Sainsbury’s Whitworth Street choose AKT!

Sainsbury’s in Whitworth Street, Manchester, has chosen us as their charity of the year this year which is amazing news. They raised nearly £5,000 last year so are aiming to break the £5K mark this time around. With everything from cake tombola’s to tins on tills, the events will take place for the next 10 months. They have offered us the chance to have people collect outside the branch once a month so please ask around and see if anyone can spend a few hours shaking a buck in aid of AKT. They have collected as much as £300 in 4 hours before so it is really worth it.

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We need volunteers to collect between 11.00AM and 2.00PM on the following dates: Friday 16th July Friday 17th September Friday 15th October Friday 17th December If you can help at any date, please call Jonathan on Tel: 020 7831 6562 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

AKT on BBC News 11th Jan 2010 - Gay Muslims made homeless by family violence

The Albert Kennedy Trust featured in an article for BBC news highlighting the increasing number of young gay Muslims becoming homeless after fleeing forced marriages and so-called honour violence.

Click HERE for more information and to read the article.

AKT Anniversary Newsletter December 2009

A special bumper Christmas 2009 Edition of our Newsletter!

It’s been an incredible six months for AKT as we entered our anniversary year: yes, we are extending our celebrations for a full year (July 09- June 10) because we are that fabulous! Amongst some of our highlights have been: Mary Booth (Albert’s Mother) coming back to support the Trust and marching with our young people at Manchester Pride after an absence of many years; seeing the 20th anniversary exhibition created by our young people, staff and volunteers proudly displayed and then receiving a call 20 minutes later from a scared young man in much need, who knew nothing about us until he spotted the exhibition.

Please DOWNLOAD a copy of the newsletter to find out what we have been up to and the exciting things we have planned!!

AKT Launches Quality Mark for mainstream Housing & Homelessness services

In response to the findings of AKT’s research report which examined practice within housing and homelessness organisations across the United Kingdom; AKT have developed a unique and nationally significant scheme comprising a Quality Assurance Mark ‘Making a Difference’. It is intended to offer a model of best practice and its development and implementation is promoted by the Youth Homelessness Scheme Department of Communities & Local Government. Participating organizations that have proved themselves to be gay affirmative in there polices and actions will be awarded the M ark.
Service user participation and inclusion is at the heart of the project; with AKT’s young service users being involved in the planning and delivery of the QA.
Since it’s launch AKT’s Quality Mark clients have included: Knowsley Housing Trust, Trafford Housing Trust, Homes for Havering, YMCA (South London).

Click HERE here to download a copy of the Quality Mark Brochure (PDF)

AKT is 20! Come and help us celebrate our birthday!

To celebrate 20 years of the groundbreaking and unique work of the Trust we are holding a year long party of EVENTS – well why not! Below are just a few of the things we will be doing to celebrate and hopefully remind people why AKT is as important to young people today as it was 20 years ago!
If you are a person who has been helped by AKT in the past or have helped AKT support young people as a mentor, carer, volunteer or staff member – please get in touch and help us celebrate and or even take part in our oral History project charting our 20 years of supporting LGBT young people.

For more information please contact AKT’s Chief Executive Tim Sigsworth on 0207 831 6562 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it