The Autumn Grants Round for The Rainbow Fund is now open, and organisations are invited to submit their grant applications. The Autumn Grants Round is the bigger of the Fund’s two annual grant rounds. Applications are invited from local LGBT and HIV organisations in Brighton and Hove who provide effective front line services to LGBT people in the city.
The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum through their constituted initiative, Accessibility Matters, will be working with Performance Interpreting, to deliver British Sign Language (BSL) at this years Pride event.
Brighton & Hove Police have donated £1500 to the Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum to fund the hire of a High Dependency mobile Unit (HDU) at Pride this summer. The High Dependency Unit is a specialist facility that provides a range of features which makes events accessible for people with moderate to severe disabilities.
Brighton Pride asks for respect for those who will help deliver a safe and amazing Pride festival of events. 2015 sees the launch of the Brighton & Hove Pride Respect Campaign. Working in conjunction with the Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum, the Pride Respect Campaign will celebrate the service providers in the city, ensuring not only a warm welcome but also a respectful appreciation of the work they do to make Pride possible.
After the success of the award-winning accessibility matters initiative at Pride in 2014, access to this years event will be even easier in 2015. Organisers have moved this years Access Tent and Access Gate at the Pride Festival site to the south end of Preston Park making it easier for those with disabilities and mobility requirements to enjoy their day by making entering and exiting the park easier for those with disabilities and additional mobility requirements.
Warren Morgan the Leader of the Labour and Co-operative group on Brighton and Hove City council says a Labour administration under his leadership would be politically not officer led if Labour are elected at next months local elections.
The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum are holding Hustings ahead of this years elections. This is your chance to find out more about the local Councillor Candidates in the local elections, why they are running and what they will do if they are elected. It’s also your chance to ask questions to candidates about why they should be elected and why you should vote for them.
About 65 people attended the first of two LGBT election hustings, organised by The LGBT Community Safety Forum, at The Queens Hotel on Monday April 13. This first one was for Parliamentary Candidates from the three Brighton and Hove Constituencies. The second LGBT election hustings, for candidates who are ward councillors, will be held at the same venue at 7pm to 9pm on Tuesday, April 21.
The Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum is hosting LGBT Hustings ahead of this year’s elections in May. This will be your chance to find out more about your candidates, why they are running and what they will do for you and the LGBT community if they are elected. It is your chance to question the candidates on their records, why they should be re-elected, why you should vote for them and importantly, what positions they have taken since the last elections on issues affecting the LGBT community here in Brighton and Hove, nationally and internationally.
The LGBT Community Safety Forum are holding a one day workshop in personal awareness and safety tomorrow, March 11, to help empower people to develop an awareness of basic defence techniques and demonstrate an understanding of how to implement them. The workshop is open to all members of the LGBT communities in Brighton & Hove including older people and those with physical and learning disabilities.
