If you are reading this today, do you ever sense that there’s a gap between your expectations as a council tax payer and your council?

The independent Forum was set up in 1997 to represent the LGB community and question the Council on its policies and services that affect us.

• If you are a parent in South Gloucestershire, are you concerned about homophobic bullying at school? Or hate crime in your neighbourhood?
• If you are a gay parent with a child in one of our schools, do you worry about the indirect bullying they might be suffering?
• As a young person, are you a victim of hate crime and don’t know where to go for support?
• Perhaps as an older person you have worries about going into sheltered accommodation with your partner – how will the other residents react?
• What are your entitlements as a civil partner?
• If you have a disability, is the personal care you’re getting appropriate for an LGB person?
• Do you suffer double discrimination by being gay and a person of colour or faith?

 The South Gloucestershire LGB Forum can signpost you to officers inside the Council, as well as specialist advice services that our Partners in the Police, PCT and voluntary sector can provide. Contact us here.