LGBT+ support services
ASHFIELD LGBT+ HUB Social group which meets every Monday 1-3pm
See https://www.facebook.com/AshfieldLGBTHub/
Weekly drop-in Mondays 1-3pm at the Miller Suite Garden Room, Ashfield Health and Well-being Centre, Portland Street Kirkby in Ashfield NG17 7AE
COUNSELLING DIRECTORY Counselling Directory is a confidential service that encourages those in need to seek help.
People can visit our website, enter their postcode and find a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist nearby who specialises in the area of need. Our site also serves as an information hub for people to read mental health-related articles and news, as well as to find local events. To ensure the professionalism of our website, all counsellors have provided us with proof of membership with a relevant professional body. This is not an exclusively LGBT directory www.counselling-directory.org.uk
DERBYSHIRE LGBT+ Is Derbyshire’s only LGBT specific support service
FFLAG (Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays) Provide support for parents coming to terms with lesbian or gay children.
0845 652 0311
www.fflag.org.uk
FFLAG PO Box 495, Little Stoke, Bristol, BS34 9AP.
THE HEALTH SHOP The Wellbeing Hub, 12 Broad Street, Nottingham
https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/the-health-shop
Our opening hours are the following:
Monday and Tuesday 9.30-4.30pm
Wednesday 9.30-6pm
Thursday and Friday 9.30-4.30pm
Saturday 9.30-12.00
The Health Shop brand is remaining and you will see some of the same faces up at Wellbeing Hub – The Health Shop will continue to be fully inclusive of all genders and sexualities.
All of the same sexual health services will continue including:
- Testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis and HIV for people with no symptoms.
(This includes oral and anal swabs – we are non-examination service) - HIV and Syphilis Fast test
- Free condoms, lube and gloves
- Information relating to safer sex and sexually transmitted infections
- Advice around breast and testicular self-examination
- Pregnancy testing
- Emergency Hormonal Contraception (for people over the age of 14)
- Hepatitis B vaccinations (criteria applies)
- Testing and referral for Hepatitis B and C
- Specialist information around Chemsex
There will be no needle exchange from The Wellbeing Hub. The Health Shop will be providing specialist outreach needle exchange at locations across the city.
NOTTINGHAM COUNSELLING CENTRE Aims to promote mental health and to relieve distress and sickness associated with emotional, personal, relationship, family or related problems.
“NCS counsellors span a variety of backgrounds reflecting the diversity of the community we serve”. There is a waiting period, which varies (phone for details) and the minimum fee is £6, but this depends on circumstances.
32 Heathcoat Street, Nottingham NG1 3AA
Tel.: 0115 950 1743
https://www.nottinghamcounsellingcentre.org.uk/
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PRIDE A not-for-profit organisation which organises Nottingham Pride LGBT Festival.
Volunteers always needed. For information see www.nottspride.co.uk
NOTTS TRANS HUB Notts Trans Hub’s e-mailed monthly bulletin has lots of useful information.
If you want to subscribe, send them an e-mail to nottstranshub@yahoo.co.uk
Notts Trans Hub is a shared, non-profit resource for the full diversity of the trans community – if you want to be part of it, or promote your stuff, please get in touch
- Support for trans community organising in Notts
- A way for organisations to contact and consult the trans community
- If you want to get involved or have a project you want to link to the Hub, please let us know.
- Home of the safer space guidelines
- A monthly bulletin for services, supporters and trans folks to share info – email us to add to the bulletin
- Facebook group
https://www.nottstranshub.org/
PRIDE SPACE COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE A specialised free and low-cost therapy service for LGBTQ+ people in the UK.
The Pride Space Counselling and Therapy Service are a free and low-cost counselling service, specifically for the LGBTQ+ community in Nottingham. You can find out more about our services at pridespace.org/counselling-
Their counsellors are BACP registered and adhere to the BACP ethical framework. They also offer other services, such as the Recovery support group – and in the new year we’re looking to restart our LGBTQ+ Carers Support Network and our Beyond Chemsex Support Group.
Their waiting list is currently open, and we’re accepting applications for our free and low-cost therapy services as well as support and therapy groups.
The email is:Â therapy@pridespace.org and the telephone number is 0115 891 8456 option 3.
RELATE Relationship counselling
There is a £10 registration fee and the fees for further counselling sessions are arrived at by negotiation.
84 Nottingham Road, Mansfield, NG18 1BP
Tel: 01623-636553 (24-hour answerphone)
https://www.relate.org.uk/centre/nottinghamshire
SEXPRESSION Sexpression provides free sessions on topics within relationships and sex education for young people.
Sexpression consists exclusively of trained university students with the aim of making young people feel empowered when navigating these matters in their lives, by creating an environment that is open and honest to facilitate discussion. The local branch is based at the University of Nottingham.
Included amongst our workshops is one on Gender and Sexual Orientation. We can personalise content and resources to cover anything that may be relevant to the young people that are part of your organisation. Other workshops deal with Bodily changes, Sex & the Media, Contraception & Sexually Transmitted Infections, Healthy Relationships & Sex & Consent
Contact Sexpression at https://sexpression.org.uk
SPARK AND CO Spark and Co is a new-community led platform. They support ethnic minority people in the UK.
Useful information for LGBT+ Muslims, Sikhs, Jewish people, Asian people, marginalised genders, an inclusive Mosque initiative and more. https://sparkandco.co.uk/
TRADE SEXUAL HEALTH A voluntary organisation providing sexual health services to the LGBT communities in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
