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Jimmy Somerville supports anti-bullying charity

Jimmy Somerville
Jimmy Somerville

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Diversity Role Models (DRM) Carnival, which will take place at Café de Paris, London on Thursday, October 24.

Jimmy Somerville will be singing his greatest hits, including Don’t Leave Me This Way, and the Globe Girls, who have previously wowed the likes of Elton John and Naomi Campbell will be present with extravagant wigs, handmade costumes and killer heels!

Christopher Biggins, who returns this year as auctioneer, will be putting a range of prizes under the hammer, including: fine dining with guest speaker Gareth Thomas, a trip to Lapland, a weekend in France, an original black and white lithograph of Picasso’s ‘Eveil’, a signed T-shirt from Andy Murray and a meet-and-greet with Clare Balding.

All proceeds will go towards ensuring DRM can deliver their programme to as many young people as possible and work towards a world in which homophobic bullying is a thing of the past.

EVENT: Diversity Role Models (DRM) Carnival

WHERE: Café de Paris, London

WHEN: Thursday, October 24

COST: To book your tickets, CLICK HERE:

Christopher Biggins
Christopher Biggins

Kemptown MP Kirby calls for report on anti-social behaviour in Woodingdean

Simon Kirby MP
Simon Kirby MP

Brighton Kemptown MP, Simon Kirby, has asked Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police to look into reports of anti-social behaviour in Woodingdean.

Simon, who has been surveying constituents in the area has told the authorities that in the responses to the surveys he has been receiving show that anti-social behaviour is being cited as an issue by a number of residents.

He said:

“I am asking the Police and the City Council what steps are being taken to deal with the issue of anti-social behaviour in the area and how the problem is being managed. People have a right to lead their lives without fear and the threat of intimidation. Noise and general disturbance are being spoken of by constituents who are helpfully returning their survey forms. I hope to hear from the Police and the Council on this matter soon so I can report back to constituents.”

 

Bear Patrol raise just short of £6,000 for Beacon

Bear Patrol Hibernation

Danny Dwyer and Bear Patrol organised a Hibernation Luncheon at the Holiday Inn on Brighton Seafront on Sunday, October 13.

More than 160 people attended the three course luncheon and were joined by the Deputy Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Bill Randall and his wife.

Bear Patrol Hibernation

The event raised just short of £6,000 for the Sussex Beacon who will use the money to decorate one of the corridors in their in-patient unit on the first floor.

Bear Patrol Hibernation

The event was hosted by Mysterry with entertainment provided by vocalists Adam Betteridge, Krissie du Cann, Jennie Castelle, Pool La May and David Raven aka Maisie Trollette who was accompanied on keyboards by Josh Mills.

The auctioneer for the evening was Mark Stacey, the presenter of BBC’s Flog It programme who successfully managed to empty peoples pockets of their cash.

 

 

 

 

Kemptown MP Kirby delivers petition to health secretary

Simon Kirby MP & Jeremy Hunt MP
Simon Kirby MP & Jeremy Hunt MP

Simon Kirby MP delivered his petition calling for redevelopment funding for the Royal Sussex County Hospital, to the Department of Health this afternoon, Tuesday, October 15.

The petition containing 1,000 names from constituents, back his campaign for the Government to release £420million in funding to give Brighton a hospital fit for the 21st Century.

The Royal Sussex County Hospital is Sussex premier hospital but some wards pre-date the era of Florence Nightingale and is in urgent need of replacement.

Concerns have been growing over recent months at the delay in the money being released by the Treasury.

Mr Kirby met with the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, at the Department to hand over the petition.

Simon said:

“I am very pleased that my petition collected almost 1,000 names and it shows how important the Royal Sussex County Hospital is to people in my constituency.

“I have been working closely with the Health Secretary and the Chancellor to make the case for this much needed funding, and they have always been very receptive to the points that I have made. I am grateful to Jeremy Hunt for meeting with me today to take receipt of the petition, and I am sure that the strength of feeling the petition conveys will resonate with him.

“I want to thank all of my constituents who took  the time to contact me over this issue, and I assure them that I will continue to fight for the new hospital Brighton deserves.”

 

Three in four LGB people still don’t report hate crime to police

Stonewall

Major new polling by Stonewall, the LGB equality charity shows that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people remain at serious risk of suffering violent abuse and intimidation in Britain.

Homophobic Hate Crime: The Gay British Crime Survey 2013 looks in detail at the experiences and extent of homophobic hate crimes and incidents in Britain.

The polling of 2,500 people, conducted by YouGov for Stonewall, shows that hate crime remains a serious issue across the country. One in six (17 per cent) lesbian, gay and bisexual people have experienced a hate crime or incident in the last three years.

One in ten (10 per cent) of those who experienced a homophobic hate crime were physically assaulted with almost one in five (18 per cent) victims threatened with violence or the use of force.

Worryingly, more than eight in ten (85 per cent) gay people who suffered a hate crime or incident reported harassment, insults or intimidation.

Stonewall Deputy Chief Executive Ruth Hunt, said:

“Despite radical steps to make police forces more accountable to the public these figures show deeply disturbing levels of violence and intimidation still faced every day by lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain. The fact that two thirds of gay people who experienced a hate crime or incident didn’t report it to anyone shows the scale of the challenge facing our criminal justice system.”

Alex Marshall, Chief Executive of the College of Policing, said:

“The results of this Stonewall survey provide a significant opportunity to review and improve how the police respond to homophobic hate crime. There’s still more to do and we are committed to working with forces, police and crime commissioners and wider stakeholders to ensure we play our part in delivering a better service for victims of homophobic hate crime.”

The research was launched at a seminar at New Scotland Yard this morning, October 15, addressed by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.

Stonewall has also launched a practical guide for police forces on how to protect LGB people.

Protecting lesbian, gay and bisexual people: A practical guide for police forces, sent to all police forces, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, sets out simple and practical steps that police forces can take to enable them to better serve LGB people.

To read the results of the survey, CLICK HERE:   www.stonewall.org.uk/hatecrime

 

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