The Mayor and Mayoress of Brighton & Hove, Cllr Brian and Mrs Nora Fitch hosted a reception at the Mayor’s parlour this evening to show their support for Brighton Pride.
Pride directors, Dulcie Weaver & Paul Kemp, Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Inspector Tony Lumb & Superintendent Nev Kemp
The purpose of the event was to thank this years Pride organisers and show they had the full support of the City Council and Sussex Police.
In his speech the Mayor thanked Pride Directors, Paul Kemp and Dulcie Weaver for delivering the City’s largest event for the second year running, making special mention of their decision to help the police and council make the St James Street Village Party a safer experience for both residents and visitors alike this year.
Representatives from each of the political parties attended the event along with Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp from Sussex Police, Paul Elgood Chair of the Rainbow Fund and representatives from Tran*Pride.
Teens today face decade of caring according to new stats obtained by the Charity Carers UK.
Teenage girls can expect to provide over nine years unpaid care through their lives for disabled, ill, or older loved ones, whereas boys can expect to provide just over 7.
Carers UK says these figures should be seen as a wake-up call that our ageing population means caring will affect us all.
Heléna Herklots, Chief Executive of Carers UK, said:“Our ageing population means that future generations will see caring for loved ones have an even greater impact on their lives. Today’s teenagers will face almost a decade of caring throughout their lives. These figures should be a wake-up call – showing that our ageing population means we will all care at some point in our lives. But currently families are not getting enough support to care for older parents or ill relatives – too many are forced to give up work, risking financial hardship and exhaustion as they care without the help they need.”
Duty of care to an older or disabled loved one is most likely to happen during our 50s and 60s. Carers Uk says that the new figures show we will all spend a signicant proportion of our lives and retirement caring for another.
According to the new ONS figures on ‘unpaid care expectancies’, women aged 50 can expect to provide almost six years of the rest of their lives caring, and men just under five years.
Ms Herklots added:“This radical shift in family life necessitates a shift in the support provided by care services and workplaces. Just as the last generation fought for a step-change in how young parents are supported with childcare – we must now see a shift in how employers and social care services support families to combine caring for older or disabled loved ones.”
Carers UK has called for a new settlement for social care funding over concerns that the number of older and disabled people receiving care is falling at a time of rising demand. The group also calls for employers to provide additional flexibility for the 1 in 9 workers combining work and caring responsibilites through a new right that would allow for 5-10 days of paid care live.
Zimmer Stewart Gallery to exhibit the work of Sir Terry Frost during Arundel Festival.
Terry Frost: See Cyclists, Battersea (1947)
As part of the Arundel Festival and Gallery Trail exhibition the Zimmer Stewart Gallery will be presenting a review of work by Sir Terry Frost, RA (1915-2003).
In collaboration with his estate, the gallery will show paintings using oil, goache and watercolour as well as works on paper and prints.
James Stewart, gallery director, says:“We have worked with Anthony Frost for a number of years, and now also Luke Frost, so it made sense to look back at the work of Terry Frost for the Arundel Festival and review his work in this context and close the centenary of his birth.”
“We have had unique access to select works which have not been seen for some time, and also pieces which people may not immediately associate with Sir Terry Frost, RA.”
With a career lasting over 60 years, Terry Frost is recognised as one of the UK’s foremost abstract painters, exhibiting regularly in London and throughout the world.
Having attended evening art classes from the age of 16, Terry Frost’s interest in painting started seriously when interned as a prisoner of war in Germany in 1943 with Adrian Heath. After the war he moved to St Ives and studied under Leonard Fuller at Camberwell school, or art under Passmore and Coldstream. In 1951 he worked as an assistant to Barbara Hepworth.
Terry Frost has held many teaching positions including Bath Academy, Leeds University, Leeds College of Art before becoming Artist in Residence at the department of Fine Art Reading University in 1965, later he was appointed the University’s Professor of Painting.
The owners of Badcock’s Gallery, in Sir Terry’s home town of Newlyn, said:“His unique ability to allow the joy of life to emanate from his work reduces the formal qualities of painting to a simplicity that is the unforgettable trade mark of this remarkable man.”
Printmaking always played a key role in his work. For Terry Frost painting and printing were inseparable, with one medium creating ideas for the other.
Elected a Royal Academician in 1992, he was knighted in 1998. He exhibited extensively in Britain and the United States, and his work is held in museums and galleries worldwide, including Tate Britain, the Victoria and Albert and the British Museum.
In 2000 the Royal Academy staged a major retrospective of Frost’s work to coincide with his 85th birthday.
In 2013 Terry Frost: A Painter’s Life was published to mark ten years since Terry Frost’s death. The author Roger Bristow has written the first full-length biography of the artist. The Zimmer Stewart Gallery will have signed copies available during the exhibition.
In early 2015 Tate St Ives will exhibit works by Terry Frost to mark the centenary of his birth.
For more imformation about the gallery, CLICK HERE:
What:A review of the work of Sir Terry Frost
Where: Zimmer Stewart Gallery, 29 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9DG
With just one month to go to Brighton Pride a group of Pride Makers prepare fundraising buckets ready to shake on the Brighton Pride Community Parade.
Pride Makers at Prestamex House
Twelve Pride Makers spent Saturday afternoon in the new offices of the LGBT Community Groups Network in Prestamex House on Preston Road, putting new labels onto the fundraising buckets that volunteers will shake on the Brighton Pride Community Parade on August 2. Some of the volunteers came from as far afield as Bexhill on Sea and Worthing.
Pride Maker Debbie Wheatley explains why she volunteers for Pride: “I love being in Brighton and living my life in a non judgemental city. I want to give something back and this is the best way I can do it. Thank you Brighton Pride for everything you do for us all.”
There are many opportunies to volunteer for Pride and get a free ticket for the Preston Park event.
You can shake a bucket on the parade. You can carry the 60 metre Rainbow Flag or one of the 78 placards highlighting the countries were it remains illegal to be LGBT.
If you want to get involved and volunteer for Pride, CLICK HERE:
Students develop award-winning app to support young people in the LGBTQ+ community.
A team of students from Stratford Girls’ Grammar School in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, have won an award at the prestigious national Apps for Good Awards, held on June 23 at the Barbican in London.
The Stratford Girls’ Grammar School students’ app, ‘I’m Okay’, won the Information category, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, following an intensive pitching process to a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and high profile figures.
‘I’m Okay’ is designed to provide support and advice to young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
The national Apps for Good Awards celebrate the next generation of problem solvers and digital creators: students who have created an app that tackle an everyday problem or issue they are passionate about.
The app creation and award-win marks the completion of the Apps for Good course by the students involved. Provided free of charge to transform the way technology is taught in schools, the Apps for Good course is designed to empower students aged 10-18 to seize the opportunities of our digital age and create solutions to the problems they care about, using technology. Apps for Good, a registered charity, provides the course content, training and connections to expert volunteers and then lets teachers do what they are best at – inspiring and guiding young people.
The Stratford Girls’ Grammar School students will now work with a development agency to launch their app onto the market in January 2015, with the support of Apps for Good and category sponsor, Thomson Reuters.
Emily Bowes, student, Stratford Girls’ Grammar School said:“I’m extremely glad we won, though I’m not sure it’s completely hit me yet! The competition was a wonderful experience and winning was just amazing. I’m very happy with the result.”
Simon Reid, head of computing at Stratford Girls’ Grammar School, was also named Teacher of the Year at the Awards ceremony.
Simon said: “I’m incredibly proud to have won this award. Not only for myself; but also on behalf of the incredible students I work with, who make my job so worthwhile and rewarding.”
Debbie Forster, UK managing director of Apps for Good, commented:“The competition this year has been fierce; for their app to stand out above the rest is testament to their hard work, creativity and innovation through technology, but also to the valuable skills they have developed such as problem solving, team work and communication. For us, this is fantastic as this is the whole idea behind the Apps for Good course: to teach not only the fundamentals of coding and literacy, but also these transferable life skills which will set them up for success in the 21st century. We can’t wait to see the finished app get launched on to the market in January!”
Bob Schukai, head of Advanced Product Innovation at category sponsor, Thomson Reuters, said: Their app, ‘I’m Okay’, really stood out for its innovative design and creative solutions, and we are excited to work with the team to bring the app to market. At Thomson Reuters, we value developing technologies, talent, and innovative thinking, which is why we are so proud to sponsor the Information category and to continue to support this amazing organisation.”
Drag acts from the past and present will be donning their highest heels and most glamorous gowns for a special fundraising event being held next month.
Betty Legs Diamond
On Sunday July 13, Boulevard cabaret club, Churchill Street, Newcastle, will be taking visitors on a journey through the history of drag for a special evening of entertainment in aid of leading LGBT charity, Northern Pride who organise Newcastle Pride.
The aptly-named Dragged Through the Generations, which is open to ages 18 and above, will feature performances by some of the North East’s best-loved female impersonators, many of whom have been working the circuit for years.
This includes Anna Morphic and October De Winter, who were crowned Drag Idol winners in 2013 and 2014 respectively, along with Boulevard’s own Betty Legs Diamond and compere Miss Rory.
MIss Rory
Proceeds from the event, which is being held in the build up to the annual Newcastle Pride festival, will be donated directly to Northern Pride to help promote equality for the LGBT community and ensure the popular Pride festival remains free in future years.
Mark Nichols, Chair of Northern Pride, said:“Northern Pride and its annual Newcastle Pride festival rely heavily on the support of sponsors and individual donations to continue to promote equality and inclusion for all.
“Events like Dragged Through the Generations are a great way of bringing all branches of the North East community together and raising vital funds while having a fabulous time.”
Tickets for Dragged Through the Generations, priced at £5 standing and £10 seated, are available direct from Boulevard on 0191 2507068 or CLICK HERE:
To find out the line-up for Newcastle Pride, CLICK HERE:
A free one-day yoga festival, believed to be the first in Brighton, will take place this summer in the heart of Kemptown.
The Brighton Yoga Festival, which takes place in and around St George’s Church, Kemptown, on July 26, 2014, is a full day aimed at those completely new to yoga as well as seasoned yogis. Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton Pavilion is due to open the festival.
Co-founder of the festival Davy Jones, is also the Green parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown.
He said:“The aim of the Brighton Yoga Festival is, more than anything else, to give a taste of yoga to people who are curious but have never actually tried it before. There will be free beginner and taster sessions, demonstrations and workshops throughout the day for adults and children, covering a number of different yoga styles, from Vinyasa Flow to Ashtanga, supported by the major yoga schools and teachers from across Brighton and Hove.”
Co-founder Mikaela Perera added:“As well as yoga sessions, the interior of St George’s Church will have a music stage, featuring a number of live performers, plus areas dedicated to massage and other therapies, as well as stalls selling street food. And the cafe will be serving vegetarian food all day, going exclusively vegetarian from 2pm. A by-donation creche will also be available all day to make it easy for everyone to try yoga.”
Tasters of the Brighton Yoga Festival will be happening in the run-up to the festival, as flash mobs will be popping up unexpectedly on the streets of the city.
The Brighton Yoga Festival itself will run from 9am - 5.30pm on Saturday, July 26 at St George’s Church, St George’s Road, Kemptown.
Entry and yoga sessions and therapies will all be free of charge.
The festival is not-for-profit and raffle tickets will be on sale throughout the day, as well as collections in charity buckets, with proceeds donated to two local charities, LifeLines and Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project.
A fully inclusive LGBTQ night of fabulous music and comedy at The Basement.
Acts appearing include Rosie Wilby, VG Lee, Claire Parker, Jonwayne Connolly, Chick Atkinson and Judy Theobald.
Rosie Wilby said of the event:“I’m excited to be involved with the event as its a great venue and I’m a fan of VG Lee who is also on the bill. Its great to raise money for Brighton Pride which is always huge fun (apart from when you need a wee!)”.
Award-winning performers doing their thing with style for a cause with purpose. What could be better than that?
The evening is hosted by Annabel Pribelszki.
There will be a cash only licensed bar and raffle with fantastic prizes!
The venue is accessible with a stairlift for manual wheelchair users
What the papers say:
Rosie Wilby:“A solid gold half hour … a lesbian Eddie Izzard.” Diva Magazine
“VG Lee is funny, smart, clever, witty, not afraid to be honest and poignant at the same time.”Stella Duffy.
“Claire Parker, lesbian transgender stand-up, provides comic insight, perky sexual politics and a personality somewhere between Jo Brand and Jack Dee.”GScene
Jonwayne Connolly:“Fiercely funny, fresh and yet sentimental. Dave Allen for a new generation.” The Irish Times
What: Charity Cabaret Fundraiser for Brighton Pride
Where: The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
When: Saturday, July 26 2014
Time: Doors 7pm show at 8pm
Tickets: £12 (advance) £14 (on door) £10 (concessions)
To book tickets online, CLICK HERE: Tickets available here
Norman Baker, MP for Lewes has criticised East Sussex County Council about the level of proposed cuts to local bus services announced.
Norman Baker, MP for Lewes
In a bid to save £1.79 million East Sussex County Council has announced a consultation of proposed cuts and alterations to bus services across the county which will see hundreds of people affected.
Routes included in the consultation cover some the rural services in the area, proposing reductions from every 2 hours to a twice weekly service, such as Barcombe – Lewes – Alfriston and the 824 Village Rider service for off peak periods.
Some Lewes local bus routes would see services reduced from a half hourly service to hourly, to include Winterbourne to Lewes Town.
Seaford are facing losing their Sunday service to Eastbourne and reducing the daily hourly service to 2 days a week. People seeking to travel between Tunbridge Wells and Brighton Monday to Saturday of an evening, which includes Ringmer and the Malling area of Lewes, could also lose their service.
Newhaven, which is also braced to lose their last bank being advised to travel to nearby branches, face having their travel plans scuppered as cuts are proposed to the Lewes to Newhaven service, covering much of the Ouse Valley, from an hourly service to a 2 hourly off peak service and the Newhaven Local 145.
Norman said:“I am astounded at these significant proposed cuts to local bus services. This will not only greatly affect how people choose to travel, at a time when we are all being encouraged to use public transport, but for many this is their only link to important services such as medical appointments, education, essential shopping and work. Residents of local villages are particularly at risk from becoming completely isolated without access to public transport.
“These types of cuts are not just an inconvenience but will greatly affect people’s day to day living. I can appreciate the difficult financial challenge, but it is difficult to accept with millions being invested into the Hastings to Bexhill by pass.
“I would encourage East Sussex County Council to listen very carefully to local residents during this consultation and consider the wider impact on people’s lives.”
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