March Newsletter
🗞 Our March Newsletter is out! In this edition you will find an important update about the Supportive Schools Campaign, news about Lesbian Visibility Week,…
LGBT+ Sector Responds to the Government’s Draft ‘Guidance for Schools and Colleges: Gender Questioning Children’.
Following a long wait and several delays, the UK Government have today, 19th December, released their draft ‘Guidance for Schools and Colleges: Gender Questioning Children’….
Final Evaluation of the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund
We are excited to be publishing the final evaluation of the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund, which has been funded by The National Lottery Community Fund,…
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,…
£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…
Statement 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…
2023 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+…
New 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…
2023 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…
ILGA 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…
Totnes Set for the Pride of Its Life!
Devon-based Proud2Be is set to host their tenth Pride event in the historic market town of Totnes on Saturday 3rd September 2022. The grassroots user-led…
FFLAG appoints Bobbi Pickard as newest Patron
The Trustees of FFLAG are proud and delighted to announce that Bobbi Pickard has agreed to become a patron of our charity. Bobbi is the…
PRIDE IN LIVERPOOL PAINTS CITY RAINBOW
Pride in Liverpool returned to the city this weekend for the first time since before the pandemic, painting the city rainbow as more than 12,000…
Registration now open for the Autumn Intake of the Foundation Certificate in LGBT+ Affirmative Counselling Skills
elop’s Foundation Certificate in LGBT+ Affirmative Counselling Skills is open to all LGBT+ community members and allies and is suitable for people interested in starting…
Full Pride In Liverpool Line-Up Revealed
FULL PROGRAMME FOR PRIDE IN LIVERPOOL 2022 REVEALED LCR Pride Foundation has revealed its full, community-driven line up for Pride in Liverpool 2022 and invited…
LGBTI organisations call for meaningful progress on non-binary equality in Scotland
This non-binary awareness week, national LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) organisations in Scotland call for awareness to become action following the publication of…
Research into experiences of conversion practices in minoritised communities
Circular3 is a management consultancy working on improving ethnic minority representation and participation in the development of legislation, public policy and service design. They have…
New Scottish LGBTI+ Rainbow Mark launched to support inclusive social spaces
Five LGBTI+ orgs have come together to launch a new initiative to promote and support inclusive social spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex…
Being Ready Project
The ‘Being Ready’ project was set up to address the needs of trans, intersex and gender diverse people during all stages of dying, death and…
UK’s first community-run queer venue to open this year
Community share sale launched after 8 year campaign Queer campaigners launch share sale to open UK’s first community-run queer venue London, 17 June 2022 –…