Mermaids have provided family and individual support for gender diverse children and young people since 1995. We offer a wide range of courses tailored to the needs of your organisation, exploring: gender diversity, barriers faced by trans people, transitioning and treatment pathways, and ways to improve your diversity policies and procedures. Our follow-on service includes resources and ongoing support.
Mermaids is a UK based charity that offers support to transgender and gender variant children and young people, their families and supporting professionals.
Mermaids provide helpline and email support services, parents and teens online forums, training into schools, social services, and many other agencies supporting children, residential family weekends, local groups at 8 locations nationwide, campaigning and advocacy, speaking at conferences and events nationwide, raising awareness by attending Pride and other LGBT events, young trans people and their families, advisory liaison service with EHRC, DofE, GEO and other agencies to help identify and combat poor practice.