Useful local contacts continued Health and social care forums BME Health and Social Care Forum – meets in Hastings but covers East Sussex. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health and Social Care Forum – meets in Eastbourne but covers East Sussex. To find out more about the forums: Tel: 01273 481922 (César Da Luz) Mobile: 0782 5754166 Email: cesar.daluz@eastsussex.gov.uk Eastbourne Cultural Communities Network Tel: 01323 735772 Email: community@eccn.org.uk Website: www.eccn.org.uk Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) PALS provides advice and information about health services. They also help to sort out any problems or concerns you may have about local health services. Brighton & Hove City Primary Care Trust PALS Tel: 0800 013 0251 Email: brightonandhovepals@nhs.net Web: www.brightonhovecitypct.nhs.uk
Sompriti at NCDA (Newhaven Community Development Association) Tel: 01273 311700 Email: sompriti@ncda.org.uk
HIV Support Sussex Beacon Tel: 01273 694222 Website: www.sussexbeacon.org.uk Terence Higgins Trust Tel: 01273 764 200 Email: info.brighton@tht.org.uk Web: www.tht.org.uk
Learning disability Eastbourne and District Mencap Tel: 01323 722034 Email: jill@eastbournemencap.org.co.uk Hastings and Bexhill Mencap Tel: 01424 424813 Email: hastings.mencap@yahoo.com
East Sussex PALS Tel: 0300 100 0891 Email: esdw-pct.pals@nhs.net Web: www.esdw.nhs.uk
Newhaven and District Mencap Tel: 01273 517345 or 07773 659769 (mobile)
Ethnic-minority groups
Activ8 (Hastings and Rother Mind) Tel: 01424 442435 Email: activ8network@hotmail.co.uk Web: www.activ8network.org
DRI (Diversity Resources International) Tel: 0798 902 3460 (Mebrak) or 0777 151 7870 (Ivan) Email: Enquiries@dricic.net or Mebrak@dricic.net Eastbourne Cultural Communities Network Tel: 01323 735772 Email: community@eccn.org.uk Email: sal_r_tay@yahoo.co.uk Web: www.eccn.org.uk Hope – G (Hastings Older People’s Ethnic Group) Tel: 07511 248278 Email: grouphope@ymail.com
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Mental health
Mind (Wealden, Eastbourne and Lewes) Tel: 01323 648836 Email: info@welmind.org.uk
Physical disability East Sussex Disability Association Tel: 01323 514500 Email: info@esda.org.uk
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