Sarbat in Leicester - Today - Sunday 2 August 2015 - 2pm

[Moderator]

Dear friends

Sarbat will holding an event in Leicester, TODAY - Sunday 2nd August 2015.

2pm - 4pm

Trade
2nd Floor
27 Bowling Street, Leicester, LE1 6AS

It will be a joint event with Leicester based LGBT health charity Trade - and will be a health and well being event.

We are very fortunate to be joined in by Rusi Jaspal, Professor of Psychology and Sexual Health at De Montfort University, who will be delivering a talk on the specific mental health issues faced by South Asian LGBT communities.

Also Makinder Chahal, South Asian LGBT Support and Health Promotion Worker at Trade, who leads on the Humsafar South Asian LGBT support service.

The programme for the event will be as follows:

2:00-2:30pm – Arrival time/refreshments
2:30pm – Welcome message on what Sarbat is, what it does and how you can get involved (Dharam)
2:40pm – Introduction to Trade (Makinder)
2:50pm – Lead discussion on identity and mental health within South Asian LGB&T communities (Rusi)
3:10pm – Open discussion (Rusi, Dharam and Makinder to facilitate)
4:00pm – Close
4:15/4:30pm – Food at Gujarati vegetarian restaurant (suggestions please)

The event will be hosted at the Trade Office in Leicester and is open to all, regardless of background, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. A safe space policy will be in place.

Address : Trade, 2nd floor, 27 Bowling Green St, Leicester LE1 6AS , a convenient 10 minute walk from Leicester train station.

For more information please contact Makinder directly on [e-mail] or call 0116 254 1747.

Please RSVP by emailing [e-mail]

A voluntary donation to Trade for refreshments will be highly appreciated.

Sarbat will be live tweeting the event (use #sarbat) and are really looking forward to welcoming you all.

If you have any questions, you can contact Sarbat at [e-mail]

The Sarbat phone will be manned on the day and can be reached at 07779 575 099

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.


Best wishes

Sarbat

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