In the UK, Jewish communities provide a wide range of services, support and facilities. Rather than see these duplicated for Jewish LGBT+ people, Jewish communities should ensure that their provision is inclusive of LGBT+ people and their families, and meets their needs.
Jewish communities are diverse and there is no single approach that will work for everyone. KeshetUK works in partnership with communities to identify their goals, then we tailor our support so they can achieve them.
KeshetUK workshops use a mixture methods to understand how including LGBT+ people can work in Jewish communities. They are interactive and create a space where any question can be asked.
Jewish communities are diverse and there is no single approach that will work for everyone. KeshetUK works in partnership with communities to identify their goals, then we tailor our support so they can achieve them.
KeshetUK workshops use a mixture methods to understand how including LGBT+ people can work in Jewish communities. They are interactive and create a space where any question can be asked.
What we offer community organisations
- Community Life Training Menu: When working with synagogues and communal organisations, Jewish communities are diverse and there is no single approach that will work for everyone. KeshetUK works in partnership with communities to identify their goals, then we tailor our support so they can achieve them. KeshetUK has experience working with orthodox, reform, liberal, masorti and cross communal organisations - adapting our content to ensure it's appropriate for the communities we work with.
KeshetUK workshops use a mixture methods to understand how LGBT+ inclusion can work in Jewish communities. They are interactive and create a space where any question can be asked. You can find out more about the Wellbeing and Inclusion Training by clicking here. - Consultation Support Service (currently in development)
- Ad-hoc support and projects
Community Life Training Menu
The KeshetUK Community Life Programme launched in 2022. KeshetUK’s Head of Community Life is working with Jewish communities to create and enhance spaces for Jewish LGBT+ people and their families in the UK.
The Community Life Programme will grow and strengthen KeshetUK’s offer to Jewish community organisations and synagogues by providing a wider variety of training and offer more in-depth support.
The Training Menu is organised into tiers of training, with Tier 1 representing the fundamental, basic building blocks that will allow for the more complex conversations in Tier 2 and Tier 3. While we understand many of you will feel prepared to have the more complex discussions early on, we recommend that organisations progress from Tier 1, to ensure that all your members are on the same page, although this will not be compulsory.
Please click here to see our full Training Menu options (Opens PDF)
The Community Life Programme will grow and strengthen KeshetUK’s offer to Jewish community organisations and synagogues by providing a wider variety of training and offer more in-depth support.
The Training Menu is organised into tiers of training, with Tier 1 representing the fundamental, basic building blocks that will allow for the more complex conversations in Tier 2 and Tier 3. While we understand many of you will feel prepared to have the more complex discussions early on, we recommend that organisations progress from Tier 1, to ensure that all your members are on the same page, although this will not be compulsory.
Please click here to see our full Training Menu options (Opens PDF)
Testimonies
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"UJIA has been privileged to work with and learn from KeshetUK this past year. Our religiously and culturally diverse team greatly benefited from a fantastic half day training session that improved our understanding of how the language we use is critical for everyone to feel equally welcome in our community as well as helping our staff become more sensitive to the challenges experienced by the LGBT community. We’ve also worked to integrate KeshetUK into our leadership training programmes for Israel Tour madrichim; all of the training creates a very safe space for everyone to ask questions and is delivered at an exceptionally high level.”
Mandie Winston, Chief Executive Officer, UJIA (2023) |
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"KeshetUK works in a sensitive and understanding way to make sure that no member of our community ever feels excluded or as if they can’t be who they are. We are indebted to KeshetUK for its services”
Claudia Mendoza, Co-Chief Executive, The JLC (2022) |
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"An extremely knowledgeable and highly experienced facilitator, took pains to make us feel comfortable with a topic that was sensitive and in some cases unfamiliar. Our colleagues found the session enlightening, and they were pleased to gain a greater understanding of the difficulties that have to be overcome both personally and in the workplace. Given the wide range of people who come to Resource for support with their job search, it is vital that all of our team feel educated and comfortable discussing issues relating to LGBT+, and I feel that the training from KeshetUK, together with their offer of ongoing support, has definitely put us on the right track."
Victoria Sterman, CEO, Resource (2020) |
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"Over the last year we have consulted with KeshetUK’s leadership on a number of issues, and brought in their skilled educators to work with our team, including our Senior Leadership Team, in order to train and develop JW3 staff. Their non-judgemental approach and commitment both to best practice and to Jewish values and community has helped ensure JW3 can best serve the needs of the wider Jewish community in a more inclusive way."
Raymond Simonson, CEO, JW3 (2021) |
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“KeshetUK’s training ensured that all our leaders are fully aware, not only of the most current phrases, terminologies and language around the LGBT+ community, but also the sensitivities and therefore the considerations that should always be taken into account when planning for and dealing with young people. The trainers were incredibly honest and very clear about the topic, which left us in not doubt we were better equipped after the training than before it."
Raina Sheaf, CEO, The Zone Leeds |