Service detail
OTR Freedom
About this service
A free LGBTQIA+ youth programme for ages 11-25, with separate age groups, optional creative and social activity, parent and carer support, one-to-one help and a specialist hate-crime caseworker. Young people do not need a settled label to join. Group locations are deliberately private and supplied after signup, so the public OTR office below is a contact point rather than permission to attend an undisclosed session.
Practical details
Provider: Off the Record Bristol
Area: Public contact: Off the Record, 8-10 West Street, Bristol BS2 0BH; group venues shared privately after signup
Availability: Groups meet on weekday evenings after signup; age-specific and parent sessions use their own schedule. Email Freedom for the correct route.
Contact: freedom@otrbristol.org.uk; BHCDS freephone 0800 171 2272
Service intelligence
Know before you go
Booking lead time
Sign up before attending; exact group locations are withheld for safeguarding and supplied later. Ask the team which of the overlapping age groups fits a 13-, 14- or 18-year-old.
Best time
Contact during a calm weekday with age, local-authority area and broad support goal. Use the hate-crime caseworker route promptly after an incident rather than waiting for the next social session.
Who it suits
LGBTQIA+ and questioning young people aged 11-25, plus parents and carers in a separate group. No settled identity label is required.
What to prepare
Use a safe email, state access or confidentiality needs and do not share a private group location publicly. For immediate danger call emergency services rather than waiting for OTR.
Provider inclusion
LGBTQ+ youth workers, age-specific groups, optional activities, one-to-one support and consent-based hate-crime advocacy make inclusion operational and safeguarded.
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