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# Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard to launch new service with Conversation Over Borders for LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/brighton-hove-lgbtq-switchboard-to-launch-new-service-with-conversation-over-borders-for-lgbtq-refugees-asylum-seekers-migrants/
- Published: 2023-12-05T13:30:48.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-05T13:37:41.000Z
- Description: Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard has teamed up with fellow Brighton-based charity Conversation Over Borders (COB) to start a new service for LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants – and are inviting people to its free first event on Monday, December 11. The new service called IRIS, which sta
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: asylum seekers, Brighton, Brighton & Hove, Brighton & Hove LGBTQ Switchboard, iris, LGBTQ, Refugee, refugees, Switchboard

**Brighton & Hove LGBTQ+ Switchboard** has teamed up with fellow Brighton-based charity **Conversation Over** **Borders** (COB) to start a new service for LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants – and are inviting people to its free first event on **Monday, December 11**.

The new service called **IRIS**, which stands for **International Rainbow Integration Service**, offers friendly, discreet, weekly social groups and one-to-one social prescribing support.

IRIS is inviting LGBTQ+ newcomers and professionals who work with them to attend a cooking session from **11am** – **2pm** on **Monday, December 11** at **Community Base,** 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/image-e1701782905414.png)

During the event, instructors from **Brighton & Hove Food Partnership** will help attendees cook chana masala curry, coconut dhal, and turmeric and caraway seed rice. Everyone will then eat the food they’ve prepared.

The session will provide an opportunity to socialise and discuss how to develop the new service. All ingredients will be provided.

Attendees with access requirements, allergies or intolerances are invited to contact **Reuben Davidson** by emailing **[reuben.davidson@switchboard.org.uk](mailto:reuben.davidson@switchboard.org.uk)**

Tickets can be reserved **[here](https://switchboard.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5513bd9c260a2ad6cbea17482&id=2d8bcefab1&e=b9d31ca6f2&ref=scenemag.co.uk)**.

For further information about IRIS, contact Reuben via the email address above.