The Sussex Beacon has announced a restructure of its service provision, effective April 2025.
Care for people who live with HIV has changed immeasurably in recent decades. Earlier diagnosis and the introduction of effective anti-retroviral treatments helps people live healthy lives, with HIV now considered a long-term condition.
In response, The Sussex Beacon will be working to...
The Sussex Beacon will be running a free online “Finding Peace” Mindfulness For Life Course, for people living with HIV, beginning next month. This evening course will run for 7 weeks, with each 90 minutes session starting at 18:30.
Open to anyone living with HIV in Sussex, the course offers a highly accessible, engaging and practical...
The Trustees of The Sussex Beacon are delighted to announce the appointment of Rachel Brett as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 2024.
Rachel will be joining The Sussex Beacon from YMCA Downslink, where she has held the position of Director of Children & Young People since 2015. Rachel is a qualified social worker and...
“Internalised stigma” or “self-stigma” occurs when a person takes on the negative ideas and stereotypes about people living with HIV and starts to apply these to themselves.
On Friday 26th May (1030am – 3pm), The Sussex Beacon will be holding the second workshop on self-stigma, for women living with HIV. This time it will be led...
The Sussex Beacon will be running a Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Course from Tuesday 18th April, for anyone living with HIV in Sussex. In this 8-week course Mindfulness Specialist Nicky Mouat will explain key principles and practices that can help improve our emotional well-being, improve our ability to cope with life’s challenges, lower levels of anxiety...
We’re delighted to announce details of our Community Services Group summer outing on Saturday 9th July, in conjunction with Positively UK. This is an event available to people of any gender, living with HIV in Sussex.
The day’s activities will include tea/coffee and cake in the Pavilion Gardens, a visit to Brighton Museum, followed by a...
We are thrilled and incredibly proud to advise “An Evening With Jill Nalder” is taking place at Waterstones Brighton on Wednesday 6th July, in association with The Sussex Beacon.
As you would know, Jill is one of our patrons and the inspiration behind the hit TV series “It’s A Sin”. This is a very rare opportunity...
Peer Action and The Sussex Beacon have agreed to collaborate, to ensure that the activities provided by Peer Action can continue following the winding up of the charity.
The two charities will work together to create a place within The Sussex Beacon’s organisation, where the peer led nature of Peer Action’s work will be preserved. The...
The Brighton & Hove Food Partnership very kindly hosted our Day Service clients in the Community Kitchen on Monday this week, when they made carrot and ginger soup, Irish soda bread and carrot muffins. Everyone loved it and many have already signed up to do further classes. It’s no wonder, looking at the mouth-watering results!!!
Many...
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