Brighton Gay and Lesbian Switchboard

Switchboard, formerly Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, is a British listening service or hotline, for the LGBT communities based in Brighton. It service was launched, with just one telephone, in April 1975 at the Open Cafe, a centre for alternative politics, at 7 Victoria Road.[2] It was started by four men and two women and was initially known as The Lavender Line.[3]

Switchboard
MottoConnecting you to LGBTQ support
FormationApril 1975 (1975-04)
Founded atBrighton
TypeNGO
Registration no.1088133
Legal statusCharitable organization
ServicesHelpline, Inclusion Project, Dementia Café, Trans Survivors Switchboard, Disability Project, Rainbow Cafe
Staff (6)
1[1]
Volunteers
30
Websiteswitchboard
Formerly called
Brighton Gay and Lesbian Switchboard

It receives over 5,000 calls a year[3] and its website handles 80,000 visitors per year.

See also

References
  1. "Volunteer". Switchboard. Retrieved 18 May 2016. We only have one paid member of staff
  2. Cameron, Janet (2013). LGBT Brighton & Hove. Amberley Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781445629230.
  3. "Gay switchboard: a brief history". mybrightonandhove.org.uk. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.