UK LGBTQ+ charities are in ‘hostile environment’ amid falling donations, experts warn

Stonewall's corporate funding halves against backdrop of US attacks on DEI and freezing of aid for LGBTQ+ causes

LGBTQ+ charities in the UK are operating in a newly hostile environment", experts have warned, as the ripple effect of Donald Trump's attacks on equalities programmes sharpens financial pressures.

The concerns come as yearly accounts submitted by Stonewall, the UK's biggest LGBTQ+ charity, revealed corporate donations had more than halved in the last financial year, falling from 348,636 in 2024 to 143,149 in 2025.