Resources
Resources from Colours Youth Network
Living & Thriving : A QTIPOC Youth Handbook
Living & Thriving: A QTIPOC Youth Handbook, is a resource co-created with an incredible group of young people who shaped its themes, content, and purpose. This resource is a collection of the groups' reflections on being LGBTQ young people of colour and on areas of life they want other LGBTQ young people of colour to feel affirmed in.Inside, you’ll find sections on:✨ Identity Intersections✨ Religion & Spirituality✨ Feeling Seen✨ Belonging✨ Community Care
Holding Space & Growing Together reflects on two recurring themes in our youth worker spaces: Boundaries and Grief. Through this resource, we aim to validate and normalise these experiences while offering personal and collective reflections.
There was loads we could have written in here but we’ve prioritised sharing content that we felt isn’t widely available for LGBTQ PoC youth workers. In the resource you'll also find tips and practical prompts drawn from our sessions to help strengthen youth work practices.
While this resource is primarily created with LGBTQ+ PoC youth workers in mind, we truly believe there’s something in here for everyone to learn from.
These zines were beautifully designed by Soof - you can see more of their work here!
Resource links for young people
✨Sabah Choudrey Support Hub: Whether it’s a change in season, lockdown/pandemic, or just another day, you might need a bit of support and you absolutely deserve it. This cosy hub was built with queer, trans, people of colour youth in mind. Made with love and care. So find what you need, take what you want and look after yourself - link to website here
✨ POCs & Marginalised Groups Resources by The Unedit: (archived website): such as women's aid services, migrant support - link to website here
✨Black and Brown Rainbow: a peer led anti-violence, social justice, grassroots organisation to end violence against Black & Brown LGBTQI+ people, with free national helpline - link to website here
✨ Tranzwiki by GIRES: a directory of groups and organisations supporting trans people, their families and friends across the UK - link to website here
✨ Directory of Consortium members: find services for POC, LGBTQ and more communities across the UK offering various kinds of support - link to website here
✨ LGBTQ youth groups by The Proud Trust: find your nearest LGBTQ group anywhere in the UK - link to website here
✨ Wellbeing Resources Hub by ILPA: find specific support around nature, mental health, wellness - link to website here
✨ Mental Health Resource Hub by Headstrong: find mental and emotional health resources and advice for young people - link to website here
✨ Black LGBTQ organisations in the UK by Stonewall - link to website here
✨ Mindset: free digital resource for young people on resilience, mental health and wellbeing with concrete techniques and tools - link to website here
Resource links for youth workers
Scroll/ click through to page 22 of our Holding Space and Growing Together resource for a long list of resources for youth workers. View the resource here