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SEA SERPENTS RFC @ CAMELFORD ARMS 56 Dad & Daddy FEATURES 57 MindOut 58 Sugar Swan 18 GO DAD RUN 59 Sam Trans Man Colin Jackson talks about his running charity 60 LGBT Police Liaison 20 B RIGHT ON FESTIVAL INFORMATION Events at the Phil Starr Pavilion during LGBT History Month 61 Services Directory R O 62 Classifieds N E 26 LGBT HISTORY BALL V S O Eric Page talks to Nicky Mitchell about the LGBT History Ball 63 Advertisers’ Map R G 6 DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON ) WWW.GSCENE.COM HOVE PARAPLEGIC CALLS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE BRIGHTON & HOVE COUNCIL Robert Carver is gay, is paraplegic and has been abandoned by Brighton & Hove City Council for the last five years in a second- floor flat in Hove with no disabled access. NORMAN COOK TO START THE VITALITY BRIGHTON HALF MARATHON 2017 ) Norman Cook , aka Fat Boy Slim, one of the city’s most famous residents, will sound the starting claxon at 9am on February 26 to get the 13.1 mile Vitality Brighton Half Marathon race around the city underway. A keen runner himself, Norman is very familiar with the route, as he has run the race on numerous occasions. In 2016, he ran for the charity Young Epilepsy and in 2017 he will once again run the race, after his official race starter duties have ended. R E V R A C 2017 marks the 27th year for the Vitality T R E Brighton Half Marathon and this year the race B O R has the largest field in its history, with close to 13,000 runners set to take on the challenge of ) Mr Carver is petitioning the Human Rights accommodation and care is ‘perfectly acceptable’. a half marathon. Commission to investigate Brighton & Hove City Following Mr Carver’s plight being highlighted by ITV Council’ s (BHCC) policy for housing disabled people. News Meridian in October 2016 a BHCC spokesman Norman said: “As a keen runner, Brighton local He is asking that his case be included in the new admitted on camera that the accommodation the council and seasoned Brighton Half Marathoner, I’m enquiry being undertaken by the Equality and Human had housed Mr Carver in for the last five years was hugely looking forward to starting the Vitality Rights Commission into housing for disabled people “unsuitable”. Brighton Half Marathon 2017. The race is launched in December 2017 . renowned for its buzzing atmosphere and each Despite BHCC saying in a statement to ITV News and every year the crowd support throughout Mr Carver has been housed in a second-floor flat by Meridian on October 12, 2016 that new temporary the route is just fantastic. The race really BHCC for the last five years. The flat has no disabled accommodation with disabled access would be brings the city together. It’s great to see so access and he has to be physically man handled up and available shortly, no such new accommodation has many people – especially those new to running down the stairs by his carer when he needs to go out. materialised or been offered to Mr Carver. and those running for charities – taking on the Mr Carver is paraplegic and has been told by his GP, Subsequently the council have offered Mr Carver a challenge of 13.1 miles. Bring on February nurse, occupational therapist and psychologist that he bungalow in Whitehawk that was not wheelchair 26!” needs 24-hour care, but BHCC has only allocated him accessible and a ground-floor studio in emergency Martin Harrigan , Race 28 hours a week. This means he is left to his own accommodation in central Brighton notorious for damp, Director of the Vitality devices for two days a week and on the other days from drug-use and crime, described by Caroline Lucas Brighton Half Marathon, N 5pm till noon the next day. During that time he has no A G MP for Brighton Pavilion as being unsuitable for I added: “We’re thrilled that R access to food, water, toilet, bath or even his bed. R disabled people and previously ruled out by BHCC when A H Norman Cook will sound the Despite pleas for a review of this situation from Mr N I they withdrew an offer of the property to Mr Carver in T R starting claxon this year to Carver’s medical team, independent advisers and the A March 2016. M get runners on their way local ambulance and fire services, BHCC recently around the city. He’s been a big supporter of reiterated that they see no need to expand the care he Mr Carver’s medical team and legal representatives the race for years, so it’s brilliant to have him receives. advised him not to accept these offers despite being advised by BHCC that if he does not accept their offer waving runners on for their half marathon The accommodation the council originally allocated to they might opt to choose to no longer recognise their journey. We’ll make sure he conserves his Mr Carver is a second-floor flat which can only be duty of care to him. energy though as he’ll be joining the crowds to reached by two flights of steep stairs. The flat has no lift run the race himself!” and Mr Carver has to be dragged up and down the stairs This means Mr Carver could become 'intentionally Standard entries closed by his carers when he leaves the flat in order to attend homeless' and have no other option but to try to survive over the summer, but medical appointments. as one of the many street homeless in Brighton & Hove. runners keen to enter can The flat itself is too small to accommodate a wheelchair 2,500 people have signed a petition asking the Human still sign up to run for which results in him being pulled around the floor by Rights Commission to investigate Mr Carver’s case. To charity. Charity places close his carer when moving round the flat to go to the sign the petition, view: www.change.org/p/the- on Sunday , January 29 . bathroom and to bed. For several years BHCC social equality-and-human-rights-commission-justice- For more information, visit: workers have maintained that Mr Carver’s current for-robert-carver www.brightonhalfmarathon.com DAILY NEWS UPDATES ON GSCENE 7 7 WWW.GSCENE.COM ) TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR SUMMER OF LOVE THEME BRIGHTON PRIDE ‘SUMMER OF COMMUNITY PARADE ) Pride 2017 will celebrate the remember and a fundraising weekend OF LOVE’ FESTIVAL 2017 landmark 50th anniversary of the to be proud of. Previous parade decriminalisation of homosexuality in participants have included Brighton ) 2017 will be a glorious Summer of Love , as Brighton Pride celebrates the England and Wales with a Carnival of Pride’s partners and sponsors landmark 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England Diversity with this year’s parade American Express, Net Natives and and Wales with a life affirming Carnival of Diversity and spectacular weekend- theme, Summer of Love . 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