LGBT+ Futures NET Fund: Grant Recipients
£5400 was awarded to African Equality Foundation for asylum/refugee support meetings and a Project Co-ordinator.
£8864 was awarded to enable the continuation of Birmingham LGBTs counselling service to help meet the needs and support of LGBT people during Covid-19.
£4550, for a digital space for LGBTQ+ young people in the NE, where they can take part in creative activities and reduce social isolation.
£9773 towards core costs, enabling development and delivery of digital versions of the charity’s schools workshops, about challenging HBT bullying in schools.
£11744 was awarded for a Community Development Officer post who will support LGBTI groups and organisations in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic.
£8000 was awarded to help with additional staff capacity within the Youth and Communiities team, to support greater numbers of trans, non binary and gender diverse young people.
£9798 was awarded for an ambassador programme, which recruits, trains and supports LGBT+ young people aged 18-25 to raise awareness of LGBT+ issues.
£10000 was awarded for towards core work to help with the costs of delivering additional support sessions for LGBT+ people during the coronavirus pandemic.
£10000 was awarded to Mermaids to help with the production of a series of 12 podcasts, focusing on issues faced by trans children and young people.
An award of £5250 to help adapt for online delivery a series of courses focused around adoption and fostering, in relation to LGBT+ issues.
£4800 for creative skills workshops to support LGBT+ young people’s employment prospects and health and wellbeing.
£7000 was awarded towards digital support to LGBT+ families, and for the additional precautions needed for resuming physical meetings in the future.
Funding of £2000, to increase weekly sessions to accommodate the 40 people who regularly play football at Saltire Thistle FC, and provide extra equipment.
£9500 was awarded towards two front line officer posts, providing additional helpline cover, wellbeing sessions, and various other duties.
£4000 was awarded for a series of health-focused empowerment workshops for trans and non binary people.
£5000 was awarded for young LGBT+ people who are homeless, to enable them to buy essentials, such as food vouchers, mobiles and also to help them to access emergency accommodation.
Awarded £13510, for continuation of a digital health awareness programme for LGBTQ+ people of colour, supporting people and communities facing challenges due to the impact of covid.
Awarded £4,550 for activities to maintain community contact through the Covid-19 pandemic, enabling the production of webinars and a documentary about being trans and deaf, with the aim to help provide members with social opportunities and a change to feed into the organisations future.
Awarded £2668 to enable Furness LGBT+ youth group to continue running it's weekly group, in response to increased need due to the impact of covid.
£3700 was awarded for room hire and PPE equipment (masks, cleaning supplies etc) to enable one to one work with LGBTQ young people to continue.
Awarded £6000 for trustee and volunteer development for a charity focused on LGBTQI+ Muslims to increase capacity to meet increased demand and complexity of needs supported due to Covid-19.
Awarded a £10000 grant towards a key staff post within LEAP Sports Scotland, in response to covid and the impact it has had on LGBT communities.
Awarded £5000 funding for counselling sessions for Black LGBT+ people and monthly food parcels.
£5000 was awarded for emergency accommodation for homeless LGBTI migrants who are unable to access public funds.
£10000 was awarded for specialist counselling support for LGBT+ young people in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, in response to increased demand due to covid.
£9912 was awarded for workshops and podcasts, based on topics identified through consultation with LGBTQ+ people living with HIV.
£2900 was awarded towards improving mental health among LGBT+ people.
£9329 was awarded to help increase youth worker capacity to enable continued delivery of LGBT+ youth groups, specialist SEND provision and one to one support for young people.
An award of £2500 was given for inclusive walking and swimming events for trans people.
Awarded £3000 to towards BAME/Poc LGBTU+ work, specifically supporting a Youth Support Worker, running allyship workshops, and provide BAME/Poc LGBTU+ young people with dedicated support.
Awarded £4800 towards online outreach providing advice, information, referrals to one-to-one support, and signposting to specialised services, such as sexual health.
Awarded £9124 towards increased staff capacity to deliver a variety of online support groups.
Awarded £4900 towards Xplore sessions for LGBTQ+ young people across Devon
Awarded £7970 towards radio skills training for LGBT+ people from Manchester to improve skills and increase their resilience by creating content for broadcast.
Awarded £5000 towards volunteer equipment and running costs including support towards running the second annual "Juice1038 Mental Health Month."
Awarded £9685 towards a series of online workshops aimed at LGBT+ people whose employment has been impacted by covid, with the aim of boosting confidence and wellbeing.
Awarded £5000 towards Radical Rhizomes project, a programme of social gatherings and community development by and for queer, trans and intersex people of colour (QTIPoC) in Brighton and Hove.
Awarded £4929 towards support for Middle Eastern LBTQ+ women experiencing mental health issues and isolation resulting from the lockdown along with digital art therapy classes.
Awarded £9980 to expand a tele-friending support service connecting isolated older LGBT+ people with telephone befriender volunteers.
£4830 towards development of a community garden project to enable LGBT+ people of all ages to safely meet while safely distancing and get involved with community gardening.
Awarded £5000 for food parcels and covid safety equipment, along with activity resource packs for LGBT+ asylum seekers.
Awarded £4,940 towards weekly, socially distanced Badminton sessions for older LGBT+ people to help lessen the impact covid has had on their already established badminton group.
Awarded £7233 to increase the capacity of the youth work team, in response to increased demand for services and support from young people, due to covid.
Awarded £4914 towards laptops to enable workers to continue to deliver their work with LGBT+ asylum seekers and refugees, both remotely and securely.
Awarded £858 in core funding towards difficult to fund essential costs of a charity impacted by loss of income as a result of Covid-19.
£13,000 for online sessions and webinars for BAME LGBTQ people of faith during lockdown/coronavirus.
£5,000 to create high-quality multi-genre content for LGBT+ people in the Welsh language to help tackle isolation and mental/social wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.
£2,268 for Zoom and to provide BSL interpretations/closed captioning for digital events.
£10,000 in core funding to enable a focus on support work during the pandemic.
£3,004 for a digital youth worker to run Impact Youth Group sessions online, and help create and send out activity packages to young people during the pandemic.
£257 to towards enabling this monthly LGBT+ book club to continue meeting online.
£3,000 spoken word events, platforming women and non binary people of colour, and writing workshops for BAME LGBTQI people.
£3,200 to enhance the virtual drop-in attended by around 25 members, including a mental health sessions and social groups.
£5,000 towards a digital youth work service and an online learning service, in response to lockdowns preventing face to face groups.
£5,000 towards increased hours for the Community Engagement Worker to enable them to reach more LGBT+ people facing hardship due to coronavirus.
£600 to ensure the LGBTQI+ Wales Forum is accessible for those with access needs. Funding will be spent on BSL interpreters for meetings to accommodate members' needs.
