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We’re very sad to learn of the death of one of London Friend’s longest-standing supporters, David Flemming. A long-time service user, David offered much-valued peer support to others attending our men’s groups Turning Point and Mattrix for many years. Our Turning Point volunteers paid tribute to David: London Friend recently lost one of its dearest long-standing supporters, David Flemming. David, a valued member of Turning Point and Mattrix will be sorely missed by volunteers and all who accessed the groups. In the early 70’s David walked through the doors of London Friend, as a man in need, who was unsure

Our 50th Birthday Heritage website is now live and can be found here! This website has been made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of London Friend, the UK’s oldest LGBTQ+ charity. It features two main projects: A timeline of the history of London Friend since its founding in 1972 to the present, which has been put together through extensive archival research. An extended version of this timeline can be found in the form of our Project Booklet. A list of 50 LGBTQ+ Londoners that have shaped the LGBTQ+ scene in London and have helped advance the mission of London Friend. Feel

To celebrate Volunteers Week 2022, we have asked some of London Friend’s wonderful volunteers about their experience volunteering for us. A huge thank you to the volunteers that participated, and to all of our volunteers for your time and hard work that you put into volunteering for us. We are forever grateful, and could not run without you.  London Friend is a volunteer run organisation with a small staff team but 100+ volunteers that keep our services running. Some are volunteer counsellors, some are group facilitators, some help out with admin, and some help out with our drug and alcohol

We are honoured to have been shortlisted for Charity of the Year in The Bank of England Rainbow Honours alongside these amazing charities. Congratulations to all fellow nominees! Diversity Role Models Schools OUT UK Mermaids Naz and Matt Foundation Out and About Proud African LGBTI Rainbow Migration Stonewall Housing Terrence Higgins Trust Good Law Project Find out more & vote HERE  

As the Government continues to exclude trans people we’ve joined LGBT Consortium plus many other LGBT organisations to support Stonewall’s decision to withdraw all support for the Government’s Safe to Be Me conference this summer: LGBT+ Consortium, as the umbrella body for LGBT+ Voluntary and Community Organisations across the UK, along with organisations across the Ban Conversion Therapy Alliance, wholeheartedly backs Stonewall’s decision to withdraw all support for this Summer’s UK Government-led Safe To Be Me conference. The UK Government’s plans to scrap legislation outlawing conversion practices were abhorrent. What made the situation worse was a quick U-turn that actively

Our CEO Monty Moncrieff spoke to Gaydio about the situation for LGBT people in Ukraine You can listen to the show here (33 mins in). Also hear from Lenny Emson Executive Director of the brilliant Kyiv Pride at 1 hr 14 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ You can also read MontyMoncrieff‘s 2017 article on LGBT rights in Ukraine here: https://londonfriend.org.uk/eurovision-a-spotlight-on-lgbt-rights-in-ukraine/