‘With a little help from our friends’ The Brighton Rainbow Fund wants you to sell your unwanted items…

Are you using lockdown to do some life laundry, tidy up or Spring clean? The Brighton Rainbow Fund would like to hear from you.

Chris Gull,  Chair of The Brighton Rainbow Fund says

As you will have heard, our biggest fundraising events, Brighton Bear Weekend, and Brighton Pride have had to be cancelled for this year. Together with the closure of venues, and ban on gatherings,  this has major consequences on the level of funding we will have to distribute to local LGBTQ+ and HIV projects this year. We currently support more than 20 local projects, providing vital services and support to hundreds within our communities. This includes projects at Mindout, Switchboard, Sussex Beacon, The Rainbow Hub, Allsorts, Blueprint22, QTIPOC Narratives, Trans Can Sport, Clare Project, Radical Rhizome, Older &Out, Rainbow Chorus, MenTalkHealth

Lockdown does, however, give opportunities for members of our communities to raise funds to reduce the shortfall.

We are looking for “Direct Sellers” to sell unwanted items they have at home, to donate 100% of the proceeds to The Brighton Rainbow Fund…eBay waives all sellers charges, and funds are deposited directly into The Rainbow Fund PayPal Account.

Please send an email to us at info@rainbow-fund.org and we’ll get you listed.

Task for today? Start looking for unwanted (by you) items.

If you’re already an eBay seller, and don’t wish to become a Direct Seller for us, please consider donating a portion of each sale to The Brighton Rainbow Fund. When you list an item you can turn on the option “Donate a portion to charity”…you will be asked to select a charity, and the percentage you want to donate. You will get listing fee credits equal to that percentage.