Camden Lesbian Working Group

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Camden Lesbian Working Group

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Kentish Town Lesbian Group

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      c.1980-1982

      History

      Camden Lesbian Working Group was a previous incarnation of the Camden Lesbian Centre Project (in itself a previous incarnation of Camden Lesbian Centre & Black Lesbian Group). The group was formed at Kentish Town Women's Workshop around the late 1970s or 1980, and they were originally named the Kentish Town Lesbian Group.

      When Camden Council Women's Committee was established sin 1982, they adopted the group as a subcommittee and it became Camden Lesbian Working Group. Later that year, the group was again renamed, this time, with a name that would endure for longer: Camden Lesbian Centre Project (CLCP). As CLCP, the group successfully applied for Council funding, coordinated meetings and events, and began looking for premises to establish a physical centre for the local lesbian community.

      In 1985 CLCP merged with the Black Lesbian Group, thus establishing Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian Group (CLCBLG). CLCBLG would secure premises at 54-56 Phoenix Road in February 1986; the Centre opened on 31 October 1987, and closed in late 1995/early 1996.

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      Camden
      London

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian Group (1982-1996)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB 1534 CLCBLG

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian Group is the successor of Camden Lesbian Working Group

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Camden Lesbian Working Group became Camden Lesbian Centre Project in 1982, merging with the Black Lesbian Group and establishing CLCBLG in 1985.

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      Institution identifier

      GB 1534

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      Status

      Revised

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Authority record created by Lucy Brownson on 20/09/2021.

      Language(s)

      • English

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