National LGBT Charities and Support Groups
LGBT Health ConcernsThese are national LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) Charities or Support Groups that aim to help those in the UK that are concerned with health issues. If you are aware of any others that should be listed please contact us to have them added. AVERT4 Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5BA
Telephone: 01403 210202 AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, working to AVERT HIV and AIDS worldwide. It has HIV and AIDS projects in countries where there is a particularly high rate of infection, such as sub-Saharan Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of infection such as in India. info@avert.org
Website Broken Rainbow LGBT Domestic Violence ServiceBroken Rainbow, PO BOX 38498, London, SE16 2WN
Telephone: 0300 999 5428
Fax: 020 7394 5510 Broken Rainbow run the only UK LGBT domestic violence helpline. It is staffed by highly trained sessional workers and volunteers. We can provide active listening, signposting, referrals, advice, etc.
They also provide training to front line services, the Police, the Probation Services, Local Authorities, etc, surrounding the issues involved in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans domestic violence.
They can provide speakers for conferences, trainers for workshops/events. We can send you leaflets, posters and publicity materials for your service users. mail@broken-rainbow.org.uk
Website Consortium of Lesbian, Gay , Bisexual & Transgendered Voluntary and CommunityJ111 Tower Bridge Business Centre, 100 Clements Road, London, SE16 4DG
Telephone: 020 7490 2365 (Chief Executive; Mark Reedman)
Fax: 020 7490 2366 The LGBT Consortium is unique because the focus of the Consortium is around the development and support of LGBT groups, organisations and projects, rather than actually delivering direct services or campaigning for individual LGBT rights. It champions the value and importance of LGBT specific organisations and groups, as well as the need for their existence. information@lgbtconsortium.org.uk
Website Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA)PO Box 130, London, W5 1DQ
Telephone: 0844 800 3067 GALHA, celebrating its 30th anniversary during 2009, provides a voice for the many non-religious in the LGBT community in the United Kingdom and beyond - and promotes a rational, humanist approach to homosexuality and to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans rights as human rights. info@galha.org
Website GMFAUnit 43, Eurolink Centre, 49 Effra Road, Brixton, London, SW2 1BZ
Telephone: 020 7738 6872
Fax: 020 7738 7140 The GMFA is the UK's leading gay men's health charity, reaching over 140,000 men.
On their site you will find details about GMFA's history and principles, summaries of the work that they currently do, and information about the organisation, volunteers and staff. You can also find details about becoming involved with GMFA, either as a volunteer or as one of their regular donors. gmfa@gmfa.org.uk
Website Health with PrideBarking and Dagenham PCT, The Clock House, East Street, Essex, IG11 8EY
Telephone: 020 8591 9595 An online resource for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans patients and the healthcare professionals who serve them. Website Regard LGBT with disabilitiesBM Regard, London, WC1N 3XX
Fax: 08444 431277 A National menmbership programme for those who consider themselves to be LGBT and have a disability secretary@regard.org.uk
Website Terrence Higgins Trust314-320 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DP
Telephone: 020 7812 1600 THT was one of the first charities to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV, and improving the nation's sexual health, ever since. This is the address and contact details for the main office in London. For information on something a little closer to home for most of you, then imply check out their site, as they have centres throughout the UK. info@tht.org.uk
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