Funders and supporters
London Friend works with a wide range of organisations within the public and private sectors to help achieve our mission of improving the lives of LGBT people. Our current partners and funders include:
- The Henry Smith Charity supports the delivery of our Antidote programme and has previously supported the development of our SWAP programme.
- The London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark are jointly funding work delivering chemsex interventions for their residents and capacity building within their substance misuse and sexual health services.
- SASH (Support & Advice on Sexual Health) is the community sexual health partnership funded by the London Boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham. The partnership is led by Turning Point, along with Naz, Metro and London Friend, where we are the LGBTQ+ lead.
- The London LGBT Domestic Abuse Partnership is a specialist network of LGBTQ+ organisations providing support to LGBTQ+ people who have experienced domestic abuse. The Partnership is led by Galop, with Stonewall Housing, and London Friend, where we provide a specialist LGBTQ+ domestic abuse counselling service. The Partnership is funded by London Councils.
- HIV Prevention England is the national HIV prevention campaign funded by Public Health England and managed by Terrence Higgins Trust. As a local delivery partner we provide awareness and brief interventions to promote behavioural change around HIV prevention, chemsex, and other drug use.
- The National LGBT Partnership – London Friend is a founding member of the National LGBT Partnership. This enables those working within the LGBTQ+ community to speak with one stronger voice to organisations such as the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England. Read more about the Partnership here.
- Turning Point subcontracts London Friend to provide LGBTQ+ specialist drug and alcohol treatment works via their Central London Drug Treatment Partnership in the London Boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham, and in the City and Hackney Recovery Partnership in the London Boroughs of City of London and Hackney.
- The National Lottery Community Fund support a partnership led by London Friend with elop and LGBT HERO to improve the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people.
- We are delivering a chemsex pilot within the criminal justice system funded by the Ministry of Justice via their HMPPS Innovation Grants.
- City Bridge Foundation is supporting us to deliver a programme of therapy groups.
- The Mercer's Company are supporting us to work with older LGBTQ+ people.
We would like to thank the individuals and businesses who donate or fundraise for us throughout the year. This includes holding events and completing sponsored activities, and choosing to leave a gift to London Friend in their wills, or fundraising in memory of a friend or loved one. Your support is greatly appreciated. Donations such as these help fund costs which can be challenging to cover through grants and contracts, and allow us to plan new services and invest in our volunteers' professional development. You can find out more about how to support London Friend in this way here.
