Emergency Support
A directory of LGBTQ+ support, mental health, housing, sexual health, abuse support, and community organisations. Contact details are listed where publicly available.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 999. For 24/7 listening support, Samaritans can be contacted free on 116 123.
Priority helplines
Key listening, crisis, abuse, mental health, and LGBTQ+ support contacts.
Switchboard
LGBTQIA+ listening, information, and support service, available every day.
Opening times listed: 10am to 10pm.
Samaritans
24/7 listening support for anyone who needs to talk.
Welsh Language Line listed: 7pm to 11pm daily.
MindOut
Mental health service run by and for LGBTQ people, with online support available nationally.
Address listed: 2 St Andrews Place, Southover Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1UP.
MindOut Online Support Live Chat
Online LGBTQ-affirmative mental health chat support for people aged 18+.
Opening times listed: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 3pm to 5pm.
LGBT Foundation
Advice, support, and information for people identifying as LGBTQ+.
Opening times listed: Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm.
Mermaids
Support for transgender, gender-diverse, and gender-questioning young people and their families.
Opening times listed: Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm.
Galop
LGBT+ anti-abuse charity supporting people affected by hate crime, domestic abuse, sexual violence, conversion practices, and other abuse.
Hours listed: Monday and Tuesday 9:15am to 8pm, Wednesday to Friday 9:15am to 4:30pm.
MindLine Trans+
Confidential emotional and mental health support helpline for trans, agender, genderfluid, and non-binary people, plus friends and family.
Opening times listed: Monday to Friday, 8pm to midnight.
The Mix
Support and advice for under-25s, including crisis messenger, email support, and webchat.
LGBTQ+ community support
Organisations offering information, peer support, community spaces, and specialist LGBTQ+ advice.
LGBT HERO Forums
Safe, non-judgemental online space for LGBTQ+ people to talk with others about issues and life experiences.
LGBT Ireland
Irish LGBT organisation offering LGBT support and gender identity family support.
Support U
Confidential support for LGBT people, friends, and families, covering coming out, family issues, sexual health, and training.
Brighton & Hove Switchboard
LGBTQ charity providing community, support, and information.
Opening times listed: evenings, closed Tuesday and Saturday.
London Friend
LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing support, including counselling, support groups, and drug and alcohol programmes.
Opening times listed: Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm.
Spectra
Groups, one-to-one support, health screening, counselling, and peer support around sexuality, sexual health, and gender identities.
Dosti
Social and support group for South Asian and Middle Eastern LGBTQ people.
Gendered Intelligence
Charity supporting young trans people, especially under 25s, plus parents and carers.
Clare Project
Online information and groups for trans, non-binary, and intersex adults, plus in-person services in Sussex.
Umbrella Cymru
Gender and sexual diversity charity providing support, signposting, advocacy, information, and other services in Wales.
Specialist support and directories
Services covering housing, sexual health, therapy, asylum, faith, intersex support, and young people.
Terrence Higgins Trust
HIV, STI, PrEP, PEP, and sexual health advice and support.
Opening times listed: Monday to Friday, 10am to 8pm.
Friday/Monday
Information and support around sex, drugs, and chemsex, especially for gay and bi men, men who have sex with men, and trans and non-binary people involved in chemsex.
Stonewall Housing
Specialist housing advice for anyone identifying as LGBTQ+ in the UK.
akt
Supports LGBTQ people aged 16 to 25 who are homeless or living in a hostile environment.
African Rainbow Family
Supports LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum and refugees with African heritage.
Mind
Mental health charity offering helplines, Local Mind services, and an online community.
Hub of Hope
UK-wide mental health support database covering local, national, peer, community, charity, private, and NHS services.
NHS Talking Therapies
Information about local NHS therapy services for certain mental health problems, with self-referral available in many areas in England.
Pink Therapy
Directory of qualified therapists who identify as, or understand, minority sexual and gender identities.
BACP
Professional body for counselling and talking therapy, with information and a therapist directory.
UKCP
Accreditation body for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors, with an online register and complaints route.
Phone option listed: option 3.
Consortium
Directory of services and groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Traveller Pride
Support for LGBT+ Travellers, including a confidential listening service.
Identity, faith, and health information
Information-led organisations and specialist communities for different LGBTQIA+ identities, experiences, and health needs.
Asexual Visibility and Education Network
International asexual community with resources and online forums.
Black Beetle Health
Health information for LGBTQ+ Black people and People of Colour in the UK.
Gender Construction Kit
Information for queer people about legal and medical processes around gender expression.
GIRES
Works to improve the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people, including non-binary and non-gender people.
KeshetUK
Education and training charity supporting Jewish LGBT+ people and families with inclusion in Jewish life.
Open Table Network
Network of Christian churches across the UK offering safe and inclusive communities for LGBTQIA+ people.
Interconnected UK
Peer support and safe spaces for people with intersex traits or variations of sex characteristics, and their loved ones.
CAH Support Group
Support for people with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, their families, and friends.
Klinefelter’s Syndrome Association
Support and information for people affected by Klinefelter’s Syndrome, KS, or XXY.
Turner Syndrome Support Society
Support and information for people with Turner Syndrome.
Rainbow Mind
LGBTQ+ mental health support service, including online support groups and a young people’s group.
LGBT Cymru Helpline
Support line for LGBT people, friends, spouses, and families in Wales.
Opening times listed: Mondays, 7pm to 9pm. Voicemail outside those times with response within 24 hours.
