Accessibility Statement

Part A

Bristol LGB Forum seeks to be accessible to all LGB people. In doing so it ensures:

• our office(s) is physically accessible;
• all our meetings - management committee, AGM and open meetings - are held in fully accessible venues and hearing loops, PA's, BSL interpreters and help with travel/childminding is provided for meetings, as required;
• where required, all meetings with other agencies and/or professionals also take place at an accessible venue;
• with notice, all information can be provided in the cheapest accessible format for you;
• accessibility features are built in to our website.
• we have an Easy English "landing page"

Part B

Accessibility is also about culture and we are actively working to ensure that we are welcoming to all.  Part of this includes regularly identifying the priorities, needs and barriers to participation of all lesbian, and gay and bisexual communities - especially those currently under-represented within our service provision and membership. This information will then be used to develop the information/ support and services that meet the identified needs.

This is a long-term commitment and will be dependent upon time, resources and capacity.  Our current priorities reaching less visible members of our community and addressing discrimination experienced by current and potential members who are:

• Black and Minority Ethnic
• people of Faith
• people who identify as having a disability
• people over 65yrs old
• people living in residential or sheltered housing

We regularly monitor our membership to establish whether we are achieving these goals so, if you are a member and have received your anonymous monitoring form, we would be very grateful if you could detach it from the membership details update form, fill it in and return it to:

Sarah Minter, The Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN.

Thank you.