Switchboard is urgently appealing for LGBTQ+ people from Crawley to take part in research for the NHS. We need three people for a study designed to help the NHS improve its healthcare research for our community. Participants will be required to be interviewed by an LGBTQ+ researcher for 45 minutes to an hour between 5… Continue Reading Urgent: LGBTQ+ people from Crawley needed for research for NHS
Today, Thursday, 1 February 2024, is the beginning of LGBT+ History Month. This annual event was founded in 2004 to enable the LGBTQ+ community to claim our past, celebrate our present and create our future. It’s a dedicated opportunity for us to share our rich and diverse history so everyone can learn more. To mark… Continue Reading Mehul kick-starts our celebration of LGBT+ History Month
A Switchboard expert has attended a parliamentary reception to celebrate a fund which supports projects that provide a safety net for survivors of domestic abuse. Astrid Palmer (pictured), an LGBTQ+ specialist independent domestic violence advocate, was among guests invited to the House of Commons event by Labour MP Jess Phillips. The reception highlighted the work… Continue Reading Switchboard expert Astrid attends Parliament to celebrate DA safety net
Switchboard is excited to welcome five new trustees and invite people from our trans, non-binary and intersex communities to join them on our Board. Our new trustees and their role We’re delighted to welcome: Lucy Cryan (she/her) Lucy is a chartered accountant focussed on forensic accountancy and financial risk management, with experience of advising companies… Continue Reading We’re welcoming five new trustees – and inviting TNBI people to join them
LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are being invited to attend new free weekly peer support group sessions in central Brighton. The sessions are part of a new service called IRIS, or International Rainbow Inclusion Service, which has been set up by Switchboard and fellow Brighton-based charity Conversation Over Borders. The service aims to provide… Continue Reading LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants invited to IRIS meet-ups
Switchboard will receive an incredible £1,881 of the funds raised by the 2023 Santa Bus tour, it has been revealed. Brighton & Hove Buses, which organised the 20th annual fundraiser for 20 charities over 20 nights, said our share would come from total proceeds worth £37,620.05. Jason Saw, Switchboard’s Interim Chief Executive, said: “This is… Continue Reading Switchboard to receive £1,881 from 2023 Santa Bus tour
Our helpline will be open throughout the Christmas and New Year period, including on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The service will be available from Monday to Thursday, December 25 to 28 and January 1 to 4 inclusive. If you need us, please get in touch on these dates between 7pm and… Continue Reading Our helpline will be open throughout Christmas and New Year
Switchboard is inviting LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic abuse to welcome 2024 at our free January Survivor Space event. Our Domestic Abuse team will host the session from 1pm until 3pm on Wednesday 17 January at Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG. They will invite group members to discuss the new year and consider… Continue Reading January Survivor Space open for bookings
APPLICATIONS FOR THE FUNDING OUTLINED BELOW ARE NOW CLOSED Grassroots groups in Brighton and Hove are being encouraged to apply for funding for projects that improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people. What funding is available? Switchboard, in partnership with the Communities Health Inequalities Programme (CHIP), is offering grants of between £50 and £5,000… Continue Reading Grassroots groups urged to apply for health and wellbeing grants
We’re super-excited because Father Christmas is making his way through Brighton and Hove on the Santa Bus while raising money for 20 charities – including Switchboard. This is the 20th year he has made the journey with Brighton & Hove Buses, travelling in style on an open-topped double-decker decorated with 10,000 lights. As the bus… Continue Reading 20th Santa Bus raises money for Switchboard
Switchboard is inviting LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic abuse to reflect on 2023 at our free December Survivor Space event. Our Domestic Abuse team will host the session from 11am until 2pm on Monday 18 December at Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG. They will invite group members to mark the end of the… Continue Reading December Survivor Space open for bookings
Switchboard has teamed up with fellow Brighton-based charity Conversation Over Borders (COB) to start a new service for LGBTQ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants – and are inviting people to its free first event. The new service is IRIS, which stands for International Rainbow Inclusion Service. It offers friendly, discreet, weekly social groups and one-to-one… Continue Reading LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and migrants invited to first IRIS event