Liberate Guernsey is a small but influential charity that formed seven years ago with the aim of supporting the LGBTQ+ community, their family, friends, and workplaces. Their mission is to ensure that all LGBTQ+ people feel valued, included, and supported in the community, and to ensure everyone has a ‘place’ and voice. The charity also helps inform and educate the wider community on the discrimination and isolation that the LGBTQ+ community can face.
The grant went towards the salary of Liberate’s CEO, Ellie Jones, over two years. Ellie’s role in the charity is instrumental in ensuring that the charity delivers on its aims and purpose. Along with the day to day running of the charity, Ellie delivers most of Liberate’s key services including:
- Training and advice for organisations on inclusion and acceptance of LGBTQ+ people
- Providing LGBTQ+ youth services across the Bailiwick
- Liaising with many departments in the States of Guernsey to reform discriminatory policies and laws
- Offering one to one support to LGBTQ+ people, their families and friends
- Organising and promoting all of the work and groups that Liberate host
- Organising and hosting inclusive events that celebrate the diversity that exists in our society
“We could not do what we do without the support of the grant that we have received from Lloyds Bank Foundation. The work we do is a full-time job, with the need for a focused professional team behind it. The funding from LBFCI has helped us improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people here in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, ensuring that the next generation grow up in a fairer more inclusive society.” – Ellie Jones, CEO, Liberate
