Training

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); minimum phone duty commitment required of members; new call card design; the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; discussion of cards; training report; mentors group; fundraising officer; and an update on the 'TV/TS' Group (TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term transvestite used to describe individuals who wear clothes associated with a gender other than their gender assigned at birth, and TS refers to...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; request for a talk at EULAGS and LAGS on older lesbians and gay men in Scotland; a request for speakers on the subject of gay community/disunity at the University of Edinburgh's Nightline; room occupied by Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); advertising report; fundraising officer; membership questions; the Annual Conference; a discussion of cards; a training report; mentor...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: affiliation with the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG); an update on the Scottish 'TV/TS' group; the Welcome Group; Icebreakers; decoration of the Befriending Room; advertising report; an update on the register of interests; election of a new fundraising officer; the Annual Conference; leave of absence requests; discussion of cards; training report; mentor groups; a radio programme about 'transvestism'; Body Positive and Frontliners; International Women's Day;...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: a discussion of calls; membership update; training officer's report and a discussion on 'training TVs'; advertising report; and a vacancy for the Public Relations post.Also included is information on how to handle calls relating to suicide.Note: This item may be upsetting and discusses themes of suicide and mental health.Note: TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term transvestite used to describe individuals who wear...

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Topics discussed include: a Lesbian Line update; training report; discussion of informing trainees that they have been selected; Tay Friend - Perth Phone Line; heating system; a new Stonewall phone line; disabled volunteers and expenses; advertising; and mentor groups.

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Topics discussed include: calls; trainees; a Lesbian Line update; mentor groups; training group; Icebreakers; a Christmas Party; the 1992 Residential Training Weekend and Annual General Meeting; and World AIDS Day.

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Topics discussed include: calls; candidate for membership; Lesbian Line update; membership news; training group meeting; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) Annual Conference; Friends of Gay Switchboard (FROGS); sourcing a Minicom for callers with hearing impairments; and an information update on gay or gay friendly venues and organisations.

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Topics discussed include: calls; Lesbian Line report; the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard's (EGS) Residential Weekend and Annual General Meeting; in-service training; services for the hearing impaired; Fife Friend; Forth Friend; premises; Scottish AIDS Monitor (SAM); and advertising.

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Topics discussed include: call cards; instructions for using Minicom to assist with calls from people with hearing impairments; a Lesbian Line update; training officer's report; an application from a bisexual wishing to become a member; and a treasurer's update.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed include: call cards; violence survey; collecting details of sympathetic General Practitioners (GPs) and solicitors; Lesbian Line update; an application from a bisexual wishing to become a member; training; treasurer's update; annual report; answering machines; a leaflet on creating a will; Gay Business Club; Friends of the Gay Switchboard; and feedback from the 'TV Group' and their experiences with Transtrap.Note: TV is an abbreviated form of the historical term...