Here at Mind in the Vale, we work in partnership with a range of organisations who offer support to the LGBTQ+ community. For further information on support groups, information and helplines, please see the links below.
Confidential helpline offering support and advice to LGBTQ individuals.
Telephone: 0300 330 0630
Gender and Sexual Diversity Support Specialists who offer online support groups.
What is Embrace?
Embrace is a social peer support group that provides parents, carers, guardians and family members of trans and non-binary young people in Wales with the opportunity to discuss their feelings, learn from each other and build friendships and social networks.
When and where does the group meet?
The group meets online monthly – on the last Tuesday of the month.
Each group will run from 7pm until 8.30pm.
#FreeToBe is a fun, social and peer support group.
This group is specifically aimed at LGBTQ+ young people and allies age 11-18 in Wales, and is one of a number of groups we are setting up.
Who can join?
– Are you aged between 11-18?
– Do you identify as LGBTQ or any of the spectrum of identities in our wonderful gender and sexually diverse community?
– Or, are you an ally to those who do?
Come and join us!
For more information please visit Umbrella Cymru or contact:
email: info@umbrellacymru.co.uk
contact: 0300 302 3670
Mermaids, supporting transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children, young people, and their families since 1995.
Helpline – 08088010400
Available Monday-Friday, 9am – 6pm and closed on Wednesdays.
The LGBT+ helpline operates every Monday from 7pm – 9pm. Please leave a voicemail outside of these times – they are checked regularly, and messages are usually responded to within 48 hours.
Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan has been awarded the Mind Quality Mark (MQM). The MQM is a robust quality assurance framework created by Mind, the mental health charity.
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