Thursday, 19th January 12

Switchboard is delighted to announce that as well as raising approximately £12,000 in funds in the last 3 months they have also achieved a re-location to Community Base which will significantly reduce the charity’s overheads. This would not have been possible without the cooperation and support of their current landlord – Michael Blencowe of The Baron Homes Corporation Ltd who has worked with the charity to release them from their lease to avert the charity from closure.

Natalie Woods from LGBT Switchboard comments ‘ The move to Community Base will be great for Switchboard – not only does it reduce our overheads and give the charity a fighting chance at survival but it also means we will be housed with a number of the City’s Community and Voluntary organisations including MindOut, and our new home is central and accessible. We would like to offer our sincere thanks to Michael Blencowe (Baron Homes) for enabling us to re-locate – without his cooperation Switchboard’s future would be even more uncertain./p>

Switchboard would also like to thank the following for their fundraising support in recent weeks:

• Brighton + Hove City Council’s LGBT worker’s forum for raising £300 at their Christmas party
• The Rainbow Chorus for raising £100
• The public in local bars for donating £150
• Personal donations received amounting to £200  

Switchboard continues to appeal to members of the LGBT community to support the continuation of the help-line and counselling services.

 If LGBT people don’t support LGBT charities who will?

If you can’t afford to donate money to Switchboard there are other ways in which you can help. Switchboard needs people to run the marathon for the charity, and always needs volunteers to run its help-line and especially right now needs volunteers to organise fundraising events. 

If you can help contact Natalie Woods (Services and Development Manager) on 01273 234009

LGBT Switchboard's new contact details

Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard
Community Base
113 Queens Road 
Brighton 
BN1 3XG 

Office – 01273 234009

Help-line: This number remains the same – 01273 204050 – the help-line now operates a call back system so if you cannot get a volunteer straight away leave a message and a volunteer will call you back as soon as one is next on shift