Training

The Rainbow Project have been commissioned to deliver a range of training initiatives throughout the region.  This training is primarily funded under Mental Health Promotion and/or Suicide Prevention, and has come through various Trust localities and the Public Health Agency. There are two types of training on offer which are as follows;

1.       1 day Sexual Orientation Awareness Raising Training – This is targeted at community/voluntary/statutory service providers and policy makers working in Mental Health, Suicide, Sexual Health, Substance Misuse, and Equality and Diversity work. This training will cover  language, appropriate terminology, and its impact; homophobia and heterosexism; health inequalities experienced by LGB people; barriers to accessing services; legislative and policy context; and improvement of practice.

2.       2 day Introduction to Gay Affirmative Therapy – This is targeted at counsellors and psychotherapists and the first day will cover much of that identified above in the Sexual Orientation Awareness Raising Training, with the second day having a specific focus on working therapeutically with LGB clients.

The current roll out of this training initiative is shown below.

Course Title

Date

Venue

  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 18 Jan 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Intro to Gay Affirm Therapy 23/24 Jan 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 25 Jan 12 Newtownabbey  Full
Sexual Orientation Awareness 27 Jan 12 Larne  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 31 Jan 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 01 Feb 12 Newry  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 03 Feb 12 Omagh  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 06 Feb 12 Strabane  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 07 Feb 12 Coleraine  Full
Sexual Orientation Awareness 09 Feb 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Intro to Gay Affirm Therapy 20/21 Feb 12 Newry  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 22 Feb 12 Cushendall  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 28 Feb 12 Lurgan  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 01 Mar 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Intro to Gay Affirm Therapy 5 March 12 Omagh
Sexual Orientation Awareness 06 Mar 12 Cookstown  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 08 Mar 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Intro to Gay Affirm Therapy 12 Mar 12 Portadown Full 
Sexual Orientation Awareness 14 Mar 12 Castledawson  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 20 Mar 12 LGB&T Centre Belfast  
Sexual Orientation Awareness 21 Mar 12 Enniskillen  
Intro to Gay Affirm Therapy 26 Mar 12 Newtownabbey  

For information regarding training provision please contact The Rainbow Project directly (02890319030) and speak with Malachai or Aidan.

The Rainbow Project can develop this training to suit the individual needs of your organisation and can deliver this on or off site. For more information contact Malachai O’Hara malachai@rainbow-project.org