Training can be delivered in half day or full day sessions and will feature some or all of the following elements: Getting familiar with what the "words" mean .. and which words not to useHomophobia: what it is and the effects it hasHomophobia in a wider context of general prejudice against minoritiesStereotypesNegative laws and recent positive changes in the lawComing out: what it means; what it's like to be "stuck in the closet" and what happens when you come outContentious issues ("The Bible says it's wrong" etc)Local resources and support systemsMaking your organisation LGB friendly

Much of the above is illustrated with historical examples which are a more or less even mixture of the horrific and the hilarious.

We use presentations, a lot of small group work, DVDs, audio recordings of people talking about their experiences and whole group discussions. We provide participants with an information pack.

As well as sessions organised by ourselves for a wide audience, we have provided specific training for:

Nottinghamshire Connexions
Bassetlaw CVS
Trent University Dept of Social Work
Nottinghamshire Police
Nottingham Children's Services
Nottingham City Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
North Notts LGB Development Group
North Notts College
Nottingham CVS
East Midlands Open University
Waterloo Housing (Leicester)
Bright Ideas
Ashfield Homes
Let's Build
Victim Support
Centre Place

Here are the evaluations from our most recent training session.

Really useful and enjoyable. The day flew by. Reassured that our organisation is LGBT friendly, but can always do more. Informative. Very knowledgeable. Enjoyed the exercises very much and the participation. The day was well structured. Good knowledge and confident speakers. Very informative and thought provoking course - I will feed back to colleagues at my team meeting. Opportunity for discussion and sharing information during the afternoon was very useful – a group exercise in the morning would help to gather other people’s assumptions and ideas. Well done – very informative and interesting. Although there were light-hearted bits, I feel sad for the historical figures who suffered for their beliefs – which should never have happened – equality is the key. Informative and interesting, good mix of delegates for sharing experiences. Enjoyable and informative day – will recommend to my colleagues. Excellent course – learned a lot. Very informative and well-delivered – interesting and good balance between content, spoken material and interactive material. Very informative, educational and useful – keep up the good work. Really informative day, very useful information – would have liked a little longer on acceptable language and broaching sexuality in conversation. Very well delivered, thank you. Would be helpful to explore issues regarding religious liberty versus gay rights. Great info pack to take back for others. Excellent course, exceeded already high expectations.. Thoroughly enjoyable session, very thought provoking … though not sure how my workforce would receive this style! Good mixture of resources used – great delivery. Great training – would love to see this training delivered in all work places, organisations, institutions etc. Keep flying the flag David and Shirley, many thanks. Found the day very informative and helpful – thanks. Very good presentation, which was seamless with time to query any points – everything was well researched and we were able to take part easily. Enjoyed the day – liked the interactive exercises. Informative and useful, including the info pack to take away. The range of training exercises were varied an engaging. Really enjoyed today – informative and interesting – I’ve learned a great deal from trainers and other members of the group. Enjoyed the DVD and listening to the recordings of people coming out. Very interesting, engaging and informative – well presented and good resources. Enjoyable and some of the best training I’ve been to – well done and thanks. I really enjoyed the training, especially looking at the history related to it – it felt very informative and accurate .. no improvements needed.