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The Code of Good Practice

File 2431Impact is the difference you make. By focusing on your impact, you can make more of a difference through your work. This means planning what impact you want to have and how best to achieve it, collecting information about your impact, assessing what impact you’re having, communicating this information and learning from it. We call this cycle of activities impact practice. This includes, but is significantly bigger than, the tasks of measuring, monitoring or evaluating impact.

Marriage -- Have Your Say (in Scotland and England/Wales!)

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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Can You Help ILGA?

File 2411The European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) is now working on a short video to promote the launch of the results of the European LGBT Survey conducted last year.  The Survey results will be launched on 17 May 2013, to coincide with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

Second Reading of Equal Marriage Bill Passed

MPs have voted  in favour of the government's legislation for same-sex marriage in England and Wales today.

With MPs voting 400 to 175, a majority of 225, in favour of the legislation the message was that the house was overwhelming in support of the next step towards Equal Marriage.

It has been reported that 140 of those voting against were Conservative MPs and whilst watching the proceedings today - it was clear that there is alot of unrest amongst the party.

Trans* Health Matters

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Find out more and register your interest here for this Public Health & Well-being Conference engaging with the Trans* Community. The conference is in London on Tuesday 12 March 2013. Bookings will be opening shortly.

LGBT History Month starts tomorrow

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Don’t forget to promote your events on the LGBT History Month Calendar, a Consortium Community Calendar partner. You can also see what other activities are happening near you and across the UK.

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Looking ahead for 2013

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by Sarah McNally, LGF

Coming up...

In February, to coincide with LGB&T History Month, we will be launching our new heritage project. We’ll be hosting 15 quiz-story events throughout Greater Manchester in February as well as bi-monthly events throughout the year. More information at www.lgf.org.uk/history 

For Valentine’s Day we’ll be touring around the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester showcasing our Love Equal Marriage campaign, asking people to keep supporting marriage equality. www.lgf.org.uk/equal

We’ll be continuing our work with lesbian and bisexual women, via our Well Women project, and looking to develop a national network of organisation who support LB women. We’ll also be hosting our flagship event Sugar & Spice to mark International Women’s Day. www.lgf.org.uk/women

In 2013 we aim to continue to be the largest charity provider of direct services to lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the UK. Our helpline is open 365 days a year 10am – 10pm; 0845 3 30 30 30; helpline@lgf.org.uk; www.lgf.org.uk.

Looking ahead for 2013

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by Louise Kelly, Stonewall
 
In January 2013 Stonewall launched our latest Youth Volunteering Programme. This scheme gives fifty young people the skills and support they need to campaign against homophobia and homophobic bullying in their local schools and communities. 
 
Over the next six months the Youth Volunteers will drive their own campaigns; helping Stonewall to reach thousands of teachers and students across the country with our powerful message to stop homophobia. We know that when young people are placed at the forefront of their campaign they are capable of making a huge impact on their peers. Youth Volunteer’s from previous years have been brave and innovative with their campaigns, and we can’t wait to see what this year’s group will achieve!
 
Stonewall’s Youth Volunteers are based across the country. Many identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, whilst others are motivated to get involved because they have gay friends or family members.  Each Youth Volunteer receives on-going mentoring support from a specially selected and trained Youth Leader. 

Olympic payback

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The Directory of Social Change’s (DSC) Big Lottery Refund campaign is starting to bear fruit – a recent letter they received from sports Minister Hugh Robertson MP confirms that up to £150 million may be paid back to lottery distributors from the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund by 2014.
                   
Billions in National Lottery revenues were taken by the last administration to support the building of the Olympics infrastructure – much of this money would otherwise have supported charitable good causes across the UK.

Proud2Be Project Nominated for Diversity Award

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The Proud2Be Project has been nominated for the Community Organisation Award at The National Diversity Awards.
 
The ceremony celebrates some of the excellent and inspiring achievements of positive role models and community organisations from across the UK. The awards aim to recognise nominees in their respective fields of diversity including age, disability, gender, race, faith, religion and sexual orientation.
 
The project hosts a video campaign featuring Stephen Fry and last year’s Lifetime Achiever Award winner Peter Tatchell and hosts its own LGBT radio show. It also facilitates social groups and workshops and will be launching Totnes Pride on Saturday 14 September 2013.
 
Project founders Mat and Jon Price said: "We are thrilled that Proud2Be has been nominated for a National Diversity Award. We have spent the last year working on the project at our home in Devon and for our work to be acknowledged by such a fantastic initiative is an absolute honour"
 
The National Diversity Awards 2013 in association with Microsoft will be held at The Queens Hotel, Leeds on 20 September.