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	[[Category:Charities]]		[[Category:Charities]]

Wessexman: footnote re Albert Kennedy

2019-11-03T20:50:52Z

footnote re Albert Kennedy

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	[[File:Aktlogo.jpg\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''akt''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].		[[File:Aktlogo.jpg\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''akt''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].

	It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].		It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].<ref> Albert Kennedy fell to his death from a top of a car park in Manchester while trying to escape a car load of what are described as "queer bashers." Ann Keen M.P. spoke about the case and the charity in a debate in the House Of Commons 'REDUCTION IN AGE AT WHICH CERTAIN SEXUAL ACTS ARE LAWFUL' HC Deb 22 June 1998 vol 314 cc754-811\|\| https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1998/jun/22/reduction-in-age-at-which-certain-sexual </ref>.

	It aims to support young LGBT people by:		It aims to support young LGBT people by:

Ross Burgess: Ross Burgess moved page Albert Kennedy Trust to Akt: Change of name of organisation

2019-09-27T16:52:37Z

Ross Burgess moved page Albert Kennedy Trust to Akt: Change of name of organisation

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Ross Burgess at 16:52, 27 September 2019

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	[[File:Aktlogo.jpg\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''~~AKT~~''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].		[[File:Aktlogo.jpg\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''akt''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].

	It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].		It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].

Ross Burgess at 10:34, 4 December 2013

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	[[~~http~~:~~//www~~.~~lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/index.php?title=LGBT_History_UK:Pre-launch_2013~~\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''AKT''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].		[[File:Aktlogo.jpg\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''AKT''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].

	It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].		It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].

Ross Burgess at 12:41, 3 December 2013

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	The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''AKT''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].		[[http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/index.php?title=LGBT_History_UK:Pre-launch_2013\|thumb\|Albert Kennedy Trust logo]]The '''Albert Kennedy Trust''' ('''AKT''') is a charity set up to support young LGBT people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It operates in [[Manchester]] and [[London]].

	It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].		It was founded in 1989 by [[Cath Hall]], an experienced foster carer, who was involved in Manchester's LGBT youth group. She became acutely aware of the young LGBT people being rejected by their families and thrown out of their homes. The charity is named after Albert Kennedy, who had run away from a children's home after suffering rejection and abuse, and fell to his death in 1989, at the age of 16, from the top of a car park in [[Manchester]].

Ross Burgess at 15:51, 31 August 2013

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	[[Tim Sigsworth]] became CEO in January 2007, replacing [[Richard McKendrick]].<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/01/18/gay-homeless-charity-gets-new-chief/ [[Pink News]] article</ref>		[[Tim Sigsworth]] became CEO in January 2007, replacing [[Richard McKendrick]].<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/01/18/gay-homeless-charity-gets-new-chief/ [[Pink News]] article</ref>

			In May 2013 the Outpost Housing Project, based in Newcastle, merged with the Albert Kennedy Trust and was renamed [[AKT Outpost]].<ref>http://www.akt.org.uk/2/spg423/albert_kennedy_trust_-_helping_young_lgbt_people/about_us/latest_news/akt_and_outpost_merger.aspx</ref>

	==External links==		==External links==

Ross Burgess at 08:37, 19 July 2013

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	[[Category:Housing]]		[[Category:Housing]]
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			[[Category:Consortium members]]

Ross Burgess at 08:34, 30 June 2013

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	AKT can be accessed via [[LGBT Jigsaw]].		AKT can be accessed via [[LGBT Jigsaw]].

	[[Tim Sigsworth became CEO in January 2007, replacing [[Richard McKendrick]].<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/01/18/gay-homeless-charity-gets-new-chief/ [[Pink News]] article</ref>		[[Tim Sigsworth]] became CEO in January 2007, replacing [[Richard McKendrick]].<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/01/18/gay-homeless-charity-gets-new-chief/ [[Pink News]] article</ref>

	==External links==		==External links==

Ross Burgess at 08:33, 30 June 2013

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	AKT can be accessed via [[LGBT Jigsaw]].		AKT can be accessed via [[LGBT Jigsaw]].

			[[Tim Sigsworth became CEO in January 2007, replacing [[Richard McKendrick]].<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/01/18/gay-homeless-charity-gets-new-chief/ [[Pink News]] article</ref>

	==External links==		==External links==

	http://www.akt.org.uk/ AKT website		http://www.akt.org.uk/ AKT website

			==References==
			<references>

	[[Category:Charities]]		[[Category:Charities]]
	[[Category:Housing]]		[[Category:Housing]]
	[[Category:Youth]]		[[Category:Youth]]