Formation | April 1975 |
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Founded at | Brighton |
Type | NGO |
Registration no. | 1088133 |
Legal status | Charitable organization |
Services | Helpline, Inclusion Project, Dementia Café, Trans Survivors Switchboard, Disability Project, Rainbow Cafe |
Volunteers | 30 |
Website | switchboard |
Formerly called | Brighton Gay and Lesbian Switchboard |
Switchboard, formerly Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard, is a British listening service or hotline, for the LGBT communities based in Brighton. It service was launched, with just one telephone, in April 1975 at the Open Cafe, a centre for alternative politics, at 7 Victoria Road. [1] It was started by four men and two women and was initially known as The Lavender Line. [2]
It receives over 5,000 calls a year [2] and its website handles 80,000 visitors per year.