Macmillan: New Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and Cancer taskforce (meeting Sat 30th Jan)
13/01/2016
Macmillan Cancer Support is setting up a new LGBT and cancer taskforce to get a sense of the issues people feel are important.
If you are an LGBT person affected by cancer, or you have cared for someone from the LGBT community who has experienced cancer, we would like to invite you to our first engagement event. The event will be a place to share your stories, and to make new connections which will help paint a picture of the experiences of LGBT people affected by cancer.
LGBT people with cancer can face disadvantage, inequality and discrimination. Your involvement as partners in this taskforce will help shape Macmillan’s work nationally to improve outcomes for people with cancer and tackle inequalities.
The event will be structured and interactive, but led by the views and input of those attending. All lunch and refreshments will be provided, plus reasonable travel costs will be paid in advance or reimbursed. The venue is fully accessible.
Where: LGBT Foundation, Number 5, Richmond Street, Manchester, M1 3HF
When: Saturday 30 January, 10.30am – 3pm
Maximum number of places: 30
To express interest in participating, please email research.learning@macmillan.org.uk, telling us a bit about yourself and why you would like to attend; if you are not online, please contact Fatimah Vali on 0207 091 2405 to leave a message and we will call you back. You will be called back between January 4th 2016 and the event to ask you a bit about yourself and what your experience has been before you are offered a place as we want to ensure that we get a diverse mix of people in the room in terms of ethnicities, ages, gender identity, types of cancer, and the area you come from. Beyond this event, there will also be other ways you can get involved in the taskforce in the future, so do please get in touch register your interest and we will keep you updated.