News and Events

Saturday 13th - 20th October marks Hate Crime Awareness Week 2018. Even though many of us would like to think LGBTQ+ people in Britain are safer than ever, hate crime against LGBTQ+ communities is still a big ...

Switchboard, MindOut and Allsorts have teamed up to support the Brighton & Hove trans community and allies to help reform the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and speak up for trans rights. Together we’ve made this quick and easy guide to ...

We have recently reviewed our helpline hours and made the decision to close our Saturday evening shift for the time being.  Our caller statistics tell us that this is a time in the week when demand ...

This month the Government announced the long awaited consultation for the reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA). This is a piece of legislation which allows trans people to legally change their gender, and came into ...

Switchboard is delighted to be one of three LGBT+ charities chosen by Tesco for their Bags of Help grant. This scheme gives community projects like us grants of up to £8000 – all raised from the ...

In the run up to Brighton and Hove’s Trans Pride season, Allsorts, MindOut and Switchboard wanted to make a joint statement to show our support for trans communities and trans and/or non-binary individuals. As LGBTQ charities ...

Switchboard are so saddened to hear the news about Arthur Law death. Arthur was actively involved with Switchboard in the late 1990s and the legacy of his work lives on today through the various projects exist ...

This week sees the launch of our new logo and brand and we took a few minutes to talk to Daniel our CEO about the new look. Can you tell us about how the new look ...

This week Switchboard is unveiling our new branding, and launching our new look.     As a small LGBTQ charity that has been operating in the City for 43 years, we feel that this new branding ...