Thank You For a Great Year!
We’re approaching the end of another year at Speak Out and I’d like to take to chance to stand back and acknowledge all those that have helped us to carry out our vital work. A big thank you goes to our team of 30+ volunteers who give their time to support people with learning disabilities, … Read more
Work(able) Private View
Work(able) – an exhibition on working with a learning impairment. On Friday, 23rd November, Peter, who is part of Speak Out’s Wednesday morning speaking up group and Liz, who runs the group, went to Diana Ramsey’s private view at the Jubilee library. The exhibition was of photos taken of the people Diana worked with for … Read more
Speak Out East Christmas Brunch
Speak Out East Christmas Brunch When: Thursday 13th December Time: 11am – 1pm Where: St.George’s Church café in Kemp Town. There will be food, music, a raffle, Christmas Carols and more. Check the news page each week for more details. Please call Sarah Coombes or Liz Holmes if you would … Read more
Advocacy Awareness Week 2018
From 22 – 26 October, for the first time ever, there is an Advocacy Awareness Week #AAW18 Advocacy Awareness Week is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the power and impact that advocacy has on people’s lives. S’s story: the empowered person S came to Speak Out as a young woman with a number of problems … Read more
New Transitions Advocacy Group at St John’s College
We’re really excited that our first Transitions Advocacy group at St John’s College, which begins next week. Our Transitions Advocacy Worker Chris will be running it every fortnight with students from St John’s college. The groups will offer young people with learning disabilities the opportunity to talk about living more independently, to understand their options … Read more
Local councillor to visit Speak Out East on Thursday 13th September
We look forward to welcoming Councillor Nancy Platts to Speak Out East between 11.30 and 1.00pm on Thursday 13th September. The council is responsible for many services in our city including: social services, education, housing, waste collection and re-cycling, roads, transport and community safety. If you want to share your views or ask questions about … Read more
Green Tokens Need in the Speak Out Box at Waitrose in Hove!
Speak Out has been successfuly voted as one of Waitrose Community Matters charities for the month of August at their Hove branch on Nevill Rd. Each month the Community Matters scheme enables three locally based organisations to have the chance to let the community know who they are and what they do, with £1000 being divide … Read more
Fantastic Day at Pride
On Saturday, 4th August 2018, Speak Out, St John’s College, Heart Venture and Grace Eyre came together on a Brighton Pride parade bus to support the LGBTQ+ Learning Disabled community. It was a great day of sun, cheering, waving … Read more
Speak Out is Moving
From Tuesday 31st July, Speak Out will be based in the Brighthelm Centre. Our new address is: Brighton and Hove Speak Out Brighthelm Centre North Road Brighton BN1 1YD Our phone number will stay the same: 01273 421921 If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.