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Become a Switchboard Trustee – Help Shape the Next 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Inclusion

Alt text: Bright turquoise graphic with a yellow speech bubble at the top containing the words “Join Us” in bold blue letters. Below is the Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard logo, featuring a row of multicoloured dots. Underneath, large yellow text reads “Become a Switchboard Trustee.”

Become a Switchboard Trustee – Help Shape the Next 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Inclusion Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard is one of the UK’s oldest LGBTQ+ charities proudly turning 50 in 2025. For half a century, we’ve been at the heart of the community: listening, supporting, and connecting LGBTQ+ people across Sussex through our helpline,… Continue Reading Become a Switchboard Trustee – Help Shape the Next 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Inclusion

LGBTQ+ 50+ Services Showcase 2025

LGBTQ+ 50+ Services Showcase 2025 Part of the Ageing Well Festival 2025 Join us for a welcoming and inclusive showcase of services and opportunities for LGBTQ+ people aged 50+. Wednesday 8th October 202511 am – 1 pmCommunity Base Conference Room, Brighton, BN1 3XG This free event brings together organisations from across Brighton & Hove who… Continue Reading LGBTQ+ 50+ Services Showcase 2025

GambLGBTQ+: Brighton University’s new LGBTQ+ gambling study

Black text against a cream background reads: "Call for participants. Are you LGBTQ+ and have experience of gambling and related harms? We are recruiting participants for the final phase of the GambLGBTQ+ project that seeks to understand the impact of gambling on LGBTQIA+ communities in and around the city of Brighton & Hove. In particular, we seek participation from people who are included in one or more of the following groups: - from a minoritised race and/or ethnicity background. - are Gypsy, Roma or Traveller. - are trans, non-binary and/or intersex. - are a migrant to the UK, a refugee, or an asylum seeker. - previously or currently experiencing homelessness or sleeping rough. Participants will receive a voucher for their time and will be supported to take photos and discuss these in a small group or at a 1-2-1 interview. Support is available GamCare 0808 8020 133. If you would like to find out more information please visit our GambLGBTQ+ blog tinyurl.com/yw43bcc8 or contact Matt (they/them) at LGBTQgambling@brighton.ac.uk." The logos for University of Brighton, YouGov, Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard and GambleAware are at the bottom of the page. There is a picture of the Progress Pride Flag, and two twisting lines - one in the Rainbow Pride Flag colours, and one in the Gender Fluid Flag colours.

GambLGBTQ+ is a research project seeking to understand gambling and related harms in LGBTQ+ communities. The University of Brighton are leading on GambLGBTQ+ in collaboration with ourselves and YouGov, and is funded by GambleAware. Research on LGBTQ+ gambling and gambling harms is limited, and the research that is available highlights the need for further research on the lived experiences of… Continue Reading GambLGBTQ+: Brighton University’s new LGBTQ+ gambling study

Shutterly Fabulous donates £1,700 to our crowdfunder!

A photograph of Shutterly Fabulous and Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard employees holding a cheque for £1,700 from Shutterly Fabulous for Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard. Switchboard's logo is behind them.

A huge thank you to the wonderful team at Shutterly Fabulous for their generous donation of £1,700 to our crowdfunder! Shutterly Fabulous are donating £50 to us for every order in Brighton & Hove, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Shutterly Fabulous says: “Shutterly Fabulous are proud to support local charity Switchboard. In August 2024… Continue Reading Shutterly Fabulous donates £1,700 to our crowdfunder!

Happy Pride Season!

A photo of Raf (they/them) and Ciara (she/her) at Switchboard's stall for Trans Pride. They wear Switchboard's t-shirts, Raf's says "Joy & Justice" and Ciara's has Switchboard's logo on. In front of them are Switchboard's pronoun badges and leaflets advertising our services.

It’s been brilliant to attend some of the amazing Pride events around Sussex. We kicked off Pride Season at Chichester Pride on May 25th. where some of our staff and volunteers ran a stall advertising the support we offer. They loved meeting attendees and asking what pride means to them. They had a range of… Continue Reading Happy Pride Season!

Thanks to our Fundraisers!

Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard team members Emily and Astrid in the Brighton Soctopus store. They are smiling and holding the socks from Soctopus's Pride sock range, which include Progress Flag socks, Trans Pride flag socks, and Ally Flag socks.

We would like to say thank you to all the amazing fundraising initiatives supporting Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, over this Pride season and beyond. Have you checked out Soctopus’s new Pride sock range, which donates £4 per sock sale to Switchboard? Team members Emily (she/they) and Astrid (she/her) visited the store, where they checked… Continue Reading Thanks to our Fundraisers!

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of our new chief executive

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of our new chief executive. Paul Hook (he/him – pictured) will take up the post on Tuesday 2 April following four years at the helm of Asylum Matters, a charity which works to secure social and political changes to improve the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum. Simon… Continue Reading We’re delighted to announce the appointment of our new chief executive

Social Prescribing Day 2024: Reuben lifts the lid on his ‘rewarding and empowering’ work

Today, Thursday, 14 March 2024 is Social Prescribing Day, a celebration of the people, organisations and communities who connect people to non-medical support to address issues including loneliness, debt, or stress and other unmet needs. Since 2019, thousands of local and national organisations, link workers, medical professionals, academics and students have taken part across the… Continue Reading Social Prescribing Day 2024: Reuben lifts the lid on his ‘rewarding and empowering’ work

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