South West Borough Command Unit

South West BCU covers the London Boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth.

Kingston Upon Thames Census 2021 Local Mapping
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/identity/sexual-orientation/sexual-orientation-9a/gay-or-lesbian?lad=E09000021

Merton Census 2021 Local Mapping
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/identity/sexual-orientation/sexual-orientation-9a/gay-or-lesbian?lad=E09000024

Richmond Upon Thames Census 2021 Local Mapping
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/identity/sexual-orientation/sexual-orientation-9a/gay-or-lesbian?lad=E09000027

Wandsworth Census 2021 Local Mapping
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/identity/sexual-orientation/sexual-orientation-9a/gay-or-lesbian?lad=E09000032

LGBT+ Forums

Kingston LGBT+ Forum – Registered Charity 1184645

Merton Plus – supporting the LGBTQIA community in Merton

Merton LGBT+ Forum

Richmond LGBT+ Forum Facebook group

Queer Wandsworth

Police Services

In an emergency you can contact the police by calling 999, if it is not an emergency you can call them using 101.

British Transport Police – covers public transport services across the UK.

Metropolitian Police Service – covers the London region (excluding the City of London which is covered by the City of London Police).

True Vision – national police hate crime reporting website.

Council Services

Kingston Council

Merton Council

Hate Incidents and hate crime

Richmond Council

Wandsworth Council

Community Services

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.

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 hatecrim@galop.org.uk

Council Voluntary Sector organisations.

Kingston Voluntary Action

Merton Connected (MVSC)

Richmond Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)

Lifetimes (Wandsworth)

Wandsworth Care Alliance

Volunteer Centres

Volunteering Kingston

Volunteer Centre Merton

Richmond CVS

no organisation listed for Wandsworth

Healthwatch

Healthwatch Kingston upon Thames

Healthwatch Merton

Healthwatch Richmond upon Thames

Healthwatch Wandsworth