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Nancy Kelley is the new Chief Executive of Stonewall, and will start working with us in June 2020.  

She comes to us from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) where she was Deputy Chief Executive and Director of the Policy Research Centre. Throughout her 20-year career, Nancy has

• New Chief Executive comes from National Centre for Social Research

• Nancy Kelley to start on 1 June 2020

• Stonewall’s Chair Sheldon Mills says Nancy will be an ‘outstanding leader’ who will ensure Stonewall meets the needs of all LGBT people in these challenging times

Stonewall, Britain’s leading charity for lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality, today (Wednesday 13 May) is proud to announce Nancy Kelley as its incoming Chief

• Stonewall’s longest-serving trustee, Sheldon Mills, to take on role as Chair

• Jan Gooding steps down after six year term and remains on the Board as a Trustee

• Sheldon Mills is the first person of colour appointed as Stonewall’s Chair

Stonewall, Britain’s leading

An interview with Sheldon Mills, Stonewall's new Chair of Trustees.

Why did you first apply to become a Stonewall trustee?

For starters, I’d always been attracted to Stonewall because of the fundamental role the charity has played in opening up the possibility that we as LGBT people could be ourselves at work

Content warning: homophobia, hate crime. The author has asked to remain anonymous.

A few years ago, my wife and I were the intended victims of a neighbour’s pre-meditated but thwarted homophobic attack. Because of a variety of circumstances, we ended up isolating for three weeks whilst the police and others held

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life, for everyone in our society.

We are all working and interacting with each other in a way that would have been unimaginable even weeks ago.  

Like many other charities, restrictions on Stonewall’s activities and on our ability to raise funds has had a dramatic impact on our

Like millions of people across the country, Stonewall staff are working from home for the foreseeable future.

We’re adapting to social distancing, but we’re not finding it easy!

Something we have found helpful is sharing with each other hints and tips about what’s keeping us busy, and what’s cheering us up, during

Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility without the constant vitriol aimed at the trans community for the first time in years is a strange experience.

It’s a breath of oxygen we needed. A moment where we’re not the target and we can live and be our authentic selves. It’s staggering to me

Like everyone, the team at Stonewall are thinking through how we adapt to the situation we find ourselves in.  

The safety of our staff, the people we support and work with always comes first. As a result, we have closed our offices and our staff are now working from home.  

The situation is developing daily and

Chances are if you’ve read a newspaper, gone on the internet, or turned on the TV at all, you’ve probably seen some shocking headlines about trans people lately.

The sad reality is that there a lot of myths and misconceptions being repeated over and over again, which makes it harder to