News

Our Tuesday drop-in had a face to face meeting yesterday – you can see that everyone was so happy to see each other!

Take a look at Speak Out East’s wonderful cartoon workshop run by Harry Venning, a cartoonist from the Guardian newspaper.

We’d like to say a very BIG thank you to Brian, who ran the Brighton 10k for Speak Out yesterday. Brian even got a person best run time in too! 

As that the Covid rates in Brighton and Hove continue to come down we have decided to cautiously start running some groups and drop-ins face to face in the community again. We will contact members about the plans for different groups and drop-ins and put information about this on our website – please keep checking … Read more

Speak out is looking for people with a learning disability to join their Learning Disabilities Voices Network (LDVN) planning group For more information, please contact Danielle – [email protected]

On the 9th July 10.30-2.30  there is a Pop-up Covid19 Vaccination clinic being held at the Brightelm Centre, (North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD)  specifically for people with learning disabilities and carers. The clinic will have two staff running it, and will be safe, calm and well-spaced  and can vaccinate people 18+. Ideally people should ring … Read more

Here is Shannon talking about her involvement in the Brighton and Hove City Councils new easy read web pages on their website. You can take a look at them here: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/easy-read-information.

Please take a look at Speak Out’s June Newsletter. Find out what the Speak Out team have been up to over the past couple of months and information about our services.

Helen   Why do you volunteer? When I retired I moved to Brighton and I was looking for opportunities to volunteer. I felt I wanted to offer to get involved with one or two of the many organisations in Brighton, looking for people to help them in their programmes. I wanted to volunteer for community … Read more