LGBTQ+ Services

Age UK Richmond upon Thames
The White House Community Centre, 45 The Avenue
Hampton
LONDON
TW12 3RN
United Kingdom

Email: wellbeing@ageukrichmond.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8 744 1965

Are you part of the LGBTQ+ community?

Would you like to have regular chats with someone who is part of the community? As part of Age UK Richmond's Telephone Befriending Service we are offering a specific strand for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer older people. We can offer weekly calls.

For more information please contact Carol Horne on 0208 744 1965 or email wellbeing@ageukrichmond.org.uk


RAINBOW CAFE

Join our Rainbow Cafe for older LGBTQ+ people in our borough. We warmly welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer people to join us for coffee and a friendly chat at the Eel Pie pub in Twickenham. Our first session will be on Wednesday 25 October at 11.30am and we will meet once a month on the last Wednesday of every month.

For more information please contact Carol Horne on 0208 744 1965 or email wellbeing@ageukrichmond.org.uk.

You might also like to join the amazing organisation 'Opening Doors' which is the biggest charity providing information and support specifically for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) older people.

They run a Rainbow Carers online support group for people living with Dementia.

This is an online support group for older gay and lesbian people who are looking after a partner, relative or friend with dementia or memory loss. The group provides a safe and supportive space where carers can talk frankly about the issues they are facing in their daily lives, give each other mutual support and share suggestions, information and ideas.

This activity is run by the charity Opening Doors. Opening Doors For more information please contact maggie.martin@openingdoors.lgbt or ring 0207 183 6260.

Visit Opening Door's website below:

https://www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk/