Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Community Lunch with Lunch Positive As part of LGBT HISTORY MONTH and The B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival, Lunch Positive invites everyone to the Phil Starr Pavilion tomorrow, Saturday February 17 to share good food and good company together. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Dance Like a Diva for Martlets Hospice Gather a group of fun friends together for a fantastic four-hour dance party at Concorde 2 in Brighton and have a ball raising money for Martlets hospice on Sunday, April 22. Dance Through the Decades with club DJs Lucy “Elle J” Small from Funk the Format and Soul Casserole as they pump out the very By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Switchboard opens ‘The Rainbow Cafe’ today Continuing their work with hard to reach and seldom heard of groups, Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard are to open an LGBT+ dementia café today. With an £11,725 grant awarded by the Rainbow Fund, the Rainbow Café is an exciting new initiative for LGBT+ people living with dementia or memory loss and t By Besi • 2 min read
General News New report reveals vulnerable people applying for benefits in the City receive “shocking” treatment Healthwatch Brighton and Hove, the local consumer champion for health and social care finds vulnerable people applying for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) have their applications routinely declined. By Besi • 2 min read
In The South New research reveals the concerns of LGBT+ residents in social housing Nearly 50 per cent of LGBT+ people living in social housing accommodation do not feel a sense of belonging in their local community and over a quarter report feeling lonely in the area they live, a new study has found. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News More Pride tickets go on sale exclusively to BN residents today at noon In order for as many local residents to attend this year’s Pride Festival on Preston Park, organisers are releasing a further batch of tickets exclusively to residents with a BN post code, tomorrow, Thursday, February 15 at noon. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Community solution to the housing crisis Community-led housing programme launches in Brighton & Hove on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 5.30 – 9pm (registration from 5:15pm). Community-led housing allows local people to take control of their housing and create alternatives to the limited choices offered by the current housing market. By Besi • 3 min read
Community News Open your garden for Martlets Hospice Do you have a stunning garden with bounteous borders and an enviable manicured lawn? Maybe your outdoor space is uniquely different and deserves to be shown off? If so, Martlets Hospice would like to hear from you. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Britney to receive 2018 GLAAD Vanguard Award International Mega Star Britney Spears, to be honoured as one of the most prominent LGBT+ icons of all time, at the 2018 GLAAD Vanguard Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 12 at the Beverley Hilton in Los Angeles. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Sea Serpents RFC play Crowborough RFC 3rd XV on Saturday On Saturday, February 17, Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents RFC host Crowborough RFC 3rd XV for the second match with them in the Harvey’s of Sussex 4 East ‘Bonfire Boy’ League. Kick off is at 2:30pm and you can join the lads beforehand in the club house of Hove RFC on Old Shoreham Road, where there’s a By Besi • 1 min read
In The South Faith groups demand Government’s permission for homophobic teaching in English schools Humanists UK, the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people, reveal fundamentalist and fringe religious groups attempt to undermine the Government’s plans for relationships and sex education (RSE) in English schools by opposing teaching about same-sex relationships. By Besi • 5 min read
Arts COMPETITION: Win a pair of tickets for Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show Gscene have a couple of pairs of tickets to give away for the Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror Picture Show hosted by Christopher Howard in the Phil Starr Pavilion on Friday, February 16. By Besi • 1 min read
