Welcome to Allsorts Parents & Carers Service!
We are a vibrant community of parents & carers who are raising LGBT+, but mostly transgender, non-binary or gender non-comforming young people, aged between 5 and 25 in East & West Sussex.
The Parents & Carers Service is run by Allsorts’ Senior Practitioner and Sessional Worker who run regular groups and events to support you, connect you to others in our community, and to remind you that you are not alone.
Does this sound like a community you’d like to be part of?
What we can offer
A place of understanding for you, where you have the space and time to reflect on how this experience has been for you.
Monthly in-person and online groups for parents and carers to share their experiences of having a transgender child.
Support, community and friendship with other parents and carers and their families both in person at groups and online on social media.
Support with your child which may be very specifically affected by their gender identity, for example; school, eating, mental health
Opportunities to have your views fed into consultations with local and national services about raising and supporting LGBT+ children and young people.
Additional support in accessing our service. Just let us know if you need translations, captions, or any other support. Most of our meetings are held online via zoom, but we can arrange to meet in person if that is easier for you.
What we are not able to do
We are unable to provide any diagnosis or assessment of your child.
We are not therapists or counsellors, so we do not provide therapy for you or your child.
We can not provide, or subscribe to, any explanation of why children and young people are LGBT+ or exploring their sexual orientation or gender-exploring.
About
We have been providing support to young LGBT+ people since 1999, and to their families since 2013. In that time hundreds of families have connected through Allsorts to grow a community of support and friendship all across East & West Sussex.
Allsorts’ Parents & Carers Service is a place for everyone, whether this all feels very new and you have a lot of questions, or you have been doing this for a while and are just wanting to meet others, we are here to support you.
If you would like to get involved please get in touch by filling in the Parents & Carers Enquiry Form below.
Once you have completed the form you will be invited to a welcome chat with one of our team to see how we can support you and what services we offer that could be of interest to you. We look forward to hearing from you.
If completing the enquiry form is difficult for any reason please email us at this link
Does this sound like a community you’d like to be part of?
If completing the enquiry form is difficult for any reason please email us