InVolve LGBT Volunteers
Looking to involve LGBT volunteers or organisations in your work? Look no further. With the help of voluntary organisations around the country, the InVolve project has created the resources below for people like you, who want to reach out to LGBT volunteers.
Let us know what you think of these resources
Email Emma Foxall on emma@lgbtconsortium.org.uk or call her on 020 7064 6505.
LGBT volunteering email newsletter
LGBT volunteering email newsletter – our newsletter goes out ever month and includes news, information and volunteering opportunities for LGBT volunteers.
To sign up email Emma on emma@lgbtconsortium.org.uk
InVolving LGBT volunteers - toolkit
‘Should I monitor sexual orientation?’
‘My organisation is welcoming of all people – why do I need to make an extra effort to involve LGBT volunteers?’
'I want to involve LGBT volunteers but don’t know how to – help!’
If these thoughts look familiar, then this toolkit is for you. We’ve answered your questions, addressed your concerns and put together an easy-to-use guide to making sure that your organisation embraces the full diversity of the communities you serve.
For your copy of InVolving LGBT volunteers click here 
Case studies – involving LGBT volunteers
Working with Age Concern Norwich, Citizens Advice Bureau, Freshwinds and Samaritans, we have put together case studies on how and why these organisations have involved LGBT volunteers. Read their tips, take advantage of their hindsight and find out what difference LGBT volunteers make to their organisations.
For your copy of the case studies click here
10 steps to engaging with LGBT organisations
Are you an infrastructure organisation looking to involve LGBT organisations? Then this guide is for you. 10 steps to involving LGBT organisations suggests easy and practical ways to reach out to LGBT organisations. Use it in together with the Step by Step toolkit to make your organisation LGBT-friendly, and to reach out to LGBT organisations.
For your copy of 10 Steps to engaging with LGBT organisations click here
Articles and reports
Emma Foxall, The Consortium’s Volunteering Development Officer has written a number of articles on LGBT volunteering for voluntary sector publications.
‘Coming out as an LGBT-friendly organisation’ for Volunteering England’s Volunteering Magazine, February 2008
For your copy of this article looking at how to make your organisation LGBT-friendly click here
‘Reaching out to LGBT organisations’ for NAVCA’s Circulation ,issue 402, April/May 2008 click here
For your copy of this article looking at how infrastructure organisations can reach out to LGBT organisations click here.
‘Making organisations more accessible for young LGBT volunteers’ for Youth Action Network’s Activate, issue 40 April/June 2008 click here
For your copy of how voluntary organisations can work with young LGBTQ volunteers click here
Opportunities for All – LGBT volunteering and infrastructure engagement in Greater London
Read our report on engagement between volunteering infrastructure bodies and LGBT organisations in Greater London, including recommendations for infrastructure organisations.
For your copy of Opportunities for All click here
Looking for Volunteers?
If you are interested in recruiting LGBT volunteers, please contact Emma Foxall (contact details below).
For more information about the InVolve project, please contact Emma Foxall on emma@lgbtconsortium.org.uk or call her on 020 7064 6505.
If you would like to receive our monthly LGBT volunteering email newsletter, please email Emma and she will add you to the mailing