Last Updated: 21 August 2010
Gay Wellington (covering all the GLBT colours and persuasions of our rainbow community)
officially known as the Wellington Gay Welfare Group, is an incorporated society funded from a
variety of sources, including the gay community, philanthropic trusts, Wellington City Council and
community grants. The group has been active for over 25 years, and since its inception, has
met a range of welfare needs for all of Wellington's gay communities.
Please consider making us a bequest or a donation to Wellington Gay Welfare Group Inc. (Click here for more information)
The objectives of the group are:
- To provide support and empathy for clients
- To increase the self-esteem of clients
- To present a positive model and image of gay life and gay sexuality, and to
reinforce the validity and acceptability of being gay
- To offer an information and referral service regarding clubs, venues and
other gay related activities in and around the Wellington region.
- To provide links verbally and online to current gay or gay-friendly organisations,
professionals and agencies, including lawyers, counsellors, medical practitioners,
health organisations, and sexual health clinics
- To foster an increased awareness of homosexuality and issues relating to homosexuality
by:
- Providing information on being gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and trans-gender, and about
coming out, and gay family and personal relationships.
- Providing information about homosexuality to other organisations and groups in the community.
- Promoting, encouraging and supporting other amenities, facilities, groups and organisations for
gay people
- Fostering awareness of HIV/AIDS, including the encouragement of safer-sex practices
Trainee Intake Day: Saturday 18 September 2010
Want to use your own life experience to help other gays and lesbians
who are at times struggling with
sexuality related issues? Wellington Gay Welfare Group, managing the
Gay & Lesbian Wellington
Helpline, will have all-day
induction training on Saturday, 18th September, 2010. You will learn
to be an empathetic support able to make a difference in someone else's life, be they friend,
family or stranger. Practice helping via confidential, telephone, one-on-one
chats or get involved in a number of other ways.
Interested? Then by 15th September, ring Helpline, 473-7878, at anytime, leaving your contact details or email them
to
helpline@gaywellington.org We will then arrange a pre-training day chat over tea, coffee, hot chocolate (or wine?).
Looking forward to having you and your experience join us!
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