Our mission:

"To challenge homophobia and transphobia at all levels in society and tackle the inequalities and barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities"

The main aims of Camden LGBT Forum are:

• to improve the social inclusion of LGBT people in the borough by articulating needs re: service provision and identifying gaps in service provision
• to promote awareness and understanding of LGBT needs within statutory and voluntary service providers to ensure equality of access to services in the borough
• to represent and support members of the LGBT communities to enable their full participation in society.
• to support LGBT people seeking access to services or experiencing difficulty with these services and, where necessary, to advocate on their behalf.
• to work in partnership with the Community Safety Team and police to reduce fear of crime, to increase reporting of homophobic and transphobic crime and to promote greater participation in the prevention and detection of homophobic and transphobic crime to the LGBT communities in Camden.

Main activities and services of Camden LGBT Forum

• Providing advice and support for LGBT people to enable better access to services or who are experiencing difficulties with service providers,statutory or voluntary.
• Advocating on behalf of the LGBT communities and acting as the representative body within Camden to work with statutory and voluntary sector service providers to improve accessibility and responsiveness of services to, and to identify gaps in, service provision to LGBT people.
• Reaching out to the most vulnerable groups within our community who are most likely to be socially excluded to ensure their voice is heard and their needs are met by statutory and voluntary service providers.
• Partnership work with the police and Camden Council's Community Safety Team and Anti Social Behaviour Action Group to address homophobic/transphobic hate crime and harassment and to improve judicial disposal,victim satisfaction and reduce fear of crime.
• Outreach to LGBT venues and public sex environments(PSEs) for non-police reporting of crime and intelligence and community safety information.
• Continued capacity building throughout the diverse LGBT community to ensure the Forum is truly representative of this diversity and to work to build a stronger community from social networks.
• A monthly forum meeting open to all and a monthly social outreach evening.
• Outreach drop-in at housing offices (Caversham, Holborn) and community centres (Gospel Oak).
• Consultation and training on LGBT issues primarily within Camden (Housing, Equalities,Connexions, Police) but also, on request, pan-London and nationally.
• LGBT Youth Network (11-25) to provide training around homophobic bullying and LGBT issues to schools and youth services, funding search for LGBT youth drop-in.
• LGBT Harassment Advisory Group bringing together ASBAG, police, Community Safety Unit, Camden Victim Support, CHMs, Broadway, SHP (floating support services) and community representatives to advise on housing and other harassment cases.
• Out in Camden, the LGBT awareness day in partnership with Camden's Equalities Unit and Community Safety Teams.