The LGBT Network is a local charity set up to support people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire.
Originally made up of volunteers, the Network has grown into a recognised organisation that represents the views of the LGBT community. In 2010 the LGBT Network became a registered charity and appointed an elected board of directors. For more information about the Network click on the links to the left of this page.
17/4/12 Annoucement - Next Community Meeting & Minutes of Previous Meeting
We are pleased to announce the next community meeting will be held on Wednesday 25th April 2012 at 7pm, this will be the second community meeting of 2012. All community meetings are open to everyone. You do not have to be a member of the Network to attend.
Also the minutes of the last community meeting are now avalible on this site under the Community Meetings section to the left, or just click here. In addition to the minutes the new a members update has also been compiled to give people a more in depth idea of what the new trustees and project officers have been doing over the past 6 weeks that can be viewed here.
25/3/12 Annoucement - Community Meeting
With concern from the community that the monthly meetings were cancelled last year, we are pleased to announce that on Wednesday 28th March 2012 at 7pm, there will be the first community meeting of 2012. As this is a community meeting, it is open to everyone. You do not have to be a member of the Network to attend. We want to be transparent to the community and theerfore, there will be things within that first meeting to let the community know where we stand.
The Lgbt Net Work Staffordshire Trustees
6/3/12 Pride Ball 2012
Great News! We can now confirm that there WILL be a Stoke Pride Ball this year and we will soon be setting up a planning group made up of community members to make it the best pride ever! More posts to come over the coming weeks about how to get involved.
We would like to also apologise on for the communication issues over the past few months. As of tonight, this wil be changing. This is your LGBT Network, we need your thoughts and ideas.
1/3/12 Members Update 2012 - General Meeting
As many of you will be aware it has been a difficult time for the LGBT Network over the last 12 months and the decision making of the trustees has been questioned by the LGBT Community.It has also been a financially challenging time, the LGBT Network is a charity and has been reliant on funding grants and support from the local authorities, all of which have now come to an end.
In an attempt to rebuild confidence in the community and move the Network forward on Thursday 1st March 2012 an election took place resulting in a new board of trustees being elected. Many of the new Trustees are professionally qualified LGBT people or have contributed to work in the LGBT community before and are keen to get things moving.
This is a fresh start for the LGBT Network and you are about to see many changes, but the most signifiant thing you will see is a change of attitude towards the community. This is your community network and we believe your ideas count. To ensure this will happen the monthly community meetings will restart from April, we will be looking to reopen The Polari Lounge and whole list of community involvement groups will be set up to look at everything from finance and governance to Stoke Pride.
Its time to draw a line under the past and get the LGBT Community moving again... and we need your help to do this!
