Funders and supporters
London Friend works with a wide range of organisations within the public and private sectors to help achieve our mission of improving the lives of LGBT people. Our current partners and funders include:
- The Henry Smith Charity supports the delivery of our Antidote programme and has previously supported the development of our SWAP programme.
- The London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark are jointly funding work delivering chemsex interventions for their residents and capacity building within their substance misuse and sexual health services.
- The London Borough of Islington is funding work delivering chemsex interventions for their residents working with their substance misuse and sexual health services.
- SASH (Support & Advice on Sexual Health) is the community sexual health partnership funded by the London Boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham. The partnership is led by Turning Point, along with Naz, and London Friend, where we are the LGBTQ+ lead.
- The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is funding London Friend to provide specialist domestic abuse counselling to LGBTQ+ people resident in the Borough.
- HIV Prevention England is the national HIV prevention campaign funded by Public Health England and managed by Terrence Higgins Trust. As a local delivery partner we provide awareness and brief interventions to promote behavioural change around HIV prevention, chemsex, and other drug use.
- Turning Point subcontracts London Friend to provide LGBTQ+ specialist drug and alcohol treatment works via their Central London Drug Treatment Partnership in the London Boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham, and in the City and Hackney Recovery Partnership in the London Boroughs of City of London and Hackney.
- Change Grow Live subcontracts London Friend to provide LGBTQ+ specialist drug and alcohol treatment works via their drug treatment service in Southwark.
- The National Lottery Community Fund support a partnership led by London Friend with elop and LGBT HERO to improve the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people.
- City Bridge Foundation is supporting us to deliver a programme of therapy groups.
- The Mercer's Company are supporting us to work with older LGBTQ+ people.
- Fast Track Cities London is funding us to provide drug, alcohol and chemsex support to help er-engage people living with HIV who have disengaged from care through two pilot programmes in North West and South London.
We would like to thank the individuals and businesses who donate or fundraise for us throughout the year. This includes holding events and completing sponsored activities, and choosing to leave a gift to London Friend in their wills, or fundraising in memory of a friend or loved one. Your support is greatly appreciated. Donations such as these help fund costs which can be challenging to cover through grants and contracts, and allow us to plan new services and invest in our volunteers' professional development. You can find out more about how to support London Friend in this way here.
