The Proud Trust is now operating digitally, as we make significant changes to how we operate in this time of international concern.
All youth groups and 1-1s (face-to-face contact) are not running in their usual venues and are being delivered virtually instead.
Our LGBT+ Centre is closed, if you want to get in touch, contact us at centre@theproudtrust.org
Our face to face training is also postponed, but some courses have moved virtual. Information on upcoming virtual training, can be found here.
Youth workers will be sending out Google Hangout links for our group work and 1-1 support. Please contact us if you have any questions.
We are still here for you and all LGBT+ young people.
Please share this with young people or colleagues where relevant.
The National Trans Youth Network is a network of trans youth groups across the UK. We represent young trans people across all areas of the UK, with groups from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We also represent the people who work with young trans people in their groups, and some groups who support young LGBTQ people generally.
www.cmft.nhs.uk/young-person-zone/our-services/mental-health-(camhs).aspx
Our specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team sees children and young people up to their 18th birthday who are experiencing intense worries and distressing feelings. They also work with parents, wider family members and other key adults to understand problems better and decide what will help to make a difference.
Growing food in cities makes a lot of sense – gardens, allotments, patios, rooftops and window-ledges all have the potential to provide us with an abundance of free and nutritious food. Plus food grown in urban environments can help reduce food transportation, create jobs, and strengthen communities. We all have food in common – we eat it, crave it, and dream about it. So let’s celebrate and grow it. Sow the City is an award winning social enterprise based in Manchester. Established in 2009 with a few packets of seeds and some compost, we’re now the leading specialist food-growing company in the city.
In his manifesto, the Mayor pledged to create a ‘gender-balanced Youth Combined Authority, representative of all the boroughs of Greater Manchester and reflecting its full diversity.’
At the Combined Authority meeting in September 2017, the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority (YCA) was approved by council leaders – the first of its kind in the country. It will give young people in the area the opportunity to have their voices heard and influence GMCA policy and decision making.
Youth Focus NW is a strategic hub with youth work values at the heart of every piece of work.
Across the North West of England and beyond our work is driven by a desire to improve the lives of young people.
We like to make things happen and our belief in young people, listening to their voices and moving from voice to power underpins everything.
www.makingmanchestersafer.com/info/18/radequal
Manchester’s RADEQUAL Campaign and grant programme was launched in September 2016 to build community resilience and empower and enable voluntary and community sector organisations and communities to come together to challenge hate, prejudice and extremism.
www.salford.gov.uk/people-communities-and-local-information/community-cohesion/lgbt-support
Salford is proud to support it’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/directory/bolton-lgbt-partnership
Bolton LGBT Partnership is a network of key stakeholders in the Bolton area.
The partnership aims to reduce hate crime, increase LGBT inclusion; awareness, workplace equality and access to service provision in the town. The partnership was set up in 2015 in response to rising hate crime in Bolton. We are unfunded & voluntary.
BeLonG To Youth Services is the national organisation supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI+) young people in Ireland. Since 2003, we have worked with LGBTI+ young people, between 14 and 23 years, to create a world where they are equal, safe, and valued in the diversity of their identities and experiences. We also advocate and campaign on behalf of young LGBTI+ people, and offer a specialised LGBTI+ youth service with a focus on mental and sexual health, alongside drug and alcohol support. We respond to the needs of LGBTI+ young people in Ireland and we help them thrive.
The Sex Education Forum is a membership organisation and works together with its members and other stakeholders to achieve quality sex and relationships education (SRE).
Established in 1987, we believe that ALL children and young people have the right to good SRE.
Our work on SRE is underpinned by evidence, a rights-based approach and the expressed needs of children and young people.
Macc is the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector support organisation for the city of Manchester. Our purpose is to encourage, support and develop VCSE organisations and individuals to have a real influence over the places and communities in which they live. On this website, you can find information about Macc as an organisation: who we are, how we are funded and how our governance works.
Head and heart for change
IGLYO is working towards a world where young people are able to express and define their own sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression and sex characteristics without discrimination, violence or hatred.
Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO) is the voluntary sector support organisation covering Greater Manchester.
Our vision is of a responsive, accountable and influential voluntary sector in Greater Manchester.
♦ We support voluntary action by local people, including voluntary and community organisations and social enterprise.
♦ We work in partnership with the voluntary, public, private, academic and faith sectors.
♦ We provide collaborative leadership, communications and co-ordination across the city-region, and some direct services.
♦ We support, inform and network local support organisations and collaborate with them to ensure our work adds value to theirs.
Voluntary Youth Manchester is an inclusive network that supports voluntary, community and faith organisations who work with young people in Manchester, and works in partnership with a range of others to ensure that young people receive the best outcomes.