The Lesbian Community Project is the only full time project in the U.K. dedicated to lesbian and bisexual women.  We aim to address the imbalance in society that causes lesbians to suffer prejudice and inequality. Homophobia, coupled with sexism, is experienced by lesbians in various ways, including discrimination, isolation, harassment and low self-esteem. The Lesbian Community Project aims to tackle this through a providing a range of services, which:

v  Break down the isolation of individual lesbians

v  Address and serve the specific and diverse needs of lesbians as opposed to other groups

v  Work with mainstream services to be more lesbian-aware and lesbian-friendly

v  Provide specific and relevant services for lesbians who are particularly isolated, including black lesbians, lesbians with children, lesbians with disabilities, and older lesbians

The long-term, broad aim of the Project is to increase the confidence, pride and self-esteem of individual lesbians and lesbian communities as a whole.

Aims

v  To support the development of self-organised groups and networks for lesbians

v  To provide information and advice on a wide range of issues to individual lesbians and groups

v  To offer information, support and training on lesbian issues to existing voluntary sector agencies and services

v  To support the development of lesbian friendly services enabling better access for lesbians to existing provision

v  To raise the profile and visibility of lesbians in Manchester, facilitating their participation in city-wide events and activities