ATK, (formerly known as the Albert Kennedy Trust) was founded in 1989 in Manchester by Cath Hall, pictured above, and according to the PTT’s chairperson, Stephen Harvie, the trustees decided over the 2025 festive season to make two substantial donations to the Trust.
“Given the growing number of gay and trans people who are being made homeless and suffering greatly by rough sleeping in cold weather, we knew we had to do something positive, especially as homeless people are dying on the streets”, said Harvie.
Stephen Harvie and the late Odin (Image via Facebook.)
Unlike their heterosexual or cisgender counterparts, LGBTQ+ individuals often find themselves homeless precisely because of their identity, making them vulnerable to precarious housing situations. Our new research shows you are twice as likely to become homeless if you are LGBTQ+, according to the Trust’s website.
It goes on to say that ATK is the only national charity dedicated to providing support for LGBTQ+ young people who are either at risk of homelessness or currently experiencing it. Shockingly, statistics reveal that 24 percent of homeless individuals aged 16-25 identify as LGBTQ+.
Our mission is clear: to offer essential services that cater to the specific needs of LGBTQ+ youth, ranging from emergency housing advice to finding your community.
It adds:
We support LGBTQ+ young people by providing routes into safe, affordable, long-term housing, as well as actions around employability, mental health, community building, youth engagement and healthcare. Between April 2023 – May 2024, we supported 791 LGBTQ+ young people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness or a hostile living environment. No one should have to choose between a safe home and being who they are.
Earlier, the PTT made a donation to The Outside Project,
Its website says:
Since our founding in 2017, The Outside Project has campaigned for and led groundbreaking initiatives to support homeless LGBTIQ+ people in London. From the original LGBTIQ+ Winter Night Shelter in 2017 to the COVID emergency response and founding of the UK’s first LGBTIQ+ domestic abuse refuge in 2020, the organisation works tirelessly to address the absence of LGBTIQ+ crisis housing for London’s estimated ½ million LGBTIQ+ population.
One of its initiatives last year was the 2025 Trans Winter Night Shelter.
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