Goals: To provide advocacy and peer support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people who are not in education, employment or training
Funding: Provided by Manchester City Council, Connexions, the community budget and other funding streams
Manchester's Peer Support Project offers excluded lesbian, gay and bisexual young people a range of services, including an internet chatroom.
The chatroom gives the young people advice from experienced peers. The group has teamed up with the national Youth Action Network on an e-mentoring project and is working in partnership with other organisations to train young mentors. Jill Greenfield, project manager of the Peer Support Project, says: "Technology helps us reach marginalised and isolated young people, allowing them to take the first step in a support process."
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