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Reprieve for Youth Service funding for Allsorts LGBT Youth Project

Reprieve for Youth Service funding for Allsorts LGBT Youth Project

Brighton and Hove Council’s Policy and Resources Committee voted last night to call a halt to City Council budget proposals to terminate, in March, its Youth Collective contract with six voluntary sector organisations including Allsorts, the LGBT Youth project. Under the Council’s proposals, all You

Mind launches ‘Crisis Care’ Campaign

Mind launches ‘Crisis Care’ Campaign

Mind, the mental health charity, launches its Crisis Care Campaign this week and is calling for local services to deliver on their promise to improve the support for people who are suicidal, self-harming or have psychotic illnesses.

Apprenticeship numbers in South-East fall

Apprenticeship numbers in South-East fall

New figures show the number of people starting apprenticeships in the South-East has fallen by 8,750 under the present Government. This comes alongside new fears that the quality of apprenticeships is being undermined, with a government report finding that 21 per cent of apprentices are receiving no

Putting Salt in the Pepperpot!

Putting Salt in the Pepperpot!

Residents in Queen’s Park and Hanover have been preparing for winter in their own unique way – by adding salt to the Pepperpot! The Queen’s Park Local Action Team and their counterparts in Hanover have been working with Brighton and Hove City Council to provide equipment to spread salt, clear snow a

Volunteers needed for new Hove community action team

Volunteers needed for new Hove community action team

Residents in Goldsmid, Hove, have been invited to help develop a community action team for the area. Local ward councillor Ruth Buckley, along with local PCSOs and the deputy chair of the Goldsmid Action Team, are calling for local residents interested in community issues to help shape and run the g

Hundreds of local patients turned to A&E because they couldn’t see a GP

Hundreds of local patients turned to A&E because they couldn’t see a GP

An official NHS England survey has found that local hospitals are struggling under record pressure as thousands of patients in Brighton and Hove go to A&E after they failed to get an appointment with their family doctor the last time they tried.

Kemptown MP calls for clean election campaign

Kemptown MP calls for clean election campaign

Following the opening shots of the 2015 parliamentary election campaign fired by national politicians, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, calls for a clean election campaign.

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