Helping charities
26.10.08
GayGirlNet.com has charitable aims. There are several ways that the site can help to make a difference:
We offer free advertising to registered charities. If you can think of a charity that might benefit from free advertising on the site, please contact us including an email address for the charity. Because this site is global, the charity can be based anywhere in the world.
GGN will donate 20% of its profits to the 4 charities it supports:
Survivors’ Network - charity no. 1000961.
www.survivorsnetwork.org.uk.
Survivors' Network is a charity that was set up by female survivors for female survivors of sexual abuse in childhood. Their services provide support, listening, information, connections and space for women to use.
Survivors' Network was set up in 1990, and since then we have been contacted by thousands of women around the UK.
Cats Protection League - Charity no. 203644
http://www.cats.org.uk
Formed in 1927, Cats Protection has grown to become the UK's leading feline welfare charity. They now rehome and reunite 55,500 cats and kittens every year, through their network of over 250 voluntary-run branches and 29 adoption centres.
Stonewall - charity no. 1101255
www.stonewall.org.uk
Stonewall was founded in 1989 by a small group of women and men who had been active in the struggle against Section 28 of the Local Government Act.
Section 28 was an offensive piece of legislation designed to prevent the so-called 'promotion' of homosexuality in schools; as well as stigmatising gay people it also galvanised the gay community.
The aim from the outset was to create a professional lobbying group that would prevent such attacks on lesbians, gay men and bisexuals from ever occurring again. Stonewall has subsequently put the case for equality on the mainstream political agenda by winning support within all the main political parties and now has offices in England, Scotland and Wales.
The Albert Kennedy Trust - charity number 1093815
www.akt.org.uk
In 1989, 16 year old Albert Kennedy fell to his death from the top of a car park in Manchester whilst trying to escape a car load of queerbashers. Albert was a runaway from a children's home in Salford and was depressed. His short tragic life had been filled with rejection and abuse from society.
Manchester’s gay community was moved into action by the Trust’s founder patron Cath Hall, a heterosexual foster carer who admitted she could not meet the full range of needs of gay & lesbian kids coming through her care.
As a result AKT was formed, and in 1990 became a Trust.
The founder of this site has bought www.stoppingthecycle.com. It will be for women who were abused in childhood and will offer a holistic approach to empower them to break the cycle of abuse by being given the tools to look after and care for themselves rather than continuing the cycle by being self - abusive.
1192GBP has been raised for charity so far. Advice and support is available for women wishing to raise money for a charity of their choice. A GayGirlNet.com meet up could be an ideal opportunity - perhaps you could organize a treasure hunt, raffle or think of an idea to raise money?
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