Social

Here at The Gay Farmer our social responsibility is very important to us, although financially at present we are unable to donate hard cash, that only makes us more ambitious in what we can do! By donating our products, raising awareness, tackling stigma and trying to make this beautiful world free of prejudice, with an end goal of Equality for Everyone Everywhere!

In fact our founder Mark Dyer (The Gay Farmer himself) was the first LGBT+ student Union Officer at Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) and was marching for equality and to repeal Section 28 in the very early 90s. He then worked and was part of the LGBT+ community in Manchester and London in the 90s, and Brighton in the 00s before turning his hand to Farming. Breaking boundaries with the company name and using the word Gay in a positive way.

Please find below the amazing organisations we support. If you would like to find out more about these beautiful people or wish to donate there are links below.

akt has been providing routes to safe housing, support and secure futures for LGBTQ+ young people since 1989. We are a UK-wide charity with centres in Manchester, London, Newcastle, Bristol, and we also provide vital housing support online via our digital services team.

To this day, 24% of young homeless people aged 16-25 identify as being LGBTQ+, emphasising the crucial need for our services.

We exist to give LGBTQ+ young people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness or a hostile living environment the support they need to thrive. Coming out or being outed as LGBTQ+ can still lead to young people being made homeless. This is the reality for 77% of the young people akt supports.

If you, or someone you know, is 16-25, LGBTQ+, and needs housing or homelessness support, they can contact us at akt.org.uk, you can also head to our website to find out more about our mission and how you can help!

Find out more via https://www.akt.org.uk/

Please support via https://donate.supportedgiving.com/thegayfarmer?qrCode=adRjIz79I5yl&visitor=6d2a03eb-268b-4544-b44e-056db373e0a6

At Stonewall, we imagine a world where LGBTQ+ people everywhere can live our lives to the full.

Founded in London in 1989, we now work in each nation of the UK and have established partnerships across the globe. Over the last 30 years, we have created transformative change in the lives of LGBTQ+ people in the UK, helping win equal rights around marriage, having children and inclusive education.

Our campaigns drive positive change for our communities, and our sustained change and empowerment programmes ensure that LGBTQ+ people can thrive throughout our lives. We make sure that the world hears and learns from our communities, and our work is grounded in evidence and expertise.

We face rising intolerance degrading our hard-won rights, but we won't be silenced. Our work continues until the world we imagine is the world we live in.

Find out more via www.stonewall.org.uk

Please support via https://donorbox.org/the-gay-farmer-stonewall

About The Food Chain:

The Food Chain exists to ensure people living with HIV in London can access the nutrition they need to get well, stay well and lead healthy, independent lives.

We deliver meals and groceries, offer cookery and nutrition classes and communal eating opportunities to people living with HIV in London and their dependents.

We have our own kitchen space at Acorn House, King's Cross.

Find out more via www.foodchain.org.uk

Please support via www.foodchain.org.uk/support-us/donate-now/

Vision and Mission:

Positive East has been on the forefront of HIV service and care for over 26 years; supporting people from point of HIV diagnosis to longer term care.

Guided by our mission – to improve the quality of life of individuals and communities affected by HIV – we have developed a holistic range of health and wellbeing programmes from counselling to workshops to HIV testing and prevention.

To achieve our mission, efficiently deliver our services, and to make a valuable contribution to London’s wider response to HIV care, we work towards three primary organisational goals:

Provide a holistic range of services that enable people living with HIV to promote their health and well-being, support self-management, and to gain and sustain their independence.
Maintain and increase work in building a safer sex culture, supporting people to stay HIV negative, reduce undiagnosed infection and reduce late diagnosis of HIV and the onward transmission of HIV.
Influence policy development and service improvement that will enable us to further our mission.

Find out more via www.positiveeast.org.uk

Please support via www.cafdonate.cafonline.org/3229#/DonationDetails