The mission of the project is to develop a network of support for LGBTI youth and others perceived as LGBTI by building the capacity of Bilitis Foundation in Sofia and three young LGBTI organizations in the country – Queer Varna, Pogled and Pokolenie Bunt to provide psychological, social and other necessary services to those in need of support, working in partnership with other civil society organizations. 

In a context of increased marginalisation and limited access to support, Bilitis will build and expand a support network for youngsters affected by anti-LGBTI violence. This will happen in three steps: 

• Needs assessment and service improvement: we will conduct a focus group with school psychologists and volunteer psychologists from our online support service LiveWithoutBullying to analyse the most common cases of violence and options for responding in a school setting. As a result, we will expand the team with new volunteers and develop a screening and referral tool for appropriate services.
• Capacity Building and Network Expansion: Bilitis will establish and strengthen partnerships with 10 organizations working with vulnerable youth to improve access to victim services. We will train the teams of three newly formed organisations – Pogled (Plovdiv), Queer Varna (Varna) and Pokolenie Bunt-Solidaria (Veliko Tarnovo) – in providing comprehensive support to young people who have experienced anti-LGBTI violence.
• Community mobilisation and sustainability: we will organise events in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo to enable young people to participate in the creation of new forms of support.