Kaleidoscope Counselling Scotland

13/07/2024

Unfortunately due to a loss of funding support, Kaleidoscope is currently in the process of closing down. We are heartbroken about this situation and know that this has been challenging for our clients and those who have previously engaged with us.

As individuals, we are not finished with our work to improve access to support for q***r and trans youth though this will sadly no longer be through Kaleidoscope.

Some links to alternative support can be found on our website: kaleidoscopecounselling.org.uk

28/02/2024

Kaleidoscope were featured on the Firstport website as part of their Celebrating Social Enterprises this LGBTQ History Month. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Firstport have been a crucial support for us in providing our start up funding and more recently "Build It" funding, allowing us to expand our capacity.

Cat Johnston started Kaleidoscope Counselling with a mission to provide informed, affirmative, and accessible counselling to gender and sexual diverse individuals in Scotland.

12/02/2024

DEADLINE: 14th February

Q***r? Writer? In Scotland?

Q***r Words Project Scotland wants to pair five brilliant established writers - Carrie Marshall, Colin Herd, Heather Parry, Mae Diansangu and Shola Von Reinhold - with five emerging q***r writers, based in Scotland, who could benefit from mentoring, advice and access at the early stages of their career.

Mentored writers will receive 3 mentoring sessions between February and June 2024, and produce a piece of writing - poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction/memoir - to be included in a forthcoming anthology, for which they will receive a fee of £300.

The anthology will be published by 404 Ink in 2025.

To apply for a mentorship, send us an email at q***rwordsprojectscotland@gmail.com including:

1. Full contact details (address & phone)
2. A 300 word statement (in the body of the email) detailing why you're applying to this particular initiative, and how you would benefit from mentoring
3. A writing sample (attached to the email, format .doc or .docx) consisting of EITHER a piece of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction, up to 3000 words) OR up to 4 poems (no more than 200 lines in total)

The deadline for submissions is February 14th. Writers who were previously published in the 2019 anthology, We Were Always Here, can apply.

More info at http://q***rwordsprojectscotland.com