Focus: The Identity Trust
Focus: The Identity Trust
FOCUS:the identity trust is established for the promotion of equality, diversity and human rights, the promotion of social inclusion, the advancement of education, the promotion, protection and preservation of physical, emotional and mental health and wellbeing and the promotion of benefit of those inhabitants who are or may be trangender or unsure about their gender identity in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Association is managed on a voluntary basis by a board of trustees. Membership of the management committee is subject to the nomination, ,appointment, election and co-option process set out in the Associations constitution. There are no payments made to the management committee.
Services
What we do:
- We are the first Peer Support Organisation on the island of Ireland which exclusively represents and offers support to Transgender individuals who have a diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria.
- We provide individual support in a safe and confidential space
- We offer a non-judgemental ear
- We offer support groups in a variety of settings where the individual can be themselves and meet and talk to others just like themselves
- We provide a friendly, inclusive and safem space where an individual’s confidentiality is always respected
- We provide the opportunity to meet and make new friends in a relaxed and enjoyable environment.
In addition to these direct services to individuals we:
- Promote and advocate for the Equality Rights and Human Rights of Transgender and Intersex individuals and their families
- Lobby all political parties on the island to ensure proper treatment services in line with international best practice
- We are the first Organisation on the island of Ireland to undertake all of these actions in a co-ordiated strategic way to achieve positive change in the lives of Transgender and Intersex individuals and their families.
- We pride ourselves in the fact that our website is unique in that it only contains information, articles and advice which are directly relevant to policy, procedures and laws that directly impact the lives of Transgender and Intersex individuals on the island of IrelandAnchor
