TRANSforming Futures
Creating lasting change for trans communities within healthcare and criminal justice systems.
We aim to fund and create projects designed by the trans community, for the trans community, that will make trans people safer when coming into contact with healthcare and criminal justice systems.
About
The TRANSforming Futures project brings together 9 partners: Be:North, CliniQ, Galop, Gendered Intelligence, the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES), LGBT Consortium, Mermaids, Sparkle, Stonewall and UK Black Pride. It has been made possible by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Our work
It is important that our work is by and for all of the different trans communities within England.
With this in mind we started by creating space for trans communities to create their own ideas for solving issues trans people face when coming into contact with healthcare and criminal justice systems.
Healthcare
We spoke in-depth with trans people from all regions of England in workshop settings about their experiences of healthcare. First they were asked to map the biggest issues for trans people in healthcare, then to design their own solutions to these problems.
Criminal Justice
We spoke in-depth with trans people from all regions of England in workshop settings about their experiences of criminal justice systems. First they were asked to map the biggest issues for trans people in criminal justice contexts, then to design their own solutions
Under 18s: Healthcare & Justice
We spoke in-depth with trans people aged under 18, and the parents & caregivers of trans children aged 11 and under in workshop settings about their experiences of healthcare and justice. First they were asked to map the biggest issues for trans young people and trans children in England in both heath and justice contexts. Then they were asked to design their own solutions to the issues they had identified.
What's next?
The TRANSforming Futures partnership, with the help of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, is starting to working on creating and supporting projects run by community organisations or trans community members based on the ideas and solutions created by workshop participants.
If you have an idea based on the solution shared in the reports and need some support to make that idea happen get in contact with us and we will see if we can support you.
In the meantime, we encourage community organisations to use the ideas recorded and shared in the reports as a starting point in discussions about forming their own projects that are for trans communities, by trans communities.
Contact Us
If you've got any questions, contact the project manager at trans@stonewall.org.uk