Community News Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard to host LGBTQ+ Women Survivors Writing Workshop Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard’s domestic abuse project is to hold a FREE writing workshop in collaboration with LGBT Partnership on Friday, March 11 from 6pm, exploring the theme of recovery and a ‘return to normal’. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Santa Bus raises more than £26k for Brighton & Hove charities, including LGBT Switchboard More than 50 local businesses were part of the fundraising effort, most of them volunteering as Santa Bus collection points, while others donated their services, such as printing and distributing leaflets. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community Santa Bus makes final dash for community groups Brighton & Hove and Metrobus, and Santa himself, are doing a final dash to the finishing line to raise as much money as possible for 12 local community groups and charities, including LGBT Switchboard and Brighton Black History Group, through its online Santa Bus GoFundMe appeal and by selling limit By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community Keep Switchboard Switched On by entering their Christmas raffle! In the spirit of the season of giving, the charity for LGBTQ+ people looking for community, support or information. is asking individuals and businesses for their support in keeping Switchboard Switched On by entering their festive raffle By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Arts Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club to celebrate 45 years of Switchboard Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club to host a free event to celebrate 45 years of Switchboard on Sunday, November 15 from 6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community LGBT+ Futures Covid-19 response fund launched Consortium launches LGBT+ Futures: National Emergencies Trust Fund, which will distribute £350,000 of onward grants to diverse LGBTQ+ organisations from across the UK. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Community New project to support trans, non-binary and intersex survivors of sexual violence Switchboard and Survivors’ Network to set up new trans-led project to support trans, non-binary and intersex survivors of sexual violence in Brighton & Hove. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community LGBT Switchboard seeks Listening Volunteers LGBT Switchboard is looking for Listening Volunteers to answer phonecalls, emails and webchats to support LGBTQ+ people with questions or who just want to chat. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community Switchboard announce new CEO, Jacob Bayliss Switchboard, a confidential listening service for LGBTQ+ communities, has announced that Jacob Bayliss will be taking over as the new Chief Executive Officer from mid-September. By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts Explore grief through creative writing LGBT Switchboard to host a Grief Meets – Exploring Grief through Creative Writing workshop over Zoom with guest Dinos Aristidou on Monday, August 3. By Contributor • 2 min read
Community LGBT Switchboard seeks new Treasurer and Trustees LGBT Switchboard, the charity for LGBTQ+ people looking for a sense of community, support or information, is looking for a Treasurer and two general Trustees By Contributor • 2 min read
Community News Mayor attends launch of Switchboard’s Rainbow Café Switchboard opens new community project – the Rainbow Café, to support LGBTQ people who live with memory loss or dementia. With an £11,725 grant awarded by the Rainbow Fund, the Rainbow Café is a new initiative for LGBTQ people living with dementia or memory loss and their friends, families and care By Besi • 2 min read
