# SWITCHBOARD LGBT+

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 296193
- **Other names:** LONDON LESBIAN AND GAY SWITCHBOARD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02098685](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02098685)
- **Registered:** Feb. 16, 1987
- **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=296193


## Contact

- **Address:** PO BOX 7324, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 9QS
- **Phone:** 020 7886 8782
- **Email:** admin@switchboard.lgbt
- **Website:** switchboard.lgbt



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE MEMBERS OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITIES SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITY OR DESPAIR AND TO PROMOTE THEIR WELL-BEING BY COUNSEL AND/OR HELP.

**Activities:** Switchboard, the LGBT Helpline provides a telephone, instant messaging and email helpline service from 10am to 10pm every day of the year. We are a safe space for anyone to discuss anything, including sexuality, gender identity, sexual health and emotional wellbeing. We support people to explore the right options for themselves.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Alexandra Pedisich** | Chair | April 30, 2022 |
| Charles Gillott |  | Jan. 28, 2025 |
| Joe Miller |  | April 13, 2024 |
| John Collins |  | Jan. 28, 2025 |
| Lucas Germanos |  | Oct. 25, 2025 |
| Mark Shaw |  | Jan. 28, 2025 |
| Mx Andrew Houghton |  | April 13, 2024 |
| Wesley Salton |  | Jan. 28, 2025 |
| Will Stinson |  | Oct. 25, 2025 |




