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# Good Law Project to fund private healthcare for 24 trans young people after crowdfunder
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/good-law-project-to-fund-private-healthcare-for-24-trans-young-people-after-crowdfunder/
- Published: 2026-09-03T11:52:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T11:52:35.000Z
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Trans Rights

**Good Law Project** has announced it will fund private gender-affirming healthcare for 24 trans young people, including 17 former patients of Brighton's **WellBN** clinic, following a public crowdfunding campaign.

The legal campaign organisation said it has combined money raised through the fundraiser with its own funds to provide up to three years of care, or support until recipients turn 18, through overseas provider **Anne Health**.

The majority of those receiving support are from families affected by the closure of WellBN's trans youth healthcare service, which had been one of the few clinics in England providing gender-affirming care for young people.

Announcing the scheme, Good Law Project executive director **Jo Maugham** said families had been left in an impossible position by the current state of trans healthcare in England.

"Healthcare for young trans people in Britain has everything to do with politics and very little to do with their best interests," he said.

The organisation said 17 young people from "the hardest up" WellBN families would receive funded care, alongside a further seven trans young people from low-income families who had not previously accessed treatment through the Brighton clinic.

Good Law Project said the initiative was launched after concerns that more than 100 young people could lose access to gender-affirming healthcare following the closure of services at WellBN.

"It meant something over 100 children faced being forcibly detransitioned: a truly hideous, shameful situation," Maugham said.

"Their parents, knowing that gender affirming care might mean the difference between life and death for their children, were terrified.

"And at Good Law Project we were too."

The organisation said some families have sought private healthcare overseas following restrictions on access to gender-affirming treatment in England, while others have turned to obtaining hormones online or through peer networks.

"We're going to fund 17 kids from the hardest up WellBN families to get private healthcare from a private provider, Anne Health, abroad," Maugham said.

> "This was something concrete that we could do with your help."

"And we're going to fund another seven kids from especially hard up families who did not benefit from WellBN's gender affirming healthcare to do the same."

He added: "We will fund that healthcare for three years, or until the kids turn 18, whichever happens first."

The campaign group described the funding package as a direct response to concerns raised by families and supporters following the closure of trans healthcare services.

"This was something concrete that we could do with your help," Maugham said.

The announcement comes amid continuing debate over access to healthcare for trans young people in the UK, with campaigners arguing that families are increasingly being pushed towards private providers and overseas services because of limited NHS options.

Good Law Project also said it is seeking legal advice over what it described as attempts to involve social services in cases where families access gender-affirming care outside NHS pathways.

"The latest contemptible tactic from the politicians running trans healthcare at **NHS England** is to try and scare these loving families by forcing social services to investigate them," Maugham said.

"We are consulting with lawyers to see whether it might be possible to sue."

The funding package will provide immediate support for 24 trans young people, while campaigners continue to call for greater access to gender-affirming healthcare through the NHS.