Health Popular Sexual Health Services Clinical Director retires Tributes have been paid to the Clinical Director of Central North West London’s (CNWL) Sexual Health Services, Dr Danielle Mercey, who is leaving the NHS after more than 30 years as a doctor. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
Fundraising News ‘Toss Off’ for Terrence Higgins Trust! Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), the sexual health charity, has launched a new tongue-in-cheek fundraiser ‘Toss Off’, which focusses on raising money this coming Pancake Day. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Fundraising News Telegraph journo streaks for THT Following a pre-election 2015 Twitter boast that if UKIP achieved more than 6 per cent of the national vote he would streak down Whitehall naked, Dan Hodges, political commentator for The Telegraph, today kept his word, and donated all funds raised to charity. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Features & Longread HIV: Take responsibility for your health and get tested It’s more than 30 years since the first diagnosis of HIV (1984) and in 2015 we really are in a great place! I am a gay man living with HIV since 2012 and would urge you to find out your status. By Contributor • 3 min read
Race organisers for Sussex Beacon Half Marathon General News Date revealed for Brighton Half Marathon, 2016 The Brighton half marathon will be run on the morning of Sunday, February 28 in 2016. The date was revealed at a reception last night (Wednesday, April 29) compered by David Hill from E3 Entertainment, hosted and sponsored by the Grand Hotel on Brighton Seafront. 2016 will see the 26th running of th By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sussex Beacon recruiting reception volunteers The Sussex Beacon are looking for volunteers who enjoy dealing with people and would like to work on reception, and support departments such as Fundraising and Finance with administration activities. Reception activities will include: meeting and greeting people, dealing with telephone calls, puttin By Besi • 1 min read
Danny Dwyer Community Bear Patrol: A fundraising phenomenon! Danny Dwyer created Bear Patrol in May 2008 and it has since raised a phenomenal amount of money for the Sussex Beacon and other good causes in Brighton and Hove. 2008 was not a good year for Danny. He was at an all time low, feeling isolated, not knowing where he was going or where he belonged. Thi By Besi • 4 min read
Arts Conceptual artist highlights HIV issues in his work eel is a Brighton-based conceptual artist with a particular interest in spray cans. He says his work often appears playful and simplistic at first glance, but on closer inspection reveals a deeper social context. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Lunch Positive Volunteers Christmas Party Twenty-three Lunch Positive volunteers were treated by the HIV charity to a Christmas celebration and meal at the A Bar on Brighton seafront on Monday December 19. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News New Year Sunday Lunch for People with HIV Lunch Positive, the HIV lunch club will be holding a New Year Sunday Lunch on Sunday, January 4 at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church. The monthly Sunday Lunches will run throughout the winter to give people with HIV additional time to meet and spend time with their peers. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts World Aids Day Concert: ‘We all live together’ Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus announced today that Rory Finn Smith, (Chair of Trans Alliance and LGBT Liaison/Hate Crime Co-ordinator for Sussex Police) and Kathy Caton, (presenter of Radio Reverb’s Out In Brighton), will co-host We All Live Together: A Concert For World AIDS Day, on Monday, December 1 By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Food poverty exists in Brighton actually! Food poverty exists despite stories to persuade us otherwise with 3,500 people in Brighton and Hove not able to afford to feed themselves or their families. Low pay, high rents, expensive fuel and household bills. Reduced welfare support, inadequate housing benefits, withdrawal of emergency support. By Gary Pargeter • 2 min read
