Nottingham and Notts Lesbian and Gay Switchboard

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We have information about the following local groups on our database.

Healthy Gay Nottingham (services for gay and bisexual men's health); Nottingham Hyking Dykes; Breakout Gay Men's group; Outburst LGBT Youth Group; the Older Gay Men's group; North Notts LGB Development Group; Notts Lesbian Book Club; Trans-Action (TV/TS); Women's Badminton; Nottingham Ball Bois Football Team; Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement; East Mercia MSC; the Chameleon Group (TV/TS); University of Nottingham & Trent University LGBT Societies; East Midlands Bi Network; Peak Ruffties Women's Walking Group; Lesbian Writers' Network; Banna Lesbian Housing; Notts Police Gay & Bisexual OUTNetwork; LiNk-Notts (Lesbian wesbite for local info); Flying Colours (Gay investment group); Nottingham Buddies (provides support for those living with HIV/AIDS); Nottingham Bi Women's Group; Castle College LGBT group; Bilborough College LGBTQ group; Lesbians in Ashfield Friendship & Support (LAFS); North Notts Gay Women's Walking Group; LGB Youth Groups in Worksop & Mansfield; Nottingham Women's Film Group; Weekenders; Pegasus Gay History Tours; Bi-delight; LIRAIN (Lesbians into real ale in Nottingham); Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage (LGBT HIstory Project); Terrence Higgins Trust Nottingham; Sparta Women's Football Club; Grizzly (Nottingham Bears); Tipping the Velvet (Women's social/support group); East Midlands Gay Outdoor Club.

.... and here are some of their logos..

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OUTnetwork logo

LiNk Notts Logo

Outburst is the social and support group for those under 26.

You can contact them via

outburst@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Are there any social groups, support groups, services, websites that you know about and we don't? Send us their details and we'll put them on our database.

We have information about:

sympathetic solicitors in Nottingham, Newark, Leicester and Worksop
LOOKOUT, the local quarterly free lesbian newsletter
gay saunas in Nottinghamshire and nearby counties
the local bars, club and once-a-month discos
individuals and organisations which provide counselling
flat share/house share and emergency accommodation
the procedure for having a Civil Ceremony
using the Police's 0800 line for reporting a homophobic incident and how to use Switchboard to make a 3rd party police report on your behalf
the recent changes in laws affecting LGB people
ways of raising issues which concern you with both the City Council and the Police
local gay/gay friendly hotels, guest houses and restaurants
specialist contacts relating to leather; tattoos; clothes for TVs; "adult" shops
a gay friendly church
appropriate agencies for issues relating to HIV/AIDS, STDs and other medical services
services for will making and funerals
Switchboards/helplines throughout the country

We also have some information about national organisations and about facilities in adjacent counties (Derbyshire, Leicester, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire). A Directory of services for LGB people in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire has recently (July 2007) been produced by the North Notts LGB Development Group. Switchboard collated the Nottinghamshire part of the Directory. The Nottinghamshire part of the directory can be downloaded from the Word document at the bottom of this page.

nottingham@lgswitchboard.fsnet.co.uk