Mental health


The Albert Kennedy Trust

The Albert Kennedy Trust aims to ensure young people within the LGBTQ+ community are able to live in accepting, supportive and caring homes by providing specialist housing schemes or arranging lodging and fostering.

Allsorts Youth Project

Allsorts Youth Project is a project based in Brighton & Hove supporting and empowering children and young people under 26 who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community, or are unsure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Allsorts offers face-to-face support and group work for children and young people, as well as providing LGBTQ+ awareness training for professionals and agencies. The Allsorts website includes a wealth of useful material and resources relating to LGTBQ+ children and young people.

Bullying UK

Bullying UK is part of Family Lives, a charity supporting parents/guardians in dealing with the constant changes throughout family life. Bullying UK offers an anti-bullying helpline and online chat for parents/children/young people to discuss any issues they might be having. There is also an LGBTQ+ section on their website that contains information regarding coming out and supporting your child.

Childline

Childline is a free, private and confidential 24-hour support service for under 19s. Whenever you need help you can contact Childline via phone or online to discuss whatever worry you might have.

Coming Out UK

Coming Out UK is an organisation that aims to provide help and support to those in LGBTQ+ community looking to “come out”.

Educational Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH)

EACH is a charity for adults and young people affected by homophobia and transphobia. EACH provides one-to-one support for those experiencing homophobic/transphobic bullying, as well as acting as a training agency for employers/organisations who support an equal and safe working environment.

The Equality Network (Scotland)

The Equality Network is a national charity working for LGBTQ+ equality and human rights within Scotland. The Equality Network website features a range of useful resources, news and events relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Galop

Galop is an LGBTQ+ domestic violence helpline offering free and confidential help and support for victims suffering from physical, psychological, emotional, financial and sexual abuse.

Gendered Intelligence

Gendered Intelligence works with young people under the age of 21 within the trans community. Gendered Intelligence delivers trans youth programmes and offers support to parents, educators and professionals with their mission being to increase understandings of gender diversity.

Just Like Us

Just Like Us is a charity which sends recent LGBTQ+ school-leavers into schools to give talks and run workshops to combat homophobia and make schools better places for young LGBTQ+ pupils.

LGBT Brighton & Hove Network

LGBT Brighton & Hove Network is a support network promoting equality and inclusion within and between diverse groups. They aim to improve access to support services and have a directory of local LGBTQ+ services and groups on their website.

LGBT Foundation

LGBT Foundation is a national charity that offers a range of services for LGBTQ+ communities. A wealth of support, advice and information can be found on their website.

Mermaids

Mermaids seeks to support and empower children, young people and families dealing with gender issues. Mermaids campaign for the recognition of gender dysphoria in young people and look to make improvements in professional services.

Mind

Mind is a mental health charity that offers support and information to anyone who is suffering; providing advice about the appropriate treatment or services that might be best for you. Mind also campaigns to raise awareness and promote understanding of mental health problems.

MindOut (Brighton)

Brighton-based MindOut is a mental health service run by and for lesbians, gay men, bisexual, trans, and queer people. MindOut offers peer support groups, wellbeing activities, an online support service and runs anti-stigma campaigns for mental health.

The Mix

The Mix is the UK’s leading support service for under-25s in the UK, offering free information and support regarding a range of issues. The Mix provides advice online, through social media or through their free, confidential helpline.

The National Trans Youth Network (NTYN)

The National Trans Youth Network represents young transgender people across all areas of the UK. NTYN provide opportunities for young trans people, plan campaigns and support the needs of trans people up to the age of 25, and those that work on their behalf in educational institutions.

Naz & Matt Foundation

The Naz and Matt Foundation exists to empower and support LGBTQ+ communities and their friends/families when they face challenges, particularly when heavily influenced by religion. The Naz & Matt Foundation hopes to advance education by creating an understanding of LGBTQ+ issues across all communities, cultures and religions.

NSPCC

NSPCC is the UK’s leading children’s charity fighting to end child abuse. The charity helps children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protect those at risk and find the best ways of preventing abuse from ever happening.

Pace Yourself LGBT

Pace Yourself LGBT is a charity providing access to free and reliable information for LGBTQ+ young people and their families and friends.

The Proud Trust (Manchester)

Manchester-based organisation, The Proud Trust, helps young LGBTQ+ people empower themselves to make a positive change for themselves and their communities. The Proud Trust delivers training, organises campaigns and undertakes research – their website also includes lots of useful resources.

ReachOUT

ReachOUT is a Leeds-based refugee and asylum charity seeking to help those who have had to flee their home countries because of the fear of physical or structural violence and discrimination directed towards them because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Regard

Regard is a national organisation for members of the LGBTQ+ community who self-identify as disabled. Regard aim to provide information, advice and support to LGBTQ+ disabled people, raise awareness and campaign on issues affecting disabled LGBT people, and to combat social isolation among LGBTQ+ disabled people.

The Samaritans

The Samaritans is a support charity offering a safe place to talk about whatever emotional problems might be worrying you, without judgement. You can contact The Samaritans via call, email, text, letter or locate one of their branches to talk to them face-to-face.

Stonewall

Stonewall is the largest LGBTQ+ rights organisation in Europe. Its mission being to unite everyone in the LGBTQ+ community. Stonewall aims to empower individuals, transform institutions and change laws for the better. Stonewall also have a specific site for young people with advice about coming out, information on youth Pride events and general information regarding LGBTQ+ matters.

TransUnite

TransUnite is a comprehensive resource for people in the UK searching for support in the transgender community. TransUnite’s easy to use, mobile friendly directory connects users to an established network of trans support groups local to them.

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