Video documentary about PrEP being screened tonight in central Brighton.
The Medical Research Council, Terrence Higgins Trust, Sigma Research and ReShape are screening a video documentary about PrEP directed by Nicholas Feustel.
Following the screening there will be an open discussion on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with a panel of community experts.
The event is open for everyone to attend and will take place at the Friends’ Meeting House, Ship Street Brighton BN1 1AF from 6.30pm this evening, Tuesday, August 25.
Go along and find out more about PrEP, why we need it, how effective it is and what are the next steps for access in the UK.
Event: Screening of PROUD and PrERared
Where: Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF
Rome, AD 108. What, or who is the mysterious Satyr of Capri? Rare statue, man, or monster? Why do danger and death stalk all who are connected with the elusive secret? The story follows new friends and lovers Quintus and Rufio who are unwittingly embroiled in the quest for the truth. From the mansions of the rich to the teeming underbelly of the world’s mightiest city, braving the violence and tasting the endless sensuous pleasures thrown at them, the boys risk all to unravel the secret of the Satyr.
If you like a bit of toga ripping, temple orgy, Latin boy banging, classical pillar peeping action then Satyr is the perfect holiday book of choice. It reminded me of a Nancy Drew Mysteries but more Gay Pulp Hard-On Boys than Hardy Boys and set in the classical capital of the Roman Empire heaving with fit, energetic lads and huge sexy men trying to sort out their feelings for each other while mysterious, sexual and possibly monstrously supernatural things are occurring, or is all quite what it seems…..
Plunge into the world of Imperial Rome where debauchery, cruelty, envy and greed, grisly legends and disaster beneath the cliffs of Capri are everyday events. The plot is heaving with undercover deals and urban gang warfare which all combines to a hot, erotic charged anachronistic roller coaster ride bursting with sex and action.
Zack is better known for his explicit gay comic strips from the seventies, inspired by his very own erotic fantasies. Zack designed numberless comic strips for British magazines like HIM, Vulcan, and Teenage Dream. These books, although with only a few small illustrations continue his established tradition of never leaving a sexy scene unexploited, a hot scene unexplored and a toga un-lifted. The Satyr of Capri follows on and is set in the same place and time as his previous book Deadly Circus of Desire: Boys of Imperial Rome, if you read that, you’ll love this and for some laid back one-handed reading Zack delivers the necessary charge page after page and there’s a lot of them in this 319 page adventure. The historical setting is recognisable although more Smutty Spartacus than British Museum but hey, this ain’t the Time Team so relax and enjoy this new gay pulp offering from this erotically charged author.
A new Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report shows the impact of public service failures and poor complaint handling in the NHS in England and UK government departments can have on the public.
The report contains a snapshot of complaints investigated between December 2014 and January 2015.
It includes the cases of three people whose deaths could have been avoided, nine asylum seekers who waited years for a decision on their application, multiple examples of inadequate end of life care and seven cases of poor care during pregnancy and maternity.
During the period of the report the Ombudsman made final decisions on a total of 556 complaints, of which 201 were upheld or partially upheld and 300 were not upheld.
The investigations into the avoidable deaths that feature in the report found that lives could possibly have been saved if doctors and nurses had taken more time to act in line with guidance and good practice, and if they had provided better care to their patients.
In one example of poor end of life care a woman in her twenties had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, but her palliative care was badly managed at a hospital in East Sussex. In particular, nursing staff did not respond quickly enough when she was distressed. She suffered unnecessary levels of pain and sickness at the end of her life as a result, which was also very upsetting for her family
Julie Mellor
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor, said; “Often people complain to us because they don’t want someone else to go through what they or their loved one went through. This report shows the types of unresolved complaints we receive and the human cost of that poor service and complaint handling. Many of the complaints that come to us should have been resolved by the organisation complained about. Complaints provide an opportunity for learning and improvements and should be embraced at all levels of the organisation from the Board to the frontline.”
Approximately 80% of its investigations are about the NHS in England and 20% are about UK government departments and their agencies. Almost half of all complaints about the NHS in England were about or partially about dissatisfaction in how complaints were handled.
Government plans to increase apprentice numbers by 2020 will fail, according to training providers and businesses with training academies in England.
As 16 year olds receive their GSCE results last week, research just published has revealed some scepticism as to whether the government’s new plans to increase apprentice numbers will succeed as planned.
The research showed that FE colleges and businesses believe that they will struggle to recruit the numbers and quality of apprentices that are needed to sustain economic growth over the next five years with education cuts, poor careers advice, and schools keeping pupils on longer to maintain funding are all identified as contributing factors.
The survey, which was conducted by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) found that the majority of training providers welcomed the Government’s ambition to increase apprenticeships to 3 million, but feared that other policies will make it impossible to achieve. The IMI represents the £152 billion a year retail motor industry, which needs 12,000 apprentices a year to stand still.
78% of respondents said that careers advice, which has been provided in schools on an ad hoc basis since 2012, is unhelpful at best. Only 10% think that advice offered by the National Careers Service has any impact on apprentice recruitment.
Anecdotal evidence collected as part of the survey points to a lack of understanding in schools of the technical and academic requirements of an apprenticeship.
For example, 84% said that most applicants do not have the required academic grades. Most businesses reported that the employability of prospective trainees sent to them by schools was poor, with many saying that they would rather employ migrant workers than take on an apprentice.
All respondents agreed that the current situation is set to get much worse now that the education participation age has been raised to 18 in England. It is not widely understood by parents or young people that this is not restricted to school, and apprentice trainers report that schools are hoarding students and withholding information about vocational training at 16.
Steve Nash
IMI CEO Steve Nash, said;“With funding for education set to be squeezed, employers and training providers in the motor industry are voicing fears that they will lose out in the race for the best learners. Schools will seek to keep as many ‘paying’ students in 6th form as possible. They need only to ration information about alternatives and the already small talent pool available to fill apprenticeship vacancies will be drained.
“The Government has pledged to increase the number of apprenticeships to 3 million by 2020, but with skills shortages starting to appear in every sector of the economy this looks like a conservative ambition. The leaving age problem raises serious questions over its ability to hit even this target without investing in a serious careers advice programme, which it is currently refusing to do.”
Clonezone and Soho based Ku Bar join forces to raise funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK and launch Project SOAKED, the brain child of photographer Mark Lister.
Project SOAKED is a visual venture from the award-winning photographer, showcasing striking portraits in a calendar and hard back photo book of men amidst a downpour of water.
Lister launched the project to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer with all proceeds going to Prostate Cancer UK.
SOAKED is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK and educate men on Prostate Cancer, including how to examine themselves.
Actor, TV presenter and winner of Celebrity Rising Star at the British LGBT Awards, Andrew Hayden-Smith will be playing an exclusive DJ set to entertain London’s glitterati and the models featured in the project who will also be present.
The evening will mark the launch of the limited edition calendar and book which will be available exclusively in Clonezone stores across the country.
Clonezone’s marketing manager Topher Taylor, said:“It’s important to us to support Project Soaked and assist Mark in his efforts to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK.”
“We’ve found as a company that a surprisingly low-number of men know the basic facts of Prostate Cancer, including not knowing how to examine themselves for symptoms. We are excited to build a long-term relationship with Project Soaked, with 100% of proceeds from the calendar going directly to the cause”.
The event will take place at Ku Bar, the award winning gay bar on Lisle Street in the centre of London’s Soho on August 29, from 8pm
For more information about the project, click here:
David Hill’s final show for 2015 will be spectacular evening of entertainment at Proud Cabaret in Kemptown to benefit Chestnut Tree House, the children’s hospice charity.
David will be joined for a night of music, comedy and cabaret by the small lady with the massive voice, Krissie Ducann and Shel Macrae, ex lead singer of the Fortunes.
Doors open at 7pm, entry just £10, for tickets telephone 01273 719 759.
Limited Editions returns to the Lewes Art Trial at Venue Number 6 at the end of August.
Pat Thornton and guest artists including Karen Tilley, Karen Wraith, Rachael Adams and Robert Littleford will be showing a variety of paintings, limited edition prints, video installation and small batch artefacts.
For more information about Artwave 2015, click here:
Event: Artwave 2015: Lewes: Limited Editions at Venue Number 6
Where: 52 Winterbourne Close, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1JZ
When: Saturday August 29, Sunday 30 August 30, Monday August 31, Saturday September 5, Sunday September 6
The Sussex Beacon refreshes its look – vote for your favourite design!
Brighton based HIV charity, The Sussex Beacon, are asking supporters to help them decide on their new look.
The charity has joined forces with design agency Oliver & Graimes to help bring The Sussex Beacon’s image up to date. Oliver & Graimes have offered to refresh The Sussex Beacon’s brand for free and hope to help the Beacon show that people living with HIV have changing needs and that The Sussex Beacon’s services have adapted to reflect these needs.
Since The Sussex Beacon centre opened in 1992, the services that the charity offers has changed considerably. The centre opened in 1992 when UK AIDs related deaths were rising steadily and the charities services were focused around end of life care.
Now, due to significant advances in drug treatments, the charity offers a range of services to help support people affected by HIV to lead independent and healthy lives.
Jason Warriner, Lead Nurse at The Sussex Beacon, says;“People living with HIV have very different needs now than they did when we first opened our centre. Because of this the services we offer now are very different to the ones we ran when we first opened. We hope that our new look helps to reflect that we are changing and adapting to meet the needs of people living with HIV”.
The Sussex Beacon’s look has been through tweaks and changes in the past. This next update will be the next stage in the journey and will help the charity to reach new service users and supporters, as well as being an exciting time for existing ones.
Simon Dowe
Simon Dowe, CEO at The Sussex Beacon, says;“We want our current supporters, service users and volunteers to help us decide on our new look. Oliver and Graimes have developed two options and we think that the final decision should be down to the people that have helped us make The Sussex Beacon what it is today. The brand refresh is a considerable gift and we are incredibly grateful to Oliver & Graimes for supporting us in this way.”
The winning design will be announced at The Sussex Beacon’s Annual General Meeting at 6:30pm to 8pm on Wednesday, September 30 at The Sussex Beacon. It will also be announced on the charities website and social media.
In what appears as a direct challenge to Russia’s anti-gay laws, a film festival sponsored by the American Embassy in Moscow has added gay-themed movie I am Michael to its lineup of screenings.
I am Michael
The drama, starring Zachary Quinto and James Franco as a gay couple, has been announced as a late addition to the lineup of the Amfest Festival, which runs from September 16-27 in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The American Embassy in Russia is a main sponsor of the festival, which highlights new American independent cinema.
In light of the Russia’s anti-gay laws, which make illegal the promotion to minors of a gay lifestyle and other so-called gay propaganda, the decision to screen I Am Michael appears more of a political, rather than artistic decision by the organisers and backers of Amfest.
The film, tells the true story of a gay activist (Franco), who, after a health scare, “is saved” from his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor with a girlfriend.
I Am Michael debuted in Sundance this year and was also screened in Berlin.
While Russia’s anti-gay “propaganda” law does not explicitly ban films with gay content, nor criminalise homosexuality, but any positive depiction of a homosexual lifestyle to those under 18 is now a crime in the country.
Since the Anti-Gay legislation was adopted, LGBT-themed films have been screened at Russian festivals, but screenings have often been disrupted by anti-gay protestors.
British period comedy Pride, which follows a gay rights group in Britain supporting the striking miners in 1984, is currently playing in Russia, the first gay-themed film to hit the country’s movie theaters in two years.
Revenge and Bar Revenge on Brighton seafront install, SCANNET a computerised system to ID customers and help create a safer environment in both venues for patrons to enjoy themselves.
SCANNET
To register, all you need to do is take along your passport, driving license or CitizenCard, have it scanned in the high-tech computer along with your finger print, then each time you visit the venues you just put your finger in the machine and it ID’s you.
If you don’t want the computer to hold your information when you leave the venue each evening you can ask for it to be erased, but if you do this the next time you go to the venue you will have to take your passport, driving license or CitizenCard ID along with you again and re-register to gain entry.
The purpose of the exercise is to create a safer environment in both venues for people to enjoy themselves, stop anyone underage entering the premises, stop anyone on the Brighton Crime Reduction Partnership offenders list entering the venues as well as any known offenders from throughout the UK.
Andrew Roberts, general manager at both venues, said:“We are working with the police to make both venues safer and more comfortable places to be and to make the job of the door security and bar staff easier.”
The computers have been installed at other venues along Brighton seafront. As well as establishing peoples identities the computers warn each venue about known trouble makers being ejected or refused entry to other premises who also have the system installed.
As 16 year olds receive their GSCE results last week, research just published has revealed some scepticism as to whether the government’s new plans to increase apprentice numbers will succeed as planned.
Brighton based HIV charity, The Sussex Beacon, are asking supporters to help them decide on their new look.
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