Allsorts Youth Project

Last updated

Allsorts Youth Project
Founded1 October 1999 (1999-10-01)
FoundersJess Wood
James Newton
Type LGBT youth charity
Registration no.1123014 [1]
FocusLGBT youth
Location
Origins LGBT rights in the United Kingdom
Area served
East Sussex West Sussex Brighton & Hove
Members200
Key people
Jess Wood
Revenue£170,300 [2]
Employees10
Volunteers50
Website www.allsortsyouth.org.uk

Allsorts Youth Project is an LGBT youth charity in East Sussex. Founded in 1999 by Jess Wood and James Newton, the project aims to meet the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and unsure youth in Brighton and Hove and the wider East Sussex area.

Contents

History

Since 1999 the project has expanded to meet the develop needs of LGBTU youth. Allsorts has developed to offer 1-2-1 support via a range of mediums, a weekly central drop-in for 16-25 youth and many satellite groups. [3] The project has been funded through various organisations and grants to expand from LGB support to include trans and gender questioning young people.

Mission

Allsorts works to raise awareness, promote good practice and facilitate the creation of safer and more supportive environments for LGBT young people in the wider community. [4]

Services

Some of the main services Allsorts provide include

One to One Support

Support Groups

Allsorts have a number of satellite groups that support their main drop-in: [5] [6]

Allsorts recently expanded the capacity of their trans* and gender questioning young people's group 'Transformers' with funding from the Rainbow Fund [8]

Peer education

Allsorts Youth Projects runs a 'peer education' programme which involves trained workers alongside young people at the project facilitating workshops in schools, colleges and youth projects. Started in 2005, the programme, the workshops explore the impact of homo/bi/trans-phobic language on young people. The programme has been identified as good practice by Stonewall. [9] Brighton & Hove council acknowledged the large collaborative role Allsort Peer Education has played in the city council being named to in the country in Stonewall's Education Equality Index. [10]

Resources

Allsorts have produced numerous resources, including a mental health support and resource booklet for LGBT Youth called 'Healthy Heads and Hearts'. An anthology of writings by LGB youth called 'Deep Blue Sea'. [11] They have also produced resources on Gay/Bi/Trans men's sexual health and HIV awareness, and a leaflet on 'Sex, Love & Coming Out' [12]

Campaigns

Young People's Voice is the youth campaigning and engagement project at Allsorts for LGBT Youth. [13] They have done annual campaigns for IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homo/BI/Trans-phobia). For IDAHOBIT the group presented their 'Global Voices' campaign at Brighton's Old Stiene. [14] On 5 February 2013, they launched the first annual LGBT Children, Young People and Families Day with: a Tea Party for CVS groups, practitioners, an LGBT + Allies Youth Prom and a Champions Dinners to showcase the project. [15] The Day was covered by ITV Meridian news, with a feature article and interview on their website. [16] The Day was supported by Mental Health Promotion, Rainbow Fund, Moshi Moshi, Hotel du Vin and Hilton Metropole. [17]

Funding

Allsorts have been funded by numerous large organisations over the years. Including Children in Need which highlighted the work they do in a video interview. [18] For 2012-2013 are one Brighton & Hove Mayor's chosen charities to support alongside The Marlets Hospice and Brighton Women's Centre [19]

Awards

The project is led by the Project Director Jess Wood who in 2012 was awarded an MBE for her services for working with young LGBT people through the charity. [20] Their volunteering group Young People's Voice won best regional volunteering group team for the South East from vInspired for their Peer Educators programme. [21] They also received the 'Working Together' award from the Brighton and Hove Council LGBT Workers Forum as part of their History Awards 2012 for their work in schools with Peer Education. [22]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stonewall (charity)</span> UK-based charity and advocacy group for LGBT rights

Stonewall Equality Limited, trading as Stonewall, is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) rights charity in the United Kingdom. It is the largest LGBT rights organisation in Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LGBTQ culture</span> Common culture shared by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people

LGBTQ culture is a culture shared by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals. It is sometimes referred to as queer culture, LGBT culture, and LGBTQIA culture, while the term gay culture may be used to mean either "LGBT culture" or homosexual culture specifically.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brighton Pride</span> Annual LGBTQ+ event in Brighton and Hove, England

Brighton and Hove Pride is an annual LGBT pride event held in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, organised by Brighton Pride, a community interest company (CIC) which promotes equality and diversity, and advances education to eliminate discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBTQ) community.

The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) is observed on 17 May and aims to coordinate international events that raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work worldwide. By 2016, the commemorations had taken place in over 130 countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akt (charity)</span> UK LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity

Akt is a voluntary organisation based in England, created in 1989 to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) young people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It started in Greater Manchester in 1989 and opened in London in 1996, and expanded to Newcastle in 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne and Bristol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LGBTQ culture in Brighton and Hove</span>

The LGBTQ community of Brighton and Hove is one of the largest in the United Kingdom. Brighton, a seaside resort on the south coast of England, has been described in some media as a "gay capital" of the UK, with records pertaining to LGBTQ history dating back to the early 19th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Audre Lorde Project</span> LGBT community and activism organization

The Audre Lorde Project is a Brooklyn, New York–based organization for LGBTQ people of color. The organization concentrates on community organizing and radical nonviolent activism around progressive issues within New York City, especially relating to LGBTQ communities, AIDS and HIV activism, pro-immigrant activism, prison reform and organizing among youth of color. It is named for the lesbian-feminist poet and activist Audre Lorde and was founded in 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BeLonG To</span> LGBT youth charity in Ireland

BeLonG To is an LGBTQ youth organisation in Ireland which caters for young people aged between 14 and 23 years. It is a registered charity and is supported by the Irish Department of Education. The service was set up in March 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LGBTQ movements in the United States</span>

LGBTQ movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer social movements in the United States of America, beginning in the early 20th century. A commonly stated goal among these movements is social equality for LGBTQ people. Some have also focused on building LGBTQ communities or worked towards liberation for the broader society from biphobia, homophobia, and transphobia. LGBTQ movements organized today are made up of a wide range of political activism and cultural activity, including lobbying, street marches, social groups, media, art, and research. Sociologist Mary Bernstein writes:

For the lesbian and gay movement, then, cultural goals include challenging dominant constructions of masculinity and femininity, homophobia, and the primacy of the gendered heterosexual nuclear family (heteronormativity). Political goals include changing laws and policies in order to gain new rights, benefits, and protections from harm.

Various issues in medicine relate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. According to the US Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), besides HIV/AIDS, issues related to LGBTQ health include breast and cervical cancer, hepatitis, mental health, substance use disorders, alcohol use, tobacco use, depression, access to care for transgender persons, issues surrounding marriage and family recognition, conversion therapy, refusal clause legislation, and laws that are intended to "immunize health care professionals from liability for discriminating against persons of whom they disapprove."

Research has found that attempted suicide rates and suicidal ideation among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people are significantly higher than among the general population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Campus Pride</span> American nonprofit organization

Campus Pride is an American national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded by M. Chad Wilson, Sarah E. Holmes and Shane L. Windmeyer in 2001 which serves lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and ally student leaders and/or campus organization in the areas of leadership development, support programs and services to create safer, more inclusive LGBT-friendly colleges and universities.

The history of LGBT residents in California, which includes centuries prior to the 20th, has become increasingly visible recently with the successes of the LGBT rights movement. In spite of the strong development of early LGBT villages in the state, pro-LGBT activists in California have campaigned against nearly 170 years of especially harsh prosecutions and punishments toward gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Young Out Here</span> LGBT organization in Singapore

Young Out Here (YOH) is a gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youth community group based in Singapore. The community group is the first and longest running non-profit volunteer group of its kind in Singapore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kind Space</span>

Kind Space is an LGBT community centre located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are the oldest registered LGBT-specific charity in Canada, becoming registered in 1984. The organization serves gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, Two-Spirit, non-binary, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, QTBIPoC, of all ages within the National Capital Region. They provide a number of services including support groups, education, research, advocacy and community space.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bisexuality in the United States</span>

The first English-language use of the word "bisexual" to refer to sexual orientation occurred in 1892.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LGBT Foundation</span> British LGBT advocacy group

LGBT Foundation is a national charity based in Manchester with a wide portfolio of services. With a history dating back to 1975, it campaigns for a fair and equal society where all lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBTQ) people are able to reach their full potential. They support over 40,000 people directly every year, and a further 600,000 online. They provide direct services and resources to more LGBT people than any other charity of its kind in the UK.

The LGB Alliance is a British advocacy group and registered charity founded in 2019 in opposition to the policies of LGBT rights charity Stonewall on transgender issues. Its founders are Bev Jackson, Kate Harris, Allison Bailey, Malcolm Clark and Ann Sinnott. The LGB Alliance describes its objective as "asserting the right of lesbians, bisexuals and gay men to define themselves as same-sex attracted", and states that such a right is threatened by "attempts to introduce confusion between biological sex and the notion of gender". The group has opposed a ban on conversion therapy that includes trans people in the UK, opposed the use of puberty blockers for children, and opposed gender recognition reform.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of bisexuality</span> Aspect of bisexuality history

The history of bisexuality concerns the history of the bisexual sexual orientation. Ancient and medieval history of bisexuality, when the term did not exist as such, consists of anecdotes of sexual behaviour and relationships between people of the same and different sexes. A modern definition of bisexuality began to take shape in the mid-19th century within three interconnected domains of knowledge: biology, psychology and sexuality. In modern Western culture, the term bisexual was first defined in a binary approach as a person with romantic or sexual attraction to both men and women. The term bisexual is defined later in the 20th century as a person who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females, or as a person who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to people regardless of sex or gender identity, which is sometimes termed pansexuality.

References

  1. ↑ "Allsorts Youth Project, registered charity no. 1123014". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ↑ Charity Commission , retrieved 17 April 2012
  3. ↑ LGBTU Youth Activities in East Sussex , retrieved 17 April 2012
  4. ↑ Allsorts Youth Project - About Us, archived from the original on 7 June 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  5. ↑ LGBT Youth Volunteers with Peer Support Groups, archived from the original on 29 June 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  6. ↑ Allsorts Youth Project Groups, archived from the original on 8 December 2012, retrieved 17 April 2013
  7. ↑ Allsorts Youth Project launches 'Bi Network' for young people, archived from the original on 20 May 2012, retrieved 17 April 2013
  8. ↑ Rainbow Fund announces grants for city's LGBT and HIV communities, archived from the original on 29 June 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  9. ↑ Good practice - Supporting lesbian, gay and bisexual young people, archived from the original on 12 May 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  10. ↑ Good practice - Supporting lesbian, gay and bisexual young people, archived from the original on 12 May 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  11. ↑ Reports & Books, archived from the original on 5 May 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  12. ↑ Greens applaud school staff and campaigners for national anti-homophobia accolade, archived from the original on 3 July 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  13. ↑ Young People's Voice at Allsorts Youth Project, archived from the original on 31 December 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  14. ↑ Allsorts Youth Project @ IDAHOBIT 2012, archived from the original on 5 May 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  15. ↑ Young People's Voice at Allsorts Youth Project, archived from the original on 31 December 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  16. ↑ Brighton's family day out with a difference , retrieved 17 April 2012
  17. ↑ Brighton: LGBT Children, Young People and Families Day, archived from the original on 5 May 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  18. ↑ Allsorts Short interview on Children in need LGBT Brighton , retrieved 17 April 2012
  19. ↑ The Mayor's charities and events, archived from the original on 19 April 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  20. ↑ Gay rights activist and charity founder receive MBEs in New Year Honours, 3 January 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
  21. ↑ vInspired South East Regional Winner's, archived from the original on 30 June 2013, retrieved 17 April 2012
  22. ↑ History Awards winners 2012, archived from the original on 20 July 2012, retrieved 17 April 2012
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.