We are in the process of developing an A to Z Community Directory of LGBT+ groups, organisations, businesses, and services.
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We are highlighting the Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline as we believe it is important to signpost a service which is there from 10 am to 10 pm, 365 days of the year, run by LGBT+ volunteers for the benefit of the LGBT+ community.
If you need someone to talk to, call the Switchboard, they are wonderful people and can signpost you to other groups and services as well.
Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline – 0300 330 0630 open 10 am to 10 pm 365 days of the year. Run by LGBT+ volunteers for the LGBT+ community.
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17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week (1184819) – the anti-hate crime charity that organises the April Acts of Remembrance, an annual H.O.P.E. campaign, National Hate Crime Awareness Week #NationalHCAW in October, and the Rainbow Boroughs Project.
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BFI Flare – London’s LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
BiCon – the annual weekend event for bi+ peopel and friends.
Bi Pride UK – Attraction beyond gender.
Bi Visibility Day – 23rd September
Brixton Umbrella Circle – is an independent , peer led , self-help group for older (50+) LGBTQ’s in South London. It offers a forum for mutual support , socialising and addressing individual and collective experiences ( past and current ) in a social, cultural and political context.
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CliniQ – is a free holistic sexual health and well-being service for all trans* people, partners and friends.
Consortium – Supporting LGBT+ organisations development and networks.
Corner New Cross – a LGBTQ+ run neighbourhood coffee shop, and creative space. 117 New Cross Road, London SE14 5DJ
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Diversity Role Models – Embedding inclusion and empathy through education and role model storytelling. Our vison is a world where everyone embrances diversity and can thrive.
Diva Magazine – the world’s leading magazine for LGBTQI women and non-binary women.
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ELOP – is a holistic lesbian and gay centre that offers a range of social. emotional and support services to the LGBT+ communities, including counselling and young people’s services.
European LGBT Police Association
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First Brick – a small group of LGBTQ+ people working together to tackle systemic housing inequality.
Forever with Pride – free monthly LGBTQ+ e-magazine and online shop and directory service.
Free2B Alliance – is a London based community organisations, supporting LGBTQ+ young peopel and their parents.
Furzedown Project – 50+ LGBT Coffee Morning, Thursday mornings 10 – 12, facilitated by Wandsworth LGBTQ+ Forum.
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Galop – the LGBT+ anti-violence charity.
0800 999 5428 LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline email help@galop.org.uk
0800 130 3335 Conversion Threrapy Helpline email CThelp@galop.org.uk
020 7704 2040 LGBT+ Hate Crime Helpline email hatecrime@galop.org.uk
Gay Outdoor Club – provide a wide range of activities – walking, cycling, swimming, etc – for LGBT+ people.
Gay Indian Network (GIN) – A friendly network that is Connecting the LGBTQIA community of Indian Origin & Heritage and the wider Diaspora with their friends and allies in the UK
Gays The Word Bookshop – the UK’s oldest LGBT+ Bookshop, opened January 1979.
Gendered Intelligence – exists to increaase understanding of gender diversity and improve trans people’s quality of life.
Glass House – An exciting new LGBTQIA+ multidisciplinary venue led by Glass House Projects. Our three spaces Common Press (bookshop café), The Commons (multimedia events space) and Common Counter (bar) offer a hub for London’s diverse creatives and community to thrive.
Global Action for Trans Equality GATE is an international advocacy organization working towards justice and equality for trans, gender diverse and intersex communities.
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IMAAN – the UK’s leading LGBTQ Muslim Charity
Intersex Campaign for Equality
Intersex Equality Rights UK – a charity is currently being established.
It Gets Better UK – exists to inspire, empower and uplift LGBTQ+ youth.
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Jewish LGBT+ Group (formerly JGLG)
Just Like Us – works with schols across the UK to improve the lives of LGBT+ young people.
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Keshet UK – has a vision of a world where no pne is forced to chosse between their LGBT+ and Jewish identity.
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Lambeth Links (1193637) – A forum for the LGBTQ+ Community who live, work, socialise and study in the fabulous London Borough of Lambeth
LET VOICE BE HEARD – a campaign organisation based in the UK. We support people from minority backgrounds, especially the LGBT population from southeast Asian counties.
Lewisham LGBT+ Forum – LGBT Lewisham residents/workers who want to collaborate, start or attend LGBT related activities in Lewisham together. Grassroots LGBT community for all ages, lifestyles and needs in Lewisham.
LGBT Foundation – is a national charity deliverg advice, support and information services to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and TRans (LGBT) communities.
LGBT+ Independent Advisory Group – independent LGBT+ advisory group to the Met Police.
LGBT Online Book Club – meets online via zoom on the last Monday of each month. No set text – read whatever you like (fiction, biography, young adult, queer theory, graphic novels, audiobooks etc) as long as there is a link to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer or intersex topics – whether that’s the plot line, author, characters, theme etc. Come along and share what you are reading.
LGBT Youth Scotland – making Sciotland the best place to grow up for LGBTI young people.
Live Through This – support and advocating for LGBTIQ people affected by cancer.
London Bisexuals Meetup Group
London LGBTQ+ Community Centre – Community project to set up a safe, sober, intergenerational, intersectional LGBTQ+ Community Centre.
London Trans And Gender non-conforming Swimming Group (TAGS) – is an internationally-recognised swimming group providing safe and inclusive swimming for the Transgender and Non-binary community in Lewisham. TAGS was established in 2014
London Trans+ Pride
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Mermaids – helping gender-diverse kids, young people and their families since 1995.
Met Police LGBT+ Network – LGBT+ staff network within the Metropolitan Police Service.
Micro Rainbow – run safe houses and socio-economic programmes for LGBTQI people fleeing persecution.
Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons Trust
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Naz and Matt Foundation – our mission is to never let religion, any religion, come in the way of the unconditional love between parents and their children
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Oasis Church Waterloo – Inclusive Christian Church welcoming LGBT+ members
Open House – a safe space for members of the LGBTQIA+ community facilitated by Oasis Church Waterloo. Meets third Tuesday of every month.
Opening Doors – The biggest UK charity working with and for LGBTQ+ people over 50. Delivering activities, befriending, training and increasing LGBTQ+ visibility daily.
Out and About – connects LGBTQIA women and those who are non binary, through shared experiences.
Outings in Art – founded by Art & Design Consultant Chris Barlow and his partner Michael Chan in 2012. We offer a free monthly programme of arts-based events.
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Peter Tatchell Foundation (PTF) seeks to promote and protect the human rights of individuals, communities and nations, in the UK and internationally, in accordance with established national and international human rights law.
Poetry LGBT+
Positive East – London’s leading community-based HIV charity.
Pride in Education – is an FREE LGBTQ+ bi-annual education conference
Pride in London – The UK’s biggest, most diverse Pride. A home for every part of London’s LGBT+ community.
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Queer Britain museum, the first LGBTQ+ museum in the UK dedicated to queer lives and history.
2 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4BH
Queer China – A home and incubator for Chinese LGBTQ+ and allies.
Queer Croydon – is all about amplifying LGBTQI+ arts, events and artists from across Croydon and wider South London.
Queer Wandsworth – previously known as Wandsworth’s LGBTQ+ Forum
Queerseum – A Queer museum for London
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Rainbow Boroughs Project – an LGBT+ inclusive project to enhance networking, communciation and collaboration across London facilitated by the anti-hate crime charity 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
Regard – the UK’s national LGBT Disabled People’s Organisation.
Rise Mutual CIC – deliver behaviour change interventions for local authorities including Brent and Barnet. We primarily work with people who have been abusive in intimate relationships who are motivated to make changes and alongside this we provide an advocacy, advice and signposting service for victims. We offer a programme called Respectful Partnerships to men in same sex relationships and a programme for lesbian/bi women called FADA (Female Awareness of Domestic Abuse).
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Safe Connections Community Hub – aims to support people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts to access the right service at the right time (Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Newham, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets).
Southwark LGBT Network – is a volunteer member led organisation which works to build and support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community in Southwark.
Space Youth Project – Welcoming all young gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBT+) people up to age 25 across Dorset.
Stitch bi Stitch – free crafternoons
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The Common Press – Intersectional bookshop & queer community hub
The Kite Trust – want to create an inclusive society where LGBTQ+ young people are healthy, successful and celebrated.
The Proud Trust – the home of LGBT+ youth and other identities such as asexual, intersex and questioning.
Tonic Housing – is a community-led not for profit organisation creating vibrant and inclusive urban LGBT+ affirming retirement communities where people can share common experiences, find mutual support and enjoy their later life.
Torch – creating a safe, supportive and inclusive space for trans people of faith. Facilitated by Oasis Church Waterloo. Meets first Saturday of eaach month 2-5 pm.
Tower Hamlets LGBT+ Community Forum
Transform Laser Hair & Tattoo Removal – A laser hair removal service run by a trans woman for trans and non binary people.
Trans Media Watch – a charity dedicated to improving media coverage of trans and intersex issues.
Trans Radio – our mission here at Trans Radio UK is very simple; to actively engage with the worldwide Trans (and allies including all of the LGBTQIA+) individuals and communities by the power of music and entertainment using radio shows with community presenters, featuring community artists and musicians.
TransActual – run by the trans community, with the trans community, for the trans community – responding to increasing press hostility, transphobia and misinformation
TransPALS
Traveller Pride
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UK Queer Arabs – is an informal network of volunteers from within the LGBTQIA+ community with a range of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression who have an Arabic/ Amazighi Heritage.
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We are keen to list as many LGBT+ organisations as possible – if you would like yours added, please contact us.
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We are keen to list as many London LGBT+ groups, organisations and services as we can. If you know any that we have missed please send their details to us by email at rainbowboroughs@17-24-30.org.
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