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[[File:Gadd.jpg|thumb|GADD logo]]'''Gay Advice Darlington/Durham''' ('''GADD''') is an advice service for LGBT people in the [[Darlington]] and [[Durham]] area. It is a volunteer service, run and staffed by trained volunteers and professional staff.<ref>http://gadd.btck.co.uk/. Current website. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq6EqBPJ)</ref>
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[[File:Gadd.jpg|thumb|GADD logo]]'''Gay Advice Darlington/Durham''' ('''GADD''') was an advice service for LGBT people in the [[Darlington]] and [[Durham]] area. It was a volunteer service, run and staffed by trained volunteers and professional staff.<ref>http://gadd.btck.co.uk/. Current website. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq6EqBPJ)</ref>
  
 
It was founded in September 1995 by a group of gay men in the South Durham area, following the closure of a gay-related unit within the South Durham Health Promotion Unit.<ref>http://gayadvicedarlington.co.uk/index.htm. Older website, not updated since late 2010. Note: contains flashing text. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq5B9Awb)</ref>
 
It was founded in September 1995 by a group of gay men in the South Durham area, following the closure of a gay-related unit within the South Durham Health Promotion Unit.<ref>http://gayadvicedarlington.co.uk/index.htm. Older website, not updated since late 2010. Note: contains flashing text. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by [[WebCite]]® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq5B9Awb)</ref>

Revision as of 14:52, 21 July 2017

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Gay Advice Darlington/Durham (GADD) was an advice service for LGBT people in the Darlington and Durham area. It was a volunteer service, run and staffed by trained volunteers and professional staff.[1]

It was founded in September 1995 by a group of gay men in the South Durham area, following the closure of a gay-related unit within the South Durham Health Promotion Unit.[2]

The chair of the organisation until his death in 2010 was Neil Bright.[3]

GADD closed in April 2017 following withdrawal of a grant from Darlington Borough Council.[4]

The Chief Executive of GADD for its last eight years was [[]].

References

  1. http://gadd.btck.co.uk/. Current website. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq6EqBPJ)
  2. http://gayadvicedarlington.co.uk/index.htm. Older website, not updated since late 2010. Note: contains flashing text. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq5B9Awb)
  3. http://gayadvicedarlington.co.uk/GADD%20Newsletter.pdf. GADD Newsletter (PDF) Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq5XBz1s)
  4. Joanna Morris,"Heartbreak and anger as 'savage cuts' close Darlington's LGBT charity GADD". Accessed: 2017-07-21. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6s7kqwuK0)