Think2Speak have made it our mission to help bring joy to trans young people this festive season!
This week is Trans Awareness Week - and this is a week of celebration and joy!
Think2Speak are facing closure without your help. We HATE asking for money. If we had a way to avoid it we would, but unless we get funds, Think2Speak will have no choice but to close.
Think2Speak response to ‘Gender Incongruence Service for Children and Young People: Service Specification for the National Referral Support Service’ consultation.
Think2Speak headed to Manchester for The Proud Trust’s LGBT Youth Summit
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April saw our latest Residential happen in Edale. Read more to hear in the words of the families who attended how amazing the weekend was!
We understand and respect the importance of pronouns, but we know that lots of people aren’t sure how to talk about it with other people. Conversations matter, and so in order to aid successful conversations about pronouns we have created these phrases to help.
Think2Speak, a social enterprise in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, has been awarded £90,000 to provide mental health support to LGBTQ+ children, young people and their families. The funding is being provided by the UK Youth Fund – Thriving Minds, a new programme being delivered by leading national youth work charity UK Youth.
Our HodgePodge Community have kindly agreed for us to share their words
Pre-order your Let’s Talk About card game ready for Christmas chatter! Suitable for all ages, and an ideal stocking filler gift, the cards feature questions to inspire, get people thinking and chatting.
Think2Speak are launching a new online youth group for trans, non-binary and gender exploring young people aged 13-18.
It’s September, it’s back-to-school-time and it’s a time for new beginnings. This year, invest in your Pencil Case of New with Think2Speak.
August workshops for all future change-makers: activists, rebels, artists, bookworms, adventurers, daydreamers, movers, shakers, those with a lot to say and those with a lot to think about. We’re ready to chat, create and make change.
Think2Speak are proud to welcome the brilliant Rebecca Strickson as Artist in Residence.
Think2Speak will not be sending another email to your inbox full of deals and scarcity as we are not taking part in one of the “busiest shopping days of the year”, and we want to share why.
Think2Speak are encouraging people to gift a conversation to someone this festive season. After the success of our Conversation Colouring Books, we have collaborated again with celebrated illustrator Rebecca Strickson to launch a beautiful range of notecards all designed to instigate a conversation.
This week for Trans Awareness Week we thought we’d share the words and conversations from the children and families who attend Hodgepodge, our support group for trans and gender diverse children and young people.
Having real conversations helps you feel purpose in life as they allow you to build deep connections with people. Developing relationships is essential for humans to function efficiently. Feeling connected to the world is vital for your wellbeing and mental health. Yet in a world that is more connected than ever before, why is loneliness at an all-time high?
You will never know someone’s pronoun by simply looking at them. Using someone’s correct personal pronoun shows respect for their gender identity. When you refer to someone using the wrong pronoun, this can cause feelings of exclusion and distress.
Think2Speak are recruiting for a sessional Counsellor to join our team working online at an hourly rate with children, young people and adults.
Think2Speak is celebrating after being awarded £80 000 in National Lottery funding to support its work with children and young people. The funding boost for the organisation, whose head office is in Marshall’s Yard Gainsborough, comprises of £10000 to provide wellbeing support to children and their families, and £70000 from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to develop their unique LGBTQ+ peer support programme.
For those who cast doubt on systemic racism in education: this picture was in a 2017 psychology textbook written by teachers, published by an educational publisher, approved by an exam board and used within schools. It literally doesn’t get more systemic than that.
ROAR group is Think2Speak’s social action group for young people in the Gainsborough area. As a group young people look at what the issues and concerns might be for themselves and other young people and come up with ways they might be able to do something about them.
In celebration of Think2Speak’s 5th birthday we share our latest collaboration with illustrator Rebecca Strickson; PROUD t shirts.
Our services are a lifeline, offering a confidential and non-judgmental space for LGBTQ+ children, young people and their families to connect, share experiences, and receive emotional support. Our latest blog piece shares the impact and stories from the families who access our support from across the UK.