Love Is Not Cancelled 2020 Campaign - T-shirt by Little Gay Brother

Little Gay Brother & Opening Doors London teamed up to shine a light on how the pandemic is affecting vulnerable members of the LGBTQ+ over 50s community and raise much needed funds to support their most marginalised members in crisis.

"At the beginning of the pandemic, we raised 10k in funds to help set up a telephone befriending service for Opening Doors London. It was so successful, ODL were able to help people from all over the UK. The support we received was amazing, with huge names across music, film and comedy shouting about our efforts.” - Clayton Wright, founder of Little Gay Brother

“Love Is Not Cancelled” supporters include Pose star Billy Porter, DJs Fat Tony, Eats Everything, Annie Mac, Jodie Harsh, DJ Paulette, Patrick Topping, BBC Jaguar, Dr James the Vet, The Sex Dr Karen Gurney, Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall, comedian Jayde Adams, Suzi Ruffell, activist Munroe Bergdorf, and musicians Olly Alexander from Years & Years/It’s A Sin and the Pet Shop Boys amongst many others.

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Brenda’s Bingo/Dj’s & Drag:

A wonderful LGBTQ+ family coming together for an evening fun, dance and Bingo!

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Artwork commissions and Auctions, 2020

Lydia Bowden – Isolation (top). Bowden raised £683 after selling 81 portraits illustrating a beautiful cross generation view of our LGBTQ+ community. The funds she raised supported our telefriending service.

Dan Chan – Portraits 4 Sale (bottom left).

 

Kavel Rafferty - You Are Precious (bottom right). A collection of wonderful gems sold to raise £700 for The Rainbow Café, supporting people with dementia and their carers.

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Bar of Hope

Soaps by Charlie raising £500 for the BAME support group.

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Festive Wreaths

@Gingerpeachldn started a project, upcycling old materials into a variety of seasonal wreathes in order to raise money for The Rainbow Cafe.

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Artists Raffle

30 artists contributed donating their work as prizes. This wonderful visual fundraiser generated £2,188 and helped to raise the profile of ODL.

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Eat Everything Masks 

Savile Row and The Vampires Wife handcrafted beautiful, reusable, washable face masks to keep people safe while looking fabulous at the same time!