{"id":49,"date":"2012-04-17T14:21:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2016-03-15T13:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T12:27:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1972 London Friend is the UK\u2019s oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans charity. We\u2019re here to support the health and mental well-being of the LGB&amp;T community in and around London.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We offer counselling and support around issues such as same-sex relationships, sexual and gender identity and promoting personal growth and self-confidence. We're also home to Antidote - the UK's only LGB&amp;T drug and alcohol service. Our social groups provide a safe space to meet and socialise as an alternative to the bar and club scene.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our services are delivered by trained Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans volunteers. The services we currently provide include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Counselling\" href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/get-support\/counselling\/\">LGB&amp;T counselling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/get-support\/drugsandalcohol\/antidote-accessing-our-services\/\">Antidote drug and alcohol support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"social and support groups\" href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/get-support\/social\/\">Social and support groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"social and support groups\" href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/get-support\/social\/\">Coming out groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Become a volunteer\" href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/get-involved\/become-a-volunteer\/\">Volunteering opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/professionals\/\">Training for healthcare professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/2012\/resources\/\">Resources on LGB&amp;T health issues<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A selection of LGB&amp;T books, magazines and information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About &nbsp; Established in 1972 London Friend is the UK\u2019s oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans charity. We\u2019re here to support the health and mental well-being of the LGB&amp;T community in and around London. &nbsp; We offer counselling and support &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3923,"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/3923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}