Palliative and End of Life Care for LGBTQIA+ People
Support from the Cancer Champions Team
The Cancer Champions team at The Rainbow Project provides support to LGBTQIA+ people (18+) who have been affected by cancer. This could be someone who has or has had cancer, or if you feel you have been impacted by a family member or close friend with having, or having had cancer.
We provide one-to-one emotional support, Death Cafes and End of Life Workshops.
Our Death Cafes are predominantly based in the Belfast and Derry/ Londonderry and provide a safe space for people to talk about their own experience of death. This could be about your own mortality, grief or bereavment.
End of Life Workshops, part of our Courage Conversations series, are also predominantly based in Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, and online as facilitated e-learning sessions.
To sign up to our workshops keep an eye on our social media for updates, and our events page.
We are funded in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support and can refer into their services.
To get in touch with a member of the team call 028 9031 9030 for Belfast or 028 7128 3030, or email info@rainbow-project.org to get a referral form.
Palliative care and end of life resources for LGBTQIA+ people
- Marie Curie – Getting care and planning for the future when you’re LGBTQ+
- Hospice UK – End of life care for LGBTQ+ people
- LGBT Ireland – Ember: Thinking Ahead and Planning for Care Guide for the LGBTQIA+ Community
- Ash Hayhurst – Queer Funeral Guide
- Queer Death Network
- Macmillan – Online Community: LGBTQIA+ cancer forum
General resources
- The Rainbow Project – Co-cultural counselling service
- Our Cancer resources for trans, non-binary, and intersex people page
- Macmillan – Your life and your choices. plan ahead (NI)
- Macmillan – Advanced care planning
- Macmillan – Will writing service
- Macmillan – Palliative care and cancer
- Macmillan – Online Community: Living with incurable cancer forum
- All Ireland Institute of Palliative Care (AIIPC) – Adult Palliative care Hub
- AIIPC – Palliative Care Hub: Services in Northern Ireland
- Cancer Focus – Facing advanced cancer
- NI Direct – End of life and palliative care
- NI Hospice
- Compassionate Communities – Resources list
- Cancer Caring Coping – Support for caregivers