Deliveroo Funding Thousands Of Restaurant Meals For LGBTQ+ People Experiencing Homelessness Who Tell Staff “I’m A Friend Of Dorothy” As New Data Shows Increase In Case Numbers

Deliveroo and its restaurant partners and LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity Albert Kennedy Trust (akt) have joined forces to provide free meals to members of the LGBTQ+ community who find themselves in a homeless or vulnerable situation when it comes to affording food or shelter. The move for Deliveroo to fund the free meals follows new data from the akt charity, revealing referrals have increased by 58% within the last three years. Previously, data from 2021 by akt revealed that 24% of homeless people identify as LGBTQ+ with 77% believing coming…

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Love Home Swap Launches #distrAKTion Challenge To Raise Money For Albert Kennedy Trust

In celebration of the UK’s LGBTQ+ History Month, a month that aims to excite, inform, and celebrate everything about the diverse LGBTQ+ community, employees at the global home-swapping platform Love Home Swap are raising money for the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) by encouraging others to take part in the #distrAKTion challenge. The #distrAKTion challenge is split into 3 simple steps – participate, nominate and donate! Simply share a photo of yourself doing your hobby, nominate 5 friends to share their hobby, then donate £5 to akt via the charity fundraising page.   From bird-spotting to learning a new language or playing an instrument…

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Love Home Swap Announces Albert Kennedy Trust As Chosen Charity

Every year employees of the global home-swapping platform Love Home Swap choose a charity partner to financially support. Throughout the rest of 2020 and 2021 the business will be raising funds for the Albert Kennedy Trust (akt). Set up in 1989, akt is a voluntary organisation based in England that supports those aged 16-25 of the LGBTQ+ community who are experiencing homelessness or other housing challenges. The charity helps young people find safe homes and can support with things like employment, education and training in an environment that celebrates LGBTQ+…

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Mayor joins charities in fight to ensure no one forced to sleep rough

A coalition of 18 charities has united for the first time and joined forces with the Mayor of London to launch a new campaign to help rough sleepers in the capital. Alongside the Mayor’s record levels of City Hall investment in services to give people sleeping rough somewhere to sleep and access to the support and help they need, the ‘No one needs to sleep rough in London’ campaign raises awareness and sets out how Londoners can help ensure there is a way off the streets for rough sleepers this…

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