Grants Awarded for 2105 were as follows:
GEMS – £ 2,500
Grant towards Core Funding Costs
PEER ACTION – £ 7,500
Grant towards Core Funding Costs, providing Complementary Therapies and Yoga sessions for people affected by HIV
OLDER AND OUT – £ 5,000
Grant towards providing continuing support for social activities, lunches and representation for LGBT elders
MINDOUT – £ 4,889
Grant towards Suicide Prevention Programme ‘Out of the Blue’ and continuing support for social group
BRIGHTON AND HOVE LGBT SWITCHBOARD – £ 5,000
Grant to pay for external clinical supervision for counsellors
TRANS ALLIANCE – £ 5,775
Grant towards Core Funding costs and delivering Trans Awareness training to businesses and employers
CLARE PROJECT – £ 4,910
Grant towards Core Funding costs and continued support for ‘Living Well Courses’
RAINBOW FAMILIES – £ 2,580
Grant towards funding a range of activities and events designed to engage older children within LGBT families to develop friendships
SUSSEX BEACON – £ 4,350
Grant towards equipping Rainbow Fund Treatment Room for use of nurses and service users of the Sussex Beacon
LUNCH POSITIVE – £ 7,500
Grant towards Core Funding costs and continued support for weekly lunches
BRIGHTON AND HOVE LGBT COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM – £ 7,485
Grant towards Core costs, safety training and information sessions delivered from a portable trailer in St James Street
ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS – £ 7,495
Grant towards Core funding costs, BSL signers at Pride and a Hate Crime Needs Assessment
SMALL GROUPS NETWORK – £ 2,820
Grant towards meeting room hire costs
RADIO REVERB – £ 3,000
Grant towards sponsoring 52 one hour weekly radio shows for the HIV community called The HIV Happy Hour
RAINBOW CHORUS – £ 2,500
Grant to establish a new singing group with more assessable rehearsal times and less pressure, creating greater social inclusion
ALLSORTS – £ 5,000
Grant towards delivering services to trans children and LGBT young people
