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SWITCHBOARD LGBT+ HELPLINE A safe space for anyone to discuss anything, including sexuality, gender identity, sexual health and emotional well-being. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Telephone: 0800 0119 100, open 10am-10pm every day. Website (with Live Chat function): www.switchboard.lgbt/how-we-can-help/
NHS 111 SERVICE Non-urgent care. Accessible through: Telephone: 111 Website (with contact form): www.111.nhs.uk
MINDOUT A mental health service run by and for lesbians, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people with experience of mental health issues. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Telephone: 01273 234839 Website (with Live Chat function): www.mindout.org.uk/about-us/
PAPYRUS UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Are you, or is a young person you know, not coping with life? For confidential suicide prevention advice contact HOPELINE247. Telephone: 0800 068 4141 // Text: 07860 039967 Website: www.papyrus-uk.org/
THE SAMARITANS Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Telephone (call anytime, from any phone, FREE): 116 123 Website (with Live Chat function): www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/chat-online/
MERMAIDS Support for transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children and young people until their 20th birthday, as well as their families and professionals involved in their care. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Telephone: 0808 801 0400, The Mermaids Helpline is open Monday to Friday, 9am – 9pm (times may vary on Bank Holidays) Website (with Live Chat function): www. mermaidsuk.org.uk/contact-us/ Text Chat (for crisis support): Text MERMAIDS to 85258
GALOP The UK’s LGBT+ anti-abuse charity. They work with and for LGBT+ victims and survivors of abuse and violence. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Telephone: 0800 999 5428, open Monday – Thursday, 10am to 8:30pm & Friday, 10am to 4:30pm. Website (with Live Chat function): https://galop.org.uk/get-help/helplines/ Email: help@galop.org.ukGENDERED INTELLIGENCE A registered charity that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people. They are a trans-led and trans-involving grassroots organisation with a wealth of lived experience, community connections of many kinds, and a depth and breadth of trans community knowledge that is second to none. WAYS TO CONNECT FOR SUPPORT Telephone: 0330 355 9678, open Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 2-7pm and Wednesday & Friday, 10am-3pm (If the phone line is busy or closed, please leave a voicemail and they will get back to you). Whatsapp Chat: 07592 650 496 // www.genderedintelligence.co.uk/index.html // Email: supportline@genderintelligience.co.uk
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Whether it’s a change in season, lockdown/pandemic, or just another day, you might need a bit of support and you absolutely deserve it. This cosy hub was built with queer, trans, people of colour youth in mind. Made with love and care by Sabah Choudrey. Click the image for further details.
Black Minds Matter UK is a fully registered charity operating in the UK; connecting Black individuals and families with free mental health services - by professional Black therapists to support their mental health. Their vision is to make mental health topics more relevant and accessible for all Black people in the U.K., removing the stigma and remodelling the services to be relevant for the Black community. Click the image for further details.
Colours Youth Network believes in the importance of creating spaces where LGBTQ young people of colour’s racial, cultural, spiritual, and religious identities are centred.
Colours Youth Network uplifts, supports and empowers young people of colour who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex (QTIPOC) aged 16-25, to explore and celebrate who they are through meaningful connections to other young people and a team of experienced QTIPOC youth workers. Click the image for further details.UK Black Pride is the world’s largest celebration for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern-descent. They produce an annual celebration during pride month, as well as a variety of activities throughout the year in and around the UK, which also promote and advocate for the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual health and wellbeing of the communities they represent. Click the image for further details.therapy directories
This directory is a listing of members of Gendered Intelligence’s Network for Therapists and Counsellors who wish to offer their services to trans and gender questioning people, their families and their partners. Click the image for further details.
Pink Therapy offers a directory of qualified LGBTQIA+ friendly therapists and counsellors providing trusted, non-judgmental services for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, asexual, intersex and anyone who identifies as gender, sex or relationship diverse. Click the image for further details.
The QTIPOC Therapist Directory has been created by Black Trans Foundation in our commitment to making therapy more accessible for those with marginalised identities. Click the image for further details.
The UK’s largest independent organisation to specialise in working psychologically, informed by an understanding of intersectionality, with people who identify as Black, African, South Asian and Caribbean. Click the image for further details.