Arts RadioReverb “Reverbathon” raises over £2,000 Supporters boost community radio station’s birthday fundraiser. RadioReverb celebrated its seventh birthday with an all day birthday fundraising Reverbathon on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 of March which netted a cash boost for the community station of more than £2,000. Saturday March 8 was also Internat By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Hove MP Weatherley encourages residents to open their gardens for charity Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is asking all residents with interesting gardens and open spaces to support The Sussex Beacon’s annual open garden event. The Garden Gadabout sees over 60 private gardens and community spaces in Brighton & Hove and surrounding areas, open By Besi • 1 min read
Exhibitions FEMME: An Exhibition for International Women’s Day 2014 As part of this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations, Brighton-based Thirteen Art Productions have organised a group-art exhibition featuring over 20 female artists from the South East. FEMME is showing at Velvet Tattoo in Norfolk Square, Brighton which is an all female run cooperative offe By Besi • 2 min read
News The Big Fill campaign! Peacehaven residents demand action on potholes! Following the Government’s announcement that it is making available an extra £140 million to local councils to help repair the nation’s highways – Nancy Platts, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Kemptown and Peacehaven says the people of East Peaceh By Besi • 3 min read
Health SEXGEN: Gender and sexuality network to look at ‘compulsory sexuality’ Does the modern media force people to adopt hyper-sexualised lifestyles, identities and appearances, often against their will? A University of Huddersfield researcher uses the term “compulsory sexuality” to describe the phenomenon and it will be the focus of the first seminar from a new network whic By Besi • 2 min read
General News New toolkit launched to manage hospital infections Public Health England (PHE) launches toolkit to manage hospital infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Cases in hospitals across England show the urgent need for plans and procedures to be stepped up. Experts at PHE have launched a toolkit for hospitals to detect, manage and control ant By Besi • 3 min read
Community News RSB Bank staff raise over £3,000 for the Martlets Hospice Royal Bank of Scotland Business Banking support staff visit Marlets hospice to handover cheque. Staff at the Martlets in Hove welcomed a team from Royal Bank of Scotland Business Banking Support to the hospice last week to present the hospice staff with a cheque for £3048.20. Lyndsey Bond, from RBS By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Research on homophobic hate crime Fidora Kwok , a final year criminology and sociology student at the University of Surrey is conducting research on how homophobic hate crime impacts on people. The purpose of the study is to investigate how homophobic hate crime affect victims. Participationin the study will help the researcher expl By Besi • 1 min read
General News St Andrew’s church in Hove benefits from government grant Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove & Portslade welcomes announcement of repair funding for churches damaged by recent extreme weather. St Andrew’s Church in Waterloo Street in Hove is one of the local churches set to receive a grant to repair an internal light that was badly damaged by water during the re By Besi • 2 min read
Arts BODY OF ART: My Body My Rights Amnesty International launches new global campaign with a series of unique body paintings. Amnesty International has teamed up with acclaimed Tokyo-based artist Hikaru Cho to kick-start their global campaign My Body My Rights on sexual and reproductive rights, which launched last week. The two-year By Besi • 3 min read
Arts West End Eurovision: The final battle Now in its seventh and final year West End Eurovision 2014 The Final Battle is set to go out with a Boom Bang-A-Bang! After the phenomenal success of West End Eurovision 2013, the Make A Difference (MAD) Trust will be returning to the Dominion theatre on May 22, 2014. West End Eurovision sees 10 cas By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Camelford quiz raises £343.20 The first ever Brighton Bear Weekender quiz was a huge success with the Camelford Arms packed to the rafters and all tables taken with eager quiz teams. Through the generosity of everyone present £343.20 was raised from the quiz, raffle and the selling of Brighton Bear Weekender merchandise. Just at By Besi • 1 min read
