Mermaids (charity)

Mermaids
Founded1995[1]
TypeNonprofit advocacy organisation
Registration no.1160575
PurposeTransgender rights
Location
  • Offices in London and Leeds
CEO
Lauren Stoner
Revenue (2020)
£902,437[2]
Expenses (2020)£1,041,326[2]
Staff (2020)
18 employees, 7 trustees, 31 volunteers[2]
Websitemermaidsuk.org.uk

Mermaids is a British charity and advocacy organisation that supports gender variant and transgender youth.[1][3] It also provides inclusion and diversity training.[4] Mermaids was founded in 1995 by a group of parents of gender nonconforming children[5] and became a charitable incorporated organisation in 2015.[6]

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Charity Details". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Mermaids (National)". Birmingham LGBT. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Statement in response to coverage of DfE guidance in the Mail on Sunday". Mermaids. 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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