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‘World Cafe’ discussion to save local Post Office

Gary Hart September 2, 2015

Green Councillors call public meeting to discuss plans to save Brunswick Town Post Office at The Old Market, Hove, on Thursday, September 3, at 6pm. As part of a campaign to stop the closure of Brunswick Town’s Crown Post Office at 22 Western Road, local Green councillors are organising a ‘World Cafe’ public discussion to draw together ideas on how to secure its present location and stop plans to merge it into Melville Road Crown Post Office at 20 Melville Road, by Seven Dials (BN3 1UB), in January 2016.

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Community News

Greens to march at Trans*Pride on Saturday

Gary Hart July 23, 2015

Green councillors to join this year’s Trans* Pride solidarity march on Saturday, July 25. 2015 marks the third year of the festival and second year of the Trans* Pride march, which was created to promote equality and celebrate the gender diversity and unique histories to be found across the city’s trans communities.

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General News

Council supports Greens’ call for PSHE – ‘life skills education’ – to be elevated to statutory status

Sarah Green July 17, 2015

Yesterday’s Full Council meeting at Brighton Town Hall voted in favour of a Green Group motion calling for the government to strengthen PSHE education, which teaches skills for life, to be given statutory status.

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Health

THT urges new Brighton MPs to continue their HIV work

Besi Besemar May 11, 2015

Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has congratulated Brighton and Hove’s newly-elected MPs, saying they have a prime opportunity to raise awareness of HIV in Parliament, in the most affected area for HIV in the UK outside of London. Figures show 1,487 people are living with diagnosed HIV in Brighton and Hove. The rate of diagnosed HIV in the city is seven per 1,000 people, compared with a UK rate of two per cent.

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LGBTQ+ News

Community Safety Forum organises LGBT Hustings ahead of local and national elections

Graham Robson April 10, 2015

The Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum is hosting LGBT Hustings ahead of this year’s elections in May. This will be your chance to find out more about your candidates, why they are running and what they will do for you and the LGBT community if they are elected. It is your chance to question the candidates on their records, why they should be re-elected, why you should vote for them and importantly, what positions they have taken since the last elections on issues affecting the LGBT community here in Brighton and Hove, nationally and internationally.

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News

Lib Dems in Regency bid

Alice Blezard February 28, 2015

The Liberal Democrats have announced their candidates for Regency ward at the coming council elections. The Regency ward seats are currently held by the Green Party council leader Jason Kitcat and his wife Ania, however the Lib Dems have their eyes set on taking back the seats they previously held. The newly appointed candidates are a long-standing Regency ward resident and a 21-year-old University of Sussex student.

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Exhibitions

Caroline Lucas to open Brighton Vegfest 2015

February 7, 2015

Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, will open Vegfest, one of Europe’s most popular vegan festivals, at the Brighton Centre on Saturday, March 28 at 11 a.m.
Crowds flock to Vegfest each year for its eco-friendly vegetarian/vegan themed exhibits showcasing a wide selection of vegan food stalls, cookery demos and talks.

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