Investing in heritage for wellbeing

Jem Gibson shares how they engaged young gender-diverse people with a natural heritage project and created a sense of place and belonging.

When I closed my gardening business and moved town, I felt completely lost. Giving back as a volunteer helped me start again.

It’s good to be asked to write this blog to coincide with the publication of the Space to Thrive report.

Grade II* listed St Mary at the Quay reopened in 2016 as heritage and wellbeing centre Quay Place. We go behind the scenes.

These significant and inclusive events raise the profile of all sorts of LGBT+ lived experiences, celebrate activism and build stronger alliances. They increasingly involve people of all ages, cultures and faiths in publicly sharing differing identities. Alongside Stonewall’s 50th anniversary this