- London Friend

Welcome and thank you for visiting the London Friend web site

Painting of the London Friend building

London Friend is a voluntary organisation that has been serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community for over 35 years.

We exist to promote the social, emotional, physical and sexual health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay and bisexual people including transgender people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual and all those unsure of their sexuality.

We offer counselling and support services which set out to explore issues of same sex- relationships, sexual identity and promote personal growth and self confidence. We also provide a safe space as an alternative place to meet and socialise.

All our services are delivered by trained lesbian, gay and bisexual volunteers. The services we provide include:

General LGBT Helpline - 020 7837 3337 (19:30 - 22:00 daily)
Bereavement Helpline - 020 7403 5969 (19:30 - 22:00 Every Tuesday)
E-mail support service at E Talk
Homophobic & Transphobic Crime Reporting
One to One Counselling
Groups and Workshops
A library on LGBT issues
Free information on HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections
Free condoms and lube

London Friend aims to offer equality of access and opportunity to all its service users, volunteers and employees. We work proactively to reflect the diversity of the London population we serve.

The group meeting rooms, counselling room and toilet on the ground floor are at street level and accessible to those using a wheelchair.

Parking is available outside from 19:00 Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday.

We welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback.

If you wish to make a donation to London Friend, please click on the 'Make a Donation' button on the left. Alternatively you can go here, to fill in a Donation form.

Do you buy anything on-line? If so, you can raise some extra money for London Friend. If you access a company web site, like Amazon for example through http://buy.at/londonfriend and make a purchase, a percentage will be donated to LF. The percentage varies from company to company. As well as Amazon, other companies participating include John Lewis, Carphone Warehouse, Marks & Spencer and many more. Please bookmark http://buy.at/londonfriend.

Shopping in this way imposes no extra cost to you and helps raise some much needed funds for London Friend. Also, please let your family and friends know about this as the more people use this facility the more money is raised.

London Friend, also known as Friend Counselling (London) Ltd is listed on everyclick.com, the search engine that helps charity. Please go to everyclick.com to do all your searching. Don't forget to add it to your favourites so you can find it again easily and you can make it your home page by clicking on the link in the top right hand corner of the site. It does not cost us, or you, a penny - so it's a great way to support us everyday.

London Friend also has rooms available for private hire, at very competitive rates! Please see the Space for Hire section for details.