Resource List
This page is a compilation of organisations and services which may be of use to people who are looking to be signposted for advice or support. We have separated these based on national and regional locations. Feel free to contact these services directly using contact information listed on their website. Please note that we are not affiliated with these organisations and cannot guarantee the quality or level of support you may receive from them.
This list is continuously updated, so please email us if you would like your organisation listed here, or would like to contribute any contact information for a city not currently listed.
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National
Just Ask
Contact: www.justask.org.uk
What do they do: Addiction Treatment and Recovery Support.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Contact: www.adviceguide.org.uk
What do they do: General advice for the public.
Shelter
Contact: www.shelter.org.uk
What do they do: Provides housing advice to people in the UK.
Queery
Contact: www.queery.org.uk
What do they do: Provides listings for the LGBT communities in the UK and Ireland.
Broken Rainbow
Contact: www.broken-rainbow.org.uk
What do they do: LGBT domestic violence organisation.
Refuge
Contact: www.refuge.org.uk
What do they do: Domestic violence organisation for all women and children.
Women’s Aid Federation of England
Contact: www.womensaid.org.uk
What do they do: National charity working to end domestic violence against women and children.
Just Like Us
Contact: www.justlikeus.org
What do they do: Support for young LGBT+ people
Mermaids
Contact: www.mermaids.freeuk.com
What do they do: Family support group for children and teenagers with gender identity issues.
Freedoms
Contact: www.freedoms.org.uk
What do they do: Free condom service for gay men.
Depend
Contact: www.depend.org.uk
What do they do: Offers free, confidential and non-judgmental advice, information and support to all family members, spouses, partners and friends of transsexual people.
Safehouse
Contact: https://safehouse.org/
What do they do: Empowering survivors of domestic violence and sexual vassault.
True Vision
Contact: www.report-it.org.uk/home
What do they do: Provides information about hate crime or incidents, support links, and a drirect form to report incidents.
Survivors UK
Contact: www.survivorsuk.org
What do they do: Help for male rape or abuse victims.
Pink Parents
Contact: www.pinkparents.org.uk
What do they do: Offers a range of support services and social activities for all LGBT families.
Terrence Higgins Trust
Contact: www.tht.org.uk
What do they do: Provide services for those affected by HIV and AIDS.
UK Intersex Association
Contact: http://www.ukia.co.uk/
What do they do: Education, advocacy, campaigning and support run for and by intersex people.
Stonewall Lobby Group
Contact: www.stonewall.org.uk
What do they do: Campaigns for equality and justice for LGB people.
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group
Contact: www.uklgig.org.uk
What do they do: Provides information and advice on immigration for same-sex couples and asylum seekers.
Polari
Contact: www.casweb.org/polari
What do they do: Works for better services for older LGBT people. Provides an information service.
Beaumont Society
Contact: www.beaumontsociety.org.uk
What do they do: UK Transgender Support Group.
FTM Network
Contact: www.ftm.org.uk
What do they do: Provide support for female-to-male transgender and transsexual people.
Press For Change
Contact: www.pfc.org.uk
What do they do: Campaigns for respect and equality for all trans people.
Pride Events
Contact: www.pride-events.co.uk
What do they do: Provides information for UK Pride dates, locations and venues, bars and hotels.
Hoops and Loops
Contact: https://hoopsandloopswales.wixsite.com/lgbt
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/HoopsAndLoops2018/
What do they do: A space for the LGBT+ asylum seeker/refugee to meet in a safe space with people just like them.
London
LGBT Jigsaw
Contact: http://www.lgbtjigsaw.net/
What do they do: LGBT Jigsaw is a one-stop-shop for young lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people across London who are homeless or having trouble at home.
Homeless London
Contact: www.homelesslondon.org
What do they do: Resource for homeless people in London.
London Bisexual Group
Contact: http://londonbi.bi.org
What do they do: Supportive social space for bisexual people in London.
London Bisexual Women’s Group
Contact: http://lbiwomen.bi.org
What do they do: Group for bisexual women in London.
Black Men’s Advisory Group
Contact: www.bgmag.org.uk
What do they do: Support group for black men who have sex with men.
BLUK
Contact: www.bluk.org.uk
What do they do: Black lesbian social network.
British Born Chinese Lesbian
Contact: www.bbclesbian.co.uk
What do they do: Project offering empowerment to all Chinese lesbians who live within the UK.
Kiss
Contact: www.planetkiss.org.uk
What do they do: Social group of women who identify either as lesbian, bisexual or queer and are of South Asian, Middle Eastern or North African descent.
Lesbian and Gay Coalition Against Racism
Contact: www.naar.org.uk/lagcar
What do they do: Exists to create a visible anti-racist voice of lesbians and gay men, and to help forge the unity needed to defeat racism, homophobia and bigotry.
LYC London
Contact: www.lyclondon.com
What do they do: Social, support and sports group for gay Asian men in the UK.
The Naz Project
Contact: www.naz.org.uk
What do they do: Provide sexual health and HIV prevention and support services to targeted Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in London.
UK Black Out
Contact: www.ukblackout.com
What do they do: Online resource for black LGBT people.
Kairos In Soho
Contact: www.kairosinsoho.org.uk
What do they do: Community centre in Soho promoting the health and well-being of the LGBT Communities.
London Friend
Contact: www.londonfriend.org.uk
What do they do: Counselling, telephone support and social groups for LGB people.
The Metro Centre
Contact: www.metrocentreonline.org
What do they do: LGBT community centre in Greenwich. Runs drop-ins and various groups and projects for young LGBT people.
Gay Data
Contact: www.london.gaydata.co.uk
What do they do: London’s LGBT resource directory.
Safra Project
Contact: www.safraproject.org
What do they do: Resource project on issues relating to lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who identify as Muslim culturally and/or religiously.
NCL Suicide Prevention
Contact: https://www.rethink.org/ncl-suicide
This is for people aged 18 years and over who live, work or study in the 5 London Boroughs of Camden, Islington, Enfield, Barnet and Haringey who are affected by suicide.
Lesbian and Gay Christians
Contact: www.lgcm.org.uk
What do they do: Christian organisation open to all irrespective of sexual orientation challenging homophobia in the Churches and other Christian communities.
Gay Men’s Wellbeing
Contact: www.gaymenswellbeing.com
What do they do: Provides services for men how have sex with men in East London.
London Gay Man
Contact: www.londongayman.co.uk
What do they do: Online information service for gay men living in or visiting London.
Outzone
Contact: www.outzone.org
What do they do: Youth group for gay and bisexual men aged 25 and under in and around London.
Galop
Contact: www.galop.org.uk
What do they do: Provides advice and support to victims of homophobic and transphobic violence and hate crime.
LGBT Advisory Group
Contact: www.lgbtag.org.uk/
What do they do: Voluntary group of independent LGBT advisors to the Metropolitan Police Service. Advise on and monitor police issues that affect our communities across all the London boroughs.
Food Chain
Contact: www.foodchain.org.uk
What do they do: Improve the health and well-being of London’s population living with HIV by alleviating hunger and malnutrition.
Positive East
Contact: www.positiveeast.org.uk
What do they do: Provide practical and emotional support for people living with and affected by HIV in East London.
Gingerbeer
Contact: www.gingerbeer.co.uk
What do they do: London’s leading website for lesbians and bisexual women.
LGBT Consortium
Contact: www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk
What do they do: Consortium of LGBT voluntary and community organisations.
London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Contact: www.llgs.org.uk
What do they do: Information, support and referral service for LGB people throughout the UK.
Albert Kennedy Trust
Contact: www.akt.org.uk
What they do: Provide support to LGBT homeless young people.
Freestyle
Contact: www.freestylelondon.org.uk
What do they do: Supports young LGBT people to get a better deal from services in London.
Opening doors London
Contact: www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk
What do they do: Opening Doors London (ODL) is the biggest charity providing information and support services specifically for older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT+) people in the UK.
Amnesty International
Contact: www.amnesty.org.uk
What do they do: Amnesty International UK work to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.
British Muslim of Secular Democracy (BMSD)
Contact: www.bmsd.org.uk
What do they do: BMSDemocracy advocates and supports secularism, tolerance, equal and civil rights for all, in both general British and specifically Muslim contexts.
Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group
Contact: www.jglg.org.uk
What do they do: Friendship and support for Jewish gays, lesbians, bisexuals and their partners.
South West England
LGBT Bristol
Contact:sarah@lgbtbristol.org.uk
What do they do: LGBT Bristol has been working to empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, demisexual, non-binary, pansexual and intersex etc, people – all those who do not identify or fit as either heterosexual or cis-gender – to become actively involved in community life.
Black South West Network
Contact: admin@bswn.org.uk
What do they do: BAME-led organisation that delivers race equality work through undertaking robust, BAME-led research into the social and economic issues that affect BAME communities.
Stand Against Racism & Inequality (SARI)
Contact: www.sariweb.org.uk
What do they do: Stand Against Racism & Inequality (SARI) specialise in race and faith-based hate crime.
Bristol MIND/Mindline
Contact: mindline@bristolmind.org.uk
What do they do: Bristol Mind supports victims of disability hate crime due to their mental health, and promotes better mental health for all.
Bristol Refugee Rights (Pride without Borders Bristol)
Contact: bristolrefugeerights.org
What do they do: Bristol Refugee Rights (BRR) was set up as a voluntary organisation in 2006. They provide a place of welcome where asylum seekers and refugees can meet, as well as helping them to play a full part in the life of the wider community. To compliment the direct support for people going through the asylum system they also campaign for the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
Kiki
Contact: letshaveakiki100@outlook.com
What do they do: Kiki are a Bristol based LGBTQI+ group that represent and support People of Colour, they are one of the most common BME groups that people refer to. Kiki hold regular events in Bristol that range from club nights to showing films and holding stalls in BME spaces.
OTR (Off the Record)/Freedom Youth
Contact: www.otrbristol.org.uk
What do they do: OTR are a mental health organisation running support groups for people who require support in managing their mental health. Additionally, they have LGBTQIA+ groups set up by and for volunteers on a regular basis throughout BANES. They work with youth up to 25 years.
The Diversity Trust
Contact: info@diversitytrust.org.uk
What do they do: Promote social engagement with equalities communities, groups and individuals. In particular, but not limited to: Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER); Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Questioning (LGBTQ+); Disabled and Learning Disabled; Older and Younger people. As well as other areas.
WeRiseUK
Contact: aaliyah.hussain@we-rise.co.uk
What do they do: Muslim women empowering themselves and others through advocacy, training & community engagement.
SafeLink
Contact: https://safelinksupport.co.uk/
What do they do: Provide support and advice for people who have experienced sexual abuse.
Brigstowe
Contact: info@brigstowe.org
What do they do: HIV support organisation .
FFLAG Bristol
Contact: Bruce Kent- bruce@fflag.org.uk
What do they do: A national voluntary organisation and charity dedicated to supporting parents and their lesbian, gay, bisexual and Trans sons and daughters.
Bristol Crossroads
Contact: Lauren / Lesley - 07734 261242
What do they do: A group supporting the transgender community in Bristol, providing a safe space, meet-ups, groups and advice.
The Midlands
Muslim Women's Network UK
Contact: www.mwnuk.co.uk
What do they do: Muslim Women's Network UK (MWNUK) is the only national Muslim women's organisation in Britain and work to improve the social justice and equality for Muslim women and girls.
Leicester LGBT Centre
Contact: https://leicesterlgbtcentre.org
What do they do: Support groups for various ages and categories. Including a south Asian LGBT group.
Trade Sexual Health
Contact: http://www.tradesexualhealth.com/
What do they do: Sexual health advice, screening, rapid HIV testing.
Nottingham LGBT+ Network
Contact: http://www.nottslgbt.com
What do they do: Support groups for various ages and categories.
Derbyshire LGBT+ Website
Contact: https://www.derbyshirelgbt.org.uk
What do they do: Support groups for various ages and categories.
Birmingham LGBT Website
Contact: https://blgbt.org
What do they do: Support groups for various ages and categories.
North England
Apna Haq
Contact: info@apnahaq.org.uk
What do they do: Apna Haq provide support services for black and minority ethnic (BME) women and girls living in Rotherham, South Yorkshire who are experiencing violence.
Rainbow Noir
Contact: www.rainbownoir.com
What do they do: LGBTQI+ BAME group.
The Bayard Project
Contact: Search for the Facebook group online and join
What do they do: LGBTQI+ BAME group.
MESMAC
Contact: www.mesmac.co.uk
What do they do: Sexual health organisation.
Wales
Glitter Cymru
Contact: Vish at glittercymru@gmail.com
What do they do: BAME LGBT social group in Cardiff holding regular monthly meetings for BAME LGBT people around South Wales.
Scotland
Leap Sports
Contact: www.leapsports.org
What do they do: Work for greater inclusion for LGBTI people in sport.