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Day: October 17, 2014

Local taxi firm raises over £5,000 for the Martlets

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There were happy faces all round at the Martlets this week as Streamline Taxis chairman, John Streeter presented them with a cheque for £5,300.

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John Streeter Chairman of Streamline Taxis presents cheque for £5,300 to Elizabeth Baxter from Martlets Hospice

The money had been raised by Streamline Taxis from a Golf Day, coffee mornings and collections at Brighton Racecourse.

John from Streamline, said: “It has been a great pleasure over the last three years to do what we can for the wonderful Martlets Hospice, from Golf days, coffee mornings and bucket collections, all the staff love getting involved”.

Elizabeth Baxter from Martlets Hospice, added: “Streamline have been supporting Martlets Hospice for more than ten years and during that time they have raised £17,000 for our patient care.  For the last few years they have held their very popular Golf Day in aid of the Hospice.  

“This year alone they have raised £5,300, I’d like to thank you everyone who has participated, especially during a very busy period for the company, and worked so hard to raise such a fantastic amount of money.”

Record number of employers looking for gay talent

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Last night Stonewall, the equality charity, launched the tenth edition of the Starting Out guide – Britain’s national guide of gay-friendly employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) students and jobseekers.

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THE 2014 GUIDE showcases 573 employers and Diversity Champions – 25 per cent more than in 2013, and the highest to date.

LGB students, graduates and jobseekers at the launch event discussed potential careers prospects with over 300 Diversity Champions from across sectors including retail, local government and, for the first time, Property, Engineering and Construction.

Stonewall’s Chief Executive Ruth Hunt and Katie Cornhill, from Hampshire Fire and Rescue, both spoke at the launch event, held at ETC Venues in London.

Simon Freeke
Simon Freeke

Simon Feeke, Stonewall’s Director of Workplace said: “At Stonewall we know that people perform better when they can be themselves, and the Starting Out guide helps individuals to find an employer that will allow them to fulfil their potential. We’re really pleased with the 2014 edition, which welcomes new Diversity Champions including Teach First, British Gas, Telegraph Media Group and Leeds United Football Club.”

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PREVIEW: Human League Alternate Universe Tour comes to Brighton

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Exactly 33 years since their greatest hit of all time The Human League are performing at the Brighton Centre on Friday, December 12.

Human League

THE HUMAN LEAGUE, one of the most influential pop groups of all time, are undertaking the Alternate Universe (AU) Tour – a 14-night nationwide tour of the UK at the end of this year.

The AU Tour hot-foots off the back of the band’s chart hit earlier this year when Don’t You Want Me re-entered the UK Top 20 following mammoth public demand from a social media campaign.

Comprising of long-standing band members, Phil Oakley, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley, the tour highlights the influence and popularity of The Human League and follows public demand for them expressed in a social media campaign earlier this year which resulted in the re-release of Don’t You Want Me Baby.

The AU Tour is significantly timed, kicking-off exactly 33-years to the day since The Human League released their best-known and most commercially successful hit, Don’t You Want Me. In 1981, the track became Britain’s Christmas No1, remaining the most successful Christmas hit ever and has since sold over 1,560,000 copies, making it the 23rd most successful single in UK Singles Chart history.  It later topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on July 3, 1982, where it stayed for an impressive three weeks.

The Human League have had four Top 10 albums and eight Top 10 singles in the UK; as well as two US Number 1 singles and have sold 20 million records Worldwide.

The avant-garde synthesizer based band are still pioneering the current sound in the music charts to such an extent that a new generation of synth-driven female pop artists have been labeled as the ‘L’ girls.

La Roux is a known admirer of the electro pioneers, while Little Boots is such a fan that she requested Philip Oakey’s input on her debut album. Even Lady Gaga is openly proud to be a professed devotee.

Spanning five-decades of chart history, The Human League are masters of musical and cultural influence; laying powerful past foundations whilst simultaneously forming the shape of ground breaking current and future talent.

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Tour dates include:

Friday November 28: Leicester – De Montfort Hall

Saturday November 29: Manchester – Apollo

Sunday November 30: Liverpool – Philharmonic Hall

Tuesday December 2: Newcastle – City Hall

Wednesday December 3: Glasgow – Royal Concert Hall

Friday December 5: Wolverhampton – Civic Hall

Saturday December 6: London – Hammersmith Apollo

Monday December 8: Leeds – Academy

Tuesday December 9: Nottingham – Concert Hall

Wednesday December 10: Sheffield – City Hall

Friday December 12: Brighton – Brighton Centre

Saturday December 13: Bournemouth – BIC Windsor Hall

Sunday December 14: Plymouth – Pavilions

Monday December 15: Bristol – Colston Hall

 

Our Brighton Hippodrome campaign group claim financial report was withheld from city councillors

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The community group who are campaigning to save the Brighton Hippodrome as a venue for live theatre have added a new page to their website.

Brighton Hippodrome

THE PAGE details what campaigners consider to be shortcomings in the way Brighton and Hove City Council has handled the prospects for the Hippodrome’s future.

Campaigners allege among other things that information they provided to council officers was withheld from city councillors.

The District Valuer produced a report for Brighton and Hove City Council claiming a theatre at the Hippodrome would lose £249,890 a year.

This assertion was based on figures supplied by the developer showing that only a cinema would be viable.

Our Brighton Hippodrome campaigners submitted a detailed analysis of the developer’s report but this was withheld from the District Valuer and from elected members explicitly because Our Brighton Hippodrome is a community group.

A Brighton and Hove Council spokeswoman quoted the District Valuer’s report in a recent press statement as confirmation that a theatre “was unlikely to be viable”.

Campaigners say this is “complete nonsense”, claiming the calculations were based on a much smaller theatre than envisaged, on seat occupancy less than half the national average for regional touring theatres and an average ticket price well below a realistic average.

Substituting more reasonable and reliable figures in their financial model produces a profit of £2.5m.

The detailed business plan produced by Our Hiuppodrome Brighton shows that the likely annual net balance would be in the region of £1.7m more than enough to show that theatre would flourish at the Hippodrome.

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Queer Stitch Brighton!

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Do you enjoy knitting or stitching? If you do then go along to the LGBTQI Stitch Circle!

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THEIR NEXT meeting is from 7 pm – 9 pm on Monday November 3, upstairs at Iydea Restaurant, Western Road, Hove – opposite the Temple Bar.

Take along your knitting, crochet, embroidery or other hand stitching project and have a meal or a cuppa and a natter with other Queer folk.

They are an inclusive group welcoming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer people of any gender, and any age.

Iydea is a canteen style veggie cafe. If you order before 7 p.m. you’ll get the £5.95 happy hour deal.

They’re happy for you to just have coffee – you don’t have to buy food.

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Surprise Welephant cake for Hove firefighters

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Firefighters in Hove received an unexpected treat recently when a local resident dropped in with a home-baked Welephant cake to support them in the campaign to save their fire engine.

Hove Firefighters

Hove firefighter and Chair of East Sussex FBU Simon Herbert, said: “Our campaign to save our fire engine continues to grow and this was a lovely way for a member of the public to show their support. Local firefighters really appreciate such gestures and we want to thank everyone who has joined our campaign so far. We remain concerned that a reduction in the number of fire engines from five to just four, will increase risk to public safety and we will continue to call for this decision to be reversed.”

Welephant, who ate an exceptionally large slice of the cake, said: “I love cake and carrot cake is my absolute favourite…..although i am trying to watch my waist line.”

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