Service Category: Gender and Sexual Minorities
Cara Friend
Cara-Friend has been serving and empowering the LGBTQIA+ community in Northern Ireland since 1974.
Depaul
Homeless Health Peer Advocacy (HHPA) service supports people experiencing homelessness to address physical and mental health issues.
Through HHPA we can:
✓ Support a client to attend and understand appointments, and make choices about the next steps
✓ Give practical support in attending follow ups and hospital stays
✓ Support a client to find out information about health and health services
✓ Support a client to address their health issue
✓ Pay for travel including taxis if needed
Rainbow Project
Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and/or Asexual people and their families in Northern Ireland.
The Rainbow Project
The Rainbow Project are a a support organisation for LGBTQIA+ individuals or anyone questioning or struggling with their gender and/or sexual identity.
Our services include peer social/support groups; health & wellbeing services; Rainbow Youth (ages 12-25); co-cultural counselling; hate crime, violence and domestic abuse advocacy; BAME, migrant, refugee & asylum seeker advocacy; our Macmillan Cancer Champion service and our sexual health service which offers rapid HIV & syphilis testing (with limited gonorrhoea testing) as well as advise on safer sex practices.
All our services are non-judgmental, confidential and free to access, you can be referred into our service or contact us directly to self-refer.
Our Sexual Health services are limited to people aged 18+ and is offered to any LGBTQIA+ individual or anyone who is in high distress about their HIV and/or syphilis status.