The Sussex Beacon ‘Autumn Leaves’ fete on Saturday, September 24, raised over £1,300 for the charity. The Mayor and Mayoress of Brighton and Hove joined other dignitaries, supporters, families and staff at the event, held in the garden of the Beacon, on Bevendean Road, Brighton.
The Brighton half marathon will be run on the morning of Sunday, February 28 in 2016. The date was revealed at a reception last night (Wednesday, April 29) compered by David Hill from E3 Entertainment, hosted and sponsored by the Grand Hotel on Brighton Seafront. 2016 will see the 26th running of the half marathon, the first major road race of the year, which is very poplar with beginner runners and used by serious runners as warm up training for the much bigger Spring marathons held in cities all over the world. Vitality UK returns as the headline partner for the race in 2016 and charity partners to benefit from the event are Sussex Beacon, Laureus, Scope, Chestnut Tree House, Water Aid and Rise.
The Grand Hotel in Brighton hosted a party to launch The Halloween Horror Show 2015, last week. The event, which will take place on Saturday, October 31, will be raising funds for The Sussex Beacon – a Brighton based charity offering specialist care and support to men, women and families affected by HIV. The theme of the event, which will also take place at the Grand Hotel Brighton, was revealed as Haunted Hollywood and it was announced that half the tables had already been sold for the main event in October. However, The identity of the host, who will play the role of an old film director, remains a hot secret.
