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Impact Report 2024-25
We’re really proud to share The Rainbow Project’s Impact Report 2024-25. It reflects a year where, despite growing challenges and increasingly hostile rhetoric, we continued

Trans Day of Visibility at The Rainbow Project
Be loud, be proud, be unapologetically trans this TDOV. While we recognize and celebrate this day, often it can feel like trans communities right now

Launch Of Our New Foyle Centre!
We opened the doors to our new Foyle LGBTQIA+ Centre on the City Walls! It’s something we’ve been working towards for a while, and it

Contribute to the LGBTQIA+ ‘Before I Die’ Wall
The ‘Before I Die’ wall is a global public art project that encourages people to reflect on their own mortality, hopes, dreams and goals by

The Rainbow Project named in top 10 UK Charities for ‘GSK Impact Awards’
The Rainbow Project, a charity based in Belfast and serving all of Northern Ireland, has secured one of this year’s GSK IMPACT Awards, one of

Press Release: “NI Executive, Stop Playing Politics with Trans Lives”
The Rainbow Project unequivocally condemns the decision by the Health Minister to suspend Northern Ireland’s participation in the puberty blockers clinical trial following a significant

LGBT History Month
February marks LGBT+ History Month – a time to reflect on our past struggles, celebrate those who came before us, and draw strength from our

Run For Rainbow – Belfast City Marathon 2026
We’re delighted to be taking part in the Belfast City Marathon, one of the city’s biggest and most exciting events, bringing thousands of people together

Thank You Belfast Giants: A Powerful Night of Pride and Support
We were incredibly proud to be the chosen charity for this year’s Belfast Giants Pride Match! The Rainbow team had a blast at the match,
Cancer Champions launch YouTube series ‘Screening for all’
This series is created by and for the trans and non-binary community, responding directly to the real questions, worries, and experiences shared by trans and

The Rainbow Project launches “Being LGBTQIA+ in Northern Ireland” Survey – Respond Now!
The Rainbow Project has launched their largest and most ambitious survey to date aimed at capturing the lived realities of LGBTQIA+ people across Northern Ireland.

Belfast’s LGBTQIA+ Sector Launches Community Engagement Project across Belfast City Council
Northern Ireland’s leading LGBTQIA+ charities are launching Out Connections Belfast – a Belfast-focused LGBTQIA+ community engagement project supported by Belfast City Council and PEACEPLUS. Cara-Friend,

The Rainbow Project brings together LGBTQIA+ Organisations across UK & Ireland
The Rainbow Project had the pleasure of hosting LGBTQIA+ organisations from across Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over three days at the

Announcing SAIL The Rainbow Project’s New Trans Family Support Service
The Rainbow Project is now delivering a new support service for families of trans people in Northern Ireland. This service is taking over from Mermaids UK’s

Education Unions, Children’s Rights Groups and LGBTQIA+ Organisations call on Education Minister to Reinstate Trans Guidance
Today a group of youth organisations, LGBTQIA+ charities and education unions representing thousands of teaching and non-teaching staff across Northern Ireland have condemned the Education

Share your Experiences: Impact of the Supreme Court Judgment in Northern Ireland
The Supreme Court Judgment on FWS vs Scottish Minister’s, which redefined the terms ‘man’, ‘woman’, and ‘sex’ as they’re interpreted in the 2010 Equality Act,

Minister Lyons, Don’t be a Drag! Support our Queens
The Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons, has stated that a ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ event which took place recently in East Belfast “should not have taken

Take Action Now: Stand Up for Trans Rights
“This week’s decision of the UK Supreme Court on the application of the Equality Act 2010, which does not apply in Northern Ireland, has caused

Lack of Progress on Equality Strategies a ‘Missed Opportunity’
The Rainbow Project’s Policy, Campaigns and Communications Manager, Alexa Moore, described the failure to progress both the Gender Equality Strategy and the LGBTQI+ Strategy as

Programme for Government Risks Deepening Inequality
The Northern Ireland Executive’s newly unveiled Programme for Government risks deepening inequality and leaving LGBTQIA+ communities behind in key policy areas across the board, including