The Camden LGBT Forum is currently conducting research into the needs of the LGBT communities who live, work and socialise within the borough, how best these needs can be addressed and how current service provision can be modified to make services more accessible to the communities.

We are addressing a wide range of issues covering community safety, housing, health, education, leisure and entertainment, provision of community facilities - in short, all areas of everyday life in the borough.

In particular, Camden Council have asked us to look at how groups become "socially excluded" and to what degree the LGBT communities feel this exclusion and then to work with the council to combat this. The Council acknowledges that within the LGBT communities there are people who will be more at risk of social exclusion because, for example, they are older or younger citizens, they are homeless, they have mental health problems or learning difficulties, they are from a BME community or they are asylum seekers or refugees.

The first edition of the report has now been completed, and can be downloaded by clicking the links in the right-hand column.

Research continues, however, and we are still seeking volunteers to participate.

The Forum is using a selection of research tools: a questionnaire, telephone interviews, face to face interviews and group discussions.

The Forum is keen to consult with as many people as possible and would be pleased to talk with both staff and clients.

If you would like to take part, you can either download the survey and send it to us at our freepost address, or if you email us your contact details, we can send you a copy in the post.