Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard is happy to announce the launch of The Rainbow Café, our new service for LGBTQ+ people with dementia. We’ll be officially launching the service on Thursday 15th of February with a performance of ‘The Purple List’, a play which tells the story of a same sex couple coming to terms with a diagnosis… Continue Reading The Rainbow Café Launch
Switchboard’s Health and Inclusion Project is holding a consultation to find out about the factors important to the LGBTQ+ community in sharing monitoring information about sexual orientation, gender identity and trans status with GPs and council services. Make your voice heard and join us for the focus group on Tuesday 13th February, 6-8pm at Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton.… Continue Reading Focus Group – LGBTQ+ Equalities Monitoring
Macmillan Cancer Support and Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard are working together to engage with the local community to learn about the experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ people in Brighton and Hove and Sussex who are affected by cancer. This engagement work will be used to inform how LGBTQ+ people affected by cancer can be best… Continue Reading Survey for LGBTQ+ people affected by cancer launched
Switchboard is delighted to have received additional funding to support the development of our Trans Survivors Switchboard, which we co-run with Survivors’ Network. This came from a successful funding bid from Victims Support Fund. This service is run entirely by trans people, for trans people. With this money we will be able to expand the service… Continue Reading Exciting News for our Trans Survivors Switchboard!
From September 1st Switchboard’s helpline will be operating with new opening hours. This is to ensure that there is always someone to take your call when you need us. The new opening hours will be as follows: Mon – 6:30pm-9pm Tues – Closed Wed – Closed Thurs – 3pm-9pm Fri – 6:30pm-9pm Sat – 5pm-7pm… Continue Reading New Autumn Opening Hours
Switchboard and Survivors Network are very happy to announce that we are recruiting additional volunteers for Trans Survivors Switchboard, our new helpline for trans survivors of sexual violence. Following our research into the needs of trans survivors of sexual violence and the current service provision landscape, Survivors Network and Switchboard have launched a helpline for trans survivors… Continue Reading Trans Survivors Switchboard
To celebrate national Volunteers Week 2017, one of our wonderful helpline volunteers tells us why they volunteer their time and what it means to them. “An open ear and 20 minutes of someone’s undivided attention can be the difference between keeping your head above water and really exploring/ challenging your own self worth. I volunteer… Continue Reading Why I volunteer at Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard…
OUR COUNSELLING SERVICE IS TO CLOSE After 22 years and having supported hundreds of individuals within the LGBTQ+ community the Trustees of Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard have made the difficult decision to close the counselling service. Dawn Draper, Chair of Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard said, “This has been a very difficult decision for… Continue Reading COUNSELLING SERVICE TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
The LGBTQ+ Disabled People’s group will be holding a festive meet-up on the Tuesday 20th December from 5-7 pm at Charles Street. We would welcome any LGBTQ+ people with disabilities to join us for some festive cheer! Tuesday 20th December| Charles Street Bar | 5-7 pm Charles Street is accessible for wheelchairs and has an accessible toilet… Continue Reading LGBTQ+ Disabled Person’s Festive Social!
The drop in group at the Whitehawk Inn is going well with more people attending and becoming interested in the group. We would still love more people to come along! Its primarily a social group, a space to chat and get to know other LGBTQ+ people over tea/cofee and those all important biscuits! As more… Continue Reading Whitehawk LGBTQ+ Meet-Up
We would like to thank all the fantastic people in the Pensions Regulator’s staff LGBTQ+ network, who raised £572 for Switchboard by holding a Great Pride Bake-Off. The Bake-Off was part of a week of activities organised by the LGBTQ+ network in the run up to Pride, which culminated in their participation in the Pride… Continue Reading A Great Pride Bake-Off Thank-you
If you are LGBTQ+ and live, work or socialise in the Whitehawk area, please do come along to meet others and help shape the new group. Just bring yourself and we’ll supply the tea and biscuits :) Monday 15th August | Whitehawk Inn | 11am – 1pm If you would like to come along to… Continue Reading Whitehawk LGBTQ+ Coffee Morning