Revenge raise £1,555.35 for Rainbow Fund

Fundraising events over World Aids Day (WAD) weekend at Club Revenge raised £1,555.35 for The Rainbow Fund.

Rainbow Fund grants panellist Maria Baker hands Revenge General Manager Andrew Roberts a certificate to mark their World Aids Day fundraising in December 2018 — Rainbow Fund grants panelist Maria Baker hands Revenge General Manager Andrew Roberts a certificate to mark their World Aids Day fundraising in December 2018

THE money was raised from a pound per head donated from the annual Revenge World Aids Day Red Party on Saturday, December 1 and from their World AIDS Day Dragathon which featured some of Brighton’s finest queer performers including Lydia L’Scabies, Rococo Chanel, Baby, Tayris Mongardi, Prudence Rae, Rob From Finance and Alfie Ordinary. All the entertainers, managers and DJs donated their wages for the night to swell the grand total raised for the Rainbow Fund to £1,555.35.

Chris Gull, Chair of the Rainbow Fund said: “What a great result from Revenge’s World AIDS Day weekend fundraisers. A real example of LGBT+ Community fundraising, ensuring that venues don’t have to decide which local projects to support, because by entrusting the funds raised to The Rainbow Fund they can be sure that the money will be fairly distributed to volunteer led projects like Lunch Positive and Peer Action, making a real difference to the lives of local people living with HIV.

“The Rainbow Fund also maintain The AIDS memorial, and now The Hankie Quilt, to ensure that those that our community lost to AIDS, their stories, and the history of our communities are not forgotten.

“Once again we thank the cabaret performers who give their time and talent so unstintingly, but also to the hardworking team of staff, managers and DJs who along with the entertainers donated their wages for the Sunday night fundraising event….thank you all so much for going “above and beyond.”

The Rainbow Fund give grants to local LGBT/HIV groups who deliver effective front line services to LGBT+ people in Brighton and Hove.

In the most recent grants round in October, 2018, local groups received grants totalling £146,481 from the Fund.

These groups included: Brighton & Hove Sea Serpents, Rainbow Families, My Genderation, MenTalkHealth, Peer Action, Older and Out, Longhill School LGBTU group, Marlborough CIC QTIPOC project, Sussex Beacon, The Rainbow Chorus, Lunch Positive, MindOut, Clare Project, Switchboard, Allsort Youth Project, The Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum.