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# Bedford Tavern raise £650 for Rainbow Fund
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/bedford-tavern-raise-650-for-rainbow-fund/
- Published: 2018-09-24T13:15:12.000Z
- Updated: 2018-09-24T22:55:12.000Z
- Description: Golden Handbag Favourite Barman Matt Richards and Adam Brooks, the multiple Golden Handbag Favourite Landlord winner receive a certificate for raising £650 for Rainbow Fund at their Christmas Summer Xmas Weekend in June at the Bedford Tavern.
- Author: Besi

## Bedford Tavern remain committed to raising funds for all LGBT/HIV organisations in the city.

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**GOLDEN Handbag** *Favourite Barman* **Matt Richards** and **Adam Brooks**, the multiple winner of the Golden Handbag *Favourite Landlord* award, receive certificate for raising £650 for Rainbow Fund during their Christmas Summer Xmas Weekend in June fundraiser at the Bedford Tavern.

Events during the weekend included Kristmas-Oke on Friday (22), Spice’s Christmas Show on Saturday (23) and a three course Christmas Lunch on Sunday (24).

Through an independent grants panel, The Rainbow Fund give grants to LGBT/HIV organisations in Brighton & Hove who deliver effective front line services to LGBT+ people in the city.

In the 2017-18 grants round the following organisations benefitted from grants amounting to £110.688: These included **Allsorts Youth Project** (£5,000), **Brighton Gems** (£1,725), **The Clare Project** (£5,000), **The Rainbow Chorus** (£7,150), **Older & Out** (£5,270), **Sussex Beacon** (£7,500), **Accessibility Matters**(£1,800), **Whitehawk LGBT support group** (£1,000), **Trans Alliance** (£5,000), **Peer Action** (£7,300), **Lunch Positive** (£8, 082), **MindOut** (£14,989), **Switchboard** (£11,725), and **LGBT Community Safety Forum** (£29,147).

Successful groups/organisations receiving money in the 2018-19 grants round will be announced at The Rainbow Fund LGBT+ community grants presentation evening at The Hilton Brighton Metropole on Monday, October 15, at 7pm which will be hosted by comedian **Zoe Lyons** and **Lola Lasagne**.

If you’d like to be on the guest list please email the Rainbow Fund via the **“contact us”** button on the website at [www.rainbow-fund.org](https://www.rainbow-fund.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, and people will be contacted on Wednesday, October 10 to let them know if they are on the VIP list.

**For more information about the Rainbow Fund, click [here:](https://www.rainbow-fund.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**