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Keep Switchboard switched on!
) LGBT Switchboard is asking individuals and businesses for their support in keeping Switchboard Switched On by entering its festive raffle, which will help the charity to raise vital funds so it can continue to support the most vulnerable and isolated in our LGBTQ+ communities. Prizes include hotel stays, luxury food hampers, restaurant meals and more. The winners will be drawn at Switchboard’s Virtual Festive Soiree on Thursday, December 17, and everyone who enters the raffle will receive an invitation. As well as sharing the raffle with
its teams, Switchboard is asking businesses with money left over from their Christmas party budget to consider a donation. The charity is happy to provide impact updates to all businesses that donate, as well as complimentary training to significant donors. Switchboard said: “Throughout the pandemic we have seen demand for our services grow, and our work is needed now more than ever. On top of this, our biggest fundraising opportunity of the year, Brighton & Hove Pride, was not able to happen in the same way. This has had a huge impact on our finances as we are reliant on our fundraising income in order to provide our services.” D To enter the raffle: https://tinyurl.com/ SwitchboardSwitchedOn D www.switchboard.org.uk
‘Creative Christina’ raises over £350 for The Sussex Beacon! The Sussex Beacon said: “Christina values The Sussex Beacon because the work it does as a local charity helps her community. “By volunteering for us, Christina is helping her local community. She loves volunteering for The Beacon and is very fond of everyone who works and volunteers there as she describes The Beacon as a ‘big, dysfunctional family’.” ) Christina, a volunteer at The Sussex Beacon, has raised more than £350 for the charity by donating over 100 masks made during lockdown.
D For more info on volunteering: www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/ volunteer-with-us/
AT HOME SHOULDN’T MEAN AT RISK OF DOMESTIC ABUSE The ongoing pandemic measures can put pressure on your home environment and cause you increased anxiety if you are experiencing, or are at risk of, domestic abuse. You may not have as much contact with people who usually support you, and some of the places where you go for help or treatment may currently have a reduced service. You don’t have to live in fear – we’re here to listen without judgement, protect you from harm and support you to move forward with your life.
If you are in immediate danger, or suspect someone else is, call 999 If you are unable to talk when you call 999, listen to the operator and then either press 55 on a mobile, when prompted, or wait on a landline to be connected to the police, who will be able to help. Call 101 for non-emergencies Report online at www.sussex.police.uk If you are being abused, are concerned about family, friends or neighbours, or you are worried you may commit domestic abuse, please seek help, either from the police or our partner organisations. safespacesussex.org.uk Safe Space Sussex provides an online directory of local victim and witness specialist support services as well as information about different types of crime and what happens at each stage of the criminal justice system, helping to ‘demystify’ the process for people when they may be at their most vulnerable.
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