Our Allies
Below are those organisations who provide safe spaces for our community, who are gender positive allies.
This means they provide inclusive and affirming spaces for individuals of all gender identities and expressions.
It also means that if you feel in danger you can go to them for safety and help.
Please remember if you are at risk of physical harm to always phone 999.
Open Minds Counselling Services Ltd.
Free and subsidised one to one counselling for children aged 8 and over, and adults.
Actively trans-positive gender diverse therapy team. Open Minds will respect your identity and keep you safe. Children and adults can access one to one therapy and be confident that the counsellor will not out them to others in their lives.
IMP;ACT Team
A suicide prevention service working with people aged 18 and over who have made an attempt on their lives. The IMP;ACT Team give support to build coping skills and a social environment to help prevent future suicide attempts.
As a part of Open Minds, IMP;ACT are also an actively trans-positive gender diverse team. IMP;ACT will respect your identity and keep you safe. Adults can access one to one mentoring and coordination and be confident that the team will not out them to others in their lives.
EPIC
EPIC Youth Hub is in the Frenchgate Centre and is free for young people aged 10-17. EPIC youth workers are there to offer support and signpost young people to a range of positive activities.
EPIC provides a safe place for young people to get together recreationally, with the intention to prevent and reduce crime by providing positive and fun alternatives.
EPIC have a zero tolerance approach to bullying and transphobia, and make everyone welcome.
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Wonderland Awaits
Doncaster's Original Vintage Inspired Alternative Clothing Boutique. 26 French Gate, Doncaster, DN1 1QQ
Actively trans-positive shop, their small team will help you find clothes for your body and identity, and keep you safe. This includes locking the shop door to prevent walk-ins when transgender people are discussing their identities and trying to find a style that works for them.
Zone 5 to 19
Doncaster health and wellbeing service
This is a health and wellbeing service for Doncaster Children, Young People and families. The service is run by professionals including Contraception and Sexual Health Nurses, Substance Misuse Workers, School Nurses and Support Workers
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Zone 5 to 19 seek to empower Children and Young People to make informed choices, when making decisions about their life.
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The service is free and completely confidential unless someone is in danger.
With a huge variety of confidential support on the most important issues you can face, Zone 5 to 19 can help to support the health of Trans Young People across Doncaster. Their city centre hub at the Flying Scotsman is safe, friendly and inclusive space for all. They will always use your preferred name and pronouns, but will not out you to anyone.
Their notes can be kept separate and not appear on medical records that your parents can access, should you chose. Meaning you can discuss your concerns without fear of anyone finding out. Support includes around the following issues:
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Contraception and sexual health
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Drugs and alcohol
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Staying Safe
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Smoking and vaping
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Healthy relationships
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Keeping healthy (physically and emotionally)
The Avalon Group
​We provide support to people in Doncaster aged 16+ who have care and support needs. This could be due to a learning disability, Autism, mental health, of physical support needs.
The services we offer include community-based support in peoples own homes, to manage day to day life and be part of the local community.
We also provide supported living in shared houses to promote independence in a safe environment, and finally a shared lives service, which is like fostering but aimed at people over the age of 16. This is when someone would either live as part of the family in a carers home, or go for a short break.
Our dream is to ensure the people we support will achieve their best life experience.
We have supported many young people to express their identity in a safe and nurturing environment, free of judgement.
We also support families to navigate how best to support their family member to express their true self.
All our services are fully inclusive, and we will use your preferred name and/or pro-nouns, and we will never judge how you wish to express your identity.
Doncaster
Citizen's Advice Bureau
(CAB)
Citizens Advice Doncaster is an independent, local charity and a member of the Citizens Advice network. We provide free advice and support to meet the needs of our community.
This includes advice on a range of problems, such as with work, debt, benefits, immigration, housing and more. We’re here to help everyone who lives, works or studies in the Doncaster Borough.
We are committed to supporting gender-divergent individuals, both kids and adults, ensuring their safety and well-being. We offer volunteer opportunities and are a designated hate crime reporting location. Additionally, we provide advice and support on issues of discrimination.
With Me in Mind
With Me in Mind is a Mental Health Support Team. The core functions of our service are:
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Working with schools to enhance support already in place, support learning around mental health wellbeing. We offer assemblies and focussed lesson delivery for young people and also offer training sessions to school staff, parents and carers.
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Advice and sign posting is provided through direct consultations with school staff, ensuring young people access the most appropriate service.
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We also offer low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy interventions, this is guided self help, either offered to young people directly or parents and carers of primary aged children.
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We are passionate about supporting young people and their families in developing skills and understanding on how to maintain positive mental health and emotional wellbeing.
We are person focussed service, and pride ourselves on offering an inclusive service, focussed on support individual needs.
One of the aims of WMiM (Mental Health Support Teams) is to work with the most vulnerable groups in society ensuing they receive early intervention and support around their emotional/mental health.
The service currently supports many diverse groups such as the GRT, BAME and LGBTQ+ community to name but a few.
Doncaster Mind
Doncaster Mind is a passionate and energetic organisation that works to promote recovery from mental ill-health, improved emotional well-being and independent living.
We offer children and adults a range of both face-to-face and online services from one-to-one support, groups, activities, guided learning, training and volunteering opportunities. Our small team really cares about making a difference to the people of Doncaster and we work hard to make a positive change for people’s mental health.
We have been supporting people in Doncaster and the surrounding area for 45 years.
Doncaster Mind takes a zero tolerance approach to discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides a safe place in Doncaster centre, whether you are accessing support for your mental health with us, or you just need be somewhere you feel safer. We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health difficulty gets both the support and respect they need and deserve.
Out Youth
We provide training and advice to schools and agencies working with children and young people to build an inclusive environment for all and challenge discrimination in all forms.
Out Youth actively work to challenge LGBT discrimination and encourage other organisations to treat LGBT+ people with dignity and respect.
Doncaster ICB (Integrated Care Board)
As an ICB, we work with our partners in the four Places (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) to understand and meet the local health and care of people in each of these areas.
By focusing on local communities and the services, care and wellbeing needed by the people who live in them, we can support everyone to be healthier. We want to make the most of the skills of local people, communities and organisations to support people to lead healthier lives and care for themselves and each other.
​NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (SY ICB) is committed to equality of opportunity, preventing discrimination or harassment and promoting positive relations between all people employed in the organisation. It is our intention that all employees or applicants considering undergoing, undergoing or who have undergone transition will experience respect and dignity as employees or potential employees or whilst undertaking roles within our organisation in a range of other circumstances. We also aim to ensure that we were able to ensure equity and inclusion in access and outcomes to health and care services through our commissioning processes.