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Happy Birthday Switchboard!
Monday, 26 April 2010
35 years ago today, April 26th 1975, Switchboard took its first phone call - a wrong number!
Since that slightly shaky start from a room in the Open Cafe on Victoria Road, the 'Lavender Line' went from strength to strength to eventually become Brighton Lesbian & Gay Switchboard and now Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard.
Over the years Switchboard has supported thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people and their families and friends with every kind of query, concern and problem, from finding a friendly hotel for the weekend, to managing some of life's most difficult challenges.
Through the helpline, email, counselling and hate-crime reporting services, they continue on a mission to 'listen, support and inform' and to ensure that LGBT communities across the city and the county have a friendly ear, and a shoulder to lean on, when in need.
The Switchboard's growth and success is due largely to the amazing dedication and contribution of all the volunteers over the years and it is the committment of trustees, helpline operators, counsellors and back-office volunteers that underpins the organisation today.
Now, more than ever, Switchboard needs your help to continue supporting the LGBT communities for the next 35 years and beyond.
You can make a birthday gift to Switchboard via the following online fundraising link:
www.everydayhero.co.uk/charity_profile/donate/75
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