Giving Back
About LGBTQ+ Switchboard
LGBTQ+ Switchboard, the LGBT+ Helpline.
Switchboard is one of the UK’s longest running, volunteer led charities serving the LGBT+ communities. As a national helpline, they serve on average 17,000 callers a year across phone, instant messaging and email. If you need to reach them, you can, from 10am-10pm every day.
Whilst they were established to provide vital signposting and information to LGBT+ communities, they are a service open to all. They talk to people from all across the UK, wishing to discuss issues ranging from sexuality, gender identity, mental and sexual health, isolation and more. Whether this is a personal challenge or one facing a friend or family member, they are a confidential, non-directive service - they don't tell people what to do and don't judge. They are here to listen and support people to make informed decisions for themselves. Every call is unique, and Switchboard prides itself on responding to the changing needs of our communities by providing a service that’s continually evolving and relevant.
LGBT+ have been here since the first days of the AIDS crisis. And they are still here now.
The milestones of the LGBT+ communities can be traced in the calls they have taken. Their volunteers have responded to heartbreaking calls on loss and despair to triumphant messages of acceptance and love.
"We don’t know what issues the coming decades will bring but we’re determined to be here, answering people’s calls, all the while"
Contact 10am to 10pm, 365 days a year. Helpline: 0300 330 0630
Instant Messaging: www.switchboard.lgbt Email: chris@switchboard.lgbt
Twitter: @switchboardlgbt Instagram: @switchboardlgbt Facebook: @switchboardlgbt