Intercom Trust

We are excited to be attending Exmouth Pride this weekend! 🌟
Come and say hello and find out how you can get the help and support you deserve, and find out more about what we do! 🌈

📅 Saturday 20th June
📍 Manor Gardens, Exmouth
Keep up to date at intercomtrust.org.uk 🖥

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We are excited to be attending Torbay Pride this weekend! 🌟

Come and say hello and find out how you can get the help and support you deserve, and find out more about what we do! 🌈

📅 Saturday 20th June
📍 Torre Abbey Meadows, Torbay
💻 https://www.torbaypride.co.uk/

Keep up to date at intercomtrust.org.uk 🖥



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We are delighted to share that Holly Anderson has taken on the role of Chief Executive Officer at Intercom this June.

Holly has been part of Intercom for nearly two years as Operations Manager, where she has made a lasting impact during a significant period of change. Throughout her time here, she has brought compassion, thoughtful leadership, and a deep commitment to the people and communities we serve. Her understanding of Intercom is rooted not only in her role, but in the relationships she has built and the care she brings to every aspect of the organisation.

With a strong background in the voluntary sector—particularly in equality, diversity, inclusion, and community-centred practice—Holly leads with both purpose and empathy. She has seen first-hand the difference Intercom makes and carries that insight into her vision for the future.

As we move into this next chapter, Holly is committed to strengthening and nurturing what already makes Intercom special, while continuing to grow and evolve. Her focus will be on deepening accessibility, reaching those who face the greatest barriers to support, and ensuring our services remain shaped by the voices and experiences of the communities they exist for.

We’re excited for what lies ahead and feel confident that, under Holly’s leadership, Intercom will continue to grow with care, integrity, and connection at its heart.

Holly said:
“I’m incredibly proud to become CEO of Intercom Trust at such an important time. Our work has never mattered more, and I’m committed to ensuring we continue to reach and support those who need us most. I’m looking forward to continuing to work alongside our staff, partners and communities to ensure we remain a vital and inclusive service for those who rely on us.”

Simon Hill, Chair of the Board of Trustees, said:
“We are delighted to announce Holly as CEO of The Intercom Trust. Over the past two years, she has shown clear leadership, commitment, and vision, and has the full confidence of both the board and staff. Holly’s appointment also marks an important moment for the organisation as its first female CEO. As CEO, she will lead the Trust with strength and purpose as we look ahead to our 30th anniversary in 2027 and beyond.”

Consortium's Statement on the EHRC Code of Practice:

Consortium acknowledges the publication of the updated EHRC Code of Practice and, as the national infrastructure organisation supporting LGBT+ communities across the UK, we are taking time to consider what this means in practice. We know this will be a difficult and unsettling time for many of our members and networks, and that the impact will not be felt evenly across our communities.

At this stage, we need time to properly understand what’s changed and test this with our communities and legal professionals. We will reflect alongside our members and networks so that what we do next is informed, collective, and grounded in both legal understanding and lived experience.

The Code will require careful scrutiny, particularly in how it shapes practice for the diversity and intersectionality of organisations we support and partner with. Our starting point will always be a commitment to the full protections of the Equality Act 2010 and helping others to understand that being trans inclusive is allowed and a positive thing.

Equality does not create second class citizens or seek to erase people from public life. We will continue working to ensure human rights are applied with dignity, fairness and equality upheld for all.

We will return with a fuller and more considered response once we have had the space to work through the implications together.

Happy Pride Month from all of us at Intercom! 🌟
We here at Intercom wish you a happy, healthy and safe Pride Month for 2026 🌈
We know that we will all be feeling a mixture of emotions during this month of celebration, given the heightened national climate.
However you are feeling, your emotions are valid, and we will be here to support you ❤
Our LGBT+ Helpline is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm (Free from UK mobiles and landlines) ☎
📞 0800 612 3010
✉️ [email protected]
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Intercom is delighted to inform you that we are recruiting for a LGBT+ IDVA & Recovery Worker based in Cornwall.

The post is:
Hours - 35 per week
Salary - £25,883 + 5% pension contribution p.a.
Based in - Truro, covering Cornwall.
Start date - August 2026.
Holiday - 28 days a year including public holidays (basic entitlement rising 1 day per year up to 5 years service)

If you are interested in knowing more about the role, then pop along to the Work For Us page on our website - where you will find the Application Form and Job Description.

The application process opens today and closes at NOON on 22nd June 2026.

We're at Exeter Co-Lab today until 13:00.

Come by and say hello, and find out more about the work that we do to support LGBT+ people in the South West.

Happy ! 🖤🤍💚 Agender Pride Day was first observed in 2021, making it one of the most recently established LGBTQ+ Pride days. It has since been used as a day to both celebrate the agender community and educate others about what this rarely discussed identity entails.

💚 To be agender means not identifying as any particular gender. Agender people distinguish themselves from the traditional binary of male and female – or even from other non-binary or genderqueer identities. Agender is also called genderblank, genderfree, genderless, gendervoid, non-gendered, ungendered, or null gender.

💚 Agender people can have any preference for pronouns, although some prefer to avoid using gendered language about themselves as much as possible. They can also present in any way - masculine, feminine, both or something completely beyond the binary.

💚 The Agender Pride flag consists of seven horizontal stripes: black, grey, white, green, and then white, grey and black in return.

💚 The black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray stripes represent semi-genderless, and the green stripe represents non-binary genders.



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We will be holding testing sessions at our Exeter Office with The Eddystone Trust - HIV & Sexual Health from May through to July ⬇
Join Benjamin for a non-judgemental chat about sexual health and get yourself tested for Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea HIV & Syphilis during the sessions below.

📅 Friday 22nd May - 13:00-16:00
📅 Friday 12th June - 13:00-16:00
📅 Friday 10th July - 13:00-16:00

🏠 Intercom Trust, Zone 5, Wrentham Business Centre, Prospect Park, Exeter EX4 6NA

For more information ring Ben from Eddystone Trust on 07587 638818 📞

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Create/Connect is a research project working together with young people aged 13+ and youth organisations to understand how community belonging supports young people’s wellbeing, and how we use our creativity to build collective resilience when facing societal challenges.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and made up of a team of researchers at the Universities of Southampton, Brighton and Glasgow, working with 7 national and regional youth organisations and services. The project has ethical approval from the University of Southampton.

As part of this research project, the Create/Connect team have been running creative workshops with young people all over the UK, and we would like to let you and the young people in your life know about this opportunity.

The Create/Connect research team will be running 2 clay workshops for young people aged 13 -17 in collaboration with Intercom Trust on the 31st of May:

Plymouth workshop:
Time: 10am – 12noon
Location: Scott Medical and Healthcare College, Somerset Place, Plymouth PL3 4BD

Exeter Workshop:
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Location: Intercom Trust, Zone 5, Wrentham Business Centre, Prospect Park, Exeter, Devon, EX4 6NA

In order for young people to sign up, parents/guardians are invited to complete the short online form confirming permission to attend.

These forms and more information can be found at this link.