Lewisham LGBT Forum

Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure

11/04/2022

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

2021 Lewisham Emergency Xmas Help & Support

25/12/2021

This list compiled by Vicky Foxcroft MP’s office

Urgent Assistance

If you are in need of urgent assistance the following organisations may be of use to you:

Samaritans – call: 116 123, text: 07725 90 90 90 or email jo@samaritans.org
Further advice if you or someone you know needs mental health support: https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/socialcare/health/mental-health/get-help-with-mental-health
Childline – counselling and advice for under 19s 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk
National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247 www.refuge.org.uk
Other DV support services are listed here: https://www.vickyfoxcroft.org.uk/uncategorised/2020/04/08/domestic-violence-support/
To make a non-urgent crime report – 101
Report ASB to Lewisham Council – https://lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/publicsafety/antisocial-behaviour/report-antisocial-behaviour or https://www.fixmystreet.com/
Lewisham Homes out-of-hours repairs team – 0800 028 2028
Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network – 020 8694 0323 www.lrmn.org.uk
Advice Lewisham – www.citizensadvicelewisham.org.uk
British Gas emergency number – 0800 111 999
Thames Water emergency number – 0800 316 9800

If you have become homeless:

Streetlink on 0300 500 0914 or https://www.streetlink.london/Streetlink_London_HomePage
No Second Night Out – 0870 383 3333
999 Club – 0208 694 5797
Shelter – 0808 800 4444

Happy Pride!

24/06/2021

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After Pastor Niemöller

16/05/2021

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the poor, and I did not speak out
Because I was not poor.

Then they came for the immigrants, and the refugees, the war-torn, the displaced and the dispossessed, and I did not speak out
Because I was not an immigrant, I was not a refugee, I was not war-torn, displaced, or dispossessed.

Then they came for the Disabled people, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Disabled person.

Then they came for the Gay men, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Gay man.

Then they came for the Lesbians, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Lesbian.

Then they came for the Bisexuals and the Pansexuals, and I did not speak out
Because I was not Bisexual or Pansexual.

Then they came for the Trans people, and the Non-Binary people, and I did not speak out
Because I was not Trans or Non-Binary.

Then they came for the Gypsies, the Roma, the Travellers, and I did not speak out
Because I was not Gypsy, Roma or a Traveller.

Then they came for the Black people, the African people, the Indian people, the Asian people, the Native Americans, the Indigenous people, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Black person, or an African person, or an Indian person, or an Asian person, or a Native American person, or an Indigenous person.

Then they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me — and there was noone. left. to speak. for me.

Stephe Meloy 2021

After Pastor Niemöller

15/05/2021