In partnership with the council the Forum has commissioned research and undertaken fact finding visits to a range of LGBT forums and networks across the country. These are some of the reports from these pieces of work:

Breaking the Silence - August 2003

Breaking the Silence was a qualitative survey of 42 residents of Barking and Dagenham to look at the experiences of LGBT people using public services in the borough. The report was written by Paul Barlow and helped provide a framework for the work of the Forum.

Report - Click here to download this file

Summary - Click here to download this file

Recommendations - Click here to download this file

Report from visit to Spectrum in Brighton & Hove - 2004

In September 2004, members of the Forum went to meet with Brighton City & Hove's LGBT Network to learn from their experiences of setting up and developing an LGBT community forum.

Report - Click here to download this file