Current Volunteer Roles
Cancer Champions: Our Cancer Champions Volunteers represent both The Rainbow Project and Macmillan Cancer Support. From community outreach, increasing LGBTQIA+ people’s confidence and knowledge of cancer and cancer support, to supporting us at Health Fairs and Stalls, to helping behind the scenes to send out information packs to hospitals, pharmacies and more. We also offer creative opportunities: have skills to run a workshop, video editing skills or help us out with making resources.
If you are a health professional or have a lived experience of cancer and want to help us improve services, you can volunteer with us by joining our steering group, meeting online once every 3 months. Email info@rainbow-project.org for more information.
We are currently recruiting Cancer Champions Rural Outreach Volunteers & Cancer Champions Health Promotion Volunteers to help us achieve our goal of reaching every LGBTQIA+ person affected by cancer in every part of northern Ireland whether in the cities or the most remote rural areas.
With your help we can promote and raise awareness of the Cancer Champions service, health campaigns and events in your area.
Volunteers will help us with health promotion, hosting events and myth busting around cancer and LGBTQIA+ people in your council areas:
• Antrim & Newtownabbey
• Ards & North Down
• Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon
• Causeway Coast & Glens
• Derry city & Strabane
• Fermanagh & Omagh
• Lisburn & Castlereagh
• Mid & East Antrim
• Mid Ulster
• Newry, Mourne & Down
Who should apply?
Because these are Rural & Health promotion roles, we are looking for people who want to help create inclusive Cancer healthcare and support.
We are particularly looking for people who:
• Are older LGBTQIA+ people
• Live in areas outside Belfast
• Want to contribute to their local LGBTQIA+ community
• Want to help create inclusive health services in rural areas
• Contribute to the health and wellbeing of Rural LGBTQIA+ communities
• Feel comfortable talking to the public in person
Complete and return a Volunteer Application Form and return to sinead@rainbow-project.org
Applications Close 25th February 2026 at Midnight.
If you require an accessible version of the application form, please email the Volunteer Officer on the email address above, stating what type of accessibility eg, Dyslexia friendly, Large print etc.
Our currently available roles are:
Download a Cancer Champions Volunteer Application form:
Cancer Champions Volunteer Application Form
Safer Sex Pack Assistant: Our Safer Sex Pack volunteers are affectionately known as our ‘condom packers’! They work hard to maintain the work that The Rainbow Project undertakes at bars and clubs and come together on Wednesday nights to put together our safer sex packs. Volunteers have the opportunity, to meet, listen to music, have fun, have some food and help us put together packs to be used by service users. This is a social opportunity and perfect if you’re short on time and want a flexible opportunity with no long term commitment.
Safer Sex Outreach: This role is to provide information and advice to people attending Sexual Health Clinics and Prides across NI, providing information on PreP, PEP, HIV, STI’s and other Rainbow Project services.
Call us or email info@rainbow-project.org and ask for the Sexual Health Coordinator for more details.
Note: Sexual health is currently taking no new volunteers for condom packing.
