The Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Dee Simson attends Bar Broadway for event in support of Royal British Legion.
THE event on Tuesday, July 31 was organised by Susan Coleman, Staff Champion for LGBT+ and Allies liaison for The Royal British Legion and hosted by Candi Rell.
Elaine Chambers
The evening featured author Elaine Chambers, who was booted out of the armed forces for “unnatural conduct”. Elaine gave a fascinating talk about her coming book Queer Angel followed by CPO Ann Miller-McCaffrey from the Armed Forces Diversity Engagement Team at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who talked about how the armed forces are supporting LGBT+ personnel serving in the forces today.
The Regency Singers
Entertainment was provided by the Regency Singers and a lovely buffet was served by Bar Broadway.
Susan Coleman is well-known on the LGBT+ scene locally and has been instrumental in pushing for an LGBTQ & Allies Branch of the Royal British Legion. A formation meeting is taking place at 2pm on Saturday, September 15 at the Royal British Legion Pop in Centre, 100-101 Queens Rd, Brighton BN1 3XF.
Artists Open Houses Xmas festival announce festival and registration dates.
THE Artists Open Houses Festival in Brighton, Hove and beyond is the largest event of its kind in the UK, with approximately 200 houses and studio spaces opening their doors to the public during the May festival exhibiting the work of over 1,200 artists. More artists than ever took part in the 2018 May Festival.
Registration for artists and makers wishing to take part in the festival will open on August 22 and close in early October.
The Artists Open Houses Xmas Festival 2018 will run over the weekends:
♦ November 24 and 25
♦ December 1 and 2
♦ December 8 and 9
Houses may open for all or a selection of these dates.
Artist Open Houses (AOH) help artists connect with audiences in self-curated, non-traditional art spaces. This usually means visiting artists’ own homes, offering festival-goers an exclusive snapshot of how creatives live in this vibrant and creative city.
Anyone living in the 01273 telephone area can take part in the Artists Open Houses (AOH) festival as an Open House venue. Registration costs can be shared by all the artists exhibiting in one venue, meaning that taking part in the festival as a venue can be affordable for everyone.
Those wishing to take part in the festival as an artist rather than as a venue (including those living outside of the 01273 telephone area) can take part as a guest artist, exhibiting their work in someone else’s Open House.
Judy Stevens, Artists Open Houses Festival Director says:“Artists Open Houses are a great and affordable way for artists to exhibit their work, whether established artists or those just setting out on their careers. Artists Open Houses connect artists and makers with an audience of art-lovers, buyers and industry professionals – and is also fun to take part in, exhibiting with your friends in your own home.”
New training tools developed for professionals to remedy inequalities, barriers and discrimination faced by LGBT+ people when accessing health services.
AS PART of a consortium led by the Verona University Hospital, the University of Brighton helped develop the tools along with researchers, experts and activists in the lesbian, gay bisexual, trans and intersex communities.
The €500,000 EU-funded pilot project Health4LGBTI ran 12 focus groups in six EU member states to gather data and evidence.
The project has now concluded with the production of new training modules for health professionals. To view them online, click here:
The University of Brighton’s research team, led by Dr Nigel Sherriff with Dr Laetitia Zeeman, Professor Kath Browne (formerly at the University), and Dr Nick McGlynn, was part of a consortium contracted by the European Commission to explore health needs and challenges faced by LGBT+ people and to analyse barriers faced by health professionals when providing care for LGBT+ people.
The study, which was launched in March 2016, aimed to improve understanding of how best to reduce inequalities and focused on discrimination and unfair treatment. Other countries involved in the study were Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, and Poland.
Its report said: “LGBTI people continue to experience stigma and discrimination combined with social isolation and limited understanding, leading to significant barriers in terms of accessing health and social care services. These experiences can translate into a risk of depression, suicide and self‐harm, violence, substance misuse and HIV infection.”
The study produced a number of findings and reports including a focus on inequalities, two focus group studies, a manual for trainers, a training video and an evaluation report.
LGBT+ people and healthcare professionals involved agreed that mandatory training around LGBT+ issues is needed by all staff in healthcare services.
The study, part of a 24-month project launched in 2016, is funded by the European Parliament and is being carried on behalf of the European Commission.
Nigel Sherriff
Nigel Sherriff said:“This project has drawn attention to the unfair and unnecessary health inequalities experienced by many LGBT+ people across Europe. The training we have developed as a Consortium, is a crucial tool in addressing and reducing these inequalities in healthcare settings.
“The next step for the project is to ensure that the evidence-based outputs including the innovative project training is incorporated into the pre-registration training for health professionals as well as into the continuing professional development of these same health professionals
“We are already seeing the project outputs having an impact with changes to the curriculums for health professionals, as well as changing policies and practices in health systems themselves across the six partner countries…the next steps as a Consortium is to look at how this innovative training can be rolled out across all EU Member States and beyond.”
Other members of the Health4LGBTI Team were: Francesco Amaddeo, Sophie Aujean, Ruth Davis, Valeria Donisi, Francesco Farinella, Cathrine Festersen, Lorenzo Gios, Massimo Mirandola, Michał Pawlęga, Anne Pierson, Nuno Pinto, Magdalena Rosinska, Marcin Rodzinka, Juliette Sanchez-Lambert, Marta Niedźwiedzka-Stadnik, and Karolina Zakrzewska.
For more information about Health4LGBTI, click here:
Waiyne Brandon and Robert Smith tied the knot after 12 years together, with a HandFasting ceremony at the The Old Rec Cafe on Hove Recreational Ground.
ON August 11, Waiyne and Robert were joined by family and friends at Hove Recreation Ground for a traditional Handfasting ceremony.
Handfasting is a rural folkloric and neopagan custom, initially practised in western European countries. During the ceremony a couples hands are bound together by a celebrant to symbolise their connection and devotion to one another and a broom is waved over their heads to ward off spirits. Following the ceremony the couple and their guests would Jumpthe Broom to symbolise their commitment and willingness to look after each other in their new life together.
Did you enjoy Trans Pride Brighton (TPB) 2018? If you did then become part of the bigger picture by joining their volunteer committee!
TPB organisers are recruiting for a variety of different volunteer roles, and looking for individuals from within the trans/non-binary communities who would like to get involved for the event in 2019.
To register your interest, email a little bit about yourself to grace.cummings@transpridebrighton.org, explain how you might like to help out, with a brief introduction of any relevant experience you may have.
You do not need to have had any work and/or volunteering experience to fulfil many of the roles, just a passion for the engagement and visibility of the trans and non-binary communities.
Time commitment varies throughout the year for different roles, with flexible role-share opportunities available, and many not even require you to live in the Brighton area. You will be volunteering alongside experienced TPB volunteers and Trustees, and will be given support where necessary.
Using ‘Positive Action’, the areas of the organisation they are looking to recruit roles for are: events, fundraising, community engagement, accessibility, administration, sales, stage management, activities, social media and design.
‘Positive Action’ refers to a range of measures and initiatives that organisations can lawfully take to actively encourage individuals from under-represented groups to apply. The selection procedure itself is no different and is be based solely on merit.
Due to the nature of the work, TPB strongly encourages applications from trans, non-binary, gender-fluid and gender non-conforming people. Applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, and people with disabilities are especially welcome.
Fast and furious Music Marathon gives young musicians opportunity to perform at Brighton Dome.
Encore: PE Buckets
BRIGHTON Dome is hosting a special fundraising event for encore and Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival, supporting the next generation of musicians and singer aged 10-25 in Brighton & Hove.
Musicians and singers aged 10-25 will need to register before Monday, September 17 to take part in the Music Marathon, Saturday, November 17: performers will be free to play or sing whatever they like… as long as it’s suitable for a family audience!
Over 4,000 young people of all abilities are taught by Brighton & Hove Music & Arts (BHMA) each week in every Brighton & Hove schools, and encore is the fundraising network for all the young musicians supported by BHMA.
Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival teamed up with BHMA in July 2017, and together they provide music and arts education, performance and touring opportunities for children and young people city-wide.
Bec Britain, Project Manager for Music Marathon, describes the event as “fast, furious and entertaining!”:
“There’s a powerful message in young musicians and singers who’ve received support publicly fundraising to ensure the next generation can have the same opportunities.
“Anyone aged between 10-25 who is confident to perform in front of an audience for 5 or 10 minutes can register. We want this event to be accessible to musicians, singers and music producers and will welcome any genre, so performers can be solo or part of a group and acoustic or amplified (as long as they can plug into a basic backline and play with no sound check!). For performers, this is a great opportunity to play or sing at Brighton Dome (after all, you never know who’s watching) and to be involved in what we hope will be a really dynamic event.
“Our 8-hour marathon is made up of lots of performers each playing short slots back to back. The idea is that they are literally queuing up to perform and handing straight from one to the next. It should create a fast-paced, exciting and surprising musical mix.”
BIMM Brighton are sponsoring and supporting the event: “For 17 years BIMM Brighton have been dedicated to helping talented young musicians from the local area prepare for a long and sustainable career in music. We are proud to support the Brighton Dome Music Marathon and the next generation of musical talent in Brighton & Hove.”
Spectrum QM Hush
The Music Marathon funds will provide support for:
♦ The Hardship Fund for young musicians who could not otherwise afford to be involved in music making and lessons. This includes attending orchestras, ensembles and going on tour.
♦ Orchestra 360, an inclusive ensemble with specialist teaching, adapted instruments and performance opportunities
♦ Master-Classes offering talented young musicians individual tuition that could make all the difference to their future career.
♦ Specialist instruments purchase and maintained for all BHMA ensembles
♦ SPECTRUM music events, nurturing local music talent and providing affordable concerts in a professional setting
♦ Bespoke creative learning projects working with young musicians
SPECTRUM, Brighton Dome’s music project dedicated to nurturing and cultivating Brighton’s vibrant music scene (supported by The Pebble Trust and GM Building) will also be represented on the day, as musicians who have performed at previous SPECTRUM concerts will be returning to Brighton Dome to take part in the Music Marathon themselves.
Event: Music Marathon
Where: Brighton Dome Foyer
When: Saturday, November 17
Time: 10am – 6pm
If you want to register to perform, find out more or get involved, click here:
Performer registration closes Monday, September 17
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