After years of searching and negotiating, one of the late James Ledward’s dreams looks about to come true.The benefits of an LGBTQ+ Community Centre were first mooted in the Count Me In Too report ten years ago.
James, along with Chris Gull, chair of the Brighton Rainbow Fund, started looking in earnest for suitable premises four years ago, and at last it looks as though the perfect place has been found.Subject to contracts being signed and necessary change of use permissions granted, those premises are in Jubilee Street, right next door to Jubilee Library.Chris Gull said: ‘As time has gone on the potential of what this new centre could contain has grown.