Proposals for the for UK’s ‘first of a kind’ majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care scheme have been approved by Manchester City Council. The plans for the majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care housing scheme have been co-produced in partnership with the Russell Road Community Steering Group, Manchester City Council, and LGBT Foundation. Commenting on the planning approval, actor […]
Researchers from the University of Kent, in collaboration with the University of Surrey and the University of Hertfordshire, have developed a free guide to support care homes to provide care that is inclusive for older LGBTQ+ people. The guide, which was co-designed by a group of older LGBTQ+ people and care home staff, who were […]
Great Places Housing Group has submitted plans for its ‘first of a kind’ purpose-built majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care housing scheme in Whalley Range, south Manchester. The plans for the majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care housing scheme have been developed with the input of the Russell Road Community Steering Group, Manchester City Council and the LGBT Foundation. […]
HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a survey for people living with HIV to find out attitudes accessing adult social care and ageing. Adult social care covers a wide range of activities to help people who are older live independently and stay well and safe. It can include support in people’s own homes, […]
Award-winning Rainbow Call Companions service, run by charity Re-engage, is celebrating its first anniversary – and is on course to reach its target of helping older LGBTQ+ people.
Brighton & Hove City Council is running a five-day programme of taster activity sessions in April through video or in-person at a variety of locations that are free or low cost and open to anyone aged 50+.
National charity Re-engage is launching a free telephone befriending service for older LGBTQ+ people who are especially vulnerable to loneliness, given decades of stigma and discrimination
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) will be running another of its popular online HIV Awareness Training Course in June over Zoom.
