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LGBT Foundation
Chief Executive
Paul Martin OBE
Organisational Values
Passion, Integrity, Empowerment, Respect
Websitehttps://lgbt.foundation/

LGBT Foundation (formerly known as The Lesbian & Gay Foundation) is a national charity based in

bisexual and trans (LGBTQ) people are able to reach their full potential. They support over 40,000 people directly every year, and a further 600,000 online.[1]
They provide direct services and resources to more LGBT people than any other charity of its kind in the UK.

The

trans advocacy
, LGBTQ+ armed forces/veterans, and the Indigo Gender Service.

History

The origin of the LGBT Foundation was in the Manchester Lesbian and Gay Switchboard Services (MLGSS), which began on 2 January 1975 when six gay men got together to provide an information and support service for the growing number of gay men coming out following the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967.[citation needed] The line ran from 7 to 9pm each evening with calls being taken about a wide range of issues. Over the decades, the services broadened out to include counselling, group work and email support.[citation needed]

In April 2000, MLGSS unified with Healthy Gay Manchester (HGM) to form the Lesbian & Gay Foundation (LGF).[2] Drawing upon experience gained from MeSMAC Manchester, HGM was formed in 1994 by Paul Martin OBE[3] (current Chief Executive of LGBT Foundation), and Gerard Gudgion with a clear aim to reduce the incidence of HIV infection through sex between men. Famed for its ground-breaking approach to safer sex campaigning, HGM was a pioneering gay men's health organisation offering free condoms and personal lubricant, counselling, services, groups and volunteering opportunities such as condom packing evenings.

In April 2015, the LGF adopted the name LGBT Foundation.[2]

The LGBT Foundation has witnessed and responded to and impacted a number of national and international developments for LGBT equality[4] LGBT Foundation co-operated with

Pride" event. It used to provide media partnership to Manchester Pride with its own magazine, Out North West,[5]
until the magazine was discontinued.

Current work

As of 2019, LGBT Foundation is the largest LGBT health and community services charity in the UK, offering a range of services serving over 40,000 people in person and over 600,000 people online every year.[6][failed verification]

LGBT Foundation provides a wide range of wellbeing and support services. Their domestic abuse programme provides practical housing advice, 1:1 casework support and advice sessions to LGBT victims of domestic abuse.[7] Their substance misuse programme provides 1-2-1 and group support for those addicted to drugs and/or alcohol.[8] Their talking therapies team deliver LGBT-affirmative counselling support.[9] Their befriending service helps people to build their support networks, make friends and reduce loneliness.[10] The Foundation Direct helpline – the organisation's oldest service - provides crisis email and phone support to over 5,000 people every year.

They operate a sexual health testing service for men who have sex with men and LGBT people,[11] conducting outreach testing across Greater Manchester.[11] Each year their sexual health team distributes over a quarter of a million condoms and sachets of lube, celebrating 30 years of free condom and lube distribution in 2024.[12]

Pride in Practice is LGBT Foundation's quality assurance support service that strengthens and develops Primary Care Services relationship with their lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans patients within the local community.[13] As of 2019, 2.1 million patients in Greater Manchester are now registered at Pride in Practice accredited GP practices.[14]

The Village Angels and Village Haven are LGBT Foundation's night-time safety and harm reduction projects. They provide support to vulnerable people in Manchester's historic

Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the highest honour a voluntary group can receive in the UK.[20]

More recently, LGBT Foundation has expanded its operations to Liverpool, Coventry and

Government Equalities Office to had commissioned the LGBT Foundation to roll out Pride in Practice through five London clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) —  Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth CCG and North West London.[22] Nationally, Eastern Cheshire, Mid Essex, St Helens, Greater Huddersfield, Calderdale and North Kirklees CCGs have also expressed interest in running the programme in future.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Our Impact & Accounts". lgbt.foundation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Attitude.co.uk Archived 3 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Lesbian and Gay foundation change their name to celebrate diversity.
  3. ^ Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector and Support, O.B.E. For Manchester gay rights and equalities campaigner. Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "LGF is acting regarding homophobia issues in Russia". Manchester Pride. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ^ "LGF's magazin Out North West as medial partner to Manchester Pride". Manchester Pride. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  6. ^ Charity report Archived 27 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Reg. charity no. 1070904.
  7. ^ "Domestic Abuse". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "LGBT Foundation's Substance Misuse Programme". Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Talking Therapies". Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Befriending". Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Sexual Health Tests". Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Condoms and lube". Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Healthcare Professionals". Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  14. ^ Foundation, LGBT [@LGBTfdn] (8 May 2019). "Over 2 million patients in Greater Manchester are now covered by Pride in Practice accredited GPs We are excited to be expanding our Pride in Practice programme this year to ensure all LGBT people have access to healthcare which is inclusive and understands their specific needs.pic.twitter.com/cHDmGuVUJK" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 May 2019 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ a b c "Village Angels". Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Village Haven". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  17. ^ LADbible (20 December 2017), These volunteers protect our streets after dark, archived from the original on 11 April 2019, retrieved 13 May 2019
  18. ^ "Smirnoff aims for 'societal change' with new LGBT campaign". Marketing Week. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Greater Manchester Celebrates its Health and Care Champions". Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership. 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  20. ^ "The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2019". The London Gazette. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Soho Angels help you to end the night right". London Live. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  22. ^ a b MAY 2019, The Pharmaceutical Journal10 (10 May 2019). "London pharmacists to be offered training to support LGBT patients". Pharmaceutical Journal. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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