Links

Please note that ECC has no responsibility for the content or accuracy of any of the websites listed here, neither does ECC or its individual members necessarily subscribe to or agree with any opinions expressed on them.

National

Gay Outdoor Club

The Gay Outdoor Club operates throughout the UK & provides a wide range of outdoor & indoor sports & recreational activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender men and women. Activities include walking, cycling, swimming, badminton, rock climbing, canoeing, caving, mountaineering, & skiing.

Albion Faeries

The Albion Faeries are an ever-expanding collective network of lesbians, gay men, transsexuals, bisexuals and queer heteros who meet to celebrate their spirituality in our sexuality, develop our skills as healers, shamans, ritual workers, and as drummers, storytellers, poets, artists, celebrate nature and commune with her spirits, meet from the heart in a spirit of community

The Good Retreat Guide

Website of the book which details over 500 places to find peace & spiritual renewal in Britain, Ireland, France, Spain & Greece

GALHA

The Gay & Lesbian Humanist Association, some personal links with ECC members

Gay’s the Word bookshop

The largest and most comprehensive lesbian & gay bookshop in the UK, located in London. Proudly independent – does not solicit payment from publishers to promote their books.

Loving Men

The hugely experienced facilitators of Loving Men offer ‘adventures in intimacy’ for gay and bi men on their annual summer and new year events, and through one-to-one and couples work. A number of ECC members also go on Loving Men events.

Pink Therapy

The largest independent therapy organisation to specialise in working with gender and sexual minority clients. Our website hosts the Directory of Pink Therapists – an online database of around 250 qualified counsellors and therapists of all sexual and theoretical orientations around the UK who work in a non-pathologising, sexuality affirmative manner.

Counselling Directory

Counselling Directory can connect you with professional support through its list of counsellors and psychotherapists who are either registered with a recognised body, or who are qualified with insurance cover. There are also some interesting articles on the website.

Gay Spirituality

A comprehensive UK resource containing briefings, articles, events and directories on all gay spirit matters

Findhorn Foundation

Spiritual Community in Scotland, includes gay & lesbian residentials in its events

Gay Farmer

UK confidential helpline and support for gay farmers.

Local

Herts Gay Community

Originally founded in the early 1970s by a small group of gay people. It is a friendly social group for gay people of all ages. We are based in Hertfordshire and provide a varied programme of activities of interest to members of the gay community.

Ralph’s Cellar Disco

Farnham, Surrey, UK. Non-profit-making venue for gay men. Last Saturday of month, 9pm – 2.30am. Every Friday 8.30pm – midnight. Run by an ECC member. For details phone Ralph on 01252 715844

Kairos in Soho

KiS is a community organisation in the heart of Soho, run by and for the LGBT community and friends. They offer events and activities on personal development, holistic health, social, psychological and spiritual issues, self-help.

London Friend

The UK’s oldest health and wellbeing charity has been running since 1972. ECC meets there every third Sunday for a Heart Circle, 2.30pm – 5.30pm. They have been given six months to raise £200k to buy their building from Islington Council. Visit here to donate!

International

Eurofaeries

The EuroFaeries are part of the Radical Faerie movement which started in the United States in the late 1970s. They offer meetings, circles, workshops and a few international gatherings in France, the Netherlands, Germany and England. A number of ECC members are also Eurofaeries.

Folleterre

The Eurofaerie sanctuary in eastern France

Body Electric

Body Electric Amsterdam

Massage workshops for all men, who are committed to deepening the connection between sex, heart and spirit.

The Body Electric School

The work of Body Electric is to help people experience their potential as fully integrated, loving and self-aware beings through personal growth exercises, touch, conscious breath, and honouring the wisdom of the body.

California Men’s Gatherings

CMG offer Gatherings (Spring, Summer & Fall/Autumn) which are extended weekend retreats where men explore different ways of looking at life and expand concepts of self while having a lot of fun at the same time.

Gay Guest Lodge

Holiday accommodation in Durban, South Africa, run by an ECC member

Easton Mountain

From their website:

Our mission: Easton Mountain is a community, retreat center and sanctuary created by gay men as a gift to the world. In workshops, programs and events we provide opportunities to celebrate, heal, transform, and integrate body, mind and spirit. We offer our land, rich in beauty and wisdom, as home to a community that extends beyond the land. We are a worldwide fellowship of people enriched by our connection to Easton Mountain. This fellowship is a positive force for change in the world.