Stories and Case Studies

“I made myself a promise that I would never tiptoe around anybody on the issue of my sexual identity, ever again.”

“Libraries are amazing places to promote positive LGBT+ role models and resources. That’s what they’re all about: access to information.”

“My favourite part about helping with the LGBT archive is looking back on the timeline, seeing how we’ve built up more equality than we had.”

Dipak Dristi was set up to help women who speak Gujarati to come together in order to make them feel less isolated within their community.

Joan is retired and has been living in a tiny studio apartment with no broadband and poor ventilation for over two years. She has been trying to move out for some time but her requests to the housing association have been ignored.

Mark had been working at a telecommunications company for 24 years before being made redundant at the end of 2020, and at 55 was still a way off retirement.

Carole is a wheelchair user and lives in a second-floor flat, in a block that has no lift. She has been waiting for two years for a flat she can leave and return to without help, and close to her only friend in the city.

Trevor, 73, has a serious heart condition that makes it difficult for him to get upstairs. His 69-year-old wife is his carer and after she’s helped him shower and dress in the morning, he stays downstairs until bedtime.