Aviva Community Fund provided £1,414 of match funding
Four pillars community room
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aim
To expand our current LGBT+ hub to include a separate community room for holding support group meetings and training.
Four Pillars’ mission is to support the LGBT+ community in manners of Mental, Emotional, Physical & Sexual Health and offer information & support on a person to person basis to build a community that supports itself through peer education; thereby allowing individuals to make informed choices to improve their overall health & wellbeing.
We are expanding our LGBT+ hub to be able to provide a community room which is separate from our café space. This will allow groups more privacy and allow us to keep the cafe space open to the public while other activities are taking place.
To do this we need to refurbish our basement space. This is going to be a big task but we have already raised £10 000 to start the building work , we are now looking to raise a further £5000 to further the project.
We have lots of plans for this new space. As well as running our support groups and using the space for training we have secured local authority funding to run Artist lead workshops for the community. Being able to expand our space will allow us to expand our services and help build back better after Covid 19. We adjusted our services to serve our community during the pandemic, moving support groups online and establishing a befriending service. The LGBT+ community now needs support getting back out in the world and rebuilding the community that is so important to LGBT+ people. We had to find new premises during the lockdown as our pervious location was within an indoor market which closed permanently. We were lucky to find a wonderful building that we are able to adapt to suit our purpose. As restrictions are lifted we are excited to put on more activities and events to bring the community back together to support each other.
This project successfully funded on 21st September 2021