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THT organise HIV Hustings prior to national election

Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), the largest sexual health charity in Europe will host a hustings called “HIV in Brighton” in the lead up to the general election on May 7.

THT

THE Hustings will bring together candidates from the three Parliamentary constituencies of Brighton & Hove to answer your questions about how they will address issues related to HIV across Brighton & Hove if they are elected.

The event will be a Question Time style debate, with questions related to HIV in Brighton and the UK from the audience that all candidates will be invited to answer. From prevention to treatment, from PIP and DLA to employment, from housing to education, the organiser are looking for candidates to answer any questions that affect or interest you and answer how they will address them in Brighton and nationally if they are elected as your MP.

The candidates confirmed to attend at the moment are:

Paul Chandler – Liberal Democrat candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven

Peter Kyle – Labour candidate for Hove & Portslade

Simon Kirby – Conservative candidate and sitting MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven

The Hustings will be held on Tuesday, April 14, from 10am to 11am, in the THT office at 61 Ship Street, Brighton.

If you like to attend, email: Places are limited.

Or telephone: 01273 764200 to register

Send your questions in advance. If you are unable to attend send questions and if there is time to answer them, the candidates’ answers will be sent to you by email.


Event: HIV in Brighton: Hustings event

Where: THT office, 61 Ship Street, Brighton

When: Tuesday, April 14

Time: 10am-11am

 

 

Lonely Planet name Brighton Pride “One of the best in the world”

Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide publishers in the world are recognised as the most respected and reliable source for tips and advice when travelling.

Lonely PlanetTHEY have just named Brighton, alongside Queenstown in New Zealand, Luang Prabang in Laos, San Pedro de Atacama in Chile and San Sebastian in Spain, as one the top spots in the world in which to lose track of time and, well, stay just one more night.

And if that is not enough praise to be heaped on our very special city by the sea by one of the world’s best travel websites, Lonely Planet has named Brighton Pride “one of the best Pride’s in the world” and alongside Brighton’s vintage shopping, hedonistic nightlife, vibrant art scene and glorious beach, one of the top reasons to visit the city.

You can see if they are right on Saturday August 1, when Brighton Pride plan to deliver their next world-class Pride celebration.

Sam Bailey closes Pride 2014
Sam Bailey closes Pride 2014

Event: Brighton Pride 2015, Celebrating a Carnival of Diversity

Where: Preston Park, Preston Road, Brighton

When: Saturday, August 1

Time: Noon- 10pm

Tickets: Early Birds Sold out: £16.00 advance (first release): The advance £18.50/ £21.00: Joint tickets available for Festival and Village Street Party.

To book tickets online, click here:

Stonewall names top twenty LGB inclusive law firms

Baker & McKenzie LLP comes top of the class.Stonewall

STONEWALL, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality charity, has announced a list of the 20 most inclusive law firms for LGB staff.

Baker & McKenzie top the list, which is populated by law firms that entered Stonewall’s latest Workplace Equality Index.

Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index is a benchmarking tool to measure organisations’ efforts to tackle discrimination and create an inclusive workplace for lesbian, gay and bisexual employees and forms Stonewall’s annual Top 100 Employers.

The list of law firms was launched at an event hosted by Simmons & Simmons which, as a Stonewall Star Performer, has graduated the index and now works with Stonewall on pioneering workplace initiatives.

Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards, Client Group Manager at Stonewall, said: “It’s great to celebrate the law firms that are leading by example in progressing the diversity and inclusion within the sector.

“Eight years ago, no law firms featured in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and it’s hugely encouraging to see so many firms now taking the steps to ensure that their employees can be themselves in the workplace.”

Stonewall’s Top 20 LGBT law firms reads:

Simmons and Simmons  (Graduated)

1. Baker & McKenzie LLP

2. Freshfields and Bruckhaus Deringer

2. Pinsent Masons

4. Herbert Smith Freehills

5. CMS Cameron McKenna

6. Hogan Lovells

7. Eversheds LLP

8. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

9. Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

10. K&L Gates

11. Irwin Mitchell Solicitors

12. Fieldfisher

13. Slaughter and May

14. Taylor Wessing

15. DWF LLP

16. Weil, Gotshal & Manges

17. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP

18. Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP

19. Linklaters

20. Nabarro

20. Berwin Leighton Paisner

 

Take a walk in the dark for a brighter future

Brighton & Hove Council’s Healthwalks team is asking you dig out your torch or LED lantern, wrap up warm, and join them for the seventh annual Seafront Torch Walk on Saturday, March 28 at 8.30pm.

Brighton & Hove CouncilTHE one mile walk along Brighton seafront, from the Bandstand to the Palace Pier, is in aid of World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF’s) Earth Hour, when the charity’s supporters around the world take action to raise awareness of climate change.

In the past nine years, Earth Hour has grown from a symbolic ‘turn off your lights’ event in Sydney, Australia, to the world’s largest open-sourced environmental campaign, mobilising hundreds of millions of people in more than 7,000 cities and 162 countries to use less or no power for one hour, and to take part in campaigning activities.

Cllr Geoffrey Bowden
Cllr Geoffrey Bowden

Cllr Geoffrey Bowden said: “Last year was the warmest year on record. Climate change is a growing threat to all of us living on our increasingly fragile planet.  The Seafront Torch Walk, organised by the Council’s Healthwalks team, is part of a global WWF campaign linking people around the world who want to protect the earth for future generations.”

The organisers are encouraging everyone to join in and create a ‘family feel’ event, and the Maracatu samba band will be on hand again this year to boost morale with uplifting Latin rhythms.

For more information on how to get involved, click here:

For information about Earth Hour activities happening locally and around the world, as well as how to individually tackle climate change, click here:

 

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