Independent advocacy for adults with learning disabilities in Brighton & Hove
A few words from Sarah our Volunteer Co-ordinator – As volunteer week comes to an end, I just want to say how very thankful we are to have such a talented team of volunteers. They are at the heart of the community advocacy services we deliver. From making our drop-ins a safe and welcoming space … Read more
On Saturday, Chris and Jenny were down at the Health and Wellbeing event at the Brighton Open Market on London Road promoting Speak Out and Thumbs Up. This was an event to find out about FREE health related supports services that could help you, or those you care about and let your GP and other … Read more
Speak Out Sing Out is half-way through their first singing project, which takes place at Speak Out East in St George’s Church, Kemptown. The group have learnt five songs and they hope to perform some of them soon. Members have said: “It’s Great. I can’t wait till Thursdays” “I’m singing the songs on the bus … Read more
Learning Disability Voices Network Project Worker Region: Based at Speak Out’s office in Brighton Hours per week: 14 hours per week plus pension contribution Starting Salary: £21,057 pa pro rata Brighton and Hove Speak Out is an innovative local charity. We support people with learning disabilities to have a voice and choice and control over … Read more
Our Accessible Hustings event took place on Tuesday 16th April at the Purple Playhouse Theatre. We’d like to thank Brighton & Hove Conservatives, Brighton & Hove Liberal Democrats, Brighton & Hove Green Party and Brighton & Hove Labour Group for attending our Accessible Hustings event today. People with a learning disabilities are often locked out of the … Read more
A HUGE well done to all our AMAZING BM10K and Brighton marathon runners! These guys have raised a fantastic £2,748.78 to support us to carry on doing our great work! ❤️ Thank you to all of you and your supporters from everyone at Speak Out. ??? There’s still time to help everyone reach their target – you … Read more
We now have a stair climber! Last week we had training on how to use our very own stair climber so that we can safely evacuate anyone with mobility issues. This is only possible because of funding from Scope’s Local People Programme – Brighton & Hove, which we are very grateful for. Thank you
Last Thursday, Natalie – Community Health Trainer, visited Speak Out East. She shared information about healthy food choices and low cost activities that people can take part in around the city. Natalie also gave everyone healthy recipe ideas and let them know that they can get information from their doctor about diet and exercise plans. … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, a singing workshop which took place at Speak Out East, where everyone learnt about voice training exercises and sung of few of their favourite pop songs. The singing workshop will start back on Thursday 25th April at 12:30pm. The workshop will be running for 6 weeks and everyone is free … Read more
On Monday 4th March the Mayor of Brighton and Hove, Dee Simson, helped launch the Our History Our Voice exhibition at the Jubilee Library, Brighton. It was a fantastic event and we’d like to say a big thank you to Dee and to everyone who took part and came to the event.