Community News Get your running shoes on for Brighton & Hove Frontrunners’ Couch to 5k Following the announcement of a Rainbow Run to raise funds for Brighton Rainbow Fund, LGBTQ+ running group Brighton & Hove Frontrunners has announced its Couch to 5K course in partnership with Brighton and Hove Rainbow 5k Run 2023! By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Brighton Festival Van Gogh Alive opens its doors at refurbished Brighton Dome After a brief delay due to additional testing and verification required by Brighton Dome, the iconic 220-year-old venue is now ready to welcome visitors for this awe-inspiring experience. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News Duke of York’s Eurovision Party raises over £500 for local HIV charity, Sussex Beacon The Sussex Beacon said: “The Eurovision Party at Duke of York’s Picturehouse was truly incredible! Huge numbers of fans arrived for what was a really exciting, fun evening.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Credit Shanni Collins Community News Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ communities and allies make a lot of noise to mark IDAHOBIT 2023 Organised by the city’s LGBTQ+ choir, the Rainbow Chorus, there was a good turn out of community members from across LGBTQ+ communities. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health SURVEY: How do you feel about NHS health and care services? NHS Sussex has launched a new survey to understand your experiences and views of the health and care services in Brighton & Hove. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Racial Harassment Forum, the Rainbow Hub and Possability People to host Hate Incident Awareness Workshop at Friends Meeting House, Brighton on June 15 At this event, find out what the difference is between a hate incident and a hate crime, and why reporting is so important. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News IDAHOBIT: Brighton & Hove Green Party to “stand with transgender community against hate and call out political wavering” Brighton & Hove Green Party councillors have announced, on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), that they stand alongside the trans community to fight back against violence By Graham Robson • 2 min read
In The South Art installation depicting the suffering of the people of Ukraine arrives in Brighton & Hove An art installation depicting the suffering of the people of Ukraine has arrived in Brighton & Hove, standing in Valley Gardens, close to the Mazda Fountain, from 15 – 31 May 2023. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Care Quality Commission downgrades University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust with Royal Sussex County Hospital rated as ‘inadequate’ This latest rating, combined with ratings from previous CQC visits carried out over an 18-month period, has lowered the overall rating for the Trust to “requires improvement”, which means CQC does not consider the Trust to be performing as well as it should and that it must improve. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Theatre Myra DuBois to bring ‘Be Well’ – a new manifesto for mental health – to Brighton’s Komedia on Thursday, November 16 Myra DuBois calls out to you, the disadvantaged, downtrodden and tyrannised of the world, with her manifesto for mental health: AdMyrism! But are you ready to receive the call? By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Brighton’s LGBTQ+ choir Rainbow Chorus to lead IDAHOBIT 2023 Community Vigil in the city on Wednesday, May 17 The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) was created in 2004 to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex people, and all of those with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Politics Labour in Brighton & Hove to be “listening council” with regular leader’s surgeries Cllr Bella Sankey, the new Labour leader, wants to run regular ‘leader’s surgeries’ to give residents right across the city the opportunity to raise issues of concern with her directly, as well as partake in monthly walkabouts in different communities to see residents’ issues first-hand. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
