Four Pillars is the LGBT+ charity for Grampian, set up in 2016, and its hub sits on Regent Quay near the harbour. The front of it is 4Unity, a cafe and drop-in that anyone can walk into.
It is a cafe in the plain sense, with hot drinks and snacks, but the point of the room is what surrounds them: a free library, board games, arts and crafts, free WiFi, and free condoms and sanitary products on the shelf. Community groups meet here, among them Queer Creations, 4Inclusion and 4Teens.
The charity's other work runs from the same address. One-to-one support, youth and social groups, sexual health testing and information, training for organisations, gender identity clinic support, and third-party reporting for anyone who wants to report a hate crime without going to the police directly. Four Pillars also organises Grampian Pride.
The space has ramp access to the main room and an accessible toilet, staff trained in basic British Sign Language, a digital translator, and it is run as a neurodiverse-inclusive environment.
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