General News Come on Boys – show us your balls! Now in its third year, Brighton’s premier comedy run returns on May 10 in aid of male cancer charity Orchid. Featuring in this comedy caper of a race is celebrity Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim who will be cheered on by wife Zoe Ball and family. Keeping it in the family; TV legend Johnny Ball will be By Besi • 2 min read
Health METRO charity with PACE win funds to support LGBTQ young people’s mental health METRO Charity in partnership with mental health charity PACE, has been awarded project funding from the Government to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people’s mental health. METRO has been awarded nearly a quarter of a million pounds to work with PACE to pro By Besi • 2 min read
General News New 20 mile challenge for ‘Martlets Midnight Walk’ The Martlets Midnight Walk is back – the biggest girls’ night out of the year, and New for 2015, the Hove based hospice have added a super challenging 20 mile route. If you have done the 13 mile Midnight Walk before but want a bigger challenge, then this could be for you! Now in its ninth year, the By Besi • 2 min read
Let’s make this election memorable; Simon Kirby, Alzheimer’s Society, One, Parliament Street, Westminster. 17th March 2015. © Pete Jones pete@pjproductions.co.uk General News Kemptown MP supports Alzheimer’s general election campaign Simon Kirby, the Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and MP for the last Parliamentary session has pledged to make this election memorable by taking action to support the 850,000 people across the UK, and 1237 people in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven living with dementia. S By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News HIV’s answer to a home pregnancy test to be sold on Freedoms Shop website By May 2015 self testing HIV kits will be available from Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust’s online Freedoms shop. The UK’s first legally approved HIV self-testing kit is anticipated to go on sale in the next few weeks on CNWL’s Freedoms shop website, costing £29.95. The self By Besi • 2 min read
General News Nancy pledges to become ‘Arthritis Champion’ for Kemptown & Peacehaven Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has agreed to become an Arthritis Champion, supporting Arthritis Research UK in its efforts to find a cure for arthritis. She will also call for policy change to prevent its onset and transform the lives of people w By Besi • 1 min read
Health ‘Work it out’ with MindOut MindOut, the LGBT mental health project have been awarded a grant from the Mental Wellbeing Innovation Fund to deliver a series of weekly peer support groups for LGBTQ people who are juggling paid employment with mental health concerns. Work it Out will run after work once a week, offering an opport By Besi • 1 min read
Health MPs present cheque to THT from ‘Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ reunion MPs Dr Hywel Francis and Siân James have presented a cheque for £4,000 to sexual health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT). THE funds were raised through the Mark Ashton Red Ribbon Fund at a recent event in Onllwyn to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike and the historic By Besi • 2 min read
General News Disabled people call for more job opportunities at Brighton Conference Disabled residents from across the city called for more job opportunities at a conference organised by Nancy Platts, the Labour candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven. Disabled people attending said that staff delivering public services must be better trained to understand and respond to the By Besi • 2 min read
Health THT organise HIV Hustings prior to national election Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), the largest sexual health charity in Europe will host a hustings called “HIV in Brighton” in the lead up to the general election on May 7. The Hustings will bring together candidates from the three Parliamentary constituencies of Brighton & Hove to answer your questions By Besi • 1 min read
Health Toolkit for nurses to prevent suicide in LGB young people The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), in collaboration with Public Health England (PHE), launch a toolkit to guide nurses and other health professionals in the prevention of suicide in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) young people. The toolkit has been developed in recognition of the higher risk of sui By Besi • 2 min read
Health Kemptown MP speaks out for access to HIV treatment in low and middle income nations Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, used a Westminster Hall debate to speak out for improved access to HIV treatments in Low and Middle Income Nations. During a parliamentary debate on the topic, Mr Kirby, spoke out for improved access to HIV treatments in Low and Middle Income Nat By Sarah Green • 1 min read
