Arts Today at B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: LGBT Work & Volunteer Fair As part of LGBT History Month and The B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival, the LGBT Community Safety Forum are staging today, Thursday, February 22, an LGBT Work & Volunteer Fair, supported by The Rainbow Fund in the Phil Starr Pavilion. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Well done and thank you, LGBT Community Safety Forum We would like to offer our thanks to all the people, volunteers each and every one of them, who give their time to support, work at and deliver such an excellent space for LGBT History Month. By Contributor • 1 min read
Community News Tonight at B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: LGBT Community Safety Forum Public Meeting As part of LGBT History Month, the quarterly meeting of the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum takes place tonight, February 21 at 7pm in the Phil Starr Pavilion. Learn about the changes to the Local Policing Model and how it impacts front line services and reporting Hate Crimes. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Today at B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Tackling hate crime and domestic abuse in Brighton & Hove What can you do if you or someone you know is affected by domestic abuse and how can you challenge hate crime? Those are just some of the questions being posed at two free training workshops being held by the Crown Prosecution Service in the South East as part of the B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festiv By Besi • 2 min read
Community News LETTER TO EDITOR: Silver Service from the LGBT Community Safety Forum Switchboard would like to thank volunteers from the LGBT Community Safety Forum for their silver service at our Cream Tea on Monday, February 19. Volunteers from the LGBT Community Safety Forum lovingly prepared and served guests attending the Switchboard Cream Tea cucumber sandwiches, scones with c By Contributor • 1 min read
Arts Tonight at B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Celebrating Sisterhood Join the panel of inspirational women as they debate their authentic understanding of sharing strength, compassion and discussing ways of collectively repairing the harm caused by an unequal society by listening to women’s voices and lived experiences. By Besi • 1 min read
Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Women only Restorative Circle Brighton & Hove aims to be a ‘Restorative City’ and is committed to meeting the needs of those harmed by crime and conflict, by ensuring safe, secure and effective restorative practices are embedded throughout the city. By Besi • 2 min read
Cabaret B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Dine with the Stars! Eurovision sensation Nicky French to headline ‘Dine with the Stars’ dinner, dance, cabaret extravaganza celebrating LGBT History Month 2018. Your host for the evening Kara Van Park will be joined on stage by local entertainers Maisie Trollette, Jennie Castell, Krissie DuCann, Sally Vate, Pooh la May By Besi • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: TWINKLE @ Phil Starr Pavilion Harold Thropp is a very tired very angry panto dame. Arriving at a down at heel Northern town – probably Sunderland – he discovers that Widow Twankey has been reduced to a tiny cupboard of a dressing room in what he describes as the “cellar “. By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: SuicideTALK – Suicide awareness-raising sessions If you work face to face with members of the LGBT community then SuicideTalk is for you. A one-hour exploration and awareness-raising session suitable for all individuals and groups within all communities. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Paul Diello – EPICENE Award winning singer songwriter Paul Diello brings his gender-blending extravaganza ‘Epicene’ to the B Right On LGBT Community Festival after a sold out success at Brighton Fringe. Paul Diello invites you to his gender-blending celebration of iconic women in music. After a run of three sold out, fiv By Besi • 2 min read
Community News B RIGHT ON LGBT Community Festival: Outside Out: Rough Sleeping and Homelessness in the LGBT Community Brighton and Hove has a reputation as a safe space for all and many people come here seeking to live a life unhindered and as part of an all embracing community. The city also has a serious housing crisis with no drastic solutions in view for people who have lived here their whole lives or for those By Besi • 2 min read