Ageing Well Together is a group for anyone interested in the Ageing Better in Birmingham programme for LGBT people.

We meet every other month to catch up with new developments with Ageing Better and how it can support the LGBT community, followed by a discussion on topics of interest to LGBT people who are 50 and over.

Ageing Well Together is also the consultative group for the Ageing Better LGBT Hub, where people can have their say on what they would like for groups and services for 50+ LGBT people to offer.

We welcome anyone – of any age – who is involved in a community group for the LGBT community, and anyone who is interested in what’s available for them.

If you’d like to attend a group meeting, please contact Maria on 0121 643 0821 or mariahughes@blgbt.org beforehand, so we can get an idea of numbers.

Ageing Well Together is an Ageing Better Network   

‘A Rainbow of Opinions’ is a new debate and discussion of topical issues to broaden people’s minds and enable us to learn from each other, hosted by Marc Ryder. The basic aim of the group is to provide a forum where people can express their views and consider the views of others.

Topics do not have to be LGBT-related but it may be interesting to consider how a general issue may impact on LGBT people.

If you’d like to attend, or find out more, please contact Maria on 0121 643 0821 or mariahughes@blgbt.org.

A Rainbow of Opinions is an Ageing Better Network   

Birmingham Gays and Lesbians Against Depression is a friendly support and social group for those suffering from depression or other mental illness; all our members understand depression or other conditions like anxiety, OCD or stress. The group cannot offer counselling or individual support but can guide towards options, and is part of the MIND peer support network of groups across the country.

We meet on alternate Thursday evenings (the second and fourth Thursday each month) from 7.30 to 9pm. To contact BGLAD, phone 0121 301 1284.

BGLAD is an Ageing Better Network   

Bards & Books is a free and open-to-ALL LGBT-based book group/club.

We meet to talk about the book chosen by the group the previous month. Anyone interested in reading and discussing books of relevance to the LGBT community will receive a warm welcome. The group ethic is to be open to all with a free and easy atmosphere – you don’t even need to have read the book you will still be welcome.

We meet on the first Monday of the month with some special events added throughout the year. All meetings commence at 11am at the Birmingham LGBT Centre.

Can I just turn up? Yes

For further information contact bardsandbooks@gmail.com.

Bards & Books is an Ageing Better Network   

We meet every two months to discuss the housing needs of older LGBT people, including sheltered housing and care homes. At our meetings, we discuss our needs and aspirations and invite agencies to give presentations and discuss how services can be more LGBT-affirmative.

Please contact Maria on 0121 643 0821 or mariahughes@blgbt.org for more details.

Birmingham Older LGBT People’s Housing Group is an Ageing Better Network   

Birmingham South Asians LGBT – Finding A Voice – aims to be a positive experience, event or group with an informal, welcoming atmosphere, provide a platform to speak up, find a voice, gain recognition and acceptance.
The social/support group , hopes to empower, encourage and engage the Asian LGBT community to meet like-minded people, look at sharing experiences, ideas, organise social activities and possibly invite guest speakers to discuss issues which may be informative, educational and entertaining.

The group meets on the third Wednesday of every month at the LGBT Centre in Birmingham.

Meetings start at 6.30pm and end at 8.30pm at the LGBT Centre. Tea/Coffee and refreshments will be available.

khakanqureshi@gmail.com

FB: www.facebook.com/findingavoice

Twitter: @brumasianlgbt

Can I just turn up? Yes

Brum Bi Group is a group of mixed people and personalities who happen to be bisexual and who live in or around Birmingham (UK).

Brum Bi Group meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 7.30pm until 9pm, where topics can be discussed events are planned and a general good old chin wag with bisexual pals who can relate. All over a free drink of tea or coffee.

At 9pm we head to a local pub in the Birmingham Gay Village for drinks and a social.

The group meets at the LGBT Centre on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7.30pm. We also meet for Brum Bi Coffee on the 4th Sunday of the month at Cafe Soya, from 1.30pm.

Bisexuals and Boardgames is back!!! Join us for board and tabletop card games at Holloway’s Café from 6.30pm-9pm.

Feel free to bring your own games, use our own games supplied or just simply take part and watch.

We’ll be heading to The Dragon Inn afterwards to continue our gaming fun. See you there!

Email: brumbicoffeegroup@gmail.com

Website: https://brumbigroup.wordpress.com/

Twitter: @BrumBiGroup & @brum_bi_coffee

Facebook: facebook.com/groups/BrumBiGroup/

Meetup: meetup.com/Brum-Bi-Group-Meetup/

Can I just turn up? Yes

Brum Bi Group is an Ageing Better Network  

A Safe & Non-judgmental Space To Share Experiences With Other Afro-Caribbean & African Gay, Bisexual or Questioning Men.

Meeting monthly – please get in touch for an update on dates, times & location (to be chosen by group members)

Topics of discussion may include :

• Sexual health (HIV & S.T.Is)
• The complexities of being a Black Gay, Bisexual, Trans or Questioning Man
• Self Esteem
• Relationships
• Homophobia
• Safety Online
• Self Affirmation

Please feel free to come along, call 0121 643 0821 for more details

Find DUDEZ on Facebook and kik

Email: sexualhealth@blgbt.org

Are you a LGBT+ person from a Muslim background or identifies as Muslim?

Hidayah is an organisation created to increase the representation, acceptance and equality of the Muslim LGBT+ community. Hidayah will be running social meet up groups and the group is open to LGBT+ Muslims and their LGBT+ friends.

Hadiyah meets on the last Saturday of the month, 5pm – 7pm at the Birmingham LGBT Centre, 38/40 Holloway Circus, Birmingham, B1 1EQ. 

For more information please email Naz at info@HidayahLGBT.co.uk.

Feel free to join our Facebook page – Hidayah LGBT+ Muslim Members.

Hidayah is an Ageing Better Network  

The Journey Church Asylum Seekers Social is a support and social group for LGBT asylum seekers and LGBT friends, to be a community mixing across generations and cultures.

You are welcome to just turn up, or contact Phil Hoar on 01299 826 641 or philhoar@btinternet.com for more details.

Journey Asylum Seekers Social is an Ageing Better Network  

Bringing the Silver Screen to LGBTQ Birmingham and Friends, we show the Classics to New Releases.

We aim to show a variety of different types of films to suit all tastes.

You choose what you want to bring along and share, We hold film meetings every so often to agree a future film schedule: what films we are going to watch and when, and who is going to bring the film.

Doors open for 6.45pm for 7pm start. First and Third Tuesday of the month.

Web: http://www.journeyfilmclub.co.uk/
Contact: Journeyfilmclub@hotmail.co.uk

Journey Film Club is an Ageing Better Network  

Illuminate is a non religious space with no formal liturgy sacred and secular music playing. Some silence is observed in a darkened room, a discussion followed led by a group member or an informal chat in the second half.

It is a space for reflection and inspiration without a particular religious dimension.

The group meets at the Birmingham LGBT Centre on Sunday Evenings 5pm to 7pm

Contact lbradley1990@outlook.com for more details.

Illuminate is an Ageing Better Network  

Where: The Vault
When: every Tuesday
Time: 6.30-8.00pm

Come and play Table Tennis at the LGBT Centre, this fun dynamic game is a cheap and accessible sport played by 2.4m people in the United Kingdom. For people of all ages and abilities, table tennis clubs provide the best place to learn and play the sport.

It’s a good way to stay in shape and a great social activity.

FREE Admission

WHY PLAY?

One of the main benefits of playing table tennis is that it is non-contact. This means you can get all the positives of a high-energy sport such as football without the risk of collision injuries to the arms, shoulders and legs.

It is also one of the few competitive sports that requires players to move at speed without straining the muscles or joints through stretching or using heavy equipment.

For people returning from injury or the elderly, table tennis tennis can be the perfect sport to sustain fitness levels.

The action of having to hit a fast-moving ball with a bat several times a second means table tennis also improves reflexes, eye-to-hand coordination, mental alertness and speed of movement.

Come along and join us for a fun night of line dancing with other LBGT people and their friends. Absolute beginners very welcome – dances are taught from scratch. We use a range of popular music to dance with (and some country music). No special dress required but wear shoes that don’t have a grip.

The class runs from 6.30-9pm every Thursday at the Birmingham LGBT Centre. 

Married Men’s Group is a social group for men who are married to, or in a relationship with, a woman, but are attracted to other men.

We meet at the Birmingham LGBT centre twice a month, on the second and fourth Mondays, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

We offer support and advice.

For more information email us on mmgbham@hotmail.com

Website: http://mmgbham.wix.com/marriedmensgroup

Married Men’s Group is an Ageing Better Network  

Older Lesbian Network meets every fourth Saturday of the month at 1pm (12pm from 2018)  at Birmingham LGBT Centre. Each meeting starts with a chat over shared food brought by the women attending and this is followed by a led discussion on a pre-arranged topic. Topics are decided by the group and usually planned about six months ahead. Sometimes group members with a special interest in a subject present ideas for discussion, other times we invite speakers with specialist knowledge. The group also meets socially from time to time for meals or theatre outings.

New members are always welcome. There is no set age limit; it is up to women who are considering attending to define ‘older’ as they wish. The focus of the group is, however, to support and value the lives of older lesbians.

For more information contact Tracey on teafothergill@gmail.com or call 07930 390 568

The group is facilitated by volunteers from Prostate Cancer UK, working with the BGT community aimed at providing for gay and bisexual men affected by prostate cancer and trans women. All are welcome, as are partners and supporters of those impacted by prostate cancer. First Saturday of each month between 2 and 4pm.

Contact Eddie Hulme

Telephone  07970 813599

Email  owprostatecancermidlands@gmail.com

Website  www.outwithprostatecancer.org.uk

The group is open to anyone with an interest in promoting a greater awareness of mental health issues across the communities of Birmingham and Solihull.
Your chance to share information, news & views with statutory agencies, voluntary sector organisations, user groups – and individual users/carers/staff.

Come and join one of the biggest mental health networking meetings in the Midlands, every month! Just turn up – no need to book.

Meetings include guest speakers, information table, light refreshments & a chance to chat and catch up.

For more information call Faheem Uddin on 07800 728 825 or visit www.positivementalhealthgroup.org 

The group meets on the last Tuesday of the month at the Centre, at 2.30pm.

FREE for all who identify as women, of all ages and sexualities

We are a friendly and inclusive group who welcome all gender identities and sexualities.

We now meet on the third Sunday of the month, at 2.30pm, to chat, share stories and will be doing craft projects from time to time. We’d love to hear your ideas for activities.

You are welcome to just turn up, or contact Rhiannon on midlandsqwss@gmail.com for more details.

Queer Women’s Skill Share is an Ageing Better Network  

Rainbow Bridge has been set up to bridge the gaps between lesbian, gay, bi, trans and heterosexual communities, to enable them to find out more about each other and activities, groups and services which are of interest to them.

Rainbow Bridge holds weekly networking coffee mornings, Tuesdays from 11am, to ‘break the ice’ so that people can meet each other and get a taste of what different community groups can offer. We meet in Holloway’s, which is the cafe at Birmingham LGBT Centre.

So, if you’ve ever wanted to go to a group but felt nervous about not knowing anyone, have always wondered what is offered at Birmingham LGBT Centre but have never visited, or you are looking for a group or activity that is right for you – Rainbow Bridge is here!

You are welcome to drop in, or contact rainbowbridgelgbt@yahoo.com for more details.

Rainbow Bridge is an Ageing Better Network  

The spirit of friendship, sharing and support…..is a creative activities group for gay men, away from the scene. The group is related to and based on the principles of the Edward Carpenter Community, which put an emphasis on creativity and personal growth.

We meet on the third Saturday of the month. These meetings tend to be discussion based and themes have included coming out, positive ageing, ‘gay heroes’, spiritual issues. We also provide the opportunity share personal feelings in response to artwork, poetry and music, these sharings are sometimes called Heart Circles.

We also organise more social activities, such as walks, circle dance and music making, shared meals, usually at weekends, and we actively seek to make links with other groups in the area.

From 2017, the group meets on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 3pm.

For more details contact Jon on 07974 477 206 or e-mail: jonghomer@hotmail.com

Can I just turn up? please contact Jon for further information.

Rainbow Spirit is an Ageing Better Network  

RANG South Asian LGBT

RANG is a creative and social group open to all South Asian men and women who identify as LGBT, and takes place on the 2^nd Sunday (usually) of  the month, 2pm-4pm. RANG is run by Birmingham LGBT.

For more information please email dansingh@blgbt.org

Trans Central is a (MTF), or Male to Female transgendered community support group; that meets in the Birmingham LGBT Centre in the West Midlands on the first Monday of each month at 6.30pm.

The group will aim to provide practical help and peer support to the local Trans community, while also creating the opportunity for individual members to take part in community programmes and events, which will work towards helping improve confidence, increase knowledge, and empowering Trans women, while in a relaxed, comfortable, safe and friendly Environment.

Contact Bobbi for more details on 07908 319 439.

Trans Central is an Ageing Better Network  

Trans Masculine Birmingham is a support and advice group for all Trans guys over the age of 18, that meets once a month at LGBT Centre in Birmingham. Regardless of whether you are Gender-questioning, Transgendered, Transsexual, Gender-queer or Gender variant, the group welcomes all aspects of the Trans Masculine spectrum.

The group meets in a safe, respectful and friendly environment, with a wide range of activities from self discovery, empowerment to confidence building.

So if you would like to join or just pop along you’ll be made to feel most welcome!

The group meets once a month on the third Monday at the Birmingham LGBT Centre from 6.00pm until 8.00pm.

Contact: transmasculinebirmingham@gmail.com

TranSpectrum Coffee & Cake socials are every Saturday at Holloway’s (the brand new Cafe at the LGBT Centre!). As usual find us by looking for the Trans Flag and Phoebe the Pink Elephant.

For more information, please contact Louie on 07518 152 064, email transpectrum@outlook.com or check our website and social media:

https://transpectrum.wordpress.com/

https://www.meetup.com/TranSpectrum/

https://www.facebook.com/TranSpectrum/

TranSpectrum is an Ageing Better Network