Aim

The Rainbow Hub project is implemented with a financial support of EUR 110 147 provided by Iceland, Leichteinsten and Norway under the EEA Financial Mechanism. Its overall aim is to increase the capacity and mobilize the LGBTI community by supporting 8 self-support groups at Rainbow Hub Community Center, to provide advocacy training and to support advocacy initiatives for each group. The eight groups that will be covered by the project are the BraveLab LGBTI youth group, the QueerFem group of lesbians and feminists, the trans and intersex people group, the LGBTI professionals group, the parents of LGBTI youth group, the group for LGBTI living with HIV, LGBTI Family Group, the group “Rights in Action”.

 

Main Activities

• Conducting research on the needs of the LGBTI community representatives within the identified eight groups and setting advocacy goals.
• Providing 6-module training to members of the eight groups aimed at enhancing their advocacy skills.
• after the end of the training, participants will apply their advocacy skills by organizing real advocacy inititatives planned by each group based on the group’s identified needs and opportunities to achieve the greatest impact.
• Dissemination of information for the project and on the advocacy activities and campaigns at the Rainbow Hub, inviting representatives from LGBTI communities to participate.

 

Duration

30 months (01/11/2019 – 30/04/2022)

 

Partners

Bilitis Foundation

GLAS Foundation

Youth LGBT Organization Deystvie

This publication was created with the financial support of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria under the EEA Financial Mechanism. The sole responsibility for the contents of this publication lies with Bilitis Foundation and under no circumstances can it be assumed that this document reflects the official opinion of the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria.