week, which this year runs from November 22 – 30. National HIV Testing Week was established by THT and HPE in 2012 to increase testing By Besi • 2 min read
General News Police chief takes on role of LGBT champion for Sussex Police Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp, Divisional Commander for Brighton and Hove has taken on the role of LGBT Champion for Sussex Police. In an email to members of the LGBT External Reference Group, he wrote: “It is of course very useful that I happen to be the Sussex Police Commander for Brighton and Hov By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Local church comes out in support of first Totnes Pride procession Totnes in Devon saw its second Pride event last weekend, with over 1000 people coming from all over Devon & Cornwall, to celebrate the local LGBT community. Organisers of the event, the Devon-based Proud2Be Project, laid on a whole host of events in the town. The event began with a colourful process By Besi • 4 min read
General News Caroline Lucas MP to speak at launch of ‘Pledge To Save NHS’ campaign A campaign group have invited all the city’s MPs. councillors and election candidates to sign a pledge opposing the dismantling of the NHS. The Pledge campaign to oppose the privatisation of the National Health Service starts in Brighton and Hove ahead of the 2015 general and council elections. Suss By Besi • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT teams host first matches of ‘Rainbow Laces’ national campaign The first games of the week-long Rainbow Laces campaign to fight homophobia in football have been played by teams in the Gay Football Supporters National League (GFSN) League. The GFSN League is the world’s only permanent national LGBT football league and features 22 teams from across the UK. In Lon By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Teachers spend their summer holiday in preparation for Young City Reads 2015 Brighton and Hove city teachers have been volunteering their time over the summer holidays supporting Young City Reads, Brighton’s citywide reading initiative for primary school children. Young City Reads is a Brighton and Hove city-wide event in which a single book, by a single author is selected f By Besi • 2 min read
Food & Drink THT puts on a feast for foodies in first ever Supper Club silent auction A chocolate making master class with acclaimed chocolatier Paul A Young, dinner at home catered by Michelin starred chef Angela Hartnett, and the chance to create a bespoke brownie flavour with Bad Brownie are among the lots on offer in a silent auction to raise funds for HIV and sexual health chari By Besi • 2 min read
