Urgent and Important Call to Action
As many of you will have seen, the Sunday Times reported that the UK Government Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, is planning a…
Our statement on Liz Truss MP’s evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee
On Wednesday 22nd April Liz Truss MP, the Minister for Women and Equalities, appeared before the Women and Equalities Select Committee to give evidence. She…
Consortium Special e-bulletin
Welcome to this special e-bulletin, which is full of updates about what Consortium is doing to support our Members in response to the COVID-19 pandemic….
Consortium Special e-bulletin
Welcome to this special e-bulletin, which is full of updates about what Consortium is doing to support our Members in response to the COVID-19 pandemic….
London LGBTIQA+ Housing Manifesto
The London LGBTIQA+ Housing Campaign is a new campaigning coalition of National and London based LGBTIQA+ organisations: Stonewall Housing, AKT, Micro Rainbow International, Tonic Living,…
LBT Women’s Health Week 2020 will take place from the 9th to the 13th of March
The aim of LBT Women’s Health Week is to raise awareness about the health inequalities which affect women in LGBTQ+ communities, to make it easier…
LGBT+ Futures Programme: Intersections Fund
We are very excited to announce a new small grants funding opportunity that opens to applications today (Monday 3rd February). Thanks to the generosity of…
New Funding Opportunities
Lloyds Bank Foundation Relaunches Grants Programme (England & Wales) Charities in England and Wales with an income of between £25,000 and £1million that are tackling…
Office Holiday Closure
The Consortium Office will be closed from 4pm on Friday 20th December 2019 until 10am on Thursday 2nd January 2020. During this time the Team…
December Newsletter 2019
Seasons Greetings! Welcome to a special December edition of our Newsletter. Consortium will be closed for the holiday period from Saturday 21st December until Thursday 2nd January 2020. The Team…
Tapping into Peer Power at Trans Organisations Network Conference
Last Saturday, Consortium’s Trans Organisations Network (TON) member organisations came together for a Learning Day in London. The Conference, which brought together 30 representatives from…
Trans Groups Scope Opportunities at London Round Table
Consortium’s Trans Organisations Network (TON) member organisations & associates joined up last week for a second strategic roundtable at the Bridge in Southwark, London. The…
Putting the T first at Trans Pride in Brighton
Shaan Knan, Consortium’s trans-specific worker, reports back from Trans Pride Brighton Spending a sunny day at the 7th Trans Pride in Brighton last Saturday…
Stronger Together at Pride in London
Shaan Knan, Consortium’s trans-specific worker, reports back from Pride in London. Fifty years on from the Stonewall uprising in New York, up to 1.5…
New LGBT Sector Women’s Network Blog
LGBT+ Sector Women’s Network: Showcasing our Sector’s Women CEO’s By Vicky Worthington, Consortium’s Membership and Engagement Manager This is the second blog in my LGBT+…
LGBT+ Sector Women’s Network Blog
LGBT+ Sector Women’s Network: Showcasing our Sector’s Women CEO’s By Vicky Worthington, Consortium’s Membership and Engagement Manager. As part of the new LGBT+ Sector Women’s Network,…
Why Partnerships Matter
Collaboration is one of Consortium’s core values. By working together, we can more effectively identify and address the needs of LGBT+ communities, learn from one…
Consortium Brings London’s Trans Groups Together for Landmark Mapping Project
Consortium’s Trans Organisations Network (TON) member organisations & associates joined up last week for a strategic roundtable at the Bridge in Southwark, London. The event,…
Government Equalities Office LGBT Advisory Panel, By Paul Roberts Consortium CEO
Yesterday marked the inaugural meeting of the Government Equalities Office LGBT Advisory Panel! I am delighted to be representing Consortium, and hopefully therefore portraying some…
Consortium Brings Trans Groups Together to Explore Fundraising
Over a dozen member organisations & associates joined last week’s pre-AGM fundraising support workshop in Islington, London. The event was organised by the Consortium’s Trans…
Proud2Be celebrates after receiving £160,000 from the National Lottery to support LGBTQ+ young people in Devon
Social enterprise, Proud2Be, is today celebrating after being awarded £160,000 in National Lottery funding to support its work with LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or…
Schools OUT UK launches #PrideInEducation
Schools OUT UK, the education charity working towards equality in education for LGBTQ+ people, announces #PrideInEducation, the first-ever global equality inclusion conference aimed at educators,…
Galop Launch New Online Survey
Galop have launched a new online survey to help understand how LGBT+ people’s relationships, both intimate and familial, have been affected by the COVID-19 lockdown…
London’s LGBT+ Catholics Go Virtual for Pride 2020
Unable to gather either for the 2020 Pride-in-London Parade, its Community Market Place, or a Pride-in-London Weekend Mass inside Farm Street Jesuit Church, Mayfair,…
Launching Hidayah’s mentoring scheme “Walk With Me”
Hidayah is proud to announce our mentoring scheme “Walk With Me” which has been created to help support our LGBTQIA+ Muslim members. With recent events…
myGWork launches #WorkPride – a virtual conference to strengthen LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion
myGwork, the global recruitment and networking organisation for LGBTQ+ professionals, is launching its first global digital conference, #WorkPride, in place of postponed or cancelled flagship…
New grants help organisations in the capital working with those most affected by COVID-19
The London Community Response, the collaboration of over 50 funders distributing over £18m of funding to civil society groups, is announcing grants to six equality-led…
The House of Stonewall hosts UK’s first 2 day Queer Virtual Festival with Lemonade
With bars and clubs being closed, events and festivals cancelled, queer people are crying out for a bit of creativity, entertainment and fun in their…
#NeverMoreNeeded
Following on from the BBC’s Big Night In and the #EveryDayCounts campaign, we are working with CharityComms to celebrate and highlight the vital and amazing…
GEO COVID-19 Research
The Government Equalities Office has begun to map the huge amount of new research taking place on the impact of COVID-19 on LGBT people. Evidence…