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🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 THANK YOU! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Our phenomenal community has raised a grand total of £70,408.79 this Pride to help us on our mission to end LGBTQ+ youth homelessness! This support has massively helped akt's ability to ensure the safety of LGBTQ+ young people. This totals to 141 young people we are able to provide with a deposit for their new home, or cover their first month's rent. 🌈 From EVERYONE at akt, we want to thank you for all the support you've shown us this Pride! 💜 #aktcharity #EndYouthHomelessness #SafeToBe

🎉 akt is proud to introduce our first-ever Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy! 🎉   Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion aren't taken for granted at akt. We want to create a culture where everyone feels valued and celebrated for who they are; our aim is to ensure everyone feels seen, heard, and valued for who they are, with equal access to opportunities and a true sense of belonging.   This 18-month journey has been one of reflection, learning, and listening. Our new EDI Strategy is built around the core themes of access, respect, and opportunity, with eight strategic aims setting out the type of organisation we want to create.   akt is also committed to actively confronting and fighting racism across all areas of our work and making sure we become a charity that better supports all of our staff and reflects the young people we’re proud to work with. We’re commissioning an externally-led anti-racism review to inform future actions in this area.   We know this is just the beginning, and we want to make sure this work has a long-lasting, far-reaching impact and that will allow us to continue to reflect and learn as we progress through this work. 💜   🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eGv-JYf6

🌟 akt is thrilled to be an accredited Disability Confident Employer! 🌟 We strive to create an environment where all of our staff can thrive. 💜 With 48% of our staff identifying as disabled, we're committed to fostering a workplace that supports, values, and empowers everyone. We have taken steps within the workplace to ensure every voice is heard, and every individual can succeed, by implementing actions such as a guaranteed interview scheme, robust wellbeing support, and a Disabled Staff Network. Join akt in building a more inclusive world together! Read more here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVzG543p #DiversityAndInclusion #DisabilityConfidentEmployer #WorkplaceInclusivity #aktcharity

A huge thank you to the entire Flying Tiger Copenhagen - UK & Ireland team for the astonishing amount of support over the summer Pride period! Donations and support like this helps keep us running, and allows us to keep providing our services to youth in need 💜

🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Happy National Coming Out Day! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Today not only celebrates the courage that comes with living as your authentic self, but also plays a crucial role in raising awareness about the complex challenges many LGBTQ+ people face after coming out. 77% of the youth we support believe that coming out to their parents was a main factor in causing their homelessness. We celebrate National Coming Out Day because we recognise that for many people, today and throughout history, coming out has been dangerous and difficult. We want any young person to know that whether they are out or not, their identity is still valid and there are communities and organisations out there that can support them. 💜 Read more here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e_hmnTki

🚨 24% of homeless youth identifies as LGBTQ+ 🚨 10th October is both World Mental Health Day and World Homelessness Day, and as the UK’s only homelessness charity specialising in LGBTQ+ youth care, akt is acutely aware of how LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately affected by housing instability and the impact this has on their mental health. Thank you to Manchester Homelessness Partnership for hosting a fantastic event yesterday! akt’s presence there allowed us to reinforce the importance of including LGBTQ+ voices in conversations about homelessness. 💜 Read the full blog post here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/em6A-WVp #worldmentalhealthday #worldhomelessnessday #homelesshealth #lgbtq #charity #aktcharity

🌈  On September the 24th, Hayley, akt's Director of Services, and Trev, akt's Senior Services Manager, attended the launch of Micro Rainbow's newest report, ‘Held back: Poverty of LGBTQI+ Refugees in the UK’. 🌈 Micro Rainbow’s new report investigates the experiences of LGBTQI+ refugees, more than a decade after the hostile environment policy was implemented. The evening, which took place at Rich Mix in London, provided an opportunity for Micro Rainbow to present the new report, while also celebrating the participants and volunteers who contributed so many hours to the project. Speakers at the event included Micro Rainbow's CEO Sebastian Rocca patron Phyll Opoku-Gyimah. At akt, we are seeing an increase in the number of LGBTQ+ refugees aged between 16-25 reaching out to our charity for support. Between 2022-2023, 1 in 10 of the young people who accessed akt’s services were asylum seekers or refugees. We were honored to be able to show our support at this event and find out more about Micro Rainbows work to raise awareness about the issues faced by LGBTQ+ refugees living in poverty in the UK. 🔗  Read the report now: https://lnkd.in/eGnV7nuj 

🖤 Happy Black History Month! 🖤 46% of LGBTQ+ youth akt supported last year were BBPoC. Join akt this month in celebrating Black history, and help us to amplify Black voices and advocate for real change!

📣New role available📣 Are you based in London, Manchester, Bristol or Newcastle and want to help make a meaningful difference to the lives of #LGBTQ+ young people at risk of experiencing homelessness? 🌈 We are looking for a Digital Services Manager! Deadline: 29th of September 🔗 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eu9uBP82

🎊 We are thrilled to announce that akt staff can now enjoy exclusive discounts on the things they love with a Blue Light Card!  🎊   Blue Light Cards offer discounts to members of the NHS and other key workers - and from today the scheme has been expanded for employees in the homelessness sector thanks to a new partnership with Homewards, the five-year programme created by Prince William and The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales to demonstrate that it’s possible to end homelessness.    We witness first-hand the dedication and hard work of our colleagues, and we're thrilled that they are now eligible to join over 4 million Blue Light Card members benefitting from over 15,000 discounts. 🔗 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e2T8NZy7