Film Screening of Ted and Noel

We are honoured to screen the deeply moving film, Ted and Noel. This documentary follows the story of Ted Brown - former Gay Liberation Front activist - as he is forced to witness the gross mis-treatement of his late partner, Noel after he is admitted to a care home. We follow Ted’s quest to shed light on how care home residents from the LGBTQIA+ community are abused and discriminated against as he reflects on the use of activism, his own past and how to come to terms with his loss.

The screening will be followed by a conversation between Sadiya Abjani of SAGE, the largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ elders, and Tony Collins-Moore, longtime AIDS activist and Well-Being Manager at Carers Centre Tower Hamlets London. Together we will creatively explore how these forms of institutionalised violence - racism and homophobia - might be prevented and truly caring homes become a reality  for LGBTQ+ people as we grow older.

This event is the first in the series titled, Who is A Queer Carer? a collaborative programme jointly developed in partnership of Carers Centre Tower Hamlets, OutPatients and Safely Held Spaces. 

Sadiya Abjani 

is the Director of Training and Instructional Design at SAGE, an advocacy and services organisation dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ elders. In this role Sadiya manages content development and training for the SAGECare program, which trains and credentials elder care providers on providing culturally competent care for LGBTQ+ older adults. Previously, Sadiya worked as the Corporate Training Coordinator at the Equal Rights Center, where she delivered trainings on Fair Housing, Disability Rights, and Sensitivity and Diversity. She has done extensive work within the elder community, including developing a large project surveying depression among South Asian elders, and has almost 16 years of public speaking experience.

Tony Collins-Moore is the Carers Wellbeing Academy Manager for the Carers Centre Tower Hamlets.  He has forty years’ experience of working in the health and social care.  Tony is a qualified Advocate specialising in the Care Act and unpaid Carers as well as being a safeguarding, hate crime, VAWG, DV specialist.

Tony is a HIV/AIDS champion and is married to his husband and loves his fur babies.  “He is queer and will not tolerate injustice, discrimination and the Tories.”