YOU ARE LOVED LAUNCHES NEW LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY & SUPPORT DIRECTORY
– ‘ASK BOBBY’ AIMS TO BUILDING A NATIONWIDE WELLBEING RESOURCE
– HONOURING LIFE OF STRICTLY COME DANCING’S ROBIN WINDSOR
DATE: THURSDAY, 19 JUNE, 2025
LOCATION: BETTY & JOAN’S, ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
TIME: 6:00 PM – LATE
You Are Loved (YAL),the new mental health non-profit organisation (CIC) dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, launches its Ask Bobby community support directory at London’s Betty & Joan’s club in South London, on Thursday 19th June. In addition, the evening includes a special tribute to professional dancer and mental health advocate Robin Windsor, who passed away in 2024, with tributes from colleagues and friends. The event is free, but tickets are limited, and can be booked through Outsavvy.
The LGBTQ+ Community and Support Directory is being created by You Are Loved as an all-inclusive and all-encompassing resource that recognises the central role community, connection, and belonging plays in improving mental health and wellbeing.
There are countless amazing LGBTQ+ organisations and initiatives across the UK, but often queer people looking for community or support don’t know how or where to find them. The directory aims to address that and is unique because of its inclusion of both community and support, including established mental health charities but also providing a space for smaller grassroots community initiatives and more informal social groups.
The name of the directory, Ask Bobby, honours professional dancer Robin Windsor, best known for his appearances on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, who died suddenly in 2024 after years of navigating personal mental health struggles. He was also a cherished advocate for love, kindness and mental health with several charities. Among his friends and loved ones, he was affectionately known as ‘Bobby’. Honouring Robin’s legacy as part of this event helps to reinforce the reasons why this directory has been set up.
How to use the directory
The directory is free and accessible for anyone to use. A search function will allow users to filter the directory based on several focus criteria, including activities, themes, sexual orientation, gender identity, and age group. Organisations included in the directory go through a vetting process before being listed and are then being reconfirmed on an annual basis.
Further information and registration for can be found here:
https://www.youare-loved.com/directory
You Are Loved is all about creating space for the queer community to talk, share and support each other as a way of combatting loneliness, stigma, and discrimination together As part of its ongoing health initiatives it held its first bereavement group sessions in April, both online and in person which provide a safe, strictly confidential space for those affected by the high suicide and drug-related death rates to talk, share and support each other
The event is free but tickets are limited. You can register for a place through Outsavvy: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/27490/you-are-loved-launch-event-of-ask-bobby-the-lgbtq-directory-for-community-and-support
Info about venue: Betty & Joan’s Club: Hewson Way, Elephant and Castle, London, SE17 1JS https://bettyandjoans.co.uk/
Website: www.youare-loved.com
Instagram: @youareloved.cic
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