Peer Support

The Peer Support Centre

The Peer Support Centre, located in the Barnes Wallis building on the North Campus, is all about students helping students. Here you will find the offices of some of the key Union welfare-related groups.

Nightline

You may already know about Nightline from such things as stickers on the back of toilet doors...publicity volunteers in pink and purple t-shirts...or the odd free pen/bottle-opener/condom with our logo on it...Well now, apart from being able to access our telephone listening and information service (the number's on the back of your library card) and email our Nightmail address, you can visit us in the Peer Support Centre.

Contact:

Web: Nightline
Email: nightmail@umsu.manchester.ac.uk

LGBT Office and Library

This is a place for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning and curious students to come to meet friends, and to get advice ranging from sexual health advice to where to go out. If you don't want to go to a bar on Canal Street, the LGBT Office offers a new alternative!

Come and meet the friendly staff who can help you with any question you might have. There are loads of leaflets on lots of topics including local support groups, sporting clubs, HIV, religion and getting work with LGBT-friendly employers.

The LGBT Library is also based in the office. There are over a hundred books and DVDs that anyone can borrow. There's a lot of choice: from gay travel guides to biographies and poetry to sex guides and DVDs as diverse as TransAmerica, the Laramie Project, The L Word, and Philadelphia.

There are also loads of reference materials, from reports and guides on LGBTQ health, law and campaigns, to the most recent copy of most magazines, including DIVA, OutNorthWest, attitude and Boyz! You never need to buy them again - come and have a cuppa and read ours for free!

Contact:

Web: LGBT and follow the links to 'Welfare' and 'Library'
Email: welfare@lgbt.manchester.ac.uk
0845 310 5574