Gay Project

Gay Project We are an Irish NGO that supports the LGBTI+ community in Cork and beyond through our community centre and programmes.

🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Clonakilty 🌈 Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and ma...
01/06/2026

🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Clonakilty 🌈

Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and make new friends. Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks while meeting people in a welcoming community space. Drop by to meet other like-minded people in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

🗓 Thursday 4th June
🕟 5.00pm – 7.00pm
📍 Clonakilty Family Resource Centre, 21 Western Road, Clonakilty, P85 RW35

📨 [email protected]
☎️ 021 4300 430

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🌈 This Week at Gay Project (1st - 6th June), we are all over Cork County as kick off the Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Po...
01/06/2026

🌈 This Week at Gay Project (1st - 6th June), we are all over Cork County as kick off the Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Pop Ups in Bantry and Castletownbere and host our usual Q***rVibes cafes in Mallow and Clonakilty. We can't wait to hit the road, and hope you'll join us there! Check out all of our events below! ✨

Monday 1
📌19:00 - 20:00, Frontrunners & Briskwalkers, Meeting at Kennedy Park
📌19:00 - 20:30, Na Laochra Aeracha Gaelic Football, Rathpeacon GAA

Tuesday 2
📌17:30 - 19:30, Q***rVibes Café, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌18:30 - 19:30, Rainbow Yogis Yoga, South Parish Community Centre
📌19:00 - 20:30, Cork Hellhounds RFC, Tramore Valley Park
📌19:30 - 21:30, Cork Trans Peer Support
📌20:00 - 22:00, Cork Racketeers Badminton, James Keneally Sports Hall

Wednesday 3
📌16:00 - 19:00, UP Cork LGBTI+ Youth Group
📌17:30 - 19:30, Mallow Q***rVibes, Mercy Centre, Mallow
📌19:00 - 21:00, Gender Rebels, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌19:00 - 20:30, Na Laochra Aeracha Football, Rathpeacon GAA
📌19:00 - 20:30, Frontrunners Women+ Wednesday, Meeting opposite Idle Hour
📌20:00 - 21:00, Cork Rebels FC, The Glen Resource Centre

Thursday 4
📌17:00 - 19:00, Clonakilty Q***r Vibes, Clonakilty Family Resource Centre
📌19:00 - 20:00, Na Laochra Aeracha Hurling & Camogie, The Glen Resource Centre

Friday 5
📌12:00 - 15:00, GOLD Café, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌20.00 - 21.00, Cork Racketeers Badminton, James Kenneally Sports Hall

Saturday 6
📌10.00 - 11.00, Frontrunners & Briskwalkers, Marina Market
📌11:00 - 13:00, Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Pop-Up, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry
📌12.30 - 14.00, Na Laochra Aeracha, Tramore Valley Park
📌15:00 - 17:00, Rainbow Roadshow Pride Month Pop-Up, Main Street, Castletownbere

☎021 4300 430
✉[email protected]



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🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Mallow! ✨Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and make n...
31/05/2026

🌈 Three days until Q***r Vibes Mallow! ✨

Q***r Vibes is a social café for LGBTI+ folks (18+) to connect, chat, and make new friends. Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks while meeting people in a welcoming community space.
🗓 Wednesday 3rd June
🕟 5.30pm – 7.30pm
📍 Mercy Centre, Le Cheile FRC, Fair Street, Mallow, P51 PF10

📨 [email protected]
☎️ 021 4300 430

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🌈 🎉🚐 We are delighted to announce the first of our Rainbow Roadshow: Pride Month Pop Up Events! We've been busy planning...
29/05/2026

🌈 🎉🚐 We are delighted to announce the first of our Rainbow Roadshow: Pride Month Pop Up Events!

We've been busy planning outdoor LGBTI+ summer gatherings in June with chats, snacks, refreshments, drag performances, information on LGBTI+ supports, and more!

The first two events are on Saturday 6th June. Check out the details below:
✨ Bantry
🕟 11am-1pm
📍Wolfe Tone Square

✨ Castletownbere
🕟 3pm-5pm
📍Main Street

We are planning similar events throughout County Cork in June, so stay tuned to see if your town is one of our next stops! 🌈



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🌈 Owenacurra Day Hospital were the proud recipients of our certified HSE LGBTI+ Allies in the Workplace training recentl...
29/05/2026

🌈 Owenacurra Day Hospital were the proud recipients of our certified HSE LGBTI+ Allies in the Workplace training recently! Killian delivered two sessions to the staff there, arming them with all the knowledge to be excellent allies to their patients and collleagues! A fun and enthusiastic bunch we're sure they'll put their training to good use!

“HSE Allies in the Workplace” is an interactive, dynamic LGBTI+ allyship training and certification programme designed to equip HSE healthcare professionals with the tools and knowledge necessary to champion LGBTI+ inclusion. Our training is tailored to create confident, informed, and proactive allies who can provide inclusive care and environments for LGBTI+ individuals accessing healthcare and for their LGBTI+ coworkers.

If your workplace would benefit from allyship training, please feel free to visit www.gayproject.ie/training or email [email protected] to arrange!



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Image 2: A small group of people are posing in front of a screen reading "LGBTI+ Allies in the Workplace" holding Gay Project fans and smiling at the camera.]

🌈 We're Hiring: Administration/Community Worker Assistant (WPEP)🌈Looking to build confidence, gain valuable experience, ...
28/05/2026

🌈 We're Hiring: Administration/Community Worker Assistant (WPEP)🌈

Looking to build confidence, gain valuable experience, and make a real difference in your community?

Gay Project is offering a fantastic Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP) opportunity for people interested in Community Work, Youth Work, and supporting the LGBT+ community.

✨ 30 hours per week

✨ 6 month contract

✨ Weekly WPEP allowance of €369 by DSP.

✨ Training Support Grant

✨ No previous experience required

✨ Full mentoring and support provided

✨ Accredited training included

✨ Learn facilitation, communication, admin, and event skills

✨ Work directly alongside experienced community workers

💬 Open to eligible jobseekers in receipt of qualifying social welfare payments or training allowances.

📧 Apply today and take the next step toward a rewarding future! See https://jobsireland.ie/en-US/job-Details?id=2445962 for more info.

Further info about the WPEP can be found on Citizens Information.



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A busy training season recently, with Killian paying a visit to the team at Fermoy Community Health Network to deliver R...
27/05/2026

A busy training season recently, with Killian paying a visit to the team at Fermoy Community Health Network to deliver Rainbow Ready training. A wonderful session full of engaged trainees who received Rainbow Ready - a certified inclusivity training programme designed for community organisations, non-profits, and educational institutions. This training equips staff, educators, and leaders to create and maintain inclusive, respectful, and safe spaces for LGBTI+ individuals. Thank you to them for hosting us! Visit www.gayproject.ie/training for more details on our training programmes and how to bring the training to your workplace next! 🌈



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🌈 The LGBTQI+ Parents group returns this Wednesday, from 18:15 in Nudes Bar, Lavitt's Quay! Check out the information be...
25/05/2026

🌈 The LGBTQI+ Parents group returns this Wednesday, from 18:15 in Nudes Bar, Lavitt's Quay! Check out the information below for more details!

LGBTQI++++ parents’ meeting

This group is a space for LGBTQI+++ parents (including foster parents) themselves to spend time together, discuss, and support each other with the challenges facing us.

Whether you are a parent by adoption, by birth, by surrogacy, whether you foster, or by any other means, you are welcome to spend time with us.

This is a space where we can commiserate in an all-adult environment. Based on the model developed by New Family Social in the UK of regional parental meet-ups, our challenges for and with our kids, as well as our joys at being parents, can be shared here. We are still few in number but face a surprising number of similar challenges, and so do our kids.

🗓 Last Wednesday of every month - Next Date: Weds 27th May
🕓18:15-20:00 (in case some have to be home for toddlers!)
📍Nude’s Bar, Lavitt's Quay, Cork City

The model is low pressure, drop in and drop out, and if you are parenting in a couple, we know that often only one of you will be able to come: arrive when you can, depart when you need to. It is a parent-only space, but we are open to developing kid-inclusive meets if that works in the future! Right now our kids are of very different ages so all-family meet-ups aren’t always practical.

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🌈 What a beautiful way to start a new week! ☀️ This week at Gay Project, we go international with Cork Hellhounds RFC j...
25/05/2026

🌈 What a beautiful way to start a new week! ☀️ This week at Gay Project, we go international with Cork Hellhounds RFC jetting off to Manchester! Closer to home, we have the return of Q***r Lens photography club and a stop in Midleton for Q***r Vibes! We'd love to see you at any of our events below! ✨

Monday 25
📌19:00 - 20:00, Frontrunners & Briskwalkers, Meeting at Kennedy Park
📌19:00 - 20:30, Na Laochra Aeracha Gaelic Football, Rathpeacon GAA

Tuesday 26
📌17:30 - 19:30, Q***rVibes Café, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌17:30 - 19:30, Midleton Q***r Vibes, MyPlace Mill Rd, Midelton
📌18:30 - 19:30, Rainbow Yogis Yoga, South Parish Community Centre
📌19:00 - 20:30, Cork Hellhounds RFC, Tramore Valley Park
📌20:00 - 22:00, Cork Racketeers Badminton, James Keneally Sports Hall

Wednesday 27
📌16:00 - 19:00, UP Cork LGBTI+ Youth Group
📌19:00 - 20:30, Na Laochra Aeracha Football, Rathpeacon GAA
📌20:00 - 21:00, Cork Rebels FC, The Glen Resource Centre

Thursday 28
📌19:00 - 20:00, Na Laochra Aeracha Hurling & Camogie, Glen Resource Centre

Friday 29
📌12:00 - 15:00, GOLD Café, Turners Cross Community Centre
📌20.00 - 21.00, Cork Racketeers Badminton, James Kenneally Sports Hall

Saturday 30
📌10.00 - 11.00, Frontrunners & Briskwalkers, Marina Market
📌12:00 - 14:00, Pride & Pastries Na Laochra Aeracha Fundraising Coffee Morning, South Parish Community Centre
📌12:00 - 14:00, Q***r Lens, Location TBC via Social Media
📌12.30 - 14.00, Na Laochra Aeracha, Tramore Valley Park
📌13:30 - 15:30, Cork Hellhounds RFC V Spartans, Manchester Village, Manchester

☎021 4300 430
✉[email protected]



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🌈 Shape Our Future 🌈Gay Project is developing our next 3–5 year Strategic Plan, and we want to hear from the people who ...
25/05/2026

🌈 Shape Our Future 🌈

Gay Project is developing our next 3–5 year Strategic Plan, and we want to hear from the people who matter most: our community.

Whether you’ve used our services regularly, attended an event once, connected online, or simply care about LGBTQI+ life in Cork and the wider region, your voice matters.

💬 Take part in our Community Consultation Survey and help shape the future of Gay Project.

🕒 Takes around 10 minutes
🔒 Responses are anonymous
🎁 One lucky respondent will win a €150 voucher for Paul Street

This consultation will also include thematic focus groups and an in-person community consultation event in July, more details coming soon.

There are no right or wrong answers, we want to hear what you really think.
Have you say and please share!

CLOSING DATE: 5pm 19th JUNE

👉 https://gqr.sh/2Vkh



Image Description: A colourful promotional poster from Gay Project encouraging people to take part in a community consultation survey to help shape the organisation’s next 3–5 year strategic plan. The poster features bold rainbow colours, the slogan “Shape Our Future,” and information about the anonymous 10-minute survey. It highlights that there are no right or wrong answers and that the survey is open to anyone connected to Gay Project or LGBTQI+ life in Cork and the wider region. A QR code and survey link are included, along with a prize draw offering one respondent a €150 voucher for Amicus, Paul Street

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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