Citizenship 21: Together for equality

Stonewall’s new initiative Citizenship 21 aims to enable communities to look beyond labels, find the links that unite us, respect our differences, and work together for equality for all.Citizenship 21’s resources are available to the private, public, voluntary and community sectors. They include:

Citizenship 21 Awards small grants for LGB voluntary and community groups to work in partnership with other communities who face prejudice, on projects whose aim is to develop awareness of and tackle homophobia and other prejudices. For example, an LGB might develop a project with a local homeless organisation to raise awareness of homelessness and the experiences and needs of LGB people who are homeless. Or a Black youth group might join forces with an LGB youth group to develop their own anti-bullying campaign.

Diversity Training publishing best practice diversity promotion and training models and materials for tackling bullying in schools and youth groups, discrimination at work, etc.

Website and Information Service providing information on legislation, policy, research, rights, relating to lesbian and gay issues and multiple discrimination; diversity training; and the Citizenship 21 Awards.

Citizenship 21’s Advisory Group is still looking for 2 youth members – please get in touch if you are interested or know someone who might be. We will shortly be looking for people to join the Grants Committee that will make recommendations for the awards scheme. Interested? We’d love to hear from you.

For full details of Citizenship 21 and the awards scheme please contact

Andy Forrest,
Stonewall,
46 Grosvenor Gardens,
London SWIW 0EB,

or andy@stonewall.org.uk, or call 020-78819440, minicom 020-78819996.

LAGCAR attended the launch of this initiative held at the newly improved Sadler’s Wells in June. If you would like to her more about Citizenship 21 we have invited the project manager to our next meeting in September, details from the NAAR office.

Thanks to all at Stonewall for coming on the Hands off my Friend demonstration and contributing to the newspaper advert.

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