Switchboard is the national LGBTQIA+ support line. Whether it’s sexual health, relationships or just the way you’re feeling - this is your space.

Call 0800 0119 100 (lines are open every day, 10am-10pm) or email  hello@switchboard.lgbt

Mosaic Trust is a London-based charity that provides accessible activities, programmes and services aimed at  young LGBTQ+ persons.

Mosaic runs a young persons club (12-18 year olds) and a young adults group (18-25 year olds), and regular activities.

The charity also offers counselling and mentoring services, and helps provide work experience placements.

Parents and guardians can also access support.

Sexual Health London (SHL.UK) is a discreet sexual health service for Londoners. You can request free home test kits, regular or emergency contraception. 

You can also find advice services and information about your local sexual health clinics.

Young people (16-24) in Merton can access free comdoms and sexual health tests at Get It METRO sexual health (Merton).

London has a number of organisations which offer trans healthcare and support. Our friends at LGBT Hero have put together comprehensive directory of these services.

We also invite our Trans siblings to check out our fellow South-London community group Trans Pals, which has a monthly social in Croydon.

Only by reporting hate crime can we collectively prevent it from happening in the future. No matter how small or trivial it seems, it counts towards the bigger picture.

Does it feel like the situation could get heated or violent very soon? Is someone in immediate danger? Do you need support right away? If so, please call 999 now.

At MertonPlus, we welcome and resolutely stand with our asylum-seeking siblings, including the many who just want to freely express their LGBTQ+ identities in the UK.

Find links and helplines for specialist support groups and charities on our Refugee Support page.