A few of our staff and supporters will be participating in the Manchester 100, a 100km (62 miles) Cycle on Saturday 31st August to raise some money for LGBT Youth North West.
To find out more about the event plea
www.bike-events.com/manchester100km
www.lgbtyouthnorthwest.org.uk
LGBT Youth North West is a regional organisation supporting LGBT young people and LGBT Youth organisations in the North West of England. We are made up of existing LGBT Youth Groups across the region covering Greater Manchester, Greater Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria. We run Lesbian and Gay Youth Manchester, Trans youth services, training to both practitioners and young people on LGBT awareness and support, peer mentoring and the LGBT Youth College
Why the community needs us:
We help save lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans young people through our services, advocacy and support. We give people a safe space to come to where they can be themselves and escape homo/bi/trans-phobia. We provide volunteering and leadership opportunities e.g. young people are trained to help other young people learn or get support. We train young and older people in LGBT awareness so that they can help themselves or their friends or family who are LGBT celebrate the diversity around us.
Our impact on the community
Some young people we work with get bullied at school, at work and at home, we help them gain assertiveness to challenge the bullying or challenge their schools so that the bullying is dealt with accordingly. We help young people to develop their life skills, including accredited cooking courses, in-house training and youth work courses. We help young people find safe spaces to live, work and learn, sometimes escaping from homophobic families and communities. Young people we work with now have a greater chance of success in life!
Any pennies you can spare will go a long way- so sponsor us, spur us on and help us to improve the lives of LGBT young people.
