Our National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* (LGBT) Domestic Violence Helpline provides confidential support to all members of the LGBT communities, their family, friends, and agencies supporting them. The helpline is run by trained LGBT people and provides a space where you can talk through what is going on, and explore your options. We can:

• provide confidential information, advice and support
• help you create your safety plan
• explore options around housing, legal advice, counselling and local support groups
• tell you about your local LGBT friendly services
• discuss the possibility of reporting to the Police

opening times 

10am - 8pm Monday
10am - 5pm​ Tuesday 
10am - 5pm Wednesday
10am - 8pm​ Thursday
1pm   - 5pm  Friday 

1pm-5pm Tuesday is a trans specific service

0300 numbers are billed as 01 and 02 landline numbers and are usually included in contract and package minutes, 0800 numbers are free from landlines and include in some mobile provider inclusive minutes.

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. Driven by their experiences we campaign, research and influence policy and practice. We also provide expert knowledge to professionals, parents and young people through our Parents' Helpline, online resources, training and development, outreach work and publications.

YoungMinds does not offer advice to young people – our helpline service is for parents or carers worried about a child or young person.

Free Parents' Helpline:  0808 802 5544    9.30-4pm

Parents' Online contact form: https://youngminds.org.uk/contact-us/parents-helpline-enquiries/

Online Resources for Young People:  http://www.youngminds.org.uk/for_children_young_people

Young person's crisis messenger: Text YM85258 if you are experiencing a mental health crisis. 24/7 response

 

 

We organise events: exhibitions, displays, workshops and training.  Many of the events will coincide with either LGBT History Month or Nottingham Pride Festival.

We gather artefacts, memorabilia and audio and video recordings of LGBT people's experiences and opinions.

Get involved.  We are looking for people to help organise the project and conduct interviews, and people who are prepared to be interviewed and/or to donate or loan memorabilia.

Contact us at nottsrh@hotmail.co.uk

Visit us at www.nottsrainbowheritage.org.uk

 

Mermaids provides a helpline aimed at supporting transgender youth up to and including the age of 19, their families and professionals working with them. The helpline offers emotional support, a gateway to the parents and teens forums, information about current legislation and protections under the law, plus signposting to training and resources. The helpline is manned by volunteers, so we do not have a definitive schedule of when we can answer your call but aim to answer your calls between 9am and 8pm, Monday to Friday. Any voicemails will be responded to as soon as we can once received. If there is no-one available to talk to and your situation is urgent, please email info@mermaidsuk.org.uk

http://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/helpline-support.html

LGBT+ Service offers a range of confidential one-to-one appointment based and group specialist support to young people identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and any other identities, or those questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation. Parents and carers support is also available.

LGBT+ Service provides a safe and non-judgmental place where young LGBT+ people can be themselves, meet new friends, take part in activities and access specialist support from trained and professionally qualified staff, on a range of issues including:

• Emotional and social support
  •Coming out
  •Sexual health advice
  •Tackling discrimination and hate crime reporting
  •Information on LGBT rights and legislation
  •Accessing LGBT+ health services
  •Support with issues in school and college
  •One-to-one counselling or family mediation.

Weekly group sessions are:

11-16 LGBT+ Group – Thursdays 3-6pm

16-25 LGBT+ Group – Wednesdays 5-8pm

Monthly group sessions are:

Trans and Gender Diverse Group -  First Thursday of every month 6:30-8:30pm

Parents and Carers Group – Third Wednesday of every month 6-7:30pm

Referrals to all services can be made by professionals working with young people or families of young people. Self-referrals can be made by young people aged over 13. All referral forms can be found on the website https://www.lgbtplusnotts.org.uk/

 

Talkzone can offer counselling sessions at different places within the Bassetlaw area, however we do not offer counselling sessions at home. Appointments can be offered at different times and days during the week, including some limited Saturdays. 

You can be referred to Talkzone by your Doctor, Support Worker, Social Worker or any agency or person who is offering you support or you can refer yourself.  All referrals are treated in the strictest confidence. To make a referral, please call Talkzone or The Centre Place on 01909 479191. You can also text your details to 07538318462 or email at info@centreplace.org.uk & we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Once a referral has been made to Talkzone, the young person will be offered an initial assessment appointment within approx 6 weeks, depending on availability. The young person may have to wait to start counselling depending on the waiting list. Full details of the waiting times will be given at the assessment appointment. Counselling sessions will be on a one to one basis, and will take place once a week & last for approximately 50 mins each time. Young person will be offered sessions for 6-12 weeks to start with, this will then be reviewed, and additional sessions can be offered if needed.

 

Due to the current situation around Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are following government guidelines and have closed our centre. All groups, events and meetings have been cancelled until further notice. We are continuing to provide one-to-one and group support services using telephone and online platforms.We are continuing to take new referrals via this website. We have limited telephone support so please email info@lgbtplusnotts.org.uk with enquiries or to discuss one-to-one support.We will be holding weekly groups using Google Hangouts on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.We will also have daily online support where staff will be available to chat over Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We will be answering questions as fast as possible. We will aim to answer messages outside of these hours by the end of next working day

Outburst is a safe space for young people aged 11-16 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or questioning, to be themselves, meet friends, get involved in activities such as the crafts, music making, watch movies, get some help but most of all just have fun!

The LGBT+ Service Nottinghamshire was established by The Centre Place in 2016 as an expansion of the LGBT+ support being provided since 2010 through the Worksop Out on Wednesday (W.O.W) young people’s LGBT+ Service. We provide a range of specialist services for children and young people aged 11-25 who identify as LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and any other sexual orientation or gender identity), or may be questioning this.

SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES

Weekly 11-16 and 16-25 LGBT+ Groups:We offer confidential one-to-one and group support providing specialist services to young people on a weekly basis. Weekly group session opening times: 16-25 LGBT+ Group - Wednesdays, 5pm-8pm11-16 LGBT+ Group - Thursdays, 3pm-6pm Providing a safe and non-judgmental place where children and young people can be themselves, meet new people, make new friends, take part in activities and access specialist support from trained staff on a range of issues including: •Emotional and social support•Coming out•Sexual health advice•Tackling discrimination and hate crime reporting•Information on LGBT+ rights and legislation•Accessing LGBT+ health services•Reporting Hate Crimes and incidents•Support with issues in school and collegeAdditional one-to-one appointments are available outside of these session times. Please contact us to discuss this further

What we do

Here at The Health Shop, we offer advice and support on a wide range of issues regarding substance abuse and sexual health. Some services can be provided on a drop-in basis but others require an appointment.

Sexual health:

We provide a sexual health service which offers non-invasive testing for sexually transmitted infections (including oral and anal screening) for people who don’t have any symptoms. We also offer hepatitis B vaccinations.

We provide a range of condoms, lube, gloves and dams, emergency hormonal contraception (the morning after pill) and pregnancy testing. We also have specific information on chemsex.

The service is a C-Card registration and pick up point.

Harm reduction:

We provide:

• a specialist outreach needle and syringe exchange
• blood-borne virus testing and vaccinations
• harm reduction advice

Contact us:

For more information about our services visit www.nottinghamwellbeinghub.org.

The Health Shop
Nottingham Wellbeing Hub
73 Hounds Gate
Nottingham
NG1 6BB

0115 844 1855
0800 066 5362

info@notinghamrecoverynetwork.com

Opening hours 

Monday 9.30am-4.30pm

Tuesday 9.30am -4.30pm

Wednesday 9.30pm-6.00pm

Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm

Friday 9.30am-4.30pm

Saturday 9.30am-12.00pm

Trans Friendly Groups & Events

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all face-to-face meet-ups have been canceled until further notice. However, Notts Trans Hub and the volunteers are still here for you. The Facebook group is still a great source of community and advice and can be found here.  

We are also arranging some events, such as the monthly support group, to take place online. More details of this and other virtual events will be detailed on the Facebook group.  

 

For more info on upcoming events, see our monthly bulletin

Trans Space Notts, usually 1st Monday, 7-9 (except bank holidays). 

A new facilitated peer support group for all under the trans umbrella. Further info about the group and next meeting dates from the TSN website.

Nottingham Trans Swimming Group

A small group of local trans people have been meeting for the public adult swim session. Gender neutral changing. For more info see the website

Trans Meet Up 

Meeting every other month (even months) on the 3rd Tuesday, Broadway upstairs bar, 7pm – open to all trans people and Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies (SOFFAs). Details here. For more info email 

Trans4me, every Wednesday 5-7

Nottingham based youth group. The group is every Wednesday 5pm-7pm (except Summer holidays) for trans, non-binary and gender questioning young people from ages 13-21. trans4me flyer (Note: the map on the flyer is not accurate).

Trans Gaming group

Details here for a range of gaming meet-ups

Nottingham Invasion, 3rd Friday

A monthly social group, meeting at the new foresters from 9pm then onwards into town. Ideal for trans folk who are wishing to be more ‘out n about’ and to meet new friends. Predominantly a M2F crowd but all welcome. Join our FB page for more details.

Nottingham Chameleons, 2nd & 4th Thursdays

Social and support group for trans people, their familes and partners. Quiet, out of town location, away from the public. Most of our members are ‘M2F’, although we’re seeing more trans-men and younger people approach us. Website

QT Notts (Trans led and trans friendly LGBTIQA Group)

 

Find them on Yahoo Groups or Facebook

BiTopia

Pub social, trans friendly – Lord Roberts, 2nd Thursday of the month, Nottingham

QTIPOC Notts

“Feel out of place in a straight white world?”  Meetings are always last Wednesday of the month, 7pm @ Broadway. Twitter: @QTIPOCnotts Facebook

Notts Trans Hub

Monthly bulletin and Facebook group – find us through this page

Transcend, Derby (Trans support)

Drop-in on Wednesday and support group every 1st Wednesday of the month. details

WOW Group (Worksop out on Wednesdays)

Wednesdays 6:30pm- 8:30pm at the Centre Place, Worksop.A safe place for young people 16-25 to meet up and access 1:1 and group support. 07977673167.

East Midlands Bi Network

An trans and non-binary-inclusive email group for bisexual people

 

 

 

• Meeting Frequency: Weekly Meetup
• Meeting Day:  Wednesday
• Meeting Times: 5-7pm

 

Meeting Address

The Health Shop
12 Broad Street
Hockley
Nottingham
East Midlands
NG1 3AL

 

Trained listeners identify as Trans, non-binary or gender fluid, they are understanding and will Listen and Offer Support

Mindline Trans+ is a confidential helpline for people who identify as Trans, non-binary or gender fluid that provides a safe place to talk about feelings confidentially and receive signposting to appropriate services and support.

Co-run by mental health charities Bristol Mind and Mind in Taunton and West Somerset it was first made available to local people in South West England from February 2017. Following its success, and with the support of Mind’s Equality Improvement team, the helpline is now being made available across the country.

http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/news/mindline-trans-transgender-helpline-rolled-out-nationally-after-successful-local-pilot

 

CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 UPDATE: Galop continues to provide Hate Crime, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence support services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans + victims/survivors by telephone, email, text and WhatsApp. Please contact us using the online form, email or telephone numbers on the website.

Emotional and practical support for LGBT+ people experiencing domestic abuse. Abuse isn’t always physical- it can be psychological, emotional, financial and sexual too. Speak out, don't suffer in silence.

Opening Times:

10am – 5pm Monday
10am – 5pm Tuesday
10am – 8pm Wednesday
10am – 8pm Thursday
10am – 5pm Friday

1pm – 5pm Tuesday is trans specific service.

Online chat:

5pm - 8pm Wednesday
5pm - 8pm Thursday 

 

National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans+ Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0800 999 5428

Welcome

The Beaumont Society is a national self help body run by and for the transgender community.

We welcome all transgender people and their partners, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, creed or colour and all varieties from the nervous newcomers to those who are experienced and confident in their preferred gender. 

Together with our sister organisations, since 1966, we’ve been at the forefront of supporting the transgender community, together with their partners and families, as well as advising and training on transgender issues.

Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Our offices are closed and customer services are currently contactable by email only.

 

Queer heritage is everywhere. What we today call Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) histories are embedded in the buildings and landscapes all around us. Pride of Place uncovers and celebrates places of LGBTQ heritage across England, ranging from the frontiers of Roman Britain to the gay pubs and clubs that remain important in our lives today.

Details of Birmingham Office which covers the Midlands and includes Nottinghamshire are below.

IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF BASSETLAW RESIDENTS THROUGH SUPPORTED
ACCESS AND NAVIGATION INTO LOCAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT GROUPS

The Community Advisor is a specialist with a wealth of knowledge and experience about services across Bassetlaw, helping individuals to access non-medical support services from voluntary organisations and community groups.  

Anyone over the age of 16 who is registered with a Bassetlaw GP can access this service.
You can ask at your GP Reception when the Community Advisor will be visiting your local surgery or contact us directly here at BCVS.
The Community Advisor will discuss with the individual how one of the many voluntary or community services may help them improve their health and wellbeing alongside any existing medical treatment.

 

The Community Advisor can help you to:

•  Identify groups which may offer additional support to help you understand and manage your medical condition
• Access community social groups by giving you a named contact and specific group information 
• Access benefits, debt and welfare advice
• Address loneliness and isolation issues by encouraging participation with local activity group
• Access information and advice on a wide range of services for the whole family

 

Your Community Advisor will be able to identify suitable support options and they will afford the time to find contact details of the leaders of groups and services to make the access as smooth as possible.

There are several ways to make contact with the Community Advisor:

You can ring the Community Advisor direct for telephone advice. Available Monday to Friday on 01909 476118 Ext 24.

 

 

Access over 100 verified UK Trans support groups and locate one close to you. Detailed profiles offer specific information on the scope of support provided, meeting schedules and contact information.

 

Chesterfield Golden Rainbows is a confidential social support group for those who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or Transgender, and are over the age of 50. At our meetings we could have an activity, listen to a guest speaker, have a quiz or enjoy a games afternoon.

The group decides what they would like to do, with the emphasis on friendship. We may also go out as a group or attend an event as a group.

The group meets in Meeting Room 2, next to the cafe, Chesterfield Library, Beetwell Street, Chesterfield S40 1QN.

At: 2pm to 4pm on the 4th Wednesday of the month.

 

This directory is maintained and operated by Nottinghamshire County Council.

If you need help using this directory or would like to contact us for more information, please get in touch with one of our friendly advisors using the details below:

Telephone: 0300 500 80 80

CSC minicom: 01623 434993

Email: enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk

We are open Monday – Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm.

 

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If your query is specifically around SEND, please email local.offer@nottscc.gov.uk.

If your query is specifically for Supported Self Care, please call 0300 303 2600 or email selfcarehub@selfhelp.org.uk.