Navajo facilitates a number of projects, which are managed in joint partnership with public sector and voluntary organisations to address HIV/STI's and other LGBT social issues. Projects currently running include:
LGBT Community Development Project to find ways of improving the health of the LGBT community by better targeting healthy lifestyle resources, leading on free condom and lube provision, increasing the take up of STI testing amongst men who have sex with men and offering group an individual peer support services.
The Public Sex Environment Outreach Project employs sessional workers to deliver condoms, lube and safer sex messages to men who have sex with other men in public environments within Blackpool Fylde and Wyre.
The Sex and Men Project employs sessional workers to distribute condoms, lube and safe sex messages to LGBT community at various LGBT bar/nightclub venues in Blackpool reducing HIV, BBV and STI infections.
Sex Workers Outreach & Support Service (SWOSS) is designed specifically to cater for people involved in the sex industry in the Blackpool area and to provide any support they might need A part-time co-ordinator provides outreach services that include provision of condoms, advice and information on sexual health and a point of contact for any issues around general safety and well-being.
The One Stop Shop is an information and signposting facility based inside several diverse venues in Blackpool. The shops offer free resources, relevant information and advice to LGBT people on a broad range of social, holistic and sexual health services.
All the above projects are facilitated by Drugline Lancashire.
Tackling Hate Crime - the police lead this initiative to increase the number of homophobic hate crimes and incidents reported.
North Lancashire PCT currently supports Sex and Relationships (SRE) and Personal, Health and Social Education (PHSE) in schools by providing training to SRE and PHSE teachers and school nurses with sexuality basic awareness training through their accredited courses.
Sexual Health at Kirkham Prison: the former Fylde PCT worked closely over a two year period with Kirkham prison management to improve the sexual health of inmates. Work included the provision of condoms and lube for all prisoners for use in the prison or whilst out on home or town leave; speedy referral to GUM clinic when appropriate through prison healthcare; Chlamydia screening of all prisoners under 25; appropriate clinical and personal support for anyone living with a blood-borne virus including HIV; sexuality awareness training for all prison staff as part of the sexual health and equality & diversity agendas; peer education programme for prisoners addressing sexual health and drugs misuse. Many prisoners though not identifying perhaps as gay or bisexual may be having sex with each other during their stay in prison. The prison recognises this and strives to ensure that it does not make assumptions about prisoners' sexual orientation.
The former Wyre PCT was working with Wyre Housing Association on a three-year project to tackle homophobic and racist crime in the Borough of Wyre.
Other relevant forums:
Navajo is actively involved in Local Strategic Partnerships through their Equality and Diversity Groups.
The Navajo Consultative Partnership actively helps organisations with Equality Impact Assessments relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, maps and co-ordinates the provision of LGBT awareness training in Lancashire, and
also ensures a co-ordinated approach to challenging homophobia and transphobia in educational settings.