Oxford Friend is an Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

-based LGBT

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

 charity providing emotional support and counseling to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. The original volunteers were part of the local branch of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality

Campaign for Homosexual Equality

The Campaign for Homosexual Equality is one of the oldest gay rights organisations in the United Kingdom. It is a membership organisation which aims to promote legal and social equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in England and Wales...

 (CHE). Services are provided by telephone and email. Oxford Friend raise money via a grant from Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council

The Oxford City Council provides local government for the city of Oxford in England.- Overview :Between the 2004 local elections, and 2010 the council was in minority administration, first by councillors from the Labour Party, with the Liberal Democrats being the official opposition...

 (as part of their campaign to support the LGBT community), donations, and by delivering training on lesbian and gay issues to other organisations.

The group was established in 1980 and registered as a charity in 1988. In 2006 the group were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, also known as the The Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service by Groups in the Community is an annual award given to groups in the voluntary sector of the United Kingdom. Winning groups are announced in the London Gazette on 2 June each year, the...

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See also

• Oxford Friend website
• London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
  London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
  The London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard is the oldest gay and lesbian telephone help line in the UK, based in London.LLGS was founded in March 1974, providing help and information to London's gay community...
  
  , a similar organisation based in London