CHRISTMAS OPENING The drop-in will be open on Tuesday 27th Dec, 2.30 to 5.30. Drop by if the festive period has left you drained or you just want to socialise/talk with like-minded people. The Clare Project wishes everyone supporting our aims a happy festive period and a great 2012 LGBT HIP A group of Brighton & Hove organisations have come together to develop the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Involvement Project (LGBT HIP). It aims to give local LGBT people a voice about healthcare services and issues. The partner agencies are all first-class providers of services to LGBT people in the city: Brighton LGBT Switchboard, THT South, MindOut, Allsorts Youth Project, Brighton Bothways and the Clare Project. They have employed me to carry out activities such as online community surveys, one-to-one and small group interviews as well as experimenting with new ways to enable people to give their feedback using social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and our own Brighton & Hove network, Zhoosh! We also want to convene a panel of local LGBT people that we can contact to give us a quick feedback and reaction to events.
We need your help to reach LGBT people in the city. Please circulate this email to all your service users and contacts so that they can:
· Sign Up to LGBT HIP - By going to this link, LGBT people can securely register their details with us so that we can keep them posted about all the activities that LGBT HIP will be engaged in over the coming months - find out about what we are doing to ensure that LGBT people can have their say.
· Complete our online survey of suicidal distress - On World Mental Health Day we launched our first online consultation on the issue of suicidal distress. We know from international research that LGB people are more than two times more likely to attempt suicide. National research has also highlighted the very high rates of suicide attempts reported by trans people. We want to find out from local LGBT people about their experiences and views so that we can make recommendations about what services we need and how we can strengthen the community response. Click here to go to the survey. You can make a real contribution to helping us better understand the issues - and it takes just 10 minutes! Another way that you can stay informed and take part is to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Zoosh! Search for LGBT HIP and send us a friend request and we'll be happy to add you. We want to make the sites a lively forum to talk about the issues that matter, so make sure you sign up today.
LGBT HIP is open to all LGBT people who live, work or socialise in the city, please help by passing on this message - the more people involved, the louder our voice so please do what you can to publicise the project and get your LGBT contacts signed up. Finally, if you are LGBT don't forget to sign up yourself and take part! Clued UpWe want to let you know about 'Clued Up'; a special free, two-hour session for local transgendered people at the sexual health clinic in Brighton, the Claude Nicol Centre. The clinic will be closed to other service users and healthcare staff will give the low-down on how the clinic works and how to look after your sexual health. It will be a chance to have some free food and give feedback about how to make the clinic more trans friendly. No medical examinations or details required - just a chance to discuss the issues together as trans people in an open, relaxed, non-judgemental atmosphere. All trans people welcome. To book a place, please email Nick Douglas at nicolas.douglas@tht.org.uk. Date: Friday the 2nd of December Time: 18.30-20.30 Place: The Claude Nicol Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5BE. *This project is a partnership between the LGBT Health Involvement Project, the Claude Nicol Centre and the Cancer Prevention Team. Female To Male group in BrightonBrighton now has a new FTM group. A group of trans men have been working with THT South as part of its Informed Passions project . The group has decided to set up a new social and support group for trans men in Brighton. The group will be called FTM Brighton and will meet on the second Saturday of every month, 18.00 – 20.00, at the THT Offices, 61 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AE. They are still in the setting up phase, and we will advertise their Facebook and web page in due course. In the meantime, a recent GScene article gives further details about the group. Resource Directory launched at Clare Project
Please all feel welcome to add, send info to transsexualbrighton@gmail.com for attention of Elizabeth Baldwin.
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