Strengthening LGBTQ+ communities, organisations and voices across Lewisham.
Proud to Be Me CIC is the specialist LGBTQ+ delivery partner for the Lewisham LGBTQ+ Infrastructure Support Project 2026–2029, working alongside Lewisham Local as Lead Partner, South East London Pride and LGBTQ+ Foundation.
Lewisham Local already provides important infrastructure support across Lewisham. Our role is to add specialist LGBTQ+ knowledge, capacity and community insight, with a particular focus on supporting LGBTQ+ voluntary and community organisations to connect, develop and strengthen their work.
Together, we are helping LGBTQ+ organisations and groups build their capacity, improve inclusion and visibility, increase safe access to services and create stronger opportunities for LGBTQ+ voices to influence local decision-making.
Our work includes engaging and supporting LGBTQ+ voluntary and community organisations, groups and networks across Lewisham, with particular attention to Black and other people of colour, migrants, sanctuary seekers, trans and non-binary communities.
Working alongside Lewisham Local, South East London Pride and LGBTQ+ Foundation, we contribute to:
Support for LGBTQ+ voluntary and community organisations
Adding specialist advice, practical support and LGBTQ+ community insight to Lewisham Local’s wider infrastructure offer.
Community mapping and outreach
Identifying LGBTQ+ groups, informal networks and seldom-heard communities across the borough.
​Capacity building
Supporting LGBTQ+ organisations and groups through workshops, mentoring, peer support and practical organisational development.