Features & Longread World AIDS Day Partnership: remembrance and solidarity This year the Community World AIDS Day Partnership has again been working hard to bring together the annual Candlelight Vigil and Reading of Names of people locally who have died with HIV. By Gary Pargeter • 3 min read
Fundraising News ROCK THE RIBBON: Two of Brighton’s LGBTQ+ venues to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon on World AIDS Day Two of Brighton’s LGBTQ+ venues – Centre Stage and Legends Brighton – are to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon on World AIDS Day – Thursday, December 1. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News The Sussex Beacon to hold bucket collections at Brighton Station on World AIDS Day – Thursday, December 1 Staff and volunteers will be donning colourful hoodies, braving the cold and cheerfully collecting as much as possible, to help raise much needed funds. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Bill Puddicombe – the Sussex Beacon Community News Bill Puddicombe, executive director of the Sussex Beacon, comments on merger between the charity and Peer Action From January 1, 2023, the two charities will work together to create a place within the Sussex Beacon’s organisation, where the peer led nature of Peer Action’s work will be preserved. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News The Avenue Kitchen and Tap in Peacehaven to hold World AIDS Day fundraiser for Sussex Beacon and National AIDS Trust The Avenue Kitchen and Tap in Peacehaven is to hold a World AIDS Day fundraiser for the Sussex Beacon and National AIDS Trust on Thursday, December 1 from 6pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Brighton Half Marathon to return on Sunday, February 26, 2023 The event is local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon’s biggest fundraising event of the year By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Community News The Sussex Beacon celebrates 30 years supporting the community This has been a special year for the Sussex Beacon, with it being 30 years since the foundation stone was laid at the Brighton-based HIV charity’s main centre. By Contributor • 3 min read
Fundraising News Comedy Night raises £5,000 for Sussex Beacon’s Women and Families Service The sum raised will enable a baby feeding choices project to be funded for an entire year, run by the Women and Families Service at the Sussex Beacon, alongside the Lawson Unit’s Sunflower Clinic. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Fundraising News ‘Drag Calendar’ to raise funds for Sussex Beacon Sid Spencer, who runs Fat Pigeon Art, has announced his new range of Christmas goodies – the Real Dragwives of Brighton & Hove calendar and a special Christmas card – will raise funds for local HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Visual Storytelling Workshop at the Sussex Beacon with Angelica Cabezas Pino on Saturday, October 8 On Saturday, October 8 Angelica will be returning to the charity to run a storytelling workshop to give you the opportunity to tell your own story in a safe, confidential environment with other women and non-binary people. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Professor Yvonne Gilleece to visit the Sussex Beacon on Thursday, September 22 Professor Yvonne Gilleece, HIV consultant at the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust’s Lawson Unit and Lead in HIV & Women, will be visiting local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon to address this month’s Women’s Group on Thursday, September 22 from 10.30am. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts NEW DATE: Musical theatre sensation The WestEnders to treat Brighton to an unforgettable entertainment extravaganza in aid of the Sussex Beacon For one night only at The Old Ship Hotel on Thursday, September 29, musical theatre sensation The WestEnders will be treating Brighton to an unforgettable entertainment extravaganza in aid of local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News The Sussex Beacon’s Women’s Group to meet on Thursday, September 22 The Sussex Beacon’s Women’s Group, a group for women living with HIV, is to meet on Thursday, September 22 from 10.30am. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News Jill Nalder interviewed by Andrew Flewitt for ‘Queer I Am’ podcast The wonderful Jill Nalder has been interviewed by Andrew Flewitt for his Queer I Am podcast, about her new book Love From The Pink Palace; Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret Through the AIDS Crisis. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Centre Stage Brighton announces fundraiser for Sussex Beacon Centre Stage Brighton, the LGBTQ+ hotspot on Brighton seafront, will be raising funds for their charity partner the Sussex Beacon on Thursday, September 1 from 7pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Cherry Fakewell to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon at STAUNCH: A Fright at the Movies at The Curzon on Saturday, October 1 “Gather round my darlings, for we have a tale of the FORBIDDEN, a story of the FIERCE and a telling of HORRIFIC, GLAMOROUS, TERROR!” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health The Sussex Beacon to launch new course – Mindful Living – from September Local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon is launching a new course – Mindful Living – to run Monday afternoons (2 – 4pm) from September 5 – November 7. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News Two Brighton businesses raise funds for the Sussex Beacon Two Brighton businesses – Brighton Recreational Club (aka the Railway Club) and the Brighton Box – recently raised funds for local HIV charity, the Sussex Beacon. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Author Helen Trevorrow to sign copies of new book, New Brighton, at Sussex Beacon on August 20 Local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon has announced that Helen Trevorrow, author of New Brighton, will be signing her new book at the Sussex Beacon’s St James’s Street shop on Saturday, August 20, 12-3pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News The Sussex Beacon announces total raised at showing of MAISIE at Duke of York’s Picturehouse “The collection raised almost £170, which is very much appreciated! As mentioned, these funds will help the Sussex Beacon support and care for people living with HIV.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts Cherry Fakewell’s STAUNCH! to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon STAUNCH!, an immersive cabaret with drag performers, loud music stand up and acrobats, is to raise funds for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at The Curzon in Brighton on Saturday, July 23 from 7pm. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Health Sussex Beacon awarded over £370,000 for three years from National Lottery Community Fund Local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon has announced it has been awarded over £370,000 for three years from the National Lottery Community Fund towards the charity’s Community Services By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News The Bedford Tavern raises £1,165 for the Sussex Beacon The Bedford Tavern on Western Street in Hove raised an incredible £1,165 for local HIV charity the Sussex Beacon at its Summer Christmas event. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Fundraising News The Sussex Beacon’s ‘Bizarre Bazaar’ at The Curzon on Saturday, July 9 It’s sexy, risqué, raunchy and definitely for adults only By Graham Robson • 1 min read
