LGBT+ awareness raising course focusing on the issues impacting on LGBT+ people as we age

Delivered by SAND (Safe Ageing No Discrimination).

The training is for staff working or volunteering in Health, Social Care, voluntary sectors and related services

Link to book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sand-lgbt-awareness-training-28th-june-2022-tickets-319689719557

By the end of the session, participants will:

• Be familiar with a range of terminology applying to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Have an awareness of the types of lived experiences of older and old LGBT+ people
• Understand and be able to identify some of the ways in which prejudice and discrimination may be directed towards and felt by people of differing sexual orientations or gender identities
• Understand how discrimination and prejudice, both deliberate and inadvertent, can impact on LGBT+ people
• Understand why it is important to proactively consider how to create more inclusive environments