Dr Brightons raise £3687.46 for Rainbow Fund

Charles Child the owner of Dr Brightons handed over a cheque to Chris Gull, the Chair of the rainbow fund for £3687.46p.

THE money was raised week by week during the last 12 months by selling shots, small weekend fundraising initiatives and Dr Brighton’s birthday parties.

Chris Gull the chair of The Rainbow Fund, said: “We were very pleased to accept the donation of well over £3,500 raised by Dr Brighton this year. This is a spectacular amount for a small venue to raise, and will be put to good use immediately in our Spring Grants Round. On behalf of the local volunteer led LGBT and HIV groups who’ll benefit we’d like to thank the customers and staff of Dr Brighton for their hard work in raising this amount of money.

Rainbow Fund Patron Zoe Lyons, added: “With continued austerity and cuts to services it is more important than ever that the Rainbow Fund is here to support the essential services these small groups provide for the Brighton and Hove LGBT community. These groups make a big difference to people’s lives.”

Charles Child concluded saying: “I chose to raise money for the Rainbow Fund over the last year because through their independent grants programme they make sure that the money goes to organisations with the most need. It is the fairest way to make sure that smaller groups who provide such great services don’t get squeezed during the present cutbacks.”