Health Rainbow Fund continues support to popular Lunch Positive, thanks to funding from Brighton Pride A grant by the Rainbow Fund has enabled Lunch Positive to continue its well-received work providing a popular weekly lunch club for people with HIV, serving healthy food and offering a community space for people to meet up and make new friends. The funding was made possible by Brighton Pride from th By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Republica headline new live Q Stage at Brighton Pride Brighton Pride will be welcoming one of the most iconic 90’s female fronted rock bands to the brand new Q Live Music Stage this August. Prepare for a set of gritty electronica as Republica aka. Saffron Sprackling, Tim Dorney, Johnny Male and Conor Lawrence perform their global chart smashers Ready T By Besi • 2 min read
Community News People with HIV benefit from Rainbow Fund and Pride grant funding Peer Action’s health and wellbeing therapies benefit people living with HIV following a Rainbow Fund and Brighton Pride grant. Peer Action was established to encourage and empower people living with HIV to value their health and wellbeing while minimising the impact of loneliness and anxiety. Peer A By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Pioneering Trans* speech therapy project funded by the Rainbow Fund and Brighton Pride A ground-breaking project to provide speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to people who are in the process of transitioning to their chosen gender role has been supported by the Rainbow Fund, thanks to last year’s funding from Brighton Pride. Dr Sam Hall, from the Clare Project wh By Besi • 2 min read
Community News More diversity at Brighton Pride The clock is ticking towards Pride 2014 and the line-up of stars appearing on the Main Stage looks very promising. Since its return last year the Brighton Pride Main Stage has proved to be a spectacular addition to Preston Park with its celebratory atmosphere and great line-up of music, speakers and By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Brighton Pride enables Rainbow funding for LGBT mental health project MindOut Thanks to last year’s funding from Brighton Pride, the Rainbow Fund has been able to continue its support to MindOut, the LGBT mental health project working in the city. Following a Rainbow Fund grant provided to the group last year, Helen Jones, Director of MindOut has reported that: “The funding e By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Exeter Pride to host the city’s largest rainbow flag parade on May 10 The Lord Mayor of Exeter will sound an air horn to start the South West’s biggest free celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in the region. On Saturday, May 10 at 12 noon, Councillor Rachel Lyons will start the largest rainbow flag parade the city has seen as part By Besi • 3 min read
Health Rainbow Fund reports on HIV grant funding made possible by Brighton Pride Since its inception, the Rainbow Fund has repeatedly supported a range of local community groups and charities working in the field of HIV. Last year funding was provided to groups including the Sussex Beacon, Lunch Positive and Peer Action. The Sussex Beacon offers specialist care and support for m By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Wild Fruit super-sized Big Top with open access for Pride Brighton Pride 2014 and the Wild Fruit Dance Tent has been supersized, and returns to Preston Park this year bigger than ever before. With a new added capacity of up to 8,000, the Wild Fruit Dance Tent will be home to happy, dancing Pride goers who can dance till 10pm as the Pride festival enjoys [… By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Award for London Pride Readers of G3 and Out in the City magazines have voted Pride in London 2013 the Event of the Year. The Award was announced by Charlie Condou and Sophie Ward and presented by Dan Gillespie Sells at a ceremony at the Landmark Hotel where winners in other categories included Joey Barton, Paul O’Grady, By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Manchester Pride strengthens board with new appointments Manchester Pride appoint prominent Canal Street business owners as newest trustees. Manchester Pride, the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) charity, has made a raft of appointments to strengthen its existing board of trustees and directors. This follows public concerns over the r By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News Brighton will be turned Blue at Pride Global boy band Blue to appear on Pride main stage on August 2. Get ready to scream, faint and behave like a loved–up teenager as Brighton Pride welcomes the multi-platinum selling, award winning and completely gorgeous boy band Blue to perform on the Pride Main Stage at Preston Park. Anthony Costa, By Besi • 2 min read
