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International Women’s Day 2024: Interview with Astrid

Today, Friday, 8 March 2024, is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. IWD ...
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Sussex primary care staff invited to our free healthcare inclusion webinar

We’re inviting primary care staff across Sussex to attend our free Introduction to Inclusion in Healthcare webinar. Scheduled to run from 1pm to 2pm on Wednesday, 27 March 2024, the session will give participants an opportunity ...
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Shutterly Fabulous develops new customer offer to help Switchboard

Hove-based business Shutterly Fabulous have kindly agreed to extend an arrangement under which they donate £50 to us for every order received from customers with a BN postcode. The company, a leading seller and fitter of ...
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New app package keeps treasured LGBTQ+ memories alive for people living with dementia

New app package keeps treasured LGBTQ+ memories alive for people living with dementia The memories of LGBTQ+ community members from across the globe have been captured in a new app package designed to help people living ...
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LGBT+ History Month: Interview with Charlotte, one of our trustees

For our fourth and final interview marking LGBT+ History Month 2024, we’ve had a chat with one of our trustees, Charlotte Fiander (she/her). Our conversation is set out below. We hope you enjoy reading it. Please ...
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FemFest 2024: Have you got your tickets yet?

Have you got your tickets for this year’s FemFest, Brighton’s only arts festival made by and for people who are AFAB (assigned female at birth), non-binary and trans? Don’t worry if you haven’t, because you still ...
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LGBT+ History Month: Interview with Reuben, our Social Prescriber

For the third in our series of interviews marking LGBT+ History Month, we’ve had a chat with one of our staff, Reuben Davidson (he/him). Our conversation with him is detailed below. We hope you enjoy it. ...
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LGBT+ History Month: Interview with helpline volunteer Michele

For the second in our series of interviews marking LGBT+ History Month, we’ve had a chat with one of our volunteers, Michele (she/they), who works on our helpline. Our conversation with them is detailed below. We ...
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Urgent: LGBTQ+ people from Crawley needed for research for NHS

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. ...
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