The GBA was formed in 1983 as a trade association to fight the inequalities we faced from hostile authorities. Working with other groups we won legal equality, and today the GBA is a modern day gay chamber of commerce. By Gay we mean the LGBTQ+ community. Today, our focus is on: – providing networking opportunities to make useful business contacts, – training for LGBTQ+ professionals in legal, marketing, business development and employment issues – and we work together with Government and others to develop the gay market and encourage gay-owned start-ups. We hold monthly networking meetings and are operated by the Gay Professional Network, and arrange training and support in areas of interest to LGBT professionals. Any questions, please contact: hello@the-gba.co.uk
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The Proud Trust
he Proud Trust is an LGBT+ organisation that supports LGBT+ young people through youth groups, peer support, mentoring programs and the Proud Connections chat service.
We can trace our roots back to the 1970’s and the Gay Youth Group that met in Manchester, initially in Waterloo Place, and from 1988, the Sidney Street purpose-built Gay Centre.
The organisation became a Company Limited by Guarantee in 2005, after extensive consultation with LGBT+ young people and youth workers across the north-west of England. At the time, the organisation was known as LGBT Youth North West and set about addressing three main aims:
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