Consortium Welcomes New Chair of Trustees
Today Consortium welcomes a new Chair of Trustees, Yatin Mistry, as we always say farewell and a huge thank you to outgoing Chair Christopher French, who stands down after 3 […]
Read More£20,000 awarded through our LGBT+ Futures: Faith Fund
Consortium is delighted to have awarded £20,000 to LGBT+ organisations thanks to generous funding from a private donor. 20 LGBT+ organisations across the country received funding. Funds were awarded to […]
Read MoreStatement on the ruling in Mermaids v Charity Commission and LGB Alliance
Consortium are disappointed to learn that the appeal was dismissed on the grounds of legal standing. Although the judges were invited to indicate what their decision would have been on […]
Read More2023 Volunteer Awards: Highly Commended Nominations
Volunteers’ Week reminds us all to take the time to say thank you to the LGBTQIA+ volunteers who dedicate their time volunteering for the LGBTQIA+ sector. This is why we […]
Read MoreNew Funding Partnership for Trans Rights Makes First Award
New Funding Partnership for Trans Rights Makes First Award Consortium is delighted to have made a grant award of £10,000 to TransActual, a trans-led […]
Read More2023 LGBTQIA+ Volunteers’ Awards Winners
It’s Volunteers Week! Volunteering keeps our communities going, and is a week when we recognise and celebrate the contributions from LGBTQIA+ volunteers all over the UK! Volunteers’ Week reminds us […]
Read MoreILGA releases latest Rainbow Europe index, UK falls to 17th place
ILGA Europe have published their latest Rainbow Europe map and rankings, with the UK once again dropping in the ratings and now sitting at 17th place in the list of […]
Read MoreUN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity releases statement following visit to UK
Despite a robust human rights protection framework and decades of progress in the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧, after my country visit I am concerned about the impact of current political & social […]
Read More*UPDATED* EHRC Statement & Member Responses
We were extremely disappointed to read the recent advice from the EHRC, which would seek to remove vital human rights protections from trans people. This advice does not change the […]
Read MoreInterim Evaluation of the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund
We are really pleased to be publishing the Interim Evaluation into the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund, which is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. […]
Read MoreWe Are All Humans – Time to Call, Enough!
In the last 10 days we have seen our LGBT+ identities attacked in ways we haven’t seen since the 80/90’s. The focus of these attacks have been trans people and […]
Read MoreMental Health Awareness Week – Consortium Team Blog
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week is focussed on anxiety – what it is, how it affects us and what we can do about it. The last few years have […]
Read MoreTrans Day of Visibility Blog
Trans Day of Visibility turns 14 years old this year! This awareness day was started back in 2009 by American trans activist, Rachel Crandall, to counteract and balance the grief […]
Read MoreNeurodiversity Celebration Week Blog
It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week! This week is “a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It aims to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported by […]
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a day for all women. It’s a day where we celebrate that women are diverse, and complex, and interesting, and it’s also a time to shine […]
Read MoreDiscussing LGBTQIA+ experiences of immigration detention
On 7 February it was time for the quarterly meetup for organisations, groups and projects that support LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers, migrants and refugees. Together with our wonderful member and co-organiser, […]
Read MoreRace Equality Week 2023
Some thoughts from Nikita Chadha (she/they), Consortium’s Racial Justice Engagement Officer: Race Equality Week is starting across the UK today. With any awareness week, there can be an increase in […]
Read MoreTrans Bodies in Art with MrLeoMateusArt
For Trans Awareness Week our Comms Officer Leo (he/they) spoke to Ocean (he/they) of Mr Leo Mateus Art about trans bodies in art, the representation of plus size people and […]
Read MoreMental Health, Loneliness and Isolation: In Conversation with The Quest Collective
In this episode of The LGBT+ Consortium Podcast, Ray Carter (they/them), National LGBT+ Partnership Stakeholder Officer speaks to Darren Brady (he/him) and Ade Adeniji (he/him), founders of The Quest […]
Read MoreBisexual Visibility Month: Bi+ Health, The Bi Fund & more
In this episode of The LGBT+ Consortium Podcast, Laura Clarke (she/they), National LGBT+ Partnership Coordinator speaks to Ray Carter (they/them), National LGBT+ Partnership Stakeholder Officer about Bi+ Health, our Bi […]
Read MoreBuilding Safe Choices – Older LGBT+ Housing Survey
If you are over 50, live in London and identify as LGBT+ we would love to hear from you! Tonic Living, Opening Doors London and Stonewall Housing are working together […]
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How Do I Tell My Kids?
‘How do I tell my kids?’ is a question we at FFLAG have been asked so many times by lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. We don’t know the answer! […]
Read MoreLGBT Community United For Trans Equality
Seventy-two LGBT organisations from all over Scotland have today [Sun Jan 26th] united to emphasise their support for trans equality in an open letter to MSPs. The organisations also declare […]
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Writing Competition
IARS is organising a writing competition as part of the Community Outreach to contribute to the intellectual outputs of the Youth Empowerment and Innovation Project (YEIP). They are interested in broadcasting […]
Read MoreHappy Queermas
Stonewall Housing is the UK’s oldest LGBT+ specific housing support and advice service. They help over 1000 LGBT+ people a year access safer homes and spaces. They have 51 bed […]
Read MoreEquality Organisations welcome Scottish Government draft bill to reform the Gender Recognition Act
Leading LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) organisations in Scotland have welcomed the Scottish Government’s draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, published today. The draft bill is out for […]
Read MoreGroundbreaking LGBT+ Hoarding Support Group to Launch Gay History Month February 2020!
HoardingUK, the only UK-wide charity solely dedicated to supporting people impacted by hoarding behaviour and ELOP, LGBT Mental Health and Wellbeing Charity, have joined forces to provide a safe and […]
Read MoreRainbow JCB Marks Beginning of £2.4m Rebuild for Europe’s First LGBT+ Centre in Manchester
Powering up a rainbow JCB digger, VIPs including the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham MP, and the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Mr Warren J Smith KStJ JP Dlitt […]
Read MoreTrans Community Partnership Launch New Research and Development Programme
The new Trans Learning Partnership* (TLP) led by Spectra, are proud to announce grant funding from the City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s charitable funder. This grant will […]
Read MoreLifetime Achievement Award
Mark Healey, founder of 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the National NO2H8 Crime Awards this year. Mark was recognised for his work […]
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