Useful Contacts -Other

Education for All
Educaion for All is a joint campaign developed by Stonewall, FFLAG and LGBT Youth Scotland.
The aim of Education for All is to ensure that all young lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people can fulfil their potential, and that the UK’s schools and education systems can deal appropriately with homophobia and homophobic bullying. We are working with a broad-based coalition of organisations, including government departments, local authorities, unions, voluntary and community organisations, children and LGB groups to develop and implement a Great Britain-wide action plan to address this problem.

Website: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/education_for_all/

GALOP
An Anti-violence project providing support and assistance to lesbians, gay men and bisexual people who are experiencing homophobic abuse, violence and harassment. GALOP provides support and assistance in dealing with the Police ans other service providers. GALOP runs a helpline:

Shoutline: 020 7704 2040 (Mon 5 - 8pm, Wed 3 - 6 pm, Fri 12 - 2 pm)
Unit 2G, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London, N1 3QP

Gay and Lesbian Legal Advice
Provides legal advcice and information over the phone for lesbians and gay men.

Central Station, Wharfdale Road, London, N1 9SE
Helpline: 020 7833 2909

'Gaywise' Drop In
A new 'Drop-In' meeting place in an Arts Studio in North London for LGBT people. Open for two evenings a week: Wednesdays and Fridays. The drop-in activities include discussions, advice and information sharing that will feed into arts workshops (performance, visual arts, creative writing & drama).

Venue: Studio 3, 2nd Floor, Chocolate Factory 2, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ.

Entrance: At the end of the car park - Time: 6.00PM – 8.00PM Every Wednesday & Friday (except public holidays)

Contact: Niranjan or Subodh for further details: Tel: 020 8829 8911
Email: wisethoughts@hotmail.com

Naz Project
London Provides HIV/AIDS ans sexual health services for the South Asian, Middle Eastern, North African and Latin communities. The project runs various support groups.

Palingswick House, 241 King Street, London, W6 9LP
Tel: 020 8741 1879
Website: http://www.naz.org.uk/

SOSIG (The Social Science Information Gateway)
The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) is a freely available Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).

SOSIG (The Social Science Information Gateway) - " Making sense of the Internet for social scientists"

Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH, United Kingdom

http://www.sosig.ac.uk

The Gender Trust
The Gender Trust, the only Registered Charity in the United Kingdom which specifically helps adults who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric or Trangender i.e. those who seek to adjust their lives to live as women or men, or to come to terms with their situation despite their genetic background. There are a number services that we can supply :

-Information about trained counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists, and if required we can advise on initiating the proper referral procedure to a choice of psychiatrists.
-Help for those who are Intersex, and try to provide care for partners and families of all these individuals
-Guidance and information for those who may encounter gender issues in the course of their work, including employers, social workers, welfare workers, the media and the medical profession.

The Gender Trust provides confidential care within the guidelines of the British Association of Counsellors. The GT Information Line is answered by Trust staff and volunteers who have access to a wide range of information and can offer a listening ear to those who need to talk in confidence. The sevice can be reached on 07000 790347 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday until 10pm) - calls to this service from a BT phone will be charged at the BT National Rate. Please consult other providers for equivalent charge.

Website: http://www.gendertrust.org.uk

UNISON
UNISON is the biggest public sector trade union with 1.3 million members working in health care, local government, the voluntary sector, education, police support staffs and the utilities. Over 70 % of UNISON members are women, many of whom work part time. UNISON has a proud history of working for lesbian and gay employment rights and its lesbian and gay members organise at local, regional and national level.

UNISON works to be an effective trade union, organising, representing and defending our members to tackle discrimination and promote equality within the union, the workplace and society, nationally and internationally; and to campaign for world class public service, appropriate for all and delivered by a fairly paid, well trained, directly employed workforce.

As well as the lesbian and gay group, UNISON has groups for black, disabled and women members. There are also twice yearly national meetings of black and disabled lesbian and gay members who have reserved places on the national committee.

For more information visit http://www.unison.org.uk or phone UNISON on 0800 5979750

AHRB Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality
CentreLGS was founded on 1st June 2004 and involves a partnership between the University of Kent – the main physical base for the Centre – and the universities of Keele and Westminster.

The focus of the Centre is to pioneer and facilitate work that analyses, investigates and deepens understanding of the relationship between gender, sexuality and law. To achieve this, the Centre will develop and host a programme of research, scholarly exchange, training, policy engagement and dissemination.

Research already underway at the Centre includes equality and anti-discrimination law, sexual violence, support services for Irish women seeking abortion, cohabitation and property rights, HIV/AIDS and gay rights in Southern Africa, male reproductivity and reproductive rights, and the relationship between lesbian and gay urban communities and British local government.

Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/clgs/

Women In London
A directory of london based women's groups and other groups working for women in london.
Website: http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/index.htm