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Older LGBTQ Project at Switchboard needs your help

Switchboard’s Older LGBTQ Project has been providing support, information and community to over 300 older LGBTQ people in Brighton and Hove for the last four years.

Trip to Charleston last month
Trip to Charleston last month

THE project has been selected by Crowdfunder as part of their Projects That Matter campaign.

Crowdfunder will donate £1000 to the project, if Switchboard are able to match this with their own funding.
Switchboard’s Older LGBTQ Project now need to raise £1,000 by May 31 in order to receive this money.
There is a real need for this project – older LGBTQ people report high levels of loneliness and lack of social and community engagement. One of the most important parts of the project is building community and breaking isolation by bringing people together at three monthly drop-ins, and linking people to befriending services who we recruit LGBTQ befrienders for.

With continued cuts to core budgets this funding is vital in order for this work to continue.

All they need is 100 people to donate £10 to make this a reality.

By donating you will help Switchboard to break the isolation and loneliness many LGBTQ face, bringing them together to do something fun, relaxing and inspiring.

To make a donation, click here:

 

IGLTA hosts record-breaking annual Global Convention in NYC

The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association’s annual convention attracts the largest and most globally diverse delegation in its 36-year history to New York City last month.

Photo: Rachel Covello, OUTCOAST Photography
Photo: Rachel Covello, OUTCOAST Photography

Nearly 700 delegates from 49 countries and territories gathered from April 24-27 at the New York Hilton Midtown, for IGLTA’s most successful convention to date.

The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association’s premier event united global LGBT+ leaders to discuss tourism trends, technology developments, workplace inclusion and human rights—wide-ranging topics connected through the lens of LGBT+ travel.

“We could not be more proud of our first New York City convention, from content to collaboration,” said IGLTA President/CEO John Tanzella. “Thanks in large part to the support of our host, NYC & Company, we were able to engage far more tourism businesses than ever before and showcase the world of LGBTQ+ travel in all its diversity.”

IGLTA’s 37th Annual Global Convention will be held in Milan, Italy from May 6-9, 2020.

The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association is the global leader in promoting LGBT+ travel and an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. IGLTA’s mission is to provide information and resources for LGBT+ travellers and expand LGBT+ tourism globally by demonstrating its significant social and economic impact.

IGLTA membership includes LGBT+ welcoming accommodations, destinations, service providers, travel agents, tour operators, events and travel media in more than 80 countries.

In 2012, the philanthropic IGLTA Foundation was launched to support the mission of the association and its membership through education, research and leadership development.

Photo on right: Board chair, Jon Munoz, from Hilton at the opening night party at the Moxy Times Square, Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge. Photo: Rachel Covello, OUTCOAST Photography

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