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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/ | + | [[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/ GADD website]. Accessed: 2013-07-03. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq6EqBPJ Archived] by [[WebCite]]®).</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. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq5B9Awb Archived] by [[WebCite]]®).</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. ([http://www.webcitation.org/6Hq5B9Awb Archived] by [[WebCite]]®).</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 21 July 2017
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 Emma Roebuck, who went on to found QuerKey CIC.[5]
References
- ↑ GADD website. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by WebCite®).
- ↑ Older website, not updated since late 2010. Note: contains flashing text. Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by WebCite®).
- ↑ GADD Newsletter (PDF). Accessed: 2013-07-03. (Archived by WebCite®).
- ↑ Joanna Morris,"Heartbreak and anger as 'savage cuts' close Darlington's LGBT charity GADD". Northern Echo, 31 March 2017. Accessed: 2017-07-21. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6s7kqwuK0)
- ↑ QuerKey website. Accessed: 2017-07-21. (Archived by WebCite®).
