The Big Lottery Fund has awarded Birmingham's gay and lesbian community a grant of £479,263 to establish an LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre in the city, reported the UK’s Pink Paper.
Donated over a four year period, the donation has been granted via their Reaching Communities Strand.
The LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre will be a one stop shop for the community and community groups, and will work with other service providers to address health inequalities within the LGBT Community, such as high rates of smoking and drinking, self harm, depression and attempted suicide.
Steph Keeble, Strategic Lead for Birmingham LGBT Community Trust told PinkPaper.com: “The LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre will provide a safe, non scene space for LGBT people in the city to use which will decrease the isolation and stigma many people face. The centre will also be a gateway for many mainstream services that many LGBT people feel unable to access by negotiating with providers to deliver services from the building."
Full report - PinkPaper.com
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