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Probation Service
http://www.probation-lancashire.org.uk/

In Lancashire our work is serving local people - building safer communities, reducing crime, ensuring public protection and fewer victims. We work in partnerships with many agencies in the county.

Lancashire Constabulary
http://www.lancashire.police.uk

Divisional Commander
Chief Superintendent Niel Smith
Telephone: 01282 472101

Divisional Headquarters:
Parker Lane, Burnley, BB11 2BT
Telephone: 01282-425001
Fax: 01282-472132

Gay Outdoor Club
http://goc.uk.net

The Gay Outdoor Club operates throughout the UK and provides a wide range of outdoor and indoor sports and recreational activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women. These activities include walking, cycling, swimming, badminton, climbing, canoeing, caving, mountaineering, skiing and snowboarding. GOC has over 1300 members and offers up to one hundred meets per month, in this country and overseas.

A new hoiliday call centre based in Burnley, specifically to serve the gay and lesbian community 0845 226 0019

Safer Lancashire offers advice on protecting yourself and your property, includes useful organistions details, provided by The Lancashire Community Safety Partnership and includes local branch information.

Gay Times is Europe's leading gay magazine and, at over 244 pages, the world's biggest gay magazine.Bringing the latest news, reviews, styles and information every month (since 1975) for just £3.25.

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender is not a crime—but abuse is. Everyone has the right to live without fear. If you are a victim of homophobia—tell someone.

LGBT History Month is an opportunity for all of us to learn more about the histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Britain and Northern Ireland.

Until recently, most LGBT people preferred to avoid attention. Many still do. Even today, the penalties for those who refuse to conceal themselves, or fail to do so, can be severe. They can range from ostracism and victimisation to assault and even murder.

In the past, the silencing of LGBT people was often reinforced by legislation. The most recent example was Section 28, passed in 1988 and repealed in 2003, which was intended to restrict debate on homosexuality, particularly in schools.

LGBT Youth North West is a regional organisation supporting LGBT young people and LGBT Youth organisations in the North West of England.

The organisation is made up of existing LGBT Youth providers across the region covering Greater Manchester, Greater Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria.

Advice and information on a range of issues, including benefits and welfare rights, consumer issues, employment and housing rights, legal issues, money and debt. Disability benefits claims casework, specialist debt counselling, welfare benefits and immigration

"Offering sexual health advice information and contraception to all young people under 25.
Also a counselling service for when talking to family or friends is not enough."

SHIVER (Sexual Health HIV Education and Responses) project within Drugline Lancashire Ltd Blackpool. The web site we are developing (though only in it’s infant stage as yet) is quite self explanatory with links to various other statutory and voluntary service providers who serve our community. We have recently helped launch a brand new T-girl forum here in Blackpool and have had dealings with one of your T-girls Tracey who came to, and indeed gave a rather good write up to our last (or should that read first ever?) forum, hope that we can be of mutual assistance sometime in the future.