Exciting times

We are very excited to get underway with some new work, made possible by this funding from the Inclusive Communities Fund. This will help us to produce resources, make some more fantastic videos and run some workshops. All aiming for a county which is more inclusive of older and old LGBT+ people. This project starts…

Fools Fact

The themes and stories behind the lyrics to this song were gathered during a workshop on the theme of ‘Coming Out’, which took place during the 2023 Shrewsbury LGBT+ History Festival.  It was a workshop which particularly focused on the little recognised phenomena that LGBT+ people, ‘come out’ continuously throughout their lives. The words of…

Summer is here!

It is 28 degrees outside and we are grateful for a cool office, although the keyboard is burning with the amount of work being churned out by the SAND team! June is busy busy – we have been commissioned by Wrekin Housing Group to deliver multiple LGBT+ Awareness Courses to their staff – they hope…

Claire Duffield Townsend

We are devastated to share the news that, on Tuesday 10th August 2021, our dear friend, colleague and SAND Director Claire Duffield Townsend’s relatively short, but incredibly brave fight against cancer ended whilst she was at Severn Hospice in Shrewsbury. Claire walked into our SAND lives in October 2018 when she approached our stall at…

Thick and fast

Do you think it is time for some fun? Do you identify as LGBT+? Are you aged 18 – 118? Check out our Creative Conversations mini-project and put your hand up – it is definitely one to try! And, on a completely different note – we received a link to this video today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-57604411 If…