This website will not be maintained after 1st April 2025:
- To access local support for you and your family, including education, finance, volunteering and community support, visit the Virtual Family Hub | Worcestershire County Council. For information, advice and services to support families in pregnancy and through the early years, visit the Best Start Worcestershire website.
- For information on NHS services, including Public Health nursing, health visiting, school health nursing, breastfeeding and Smoke-Free Homes, visit the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust website: Worcestershire Public Health Nursing Service | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust.
- Information about your local Family Hubs.
Trancakes/Safe Space support groups
Please note that the Trancakes group for young people is unfortunately no longer running.
For further support, please visit Gender Intelligence Website
Also available is the Vesta Tilley Group for young people aged 11-17 which runs once a month is central Worcester. For further information, please follow their Instagram and Facebook pages.
Also available is the Vesta Tilley Group for young people aged 11-17 which runs once a month is central Worcester. For further information, please follow their Instagram and Facebook pages.
LGBTQ+ support groups/ services
LGBTQ+ Community Groups and Services
LGB&T Support Services Redditch — Local support group to help chat with members, friends & family of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community. You can contact LGB&T Redditch by calling: 07891 549 333 or via the following email address: LGBT Redditch email address
Bromsgrove Youth & Community Hub — Young people can speak to professionals on a range of topics including relationship advice, mental health support, self esteem & sexual health. You can contact Bromsgrove Youth & Community Hub by calling: 07717 438 427
Birmingham South Asians LGBT — Finding a Voice— Birmingham South Asians LGBT - Finding A Voice is a social group with support for South Asians aged 18+ of any faith, culture, religion or disability. You can contact Birmingham South Asians LGBT Finding a Voice by calling: 07896 717678
RANG—RANG is a social support group open to South Asian & Middle Eastern men (and trans masculine men) who may identify as gay or bisexual. In some South Asian countries RANG means “Colour.”
Birmingham LGBT — Raising awareness of the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGBT) people in Birmingham & beyond, to advocate for their needs & to enable them to fully participate in the lives of their community. You can contact Birmingham LGBT by calling: 0121 643 0821 or via the following email address: Birmingham LGBT email address
Birmingham LGBT Community Directory — Comprehensive listings for everything LGBT in the city, including social groups, services, sports clubs, arts groups, bars, clubs, shops, cafés, & much more.
West Midlands Police LGBT Network — Supporting LGBT employees & improving the relationships between the Police & LGBT communities. You can contact the West Midlands Police LGBT Network via the following email address
Stonewall — Resources & information for LGBT People. Ypu can contact Stonewall by calling: 0207 593 1850
Stonewall Housing— Works to ensure Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans people live in safer homes, free from fear, & where we can celebrate our identity & support each other. You can contact Stonewall Housing by calling: 0800 6404 404
Quest — Quest exists to provide pastoral support to LGBT+ Catholics. You can contact Quest by calling: 0300 123 1989
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)—Our network of charities offers confidential advice online, over the phone, & in person, for free. You can contact Citizens Advice by calling: 0344 411 1303
Beaumont Trust BM Charity London —We provide information to adults affected by the issues concerning the trans spectrum.
Arrowside Sexual Health Clinic — You can contact Arrowside Sexual Health Clinic by calling: 01527 488588
Redditch Mental Health Action Group— Services to promote & support positive mental health in the Redditch community. You can contact Redditch Mental Health Action Group using the following email address
Terrence Higgins Trust — HIV/AIDS Support. Terrence Higgins Trust can be contacted by calling: 0808 802 1221
Moseley Shoals — Birmingham’s Social Gay Swim & Water Polo Group.
Pink Sou’westers Activity Group — We offer a range of affordable, accessible, inclusive, non-scene social events & activities open to all LGBTs regardless of age or area of residence. You can contact the Pink Sou'westers Activity Group via the following email address or by calling: 07976 274 271
Rainbow Voices LGBT Choir— The only West Midlands choir for Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals & Trans people & their friends, with members across all ages. Based in Edgbaston.
Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra — The Midlands LGBT orchestra. Promotes musical talent directly from within the LGBT community, illuminating the diversity that exists within it to the wider community & beyond.
Galop — For LGBTQ people experiencing any kind of abuse or violence. To contact Galop call: 0800 999 5428
Gendered Intelligence — Support for trans, non binary and gender questioning people and their families. You can contact Gendered Intelligence by calling: 020 7155 1302
Vesta Tilley Youth— A group for young members and friends of the LGBTQ+ community aged between 11 years and 17 years. You can contact Vesta Tilley Youth using the following email address
Gires, Gender Identity Research and Education Society— Contains Tranzwiki which is a comprehensive directory of non commercial groups and organisations supporting trans and gender diverse individuals, family and friends.