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New app package keeps treasured LGBTQ+ memories alive for people living with dementia The memories of LGBTQ+ community members from across the globe have been captured in a new app package designed to help people living ...

For our fourth and final interview marking LGBT+ History Month 2024, we’ve had a chat with one of our trustees, Charlotte Fiander (she/her). Our conversation is set out below. We hope you enjoy reading it. Please ...

Have you got your tickets for this year’s FemFest, Brighton’s only arts festival made by and for people who are AFAB (assigned female at birth), non-binary and trans? Don’t worry if you haven’t, because you still ...

For the third in our series of interviews marking LGBT+ History Month, we’ve had a chat with one of our staff, Reuben Davidson (he/him). Our conversation with him is detailed below. We hope you enjoy it. ...

For the second in our series of interviews marking LGBT+ History Month, we’ve had a chat with one of our volunteers, Michele (she/they), who works on our helpline. Our conversation with them is detailed below. We ...

Switchboard is urgently appealing for LGBTQ+ people from Crawley to take part in research for the NHS. We need three people for a study designed to help the NHS improve its healthcare research for our community. ...

Today, Thursday, 1 February 2024, is the beginning of LGBT+ History Month. This annual event was founded in 2004 to enable the LGBTQ+ community to claim our past, celebrate our present and create our future. It’s ...

A Switchboard expert has attended a parliamentary reception to celebrate a fund which supports projects that provide a safety net for survivors of domestic abuse. Astrid Palmer (pictured), an LGBTQ+ specialist independent domestic violence advocate, was ...

Switchboard is excited to welcome five new trustees and invite people from our trans, non-binary and intersex communities to join them on our Board. Our new trustees and their role We’re delighted to welcome: Lucy Cryan ...