LGBTQ mental health: exploring advocacy approaches to health inequalities
By Jacqui Jobson, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
LGBTQ+ mental health: exploring advocacy approaches to health inequalities
Addressing mental health problems amongst LGBTQ+ communities through public advocacy approaches
2017
North East
I currently work freelance (Jacqui Jobson Consultancy), providing support to charities around equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as coaching and external supervision.
My Fellowship was about LGBTQ+ health and inequalities that people face, especially around mental health. I visited Canada and Australia looking at best practice in this area. This subject was close to my heart, as a lesbian with lived experience of mental health issues.
Previously, as director of an advocacy service, I noticed that although services were starting to consider the mental health needs of some minoritised communities, LGBTQ+ issues were being left behind.
Since my Fellowship, I've been able to impact on equity, diversity and inclusion commitments within the advocacy sector. I've delivered workshops and widely disseminated my recommendations. Since becoming self-employed, I've helped write the new Equity, Diversion and Inclusion Quality Standards for the sector, to enable over 100 organisations to improve their practice. My Fellowship gave me the confidence to change my career and I'm passionate about my new work – making a positive difference to LGBTQ+ people's lives.
By Jacqui Jobson, 2022
By Jacqui Jobson, 2021
Charity consultant Jacqui Jobson (CF 2017) hosted a webinar sharing her work on LGBTQ+ equity and inclusion on 29 June. Jacqui outlined how organisations can make a difference by making sure their services are accessible, safe and culturally sensitive for LGBTQ+ people.
By Jacqui Jobson, 2021
By Jacqui Jobson, 2020
By Jacqui Jobson, 2019
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By Jacqui Jobson, 2022
By Jacqui Jobson, 2021
Charity consultant Jacqui Jobson (CF 2017) hosted a webinar sharing her work on LGBTQ+ equity and inclusion on 29 June. Jacqui outlined how organisations can make a difference by making sure their services are accessible, safe and culturally sensitive for LGBTQ+ people.
By Jacqui Jobson, 2021
By Jacqui Jobson, 2020
By Jacqui Jobson, 2019
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.