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RISE to the charity challenge of the 8K Undercliff Run for Women

Calling all women – now is the time to sign up for the annual RISE 8K Undercliff Run, which takes place on Sunday 18 September. In its fourth year, the 8K Undercliff Run starts at 10am and is one of the main fundraising events for Brighton-based charity RISE, which provides services for women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

The run is a unique, women only run along the bottom of the chalk cliffs from Saltdean to Brighton Marina and back. Women of all ages gather at the start line to soak up the atmosphere as they run to raise sponsorship for the charity.

Entry to the 8K Undercliff Run costs £15, which includes a goodie bag that every girl needs and every runner receives a medal at the finish line. Alternatively, you can enter the Team Relay with three female friends and run 2K each. Families can take part in 8K Undercliff Walk for Families, which starts at 9.30am and costs £5 per person, or £10 for a family of two adults and up to five kids. If you feel more ambitious you can enter the Charity Challenge, please email fundraising@riseuk.org.uk for more details.

See you there! Enter now at www.riseuk.org.uk

A performer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival will be given the chance to also perform at the Brighton Festival and Nightingale Theatre.

The New Brighton Fringe Emerging Talent Award will be given to an up-and-coming performer along with the chance to showcase their talent further.

Productions will be shortlisted by a panel of arts industry experts, who will select work based on artistic merit, production, touring values, venue compatibility and suitability for Brighton Festival Fringe audiences. 

The winning act will receive support towards travel, accommodation costs, free registration and marketing advice from the Brighton Fringe team.

The award will be presented by the Brighton Festival Fringe team at the prestigious Scotsman Fringe Awards ceremony on 26 August 2011.

Chris Dyer

Caroline Lucas visited Brighton and Hove Albion’s new home for a presentation of the charity work it has done with the cities’ largest employer, American Express.

She met with American Express Programme Director Wendy MacDonald and Albion in the Community’s (AITC) Joint Director Alan Sanders to see some of the projects undertaken by the charity.

Caroline Lucas MP said: “It was great to see how this amazing project has progressed since my last visit. The new stadium really is an extraordinary building and a great asset to the city.

“Albion in the Community has won many awards and accolades for its work in the community and further afield – and it’s clear that a lot of effort is going into making sure the stadium is genuinely a community facility.

“The project shows the potential of football to affect and help improve people’s lives. It can reach people more quickly and effectively than traditional methods. Visitors to the stadium can collect information about all sorts of health issues, for example, that they might not otherwise encounter in their everyday lives.”

AITC joint director Alan Sanders commented: “I am delighted that Caroline has taken such interest in the work of Albion in the Community and her contribution about broadening our provision will prove invaluable.”

For more information go to www.seagulls.co.uk/page/CommunityHome

Chris Dyer

A team of four adventurers continue their 10,000 mile journey from the UK to Mongolia in a Skoda.

The group from Brighton left on the 27 July and are currently somewhere between the Czech Republic and Hungary.

The trek was devised to raise money for charities of personal importance to them, such as the Christina Nobel Children’s Foundation; MacMillan Cancer Support; and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

To follow a blog of their travels go to www.returnoftheyak.com and visit www.justgiving.com to donate