Understanding the Lives of Older LGBTQ+ People

In order to create and deliver services that are inclusive and accessible to all, we must understand that some communities have been marginalised - the LGBTQ+ community are no exception.

Opening Doors invites you to join us for our webinar "Understanding the Lives of Older LGBTQ+ People", where we will set the scene for understanding these issues, including terminology, history, intersectionality, and what this means for service provision.

This session has been designed for arts and health professionals and will look at how some of the spaces so crucial to our wellbeing have historically engaged with the LGBTQ+ community.

This event has been organised in partnership with Flourishing Lives.

Opening Doors is the UK's largest charity connecting LGBTQ+ people over 50 with activities, events, support and information. We have been providing training for over 10 years and our team of specialist trainers and facilitators all contribute their lived experience as older lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. Our training is endorsed by Skills For Care and satisfies the equalities requirements of local Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Care Quality Commission and other bodies responsible for overseeing the quality of health and social care provision.

Flourishing Lives is a London-wide coalition of organisations taking a creative, relational approach to supporting richer, more independent lives for older people. We connect practitioners, day centres, major arts organisations, health & fitness initiatives and community outreach programmes so that knowledge, research and resources can be shared and the very highest level of practice can be established across the sector