Community News Legends raise £3,650.75 for Rainbow Fund during Brighton and Hove Pride Legends annual Brighton Pride cabaret fundraiser on Sunday, August 6 raised a fantastic £3,650.75 for the Rainbow Fund. By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News Calling all cyclists! Record numbers set to pull on their lycra shorts and put their pedals to the test for Sussex Beacon in the annual DO IT for Charity, London to Brighton Cycle Ride 2017! By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Village MCC members raise £300 for the Peter Tatchell Foundation Members of The Village MCC Brighton and Hove (Village MCC) raised £300 for the Peter Tatchell Foundation during Brighton Pride. Peter was the guest speaker at their annual Pride service at the Somerset Day Centre on Sunday, August 6, part of the Pride Voices series of speakers. By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News Lunch Positive thank Pride after raising £4,465 Lunch Positive, the local HIV charity that provides a weekly HIV lunch club hosted a Community Café at Brighton Pride, on Saturday, August 5. This was the sixth year Lunch Positive have provided the café, which was situated in the Community Village on Preston Park. By Gary Pargeter • 2 min read
Community News Walk over hot coals for LGBT+ mental health charity If you could walk over hot coals for charity, then sign up to MindOut’s sponsored Fire Walk on September 30. Perform this unique mind-over-matter experience while fundraising for MindOut, the LGBTQ Mental health Service at the same time! By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Eastbourne Rainbow raise £155 for local HIV charity Eastbourne Rainbow is a group for 50+ LGBT+ people living in Eastbourne and the surrounding area, to socialise, make new friends, gain support and obtain information relative to the group. On July 29, they held a screening of the film Victim to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 1967 Se By Besi • 1 min read
Photo: Lisa O’ Malley Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you Pride – Rainbow Chorus On behalf of the Rainbow Chorus I’d like to say a huge thank You you to both Dulcie Weaver and Paul Kemp for organising a brilliant Brighton Pride, 2017 and for giving us a place near the front of the parade. By Contributor • 1 min read
Fundraising News OS Barbers raise £410 for Sussex Beacon George and Joe from OS Barbers in George Street once again turned over Pride Friday, on August 4 at the salon, to raise money for the Sussex Beacon, the local HIV charity. For the third year both boys donated their days takings of £410 for every haircut they did to the Sussex Beacon. By Besi • 1 min read
Business News Brighton Gin celebrates Brighton Pride with limited edition bottle Brighton Gin to donated percentage of sales to The Rainbow Fund. Small batch, super premium Brighton Gin has created just over 400 limited edition bottles of the UK’s favourite gin (as voted for by the public in the 2017 People’s Drinks Awards) – with specially-created rainbow labels and pink wax se By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News Brighton based HIV charity calls for volunteers to join its team HIV and sexual heath charity The Sussex Beacon, needs volunteers to help with its work, supporting people living with HIV. A wide range of roles are available and the charity will match people to posts based on their interests, skills and experience. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Lunch Positive host community café at Pride on Preston Park Lunch Positive, the local HIV charity that provides a weekly HIV lunch club is staging it’s Community Café at Pride again this year. The café will be at the south end of the park in the Community Village. Volunteers from Lunch Positive will be preparing and selling a range of affordable food and dri By Besi • 1 min read
Fundraising News wagamama to support Sussex Beacon during coming 12 months Pan-Asian restaurant wagamama extends its London campaign #makeitrainbow to celebrate Brighton & Hove Pride this weekend. The day’s profits from wagamama bun sales (now selling an average of 1,000,000 yearly) will be donated to local charity, The Sussex Beacon, every time a rainbow is spotted in the By Besi • 3 min read
