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We love and appreciate you being at our civil partnership, and that is the most important thing. But if you would like to give us a gift we would love you to donate to our favourite charity - The Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT). Grainne has been a volunteer mentor with AKT for the last two years. The charity supports several hundred young people every year who have experienced domestic violence or have been ejected from home just for coming out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Trans to their parents or care giver. AKT provides housing, support, advice, guidance and frontline services to young people, and organisations and individuals supporting them. The charity is named after 16 year old Albert Kennedy who fell to his death from the top of a car park in Manchester in 1989. Albert was a runaway from a children’s home and was suffering depression. In his short life he had experienced rejection and abuse from society. The charity is named the Albert Kennedy Trust not only as a tribute to this young man but also because Albert epitomized the very thing the organisation was set up to prevent happening to other young lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. The Albert Kennedy Trust could not survive without the generosity of its supporters. £15 is enough to provide a young LGBT homeless person with a bed for the night in supported lodgings with Lesbian or Gay carers. £50 will cover the cost of providing bedding and towels to a young person starting their own home. £150 will provide a young person with an Emergency Support Pack, which includes 3 nights accommodation, bedding, toiletries, food vouchers and travel allowance.

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