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Lunchtime Seminar - Supporting LGBTQ+ people across the life-course – an international comparison

Venue: Online
Date: 15th April 2026
Time: 12noon - 1.30pm

lunchtime seminar on the 15th April focusing on supporting LGTBQ people.

Book your place at this Lunchtime Seminar focusing on how to support LGTBQ+ people across the life course and adeep dive into LGBTQ+ people from all over the globe, hosted by Professor Gary Mallon and Dr Danielle Mackle.

Professor Gary Mallon has been a child welfare practitioner, advocate, educator, and researcher for nearly 50 years and was also the first child welfare professional in the U.S. to research, write about, and develop programs for LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare settings.  He has also written extensively about LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parenting.

 Dr Danielle Mackle is a lecturer in social work at Queen’s University Belfast and has been working with and conducting research on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community in Northern Ireland for 15 years.

Book your place here

Further Info: Please email alison.shaw@niscc.hscni.net

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