Community News David Hill Experience raises £3,368.00 for local HIV charity Following a two-year break from the stage, David Hill returned to Proud Cabaret with his trademark show The David Hill Experience on Wednesday, April 26 to raise money for the Sussex Beacon. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Record crowds turnout for Easter bonnet parade in Hove The Bedford Tavern and Grosvenor Bar in Hove, played host to the annual Easter Bonnet Parade and charity drag races on Easter Sunday (April 23), raising a staggering £3,229.68 for local HIV charity, The Sussex Beacon. By Besi • 2 min read
Community News HIV charity apologise for Brighton Half Marathon course being short Earlier this month Brighton Half Marathon was contacted by UK Athletics following concerns raised regarding the length of this year’s course and the course in 2015 and 2016. Over recent weeks the organisers of Brighton Half Marathon, The Sussex Beacon have been conducting a formal investigation into By Besi • 3 min read
Community News HIV charity confirm Vitality Brighton Half Marathon will continue as planned Sussex Beacon organisers of the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon confirm the race is unaffected by news the charity faces risk of closure. The Sussex Beacon, the charity behind the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon, has said that next year’s race will not be affected by today’s announcement that the ch By Besi • 2 min read
The Sssex Beacon Community News Care Quality Commission rates local HIV charity ‘Outstanding’ Local HIV charity The Sussex Beacon has been rated ‘outstanding’ in a report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of all health and social care services in England. By Besi • 2 min read
Fundraising News London to Brighton cycle team raises over £5k for Sussex Beacon On Sunday, September 11, a team from The Sussex Beacon tackled the ‘Do it for Charity’ London to Brighton cycle ride, raising over £5,250 to help people living with HIV in Sussex. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News HIV charity to hold Autumn Leaves Fete The Mayor of Brighton. Cllr Pete West will attend the Sussex Beacon Autumn Leaves Fete on Saturday, September 24. He will be unveiling a new summer house paid for by fundraising by local community organisation, Bear-Patrol. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Simon Dowe CEO Sussex Beacon Health An Open Letter from CEO of Sussex Beacon Simon Dowe, CEO of the Sussex Beacon has written an Open Letter to Baroness Joyce Gould, Peter Kyle MP for Hove & Portslade, Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion and Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven. By Besi • 4 min read
Health New joint HIV initiative from Sussex Beacon and Positively UK As part of Project 100, The Sussex Beacon and Positively UK are starting a joint initiative to deliver accredited peer mentoring training for people living with HIV across Sussex. Project 100 is a national programme funded by The Monument Trust and headed up by Positively UK. Over the next three yea By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Community News Sussex Beacon supports ‘Stop HIV Cuts Campaign’ Sussex Beacon joins other HIV organisations to support the Stop HIV Cuts Campaign launched on February 25, 2016. The campaign highlights and opposes funding cuts being levied on HIV support services by local Authorities following National Government funding cuts. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Health Beacon supports ‘PrEP Now’ campaign The Sussex Beacon are supporting the European Needs PrEP Now Campaign. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the new component of HIV prevention programmes and plays a key role in the preventing transmission of HIV. PrEP is for HIV negative people and involves taking part of a treatment regimen using a By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Health Undiagnosed HIV figures remain at alarming level New figures of undiagnosed HIV remain at an alarming high level as National HIV Testing Week starts. National HIV Testing Week (NHTW): started on Saturday, November 21, and includes outdoor and tram advertising across Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Brighton, Newcastle, Sheffield and Bristol. By Gary Hart • 4 min read
