LGBTQ+ News Moving on Andrew Roberts the manager at Revenge has decided to move on after almost ten years managing the nightclub. Andrew, affectionately known as Audrey to his close friends, arrived in Brighton via Poole, Bournemouth and Bristol where he had managed Vibes Nightclub. Andrew told Gscene this morning he had By Besi • 2 min read
General News Launch event for people with eating disorders The Brighton and Hove Eating Disorders Peer Support Service (BHEDS Peer 2 Peer) will be holding a launch event on October 7, from 2.30 to 4 p.m. at Community Base in Central Brighton. BHEDS Peer 2 Peer is a partnership including Men Get Eating Disorders Too, As You Are Centre, Brighton and Hove Care By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Countdown to Doncaster Pride on August 16 Doncaster Pride are moving to a new home for the 2014 event. After being staged at the Keepmoat Stadium for the last three years, the Lottery funded Doncaster Pride will take place at the new Sir Nigel Gresley Square, Waterdale, in the city centre on Saturday August 16 from 2 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Donc By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Gay Village clean-up, call to action! Manchester Gay Village Business Association to clean up Gay Village in time for Manchester Pride. Following on from the success of the first ‘Village Clean-Up’ event, Manchester’s Village Business Association (VBA) are having a second clean-up on August 16 starting at 11 a.m. in Sackville Gardens. G By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Brighton Digital Festival 2014 Festival organisers announce programme of digital culture events for 2014. Brighton Digital Festival, the UK’s largest celebration of digital culture, will be returning this year from September 1–28 with exhibitions, performances, conferences, meet-ups, workshops and outdoor events taking place acro By Besi • 1 min read
Health ME conference planned for October The Sussex ME Society in partnership with national charity Action for ME will be holding a medical conference at Hove Town Hall on October 7. Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion, will be opening the event and main speakers will include Dr Gabrielle Murphy, lead clinician of the ME service at Lon By Besi • 1 min read
General News Hidden garden opens gate for charity this weekend A Brighton garden that can’t be seen from any road will be offering a pop-up tea garden for one day only on Sunday (August 10), to raise funds for a small but important charity. Belton Close in the Round Hill conservation area (between The Level and Fiveways) is tucked away out of sight but contains By Besi • 2 min read
General News Charity Bank seeks to extend its borrowing to good causes Following a Big Society capital investment in the Bank earlier in the year, Charity Bank is seeking to double the number of charities it helps in East Sussex and the South East. The bank can offer loans of up to £2.5 million while providing free consultations to help potential borrowers in the regio By Besi • 3 min read
Arts WW1 Remembrance sculpture and poppy project in Arundel Arundel Schools at centre of Arundel’s WWI Remembrance Project. Arundel marked the start of World War I yesterday with a sculpture at one of the main entrances to the Town on the A27 roundabout. Two Circles Design installed a larger than life size figure of a serviceman and horse, surrounded by a se By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sussex Police appeal for witnesses to Preston Park hate attack Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Preston Park during the Pride on Saturday (August 2). Three men were punched, one unconscious, around 4.50pm near to the Hog Roast vans in the park. Three men and one woman were sat on the grass near the vans when two men started to urinate close [ By Besi • 1 min read
General News PACT searches for a forever family for five-year-old twins Adoption charity Parents And Children Together (PACT) is searching for a forever family for five-year-old twin girls. The two girls, Katie and Emma(names have been changed), are currently living with a foster carer but need a permanent adoptive home. PACT is family-finding for the twins under the It By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Gandalf meets the ‘Oldest gay in the village’ George Montague affectionately known as the Oldest Gay in the Village got the shock of his life on Sunday when Sir Ian McKellen stopped by at his book signing session during the Village Street Party in St James Street. George 91, a Pride Ambassador in 2013 spent Saturday afternoon in the Access Tent By Besi • 2 min read
