On behalf of our service, I would like to thank each individual and organisation who attended the ‘Put Out Hate’ event that took place earlier today, a special thanks is given to Cleveland Fire Brigade and the National Lottery Community Fund, without their support the event could not have went Read more…
Our newly elected Forum Champions engaging in some productive learning toprovide them with the skills they need to steer the work of Teesside’s LGBT Tees Valley Forum. The role of a forum champion is to ensure key decisions and actions are meeting the needs of the local LGBT+ community. For Read more…
On Sunday 4th September, Stockton CGL and Hart Gables teamed up to visit Leeds Pride! Staff and service users from both organisations travelled down together by coach and arrived in time to enjoy some of the brilliant musical performances on the stage at Millennium Square, before setting of on the Read more…
Between 2016 and May 2019 26,656 domestic abuse incidents where recorded by Cleveland Police.Unsurprisingly, only 1.5% of those incidents did victims have the same gender as suspects and there was no record of incidents involving people with a trans+ history. Regardless of gender or sexual orientation, abuse is not acceptable Read more…
We work with some of the North East’s most marginalised LGBT+ communities and more often than enough a large proportion of the people we work with feel excluded from various LGBT+ events throughout the UK. Rainbow Rounders is a free event, established by Teesside University in support of the Stonewall Rainbow Read more…
We would like to say a huge thank you to the Unity Network at EY Newcastle who raised a whopping £157.48 for us doing a bake sale. To top it off, the company donated a further £500 to our organisation! We couldn’t do the work we do without the help Read more…
Our project LGBT Home Free has been developed to support some of the UKs most vulnerable and marginalised LGBT+ people who are on their journey to seek asylum. In the space of 12 months over 20 LGBT+ people who are seeking asylum in the area have accessed Hart Gables for Read more…
An excellent turn out at July’s LGBT+ Forum – we have already had some excellent feedback from our members, thank you for your attendance and for your invaluable contributions. In order to create LGBT+ inclusive spaces, we need to work together as services and have conversations that are led by Read more…
Big shout out to graphic designer Daniel Quasar on adding a five-coloured chevron to the LGBT Rainbow Flag to place a greater emphasis on “inclusion and progression” We here at Hart Gables have followed in Daniels footsteps and our very own graphic designer Sian Parker has re-created our logo to Read more…
We would like to invite you to our second LGBT Tees Valley Forum. From September 2020 all secondary schools will be required to teach pupils about sexual orientation and gender identity, and all primary schools will be required to teach about different families. As we celebrate a great step forwards for Read more…