GM LGBTQ+ Community Network Newsletter
Friday, 13th October 2023Good Morning,
LGBTQ+ Inclusion Training with LGBT Foundation
The LGBT Foundation Training Academy runs ten-modules focused on LGBTQ+ inclusion
I just wanted to introduce you to LGBT Foundation’s Training Academy, which is for anyone wanting to increase their knowledge and confidence of LGBTQ+ inclusion at work, at home and in the community.
They offer a range of modules and packages to support your learning, no matter how much prior knowledge and experience you have with LGBTQ+ people.
Training modules are online, live, interactive group sessions with the opportunity to ask questions throughout and anonymously.
By completing all 10 Modules individuals have the opportunity to become a Champion and receive an award of Bronze, Silver or Gold as recognition of their learning. They can also become a member of The Training Academy Champion Alumni Network. They’ve worked with a diverse range of organisations in the public and public sector and all have reported high satisfaction rates, increased knowledge and confidence and feel more equipped to support their LGBT customers and colleagues.
“As an older, cis, straight person, I have had little personal contact with the LGBT community until the last few years. And with a passion for inclusion, this was something I really needed to remedy. However, I was really anxious about getting things wrong, and this made me hesitate about even applying. I’m so glad I did!” – Training Academy Champion
For more information go to Training Academy: get in touch with them at [email protected] or fill in the enquiry form here if you’d like more information.
REWARD of up to £2,000 for key information on those involved in a series of attacks on the Clonezone Store in Manchester’s Gay Village.
Do you know anyone who was involved? Tell the independent charity Crime Stoppers what you know and stay 100% anonymous. www.crimestoppers-uk.org 0800 555111
Read the weekly newsletter from Canal St Manchester:
https://www.canal-st.co.uk/canal-st-online-newsletter
LGBTQ+ Weekly Bulletin from Reach (Manchester Evening News)
https://e.reachplc.com/interface/external_view_email.php?RE6516714673063319zzzzz64151c467d2ebc1626aa27682284f81f5f05832146e684248cd311f761b53763cf&varId=
Forever Manchester: For Funding & Fundraising
https://email-forevermanchester.com/557N-VO8D-5BBAECC4490813D81WGZE8161DBAAEF28BCFA7/cr.aspx
I Love Manchester: Events Not to Miss
https://ilovemanchester.com/
Consortium: For Stronger LGBT+ Communities Sector News: October
https://mailchi.mp/d22e12936362/oct23?e=4ef77ba796
GM Equality Alliance Bulletin: Issue 75, October 2023
https://www.gmcvo.org.uk/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=9700
Proud 2B Parents: October Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/05119f01e65a/september-2023-monthly-email-15381082?e=c3332628fc
New meet up for LGBT+ parents and their preschoolers in Bolton!
Stay & Play is held on Thursdays, in term-time, between 12:30-2pm
Great Lever Children’s Centre, Leonard Street, Bolton, BL3 3AP
Any questions please contact [email protected]
Funded by Bolton Council
A Message from Proud 2B Parents: Partner with us… Read more:
https://mailchi.mp/d9a4cc19abe2/partnerwithus?e=c3332628fc
LGBTQ+ Coffee Mornings Tuesdays 10.30am – 12.30pm Ladybarn
Tea & Toast, Monthly Speakers, Everyone Welcome, £2 Donation, Ladybarn Community Hub, Royle St, M14 6RN
Queer Portraits of Rochdale:
FREE Creative Writing Workshop.
Date: Saturday 14th October 2023
Time: 10am – 12pm
Go along on to their pop up exhibition to have a look at some of their collections and have your chance to have a go at some creative writing with one of their brilliant local artists Chase Waterman. This writing workshop is for anyone at any age and any level of experience! Share your stories, your thoughts, ideas and feelings or even just come in and have a chat.
Find out more info here: Collections on Tour: Queer Portraits of Rochdale – Your Trust – Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust (yourtrustrochdale.co.uk)
Fusion: POC LGBT+ Youth Group,
Fusion is an identity-based group delivered and developed by the ‘The Proud Trust’ for young people of colour (13-19) who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans (LGBT+).
When & Where
Monday 16th October, 4pm – 6pm
The session will be taking place at Hideout based on 1 Queens Ave, Manchester M12 5PX.
What to Expect
It will be a relaxed space to meet other young LGBT+ people of colour and explore identity, belonging & culture. The first session will be a welcome and games, the next one will be badge making and the final one will be zine making.
Please spread the word and let and if there are any questions or if young people need support in any way to attend. Contact: [email protected]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sale & Altrincham Musical Theatre
Step into the shadowy streets of 19th-century London, where the vengeful Sweeney Todd, a once-respected barber, seeks retribution for the wrongs done to him and his family. With his trusty razor in hand, he embarks on a chilling spree of slicing throats and baking the victims into meat pies, alongside his cunning accomplice, Mrs. Lovett.
This must-see production boasts a talented cast of seasoned actors, who will transport you into the twisted world of Sweeney Todd and his quest for justice. With its mix of macabre humour, suspenseful storytelling, and unforgettable tunes, this musical is a theatrical experience that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Running from 17th to 21st October 2023. Book your tickets today and immerse yourself in the dark allure of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street!
The Cockatoo Movie Club – The Watermelon Woman, 18th Oct, 7pm
Join them for their Monthly LGBTQIA+ Movie Night.
This free event is open to all. With an introduction to the movie and discussion afterwards.
The event is hosted by Jackie Stacey Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at Manchester University.
This month their movie will be The Watermelon Woman
The Watermelon Woman is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Cheryl Dunye. The first feature film directed by a black lesbian, it stars Dunye as Cheryl, a young black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about Fae Richards, a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to black actresses during the period.
Fae Richards is a fictional character created by Dunye for the film as both an amalgamation of and stand-in for Black actresses sidelined or forgotten in film history, and as a result of the film’s budget being unable to afford archive footage of real-life actresses.
The Watermelon Woman premiered at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival. The film received generally positive reviews and is considered a landmark in New Queer Cinema. It garnered controversy for a lesbian sex scene that prompted a writer for The Washington Times to question its NEA funding, which in turn led to the NEA restructuring their grant system. In 2021, The Watermelon Woman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
The Cockatoo Club in The Village. Location: 20 Richmond Street, Manchester, M1 3ND.
Free events and tickets can be reserved through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-cockatoo-club-63554578523
https://thecockatooclub.co.uk/
Toxic: HOME Manchester, 18 – 28 October
Pulling back the glittery curtain of pride, brand new play Toxic from Nathaniel J Hall (First Time, It’s a Sin) reveals the impact of generational HIV stigma, racism, homophobia and toxic gender norms. Inspired by true events, Toxic celebrates the survival and resilience of the queer spirit.
https://homemcr.org/production/toxic/
A HOME Co-Commison:
Dibby Theatre is an award-winning national touring theatre company from Manchester. LGBTQ+ led they tell urgent and untold stories full of wit, grit and soul that surprise, challenge, entertain and inspire queer hope and resilience. With an extensive outreach and talent development programme, their work reaches beyond the stage to celebrate the diverse communities they serve. www.dibbytheatre.org @DibbyTheatre
Following the success of the first meet up of Queer Jewish People at Manchester Jewish Museum, the group then became called the Queer Jewish Collective (@queerjco). The group fills the gap that exists in the queer world and is a safe space for queer Jews of all levels of observance and identities to meet together to socialise, discuss queer Jewish issues and celebrate being Jewish.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/226070816855489
https://www.instagram.com/queerjco/
North West Community Football League Try 11-A-Side! Open Football Session for All Genders
Whether you’re brand new to football, dusting off your boots after some time off the pitch, or are a confident player looking to get into 11-a-side, North West Community Football League invite you to join them in their open training session on October 21, 2023.
They’ll be running training sessions for players of different abilities, helping you to get ready to play 11-a-side.
After training, you’ll play some friendly matches to give you some match experience ahead of their inaugural season.
This event, and the North West Community Football League, is open to people of all genders. They aim to provide an inclusive, respectful, and fun environment to play competitive football.
Date: 21st October 2023, 10am
Venue: Hough End Sports Centre, Manchester
Manchester Frontrunners: Sunday Social Runs for Women, Trans & Non-Binary Runners
Manchester Frontrunners are proud to announce a new series of special monthly social Sunday runs for women, non-binary and trans runners. These easy social 5K runs, followed by cake or lunch, will be taking place at different locations across the Manchester area every month, starting at Alexandra Park at 11 am on Sunday 22nd October & Sunday 26th November.
As well as current club members, they’re also happy to invite anyone who may be interested in running with them. If interested, please e-mail: [email protected] for more info.
Pride in Leadership is a UK-wide network of over 1,000 LGBTQ+ business leaders and allies from across all sectors, shapes and sizes of organisation – www.prideinleadership.co.uk. It’s run by Matt Haworth & Claire Ebrey.
Christmas networking on 22 November. For both events, use the promo code early10 for a little discount. https://prideinleadership.co.uk/upcoming-events/
The EY Foundation and Youth Advisory Board are pleased to invite you to an exciting event, ‘Overcoming Barriers: The Future of Work for Young People’
This event, facilitated by members of the Youth Advisory Board, will draw upon the youth voice work of the EY Foundation over the last year, and question what is the future of work for young people from low-income backgrounds?
Paying particular attention to technological developments, participants will hear from young people and experts about their experiences with these changes. The event will explore the impact these advances will have on this group of young people, and what we could do to overcome these potential barriers, for employers and young people alike.
Date: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Time: 3pm-5pm
Location: 2 St. Peter’s Square, Manchester, M2 3DF
Hope to see you there for some interesting discussions.
To RSVP for this event, please click here!
The Whitworth art Gallery are showing the short film Permissible Beauty, 2nd November 6pm.
Permissible Beauty, is a short film that responds to the absence of Black Queer visibility in our national story, exploring and celebrating what is unique about British Black and Queer identity.
The link to the Eventbrite is:
Black Beetle Health Health Equity and Advocacy Conference
LGBTQ+ BPoC Health Equity and Advocacy Conference
Dates: Thursday 16th and Friday 17th November
Time: 9:30am-4pm
Location: Wilson Suite, Holiday Inn, 25 Aytoun St, Manchester M1 3DT
Attendee tickets: Free
Exhibitor tickets: Between £30 and £50 for a table at the conference, depending on your organisation (see below for more info)
The two-day event will cover our programme, H.E.A.T (Health Equity and Advocacy Training).
This accredited 7-module course is designed for practitioners engaging with LGBTQ+ Black and People of Colour across health, wellbeing and equality.
They developed H.E.A.T. to: Facilitate improved understanding of the issues that contribute to health disparities for LGBTQ+ BPoC, Create a space for meaningful discussion around the decolonisation of theories and practices that have impacted LGBTQ+ BPoC in healthcare.
Exhibiting at the Conference
They will also have an exhibitor space at our conference for any health, wellbeing or equity organisations and grassroots groups to share information and resources.
Tables are limited and prices range from £30 to £50, based on the size of your organisation.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtq-bpoc-health-equity-and-advocacy-conference-tickets-727371266037?aff=oddtdtcreator
LGBT Foundation “The Community Café”
Every Saturday, 12pm – 4pm
Have a brew and a chat with other LGBTQ+ people at their sober space, located in the heart of Manchester’s Gay Village
Fairbairn House, 2nd Floor, 72 Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3NJ
www.lgbt.foundation
The Rainbow Lottery is the UK’s first weekly lottery that raises money for the LGBTQ+ community. Their hope is to make a difference to our over 100 good causes across the country, so they can carry on their vital work – which helps us all.
For more info: www.rainbowlottery.co.uk To start supporting causes in OUR community purchase your ticket here:
https://www.rainbowlottery.co.uk/referral/1754044334/1961609853
Survey / Study / Consultation:
HERE-Bi is an eight-week, self-esteem therapy intervention for young bisexual people who have experienced non-suicidal self-injury urges, thoughts, or behaviours. The research study will be looking at how feasible the sessions are.
Are you..
- 16-25 years old?
- Identify as bisexual or as being attracted to more than one gender?
- Have experienced thoughts or urges to self-injure or have self-injured within the last 6 months?
- Able to attend an online group once a week for eight weekly sessions of 90-minutes?
Please email [email protected] for more information, or search @bisexualMH on Twitter for updates! Participants will be reimbursed for their time and participation.
Salford City Council:
Every two years Salford City Council asks residents about their key priorities. These priorities will shape how the council plans their annual budget and allocates resources.
They are currently refreshing these priorities to ensure they continue to reflect the needs and aspirations of local people and communities.
They are committed to ensuring residents are at the heart of everything they do, and this survey provides residents with an opportunity to get involved and have their say on the things that matter most to them.
The survey can be accessed here: https://shaping.salford.gov.uk and is short and easy to fill in.
LGBTQ+ Housing and Homelessness Study:
Two universities in Wales are carrying out a national LGBTQ+ housing and homelessness survey. It’s open to anyone over 18 in the UK who identifies as LGBTQ+ and is open till the end of October.
LGBTQ+ housing/homelessness across the UK (qualtrics.com)
Are you LGBTQ+, aged 18 or over, and living in the UK? They’re trying to find out more about the problems LGBTQ+ people have with housing, and how well housing services work to support LGBTQ+ people.
This is the largest survey of it’s kind! They will be using the findings to try to improve housing and homelessness services, to make them better for LGBTQ+ people who need to use them.
If you are aged over 18, identify as LGBTQ+, and live in the UK please complete the survey! You don’t need to have been homeless to take part.
The survey is part of a bigger project. They’ll also be sending out FOIs to Local Authorities and doing face to face interviews. They’ll be writing a report, as well as publishing academic papers- let them know if you’d like a copy of the report.
The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. You will be asked questions about where you live, about yourself, and about your housing situation now and in the past. The survey will be open until 31st October 2023.
They will be very careful with the information you give them: it will be stored on Cardiff Met secure servers. They will anonymise your responses and they will make sure that you cannot be identified.
The study is led by Dr Edith England (Cardiff Metropolitan University) and Dr Neil Turnbull (Cardiff University). For more information about the study, or to discuss any concerns, please email Edith: [email protected].
Job Vacancies:
LGBT Foundation:
Find out about the latest job vacancies with the LGBT Foundation:
https://lgbt.foundation/jobs
Greater Manchester Lieutenancy Office
Accountant and Administrator
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and organised individual to join us at the new Greater Manchester Lieutenancy Office. The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester is seeking to appoint a Part-Time Accountant and Administrator from October 2023.
The Role
We are looking for an Accountant and Administrator to join our Team on a part-time basis and to work 22.5 hours over three days (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday). The office is open during office hours from Monday to Thursday inclusive.
The successful candidate should be confident, well organised and have previous experience within a similar role. Confidentiality is a key characteristic of this position.
Salary
The role is offering a salary of £25,000 (£41,667 pro-rata) for the right candidate.
How to apply
https://manchesterlieutenancy.org/the-lieutenancy/job-vacancies/
akt is currently recruiting for a Digital Caseworker and a Youth Engagement Worker, both supporting LGBTQ+ young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Here’s the link to the role on our careers page with all the details:
Volunteering Opportunities:
Just Like Us
Just Like Us are recruiting LGBT+ young adults aged 18-25 across England and Wales to become Just Like Us ambassadors and be the representation they needed when they were younger.
Just Like Us ambassadors deliver talks and share their stories in schools. In doing so they bring much needed representation to LGBT+ young people and empower non-LGBT+ pupils to be proactive allies. Ambassadors can also use their voice by writing articles for established publications like Gay Times, speak on panels, access specially designed skills workshops and an LGBT+ career mentoring programme. The opportunities are endless.
Perhaps best of all ambassadors form a supportive community of over 220 LGBT+ young adults all committed to building a more inclusive world.
“Just Like Us has given me community, amazing opportunities to step out into the professional sphere and the confidence to know that what I have to say can have a positive impact on others”- Alexa, Just Like Us ambassador.
If you or anyone in your networks might be interested you can sign up here to find out more about our upcoming volunteer training events (online and in person options available)
LGBT Foundation:
Are you passionate about supporting LGBT communities? Do you want to help LGBT Foundation create a fair and equal society where all lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are able to reach their full potential? At LGBT Foundation we are happy to start recruitment again for volunteers to join our team as we continue to make a difference during the Coronavirus pandemic.
LGBT Foundation have a very simple motto – we’re here if you need us. And that applies to everyone in our beautifully diverse communities. If you’re young, we’re here for you; if you’re older, we’re here for you; if you’re a person of colour, we’re here for you; if you’re a man, a woman, or non-binary, we’re here for you; lesbian, gay, bi, trans – however you describe yourself – we’re here for you. If you need help, if you’re struggling, if you need a friendly face or reassuring voice, we are there for you if you need us. We are all family – and at LGBT Foundation, everyone is welcome.
Below you can find information on the programmes recruiting at the moment, the role profiles for the various different volunteering roles and how to apply. https://lgbt.foundation/regular-volunteering-roles
M6 Theatre Company are looking for new trustees to join their board.
M6 are one of Britain’s leading theatre companies, based in Rochdale, specialising in creating work for, with and by children and young people. This is an exciting time to join M6 as they are playing a key part in the new cultural strategies, projects and initiatives which are emerging in Rochdale.
M6 are particularly keen to hear from people who have local connections and represent the diversity of Rochdale. This is a voluntary position but by becoming a trustee you’ll be given the opportunity to make a difference to thousands of children and young people locally, give something back to the community, meet new people from a range of different backgrounds, put your professional skills and lived experience to use, learn new things and boost your CV. No previous experience is needed.
For more information please go to: Jobs & Opportunities – m6 Theatre Company
Canal St VIP Card:
Over recent weeks, several comments have been made about some difficulty in finding or checking which venue partners are listed with unique special offers for card holders to enjoy and benefit from.
So, they have simplified the process and it is now easier to quickly find your favoured venues as all are listed alphabetically.
They have also added some new card partner offers too.
Buying or renewing a card is also quicker to do.
Need to buy or renew your card? To buy card and phone together
They are delighted to confirm that they have made another donation to George House Trust this year, directly from increased sales of the card and phone covers.
Gay Pride Shop & The LGBTQ+ Book Shop
The UK’s largest LGBTQ+ store in located in Afflecks in Manchester city centre and online at www.gayprideshop.co.uk. Over 7000 items in stock, with their profits shared with Manchester charities. They also cater for large corporate orders, for items such as lanyards, flags and badges, with corporate discounts available. For corporate/business orders, please contact [email protected]
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