Disability advice service at risk of closure after health partners pull funding Green councillors raise concerns over “weak” Labour response to impending disability service closure. Brighton and Hove charity Possability People may be forced to close the only specialist disability advice centre in the city after local health authorities announced a sudden cut in funding for the By Besi • 4 min read
‘Facing the Future’ with the help of Samaritans and Cruse Bereavement Care Free support groups for people bereaved by suicide set up by Samaritans and Cruse Bereavement Care have been running in Brighton and Hove since October 2016. Facing the Future groups – each with a maximum of eight participants – are free of charge and available to anyone over 18 who has been bereave By Besi • 2 min read
B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Community Festival: English Disco Lovers – Don’t Hate Gyrate! The English Disco Lovers Community Group team up with the organisers of the B RIGHT ON LGBT+ Community Festival to bring you the Best Disco in Town! On the opening Saturday of the Festival (March 30) at The Phil Starr Pavilion on Victoria Gardens, dance the night away to great music for a great caus By Besi • 1 min read
Village People to appear at Stockholm Pride Disco is not dead! Village People to appear at Stockholm Pride to show all the old dance moves are alive and kicking!WITH a number of timeless classics including- In the Navy, Go West, Macho Man and of course YMCA, the band has sold over 100 million records. By Besi • 1 min read
Badges return for Trans Day of Visibility! Following a huge take-up last year, badges helping raise awareness that you can’t assume someone’s gender identity and the pronouns they use will be available again across the city next week. By Besi • 2 min read
The Big Toddle returns – Little feet really can make a difference! The Barnardo’s Big Toddle is back for 2019 after raising an incredible £231,512 last year. Children, families and nurseries are being called on to put their best foot forward for Barnardo’s, as the charity announces 2018’s Big Toddle raised an incredible £231,512. By Besi • 2 min read
Win a giant Easter egg to raise money for Martlets Martlets runs a competition to win one of two giant 1.5kg Easter Eggs that have been donated to the hospice by STAS Chocolatier and the Friends of Sussex Hospices. By Besi • 1 min read
Skydiving for the Beacon James Preston has worked at the Brighton Sauna for the last six years, he throughly enjoys his job and the “interesting” people he gets to meet there. By Besi • 2 min read
New Zealand authors raise over £21,500 to create transgender children’s book Creators of acclaimed LGBT+ Inclusive Book Series successfully fund Trans Fairy Tale Raven Wild. The New Zealand-based creators of internationally acclaimed LGBT+ children’s books Promised Land and Maiden Voyage have successfully funded a third book on Kickstarter after raising over £21,691 in the f By Besi • 2 min read
LGBT swimmers receive help from Olympic coach Out to Swim South, Brighton and Hove’s dedicated LGBT swimming club are part of the larger national Out to Swim club, based in London. EARLIER this year members had a visit from their head Olympic swimming coach who put everyone through their paces to help them brush up on their technique. There was By Besi • 1 min read
Running to keep Northern Pride free Supporters are on the run to help keep one of the UK’s largest LGBT+ festivals free. While many Prides around the country now charge an entry fee, Northern Pride Festival is funded entirely on sponsorships and donations. By Besi • 3 min read
Google and Airbnb executives added to IGLTA Foundation board IGLTA Foundation adds industry leaders from Google and Airbnb Experiences to its Board of Directors. Dougal Mckenzie, Head of Industry, Travel, at Google, and Maria Cuba, Global Diversity Lead for Airbnb’s Experiences platform have been appointed to the board of directors of the International LGBTQ+ By Besi • 2 min read
