Community News London to Brighton cycle team raise £575 for Sussex Beacon On Sunday, September 17, a team from HIV charity The Sussex Beacon tackled the ‘Do it for Charity’ London to Brighton cycle ride, raising over £575 to help people living with HIV in Sussex. Joshua Long, Mark Beadle and Sam Beadle tackled the challenge, cycling 54 miles from Clapham Common in London By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Back To School Charity Spectacle tonight at Charles Street Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents Rugby Football Club with Sister Kara Van Park, Sister Sally Vate and Father Jason Thorpe present: Our Lady of the Serpent Rugby School for Boys’ BACK TO SCHOOL CHARITY SPECTACLE tonight at Envy above Charles Street Bar. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Fundraiser for Brighton Women’s Centre There will be a Fabulous Charity Cabaret Fundraiser for Brighton Women’s Centre on Saturday, September 23 @ The Brunswick Pub, Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News HALLOWEEN: The Night of the Living Zombears The annual Brighton Bear Halloween party returns to the wicked depths of Subline on Saturday, October 28. This time it’s The Night of the Living Zombears. The team behind Brighton Bear Weekend will again be inviting you to dress up and party until the dead are rising out of the grave. There will be By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Newcastle Pride boosts local economy by £9.2million Newcastle Pride 2017, one of the UK’s largest LGBT festivals, has helped boost the North East’s economy by £9.2million. In July, the annual event celebrated its tenth anniversary which was celebrated by more than 73,000 people while a further 650,000 around the world listened live with Pride World R By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Southampton Gay Men’s Chorus go ‘Out on the Town’ Southampton Gay Men’s Chorus (SGMC) will showcase their talent while celebrating the rich diversity of musical and show tunes for their Autumn, 2017 production. ‘Out on the Town’ will take centre stage on Saturday, October 7 at the Hub Theatre, Southampton City College, St Mary’s, Southampton. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Police make crowdfunding appeal for former LGBT special constable’s funeral Kevin ‘Rocky’ Hills, a local man served in Sussex as a Special Constable during the nineties. Kevin aged 60, died in August of pancreatic cancer following a short but aggressive illness. In the years before he was a Special Constable, Kevin started a community project based out of Scene 22 (later ca By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Star Wars characters to have a cuppa at The Sussex Beacon’s Summer Fete On Saturday, September 9 between 11am and 4pm, local HIV charity The Sussex Beacon will be holding the annual Summer Fete in its garden on Bevendean Road, Brighton. Star Wars fans will be able to mingle with the movie characters on the day, as The UK Garrison, one of the leading Star Wars costume gr By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Celebrate two musical icons while raising money for MindOut and Blueprint 22 Queenie’s dusting off her disco handbag and Wildblood is sorting tunes. Yes the party where they celebrate 25 years of their DJing (and-you-know-what) partnership is on its way. Time for a fundraising night of back to back, front to front, grin to grin Wildblood and Queenie action. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Mega fundraising birthday bash at Charles Street today to benefit Rainbow Fund Chris Marshall, manager at Charles Street and DJ extraordinaire Ruby Roo celebrate their respective birthdays on Sunday, September 3 with a fundraise extravaganza at Charles Street to benefit the Rainbow Fund. Hosted by the Lola Lasagne, artists appearing will include such luminaries of the cabaret By Besi • 1 min read
Features & Longread FEATURE: Silver Ladies – 25 years of Kate and Jo Gscene caught up with Wildblood and Queenie, Brighton’s most buxom DJing duo, who are celebrating 25 years B2B behind the decks with their Silver Service fundraising party for MindOut and Blueprint 22 on September 16 at Patterns. By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Run in Unity to benefit the LGBT Community Safety Forum A group of LGBT+people from Brighton and the surrounding area have come together to run the Brighton half marathon in February 2018 to raise much-needed funds for the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (B&H LGBT CSF). By Graham Robson • 2 min read
