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The London LGBT Voluntary and Community Sector Almanac 1st Edition Kairos in Soho Published by Kairos in Soho Unit 1, 10 – 11 Archer Street Soho London W1D 7AZ 020 7437 6063 www.kairosinsoho.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1054152 Company Number 3168854 Published January 2011 © Kairos in Soho All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of Kairos in Soho. ISBN 978-0-9558780-3-9 FOREWORD It is rare indeed to find such a comprehensive and thorough analysis of an equalities sector, in this case the diverse London lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) voluntary and community sector, that at the same time captures some of the challenges and liveliness of a population of organisations driven by the notion of common identity and the need for social reform. To quote Sara Llewellin, Chief Executive of the Barrow Cadbury Trust and Vice Chair of the Association of Charitable Foundations, who spoke at a recent ‘In Our Name’ Funding Network Meeting: ‘I started to read the funding section of the LGBT Almanac and after a few minutes began to lose the will to live! Let’s cut to the chase. What it says, in as fancy a way as possible, is that LGBT organisations don’t have much money. And much of what they have is self-generated. Well, what a surprise! But why is that a positive note? Because if a sector can bring about as much change as this one has with so little money, it must be incredibly strong.’ The findings of the Almanac are astonishing and clear in describing a sector that stays positive despite working disproportionately hard to achieve massive amounts within a precarious and marginal economy. This annual publication, it is hoped, will begin to act as an irrefutable benchmark to encourage diversification of that economy and increased external leverage across the board for better resources. Jane Standing Chief Executive Officer Kairos in Soho i The Almanac ii CONTENTS Foreword i Acknowledgements 1 Section 1: Executive Summary 3 Section 2: In Our Name Statement 15 Section 3: Introduction 17 Section 4: Context 21 Section 5: Methodology 25 Section 6: Sector analysis - The ‘When’ 29 Section 7: Organisation profiles, A-M 31 Section 8a: The ‘What’ 61 Section 8b: The ‘Why’ 63 Section 8c: The ‘How’ 71 Section 8d: Finance and funding 95 Section 9: Organisation profiles, N-Z 113 Section 10: The ‘Where’ 137 Section 11: The ‘Who’ 139 Section 12: Reflection and looking ahead 149 Section 13: Research and publications 153 Section 14: Conclusion 159 Section 15: References 161 Feedback form 163 The Almanac Photo: Ajamu X ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Kairos in Soho (KiS) and the In Our Name (ION) partners (London Friend, PACE and The Metro Centre) would like to say a huge thank you to all of the LGBT organisations who took the time to complete the Almanac Questionnaire. Thanks also to all those who wrote the amazing articles on ‘Engagement: Building inclusive LGBT communities’ that you will find in these pages. Thank you to those who helped us to test the Almanac Questionnaire to ensure that it was appropriate for a wide range of LGBT organisations. Thanks to all across the sector who have contributed ideas, enthusiasm and inspiration for the Almanac’s development as part of the ION project, at the ION launch event, the ION Learning Network meetings, Funding Network, and in communication with KiS elsewhere in a whole range of ways. Thank you sincerely to Ajamu for being a constant source of inspiration and support in all of our work. Thank you to the Consortium of LGBT VCOs, particularly Megan Harrison and Mark Delacour, for sharing their information and promoting the Almanac Questionnaire. Thank you to Giovanna Speciale for amazing support and assistance with data analysis and to Jane Henderson for copy editing. 1 The Almanac Thank you to David Pilkington for your dedicated support in KiS and the ION including D/deaf LGBT organisations in the Almanac project. partners (London Thanks also to Ju Gosling for providing helpful references and Friend, PACE and information. The Metro Centre) Thank you to John Lewis and Happy Computers for offering would like to say prizes for a draw to encourage completion of the Almanac a huge thank you Questionnaire. to all of the LGBT Ashlee Christoffersen, from Kairos in Soho, who designed the organisations project framework and is the author of the text, bar the articles, who took the has done an inspirational, highly efficient job of summarising and describing the work and experience of organisations that time to complete have taken part. Thank you to all Kairos in Soho staff who have the Almanac worked hard to make the Almanac possible. Questionnaire. Finally, thank you to all those in the LGBT community, across the voluntary and community sector, and working on equalities in London’s local authorities, who helped us to promote the Almanac Questionnaire in order to capture the full spectrum of London LGBT organising across diversity. Articles: Engagement: Building inclusive LGBT communities Darren Peters, Individual 65 Jay Stewart, Co-founder, Gendered Intelligence 67 Ajamu X, Co-founder, rukus! Federation Ltd. 74 Parminder Sekhon, Deputy Chief Executive, Naz Project London 77 Bob Green, Chief Executive, Stonewall Housing 80 David Bigglestone, Paris Queer Youth Network 82 Jay Bernard, Poet and KiS Friend 84 Mubin Haq, Director of Policy and Grants, Trust for London 110 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Section 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The aim of the Almanac is to provide up-to-date statistical and The Almanac strategic information about the diverse LGBT voluntary and community sector (VCS) in London, so that LGBT voluntary and provides up-to- community organisations (VCOs) can envision their strategic date statistical context and access an information base for planning and development; and so that diverse LGBT organisations, funders and strategic and infrastructure can argue for better resources. information about the diverse LGBT The Almanac grew out of Phase One of London’s LGBT Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Project (PiP) conducted by voluntary and Kairos in Soho (KiS) in 2006/7. The Almanac is one component community sector of the In Our Name (ION) project, which is managed by KiS in London. and delivered in partnership with London Friend, PACE and the Metro Centre. The overriding philosophy of the project is to encourage organisations to reflect together on practice and experience, and to invest long-term in creating a more sustainable and nurturing environment for diverse LGBT community action and LGBT people. ION is a unique infrastructure model developed within the community to ensure that diverse LGBT VCOs are supported to better deliver their missions. It aims to achieve the following: • An increase in the overall income of the sector and London LGBT VCOs individually. • Greater LGBT input into policy development in London. • An increase in levels of awareness of LGBT issues amongst funders and infrastructure organisations. • A more connected and supported sector working strategically to improve the experience of LGBT Londoners. 3 The Almanac The Almanac is part of a body of research on aspects of the VCS. The research was undertaken at a critical juncture for the VCS, politically and economically. At the time of writing there is little to no available analysis of how the economic context will affect community of identity organisations specifically - organisations already marginalised and under-funded within the VCS. We know that times of growing economic inequality can give rise to increased discrimination and marginalisation as well as resistance to equalities interests and aspirations. Yet this particular time offers an opportunity to LGBT VCOs to do what the sector does best, which is to work collaboratively, and to celebrate the intelligence, inspiration and diversity within the sector. The sample for this report comprises 89 organisations which, The sample by self-definition, specifically serve or represent lesbian, gay, for this report bisexual, trans or queer people. These organisations, all of which are based in or serve Greater London, completed a comprises 89 questionnaire between July and September 2010. organisations which, by self- The report covers: context; methodology; organisation longevity; organisation profiles; types of organisations; definition, organisation purposes; organisation activities; finance; specifically serve organisations’ geographic scope; the people involved; reflection or represent and looking ahead; and relevant research and publications. lesbian, gay, Key findings: bisexual, trans or queer When: longevity people. These • The average number of years organisations have been organisations, established is 15 and new organisations have continued to be founded into 2010. all of which are • Sixteen organisations have been established for over 30 based in or serve years. Greater London, Why: purpose of London LGBT organisations completed a questionnaire • Promote LGBT equality and human rights, and equality for LGBT communities of identity, and to challenge prejudice, between July and oppression and discrimination on the basis of sexuality, September 2010. gender identity and, for instance, race, age, or disability. 4 Section 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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