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Advice and Support
| Coming Out Information | Sexual Health Information |
Main LGBT Helplines in the UK and Ireland
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
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Angus Dundee |
Diversitay / Tayside LGBT Switchboard Mondays 19.00 - 21.00 |
01382 202 620 |
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Highlands Inverness |
Terrance Higgins Trust Highland Mondays to Fridays 09.30 – 12.30, 13.30 – 16.30 |
01463 711 585 |
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| Lothian Edinburgh |
Lothian Gay & Lesbian
Switchboard Daily 19.30 - 22.00 |
0131 556 4049 |
| Strathclyde Glasgow |
Strathclyde Gay &
Lesbian Switchboard Daily 19.00 - 22.00 |
0141 847 0447 |
| Strathclyde Glasgow |
Glasgow Lesbian Line
Wednesdays 19.30 - 22.00 |
0141 847 0447 |
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
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LGBT Cymru Helpline Mondays & Wednesdays 19.00 - 21.00, Closed on Bank Holidays |
0870 850 8828 |
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Northern Ireland |
Belfast Cara Friend Gay Helpline Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays 19.30 – 22.00 |
028 9032 2023 |
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Dublin | Gay Switchboard Dublin Mondays to Fridays 19.30 - 21.30, Saturdays 15.30 - 18.00 |
(0)1 8721055 Phoning from outside Ireland use 00353 and omit the first zero |
| Dublin | Dublin Lesbian Line Collective Thursdays 19.00 - 21.00 |
(0)1 - 872 9911 Phoning from outside Ireland use 00353 and omit the first zero |
| Cork | Cork Lesbian Line Thursdays 20.00 - 22.00 |
(0)21 4254710 Phoning from outside Ireland use 00353 and omit the first zero |
| Cork | Gay Project Cork - SGMHP - Helpline Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays 19.00 - 21.00 |
(0)21 4278470 Phoning from outside Ireland use 00353 and omit the first zero |
| Dundalk | Dundalk Outcomers Thursdays 20.00 22.00 information line |
042 9329816 Phoning from outside Ireland use 00353 and omit the first zero |
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Isle of Man |
Isle of Man Lesbian &
Gay Switchboard Information only line |
01624 611 600 |
County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Cleveland
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Tyne & Wear Newcastle |
Newcastle Lesbian Line | 0191 261 2277 |
England - North West
Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Cumbria | Cumbria & Lancashire Lesbian
Network Daily 10.00 - 22.00 |
01524 858206 |
| Lancashire | Lancashire Friend Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 19.30 - 21.30 |
0800 052 0151 |
| Lancaster | Lancaster Lesbian & Gay Switchboard Thursdays 19.00 - 21.00 |
01524 847437 |
| Greater Manchester | Armistead Project Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 14.00 - 22.00 |
0870 990 8996 |
| Greater Manchester | Lesbian Gay Foundation Daily 18.00 - 22.00 |
0845 3 30 30 30 |
| Greater Manchester | Project Oscar Office hours |
0800 783 5345 |
England - Yorkshire and Humberside
North, South and West Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and Humberside
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Bradford | Bradford Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 19.30 - 21.30 |
01274 722206 |
| Bradford | Bradford Friend Mondays & Wednesdays 18.30 - 20.45 |
01274 723802 |
| Leeds | Leeds Lesbian
Gay & Bisexual Switchboard Mondays to Saturdays 19.00 - 22.00 |
0113 245 3588 |
| Scunthorpe | Scunthorpe Gay Helpline Mondays & Sundays 14.00 - 16.00 |
01724 271 661 |
England - West Midlands
Birmingham, Coventry, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire &
Worcestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire & Warwickshire
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Warwickshire Coventry |
Coventry & Warwickshire Friend Mondays to Fridays 19.30 - 21.30 |
024 7671 4199 |
| Gloucestershire | Gay Glos Mondays to Fridays 19.30 - 22.00 |
01452 306 800 |
| North Staffordshire | North Staffordshire Lesbian, Gay &
Bisexual Switchboard Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 20.00 - 22.00 |
01782 266998 |
| West Midlands | Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard West
Midlands 19.00 - 22.00 daily |
0845 257 8255 |
England - East Midlands
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire,
Nottinghamshire
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Derbyshire Derby |
Derbyshire LGB Switchboard Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 10.00-13.00, 19.30-21.30 |
01332 349333 |
| Leicestershire Leicester |
Leicester Lesbian & Gay Switchboard Thursdays 19.30 - 22.00 |
0116 255 0667 |
| Nottinghamshire Nottingham |
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard Mondays to Fridays 19.00 - 22.00 |
0115 9348485 |
England - East Anglia and Cambridgeshire
Norfolk, Suffolk. Cambridgeshire
| County | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| East Anglia | Lesbian & Gay Anglia
Helpline Mondays to Saturdays 19.30 - 22.00 |
08451 23 23 88 |
England - South West
Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| Avon Bristol |
Bristol Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 20.00 - 22.00 |
0117 922 1328 |
| Cornwall | Cornwall Lesbian Line Thursdays 20.30 - 22.30 |
01736 754225 |
| South West Exeter |
Southwest Confidential Helpline ( Intercom
Trust ) Mondays to Fridays office hours |
0845 6020 818 |
| Dorset Dorchester |
Dorset Lesbian & Gay Helpline Mondays & Fridays 19.30 - 22.00 |
01202 318822 |
| Somerset Taunton |
Somerset Gay Health & Advice Mondays to Fridays office hours |
01823 327076 |
England - London and South East
London , Kent, Essex, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight,
Jersey, Oxfordshire, Surrey & East and West Sussex
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| County/Town | Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site |
| London | London Friend LGBT
Helpline Daily 19.30 - 22.00 |
020 7837 3337 |
| London | London Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard 24/7 |
020 7837 7324 |
| Essex | Basildon & Thurrock Friend Fridays 19.30 - 21.30 |
01268 284422 |
| Berkshire | beYou Tuesdays 19.30 - 21.30 |
0118 959 7269 |
| Berkshire Windsor |
Thames Forest LGBT
Switchboard Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 10.00 till late |
01753 848 427 |
| Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes |
Milton Keynes Lesbian &
Gay Helpline Thursdays 19.00 - 22.00 |
01908 241528 + 0800 587 2246 |
| Hertfordshire Welwyn Garden City |
Hertfordshire Gay
Community Phoneline Thursdays & Sundays 19.00 - 22.00 |
07071 880103 |
| Isle of Wight Ryde |
WightOUT
Hepline Wednesdays 19.00 - 21.00 |
01983 525123 |
| Oxfordshire Oxford |
Oxford Friend Tuesdays Wednesdays & Fridays 19.00 - 21.00 |
01865 726893 |
| Surrey Woking |
Outline LGBT Tuesdays & Sundays 19.30 - 22.00 |
01483 727667 |
United Kingdom
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk
| Name / Opening Times | Phone Number / Web Site | |
| Beaumont
Trust Tuesdays & Thursdays 19.00 - 23.00 |
07000 287878 | |
| Beaumont Society Tuesdays & Thursdays 19.00 - 23.00 |
07000 287878 | |
| Fflag Central helpline |
0845 652 0311 | |
| LGBT Bereavement
Helpline Tuesdays 19.30 - 22.00 |
020 7403 5969 | |
| NHS Direct 24/7 |
0845 4647 | |
| Terrance Higgins Trust
Direct Helpline Weekdays 10.00 - 22.00, Weekends 12.00 - 17.00 |
0845 1221 200 | |
| Sexual Health & National
HIV helpline 24/7 |
0800 567 123 |
Details of these and other helplines are available on www.queery.org.uk