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LGBTQIA+ Families Meet Up

  • Learnest CIC 96 Kirkgate Wakefield, England, WF1 1TB United Kingdom (map)

Calling all gay/trans parents, parents with LGBTQIA+ kids and everyone in between. Join us for this inclusive meet-up at Our House, Wakefield’s LGBTQ+ Community Centre, where we will make new friends and socialise.

Activities Include:

  • Drinking lots of tea and coffee

  • Toy Corner for the littlies

  • Family Board Games

  • LGBTQ+ Colouring In

  • Our House also holds a selection of age-appropriate LGBTQ+ books for sale for families, young people and children.

For more info email Louiestafford@learnest.co.uk.


Accessibility:

  • This event is held at Our House, 96 Kirkgate, WF1 1TB

  • The centre has street-level access and is wheelchair accessible.

  • The toilet facilities have baby change and are wheelchair accessible.

  • The cafe serves both dairy and milk alternatives, and we offer a range of vegan and non-vegan snacks.

  • We are an alcohol-free and drug-free venue; anyone who brings drugs or alcohol into the centre will be asked to leave.

  • The cafe runs a ‘pay it forward’ scheme; if you can't afford a drink, please ask a team member, and they will happily tell you about it.

  • All the proceeds from our shop and cafe go to local queer and trans artists or to the centre's upkeep.


Our Funder:

This event is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK, investing in communities and place, supporting local businesses, and people and skills.

For more information, visit here.



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