Four speakers and two comedians take on the coalition government in an event on Saturday, May 25 at the TOM Old Market in Hove.
Steven Bassam, Arnold Brown, Manos Kanellos, John McDonnell, Clare Summerskill and Joe Wells will be providing the words.
Event: Stand up for Labour
Where: Tom, The Old Market, 11a Upper Market Street
When: Saturday, May 25
Time: 8pm
Cost: £14/£9 concessions
Foster carers, gay or straight, are always desperately needed. It is estimated that a further 9,000 foster families are needed across the country in the next year alone, with a particular need for people to foster teenagers, sibling groups and disabled children.
The charity commissioned a new survey into the state of foster caring in the UK and the results are scary. It showed that existing carers are having to take in more and more children due to the lack of new families volunteering. This is not good for a child as it means that they will ultimately have to be moved yet again when a more suitable place is found for them.
The shortage also means that children are being moved too far away from their families, are unecessarily split up from siblings, and are forced to move schools.
“I lived in 42 different homes in five years as a very young child,” says care leaver Clare Marshall, “but when I was eight I went to a foster carer who is now my mum to me. I’ve had stability since then but it’s also been extrememly difficult to get over the trauma of my early years.”
Anyone wanting to find out more about fostering, CLICK HERE:
Or contact their local council’s fostering service.
‘What do fly fishing and breast cancer have in common?’ sounds like an odd riddle indeed, but the answer is the Casting for Recovery charity.
This charity, now in its seventh year, offers women who have had breast cancer a chance to chill out in the countryside for a couple of days while learning how to fly fish.
Yes, it still sounds odd, but think about it. Fly fishing is just the sort of gentle exercise that women who have had this form of cancer is perfect for, and often you’d need to get your head together and there’s no better place to do that than sitting by a river.
Counselling is also provided on the retreats, as is all accommodation, meals, and professional fishing instruction. They even supply you with the right clothes.
Any woman who has experienced breast cancer is eligible to apply to attend (with medical clearance from their doctor), and the retreats take place over two and a half days at four venues, one in the UK, one in Scotland, one in Northern Ireland and the other in the Republic of Ireland.
“The whole team is excited to be returning to four fantastic venues,” said programme coordinator Sue Hunter. “A warm welcome awaits the many brave ladies we hope to introduce to Casting for Recovery’s special brand of therapy.”
Places on the retreats are allocated by ballot and are subject to medical clearance.
To apply CLICK HERE:
This years IDAHOBIT Day drew a larger crowd than usual to the Old Steine in Brighton on Friday, May 17. IDAHOBIT commemorates the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. In 86 countries globally, homosexual acts remain illegal while in many countries lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and those who identify as trans (LGBT) are sometimes murdered simply for their sexuality or gender identity. The theme of this years IDAHOBIT Day was mental health.
It was unfortunate that the event played out to a background of live musicians playing to a handful of alcohol drinkers outside the Spiegeltent also on the Old Stein this year.
The Rainbow Chorus opened and closed the event. Guest speakers included Simon Kirby MP (Conservative), Caroline Lucas MP (Greens), Police Crime Commissioner Kay Bourne, Cllr Warren Morgan (new Labour group Leader on Brighton & Hove Council), Cllr Dee Simpson (Conservative deputy leader on Brighton & Hove Council) and Cllr Bill Randall the Mayor of Brighton and Hove.
Speakers from the community included: Simon Dowe chief executive of the Sussex Beacon; Kate Web and Becky from MindOut; David Pleavin from the student union; Stephanie Scott from The Clare Project; Rory Smith the LGBT Liaison Officer for Sussex Police; Candice Armah a BME student union rep; Jo Rowland Stuart from Regard; Malcolm Short from LGBT Switchboard; Ludy Roper from Brighton Bothways; Stephen and Lucas from Allsorts youth project; Sarah Savage from Trans Pride and Maria Baker from the LGBT Community Safety Forum.
The event was organised by the LGBT Community Safety Forum and hosted by its chair, Billie Lewis. Half way through the event everyone present engaged in a minute of noise and there was a balloon launch at the end of the event. The Terrence Higgins Trust outreach service provided hot drinks.
To mark the day Brighton & Hove City Council flew the rainbow flag from it headquarters at Kings House in Hove. Barclays Bank marked the day with posters and rainbow flags in all their Brighton Branches.
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