LGBTQA+ Mental Health: In conversation with ELOP, Advice & Counselling & SU

LGBTQA+ Mental Health: In conversation with ELOP, Advice & Counselling & SU

Join us at our event with East London Out Project, Queen Mary Advice and Counselling and Queen Mary Students Union where we will hear from speakers Liz Sacre, Jo Gate-Eastley and Jack Juckes exploring the historical mental health support for LGBTQA+ people, how LGBTQA mental health may have been impacted by Covid-19, how LGBTQA+ staff and students can access mental health support internally at Queen Mary, in the local area and more widely. The event will be centered around the themes of identity, isolation, bullying and harassment, community and accessing support.

The speakers will explore the themes, discuss their experience of working with LGBTQA+ people and their mental health and explore ways in which people can come together to look after and support each other and how we can look after our wellbeing. As well as introducing you to some excellent support and resources that are available.

The event is open to all Queen Mary staff and students. You must sign up to the event with your QM email address.

Speakers

Liz Sacre is a Mental Health Worker at East London Out Porject (ELOP), a mental health & wellbeing charity that delivers a range of advice, information, counselling, group and support services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* communities in London and Essex. Core front-line services include: groups for asylum seekers and refugees; vulnerable adults; men’s and women’s groups; and youth services for young people aged 12 – 25. Liz is a qualified counsellor and trainer, and is currently working on a CPD training programme for LGBT therapists.

Jo Gate-Eastley is the Counselling Manager at QMUL. She has worked therapeutically with children, young people and young adults for 20 years, and is passionate about supporting mental health and wellbeing for all students at QMUL, and beyond. Aside from working in higher education, previous roles have included running support groups and offering counselling to young people who identify as LGBTQI+ for many years.

Jack Juckes is the current Vice President Welfare at Queen Mary Students’ Union, a medical student here at QMUL, and a member of the LGBTQA+ community. Much of his welfare work this year has been focused on student mental health and wellbeing, particularly in light of the ongoing pandemic, and has been working with the university and external organisations to ensure these issues are high on the agenda. Prior to this he has also held other related student representative roles, both within the Students' Union and externally.