About us

Rainbow Families is an informal social group for lesbian and gay parents and their children in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. We aim to create a friendly, inclusive space for our children to enjoy being with other children who have same-sex parents, whatever their origins. Everyone is welcome and we look forward to meeting new people.

Monthly Sunday meetings

Rainbow Families holds a regular informal meeting on the first Sunday of each month from 10am till 1pm.

We have access to a kitchen for refreshments, indoor and outdoor space and for the children to play and a selection of toys and activities. It’s a great chance to meet other parents over a coffee and new members are always welcome. Please bring food for the kids to have a picnic lunch together. Details of the venue and any changes to arrangements can be found on the Rainbow families forum (link via the What's On page) or via the e-mail address and phone number (see contacts).

Funding

One of the main functions of the Rainbow Families committee volunteers is to secure and administer funding to cover the groups running costs. This has taken the form of grants, donations and running self funded activities. We have also recently asked our members to make a donation towards running costs as future grant applications will only be successful if we can demonstrate that we are fundraising ourselves in some way. Please speak to one of the committee members at the Sunday meetings for details on how you can contribute.

As part of our fundraising efforts, we also have a cashback arrangement with Yellow Moon craft materials. The new Spring catalogue is now online at www.yellowmoon.org.uk.  If you order anything, remember to quote our code so that we can claim the cashback - it's WRA04197. Catalogues will also be available at the Sunday meetings.