Community News Subline win the Golden Quiz Subline bar and club came out top of the brains list at the annual Golden Quiz at Charles Street last night, April 30. Seventeen teams from the business, voluntary and statutory sectors battled it out to win the first Golden Handbag Oscar of the season and in the process raised £400 for the Rainbow By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Banned poet to perform his work in London Controversial poet and artist Vince Laws will be performing at Incite, an evening of LGBT poetry and in-house jazz, at the Phoenix Artist Club, London on Wednesday, May 8 at 7pm. Vince will be taking his This Pope Is Pants, Mental Helmet and Queen Never plaques along to this monthly event, which is By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Runners support MindOut In April a team of runners ran the Brighton Marathon for MindOut, the LGBT Mental Health Project raising an impressive £3,500 for the charity. The runners were Michael Gaunt, Linda Morrish and Adam Cox. Helen Jones, Director of MindOut said: “What a brilliant effort! Thank you on behalf of everyone By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Mike Dalley – Funeral arrangements Mike Dalley the owner of Cardome on St James Street died at the beginning of March after a short illness. He will be laid to rest on Friday, May 10. The service will take place at Downs Crematorium, Bear Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3PL at 3.45pm Flowers should be sent to: Christopher Stringer Funera By Besi • 1 min read
News Channel 4 launches pioneering open learning platform ‘Open4’ Channel 4 have launched ‘Open4’, a pioneering new open learning platform and traineeship programme aimed at people interested in developing a career in Factual television programme production. ‘Open4’ will be available online via the 4Talent website from July 2013 and will offer fifteen innovative l By Besi • 2 min read
News Better buses for Edward Street! A Brighton city centre scheme to make bus journeys on Edward Street easier and more reliable will be discussed by the Transport Committee Tomorrow, April 30. The Committee is recommended to approve a period of six weeks’ consultation on proposals to make improvements, including providing a westbound By Besi • 2 min read
Community News MindOut and Switchboard in new partnership project MindOut, the LGBT mental health charity, and Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard have received funding for a partnership project with the primary aim of preventing social isolation. Starting from this month, MindOut will be setting up two branches of a Peer Mentoring project, which has been funded foll By Besi • 1 min read
News Will residents match-day parking scheme go ahead? A scheme introducing residents parking in the roads in Coldean and Moulsecoomb during football match days at the American Express Community Stadium will be discussed at Transport Committee on April 30, 2013. If this scheme is approved, resident permits and one transferable visitor permit will be ava By Besi • 1 min read
Music Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: ‘Music of the Night’: St Andrews Church: Music review Actually Gay Men’s Chorus latest production, ‘The Music of The Night’ on Friday, April 26 featured excerpts from many of the finest musicals ever written including West Side Story, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Rent, Les Miserables, Chess, Man of La Mancha, Tell Me On Sunday and Love Never Dies. Th By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Stonewall and Keshet UK tackle homophobic bullying in Jewish schools Stonewall the LGB equality charity’s campaign to end homophobic bullying in Britain’s schools has taken a new turn, as the charity’s iconic Some People Are Gay. Get Over It! posters are translated into Hebrew for use as a modern language resource in Jewish faith schools. Stonewall worked with Keshet By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Are you young and interested in volunteering? Are you passionate about LGBT youth issues? Would you like to get involved in an exciting project to get your voice heard? Do you want to get involved in youth volunteering? ‘Young People’s Voice’ (YPV) is a campaigning and engagement project for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans (LGBT) youth aged 16-25 By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Golden Quiz at Charles Street this Tuesday Who is Brighton’s top Quiz Queen? The first Golden Handbag Oscar of the season gets awarded to winner of The Golden Quiz at Charles Street on Tuesday, April 30. The event launches the voting for this years Golden Handbag Awards and finds out who is the brainiest business, voluntary sector organisati By Besi • 1 min read
