Health HIV charity offer support to service users struggling with Universal Credit implementation Lunch Positive respond to Universal Credit implementation in Brighton & Hove. As the implementation of Universal Credit enters its final stages, there are big changes ahead with the longstanding link between disability benefits and higher levels of other benefits decreasing. By Gary Pargeter • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you for supporting people with HIV I would like to say thank you to the Rainbow Fund and everyone who raises funds for it. The grant of £8.082 which Lunch Positive has received for 2017-18 will have a huge impact on over 140 people who use and volunteer for Lunch Positive. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Rainbow Chorus to the rescue Rainbow Chorus volunteers recently responded to a call-out from Lunch Positive, the HIV Charity, to help prepare a fundraising buffet feeding 250 people. The buffet for Sussex Partnership NHS Trust Member’s meeting on November 19, raised £2,000 for Lunch Positive, the weekly HIV Lunch Club that prov By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend raise record amount for local good causes Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) raised a total of £11,855 for the Rainbow Fund, Lunch Positive and Brighton & Hove Community Safety Forum during their events in 2016-2017. The record breaking amount (£4,000 more than 2015-16) was raised from a variety of events during the year including quiz nights at t 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 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
Community News Brighton Bear Weekend raise £11,855 for good causes Brighton Bear Weekend (BBW) smashed last years fundraising total raising a magnificent £11,855 from their events in 2016-2017. The grand total was announced at a special VIP party held at the Camelford Arms last night (July 10) to recognise the contributions of all volunteers, businesses who staged By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Accessibility Matters at Brighton Bear Weekend The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum (LGBT CSF) and its Accessibility Matters volunteers will be attending their first Brighton Bear Weekend Picnic. The volunteers will be onsite at Dorset Gardens to provide access support to attendees with mobility and emotional needs. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Lunch Positive to celebrate 8th birthday! Lunch Positive, the HIV charity that provides a weekly lunch club for people with HIV will celebrate its 8th birthday on Friday June 9 from the Lunch Club at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church. All members are invited to attend, including those who go along regularly and those who go less frequently or By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Thank you LGBT Community Safety Forum I wanted to write and thank Billie Lewis and the volunteers from the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum, for everything they did to help us with the Soul Safari days at the B Right On LGBT festival. They did an absolutely amazing job with everything, and the space they created for us to wor By Besi • 2 min read
Community News TODAY: B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival: HIV History Day and Community Meal As part of LGBT History Month during February, local HIV community groups and organisations are staging an HIV History Day in the Phil Starr Pavilion on New Steine Gardens tomorrow, Friday February 10. By Besi • 1 min read
In The South B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL: Brighton HIV charity run Community Café at Phil Starr Pavilion LGBT History Month events Lunch Positive the Brighton based HIV charity will be catering at a wide range of events being staged as part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT Festival which celebrates LGBT History month during February. The Lunch Positive Community Café, situated just outside the Phil Starr Pavilion in New Steine Gardens wi By Besi • 2 min read
