# OUT &amp; PROUD AFRICAN LGBTI

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1169497
- **Other names:** OUT &amp; PROUD DIAMOND GROUP, AFRICAN LGBTI
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 5, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1169497


## Contact

- **Address:** 198 Railton Road, Herne Hill, London, London
- **Postcode:** SE24 0JT
- **Phone:** 07788 660994
- **Email:** info@africanlgbti.org
- **Website:** www.africanlgbti.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PERSONS (“LGBTI PERSONS”) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AFRICA BY  (A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;  (B) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;  (C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; AND  (D) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION.2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF LGBTI PERSONS INCLUDING ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES WHO ARE IN DISTRESS OR VULNERABLE ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR IMMIGRATION STATUS3. TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF LGBTI PERSONS.

**Activities:** OUT AND PROUD AFRICAN LGBTI (OPAL) is a Charity formed by African LGBT activists in the UK. The charity was started to cater to the needs of those persecuted, going through persecution and the ones against the persecution of LGBTI people. OPAL now operates in the United Kingdom.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey kiwanuka |  | Feb. 5, 2015 |
| EDRISA KIYEMBA |  | May 10, 2015 |
| Joseph Atukunda |  | July 9, 2024 |
| Mable Naluwooza |  | Jan. 7, 2023 |




