Kaleidoscope Trust
Michael Rapley is an experienced project manager with a comprehensive background in non-profit management, particularly within LGBTQ+ advocacy and health initiatives. Currently serving as the Acting Project Manager at Kaleidoscope Trust since October 2021, Michael has successfully overseen program activities, event coordination, and grant management. Previously, Michael held various roles at Equals Inc., including Program Officer and Project Manager, focusing on sustainable funding strategies during the pandemic and leading the USAID-funded LINKAGES project to promote HIV testing and treatment. As a founding member of LGBTQ+ NGO Equals, Michael played a pivotal role in the organization's establishment and growth. Additional experience includes freelance photography and roles in community outreach and education within health-focused organizations. Michael holds a Master's degree in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Kent and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Barbados Community College.
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Kaleidoscope Trust
Established in 2011, Kaleidoscope Trust is a UK-based international charity fighting for a future where LGBTI+ people everywhere can live free, safe and equal lives. Around the world, the human rights and identities of LGBTI+ people are under attack. New discriminatory laws and policies are being proposed every week and a third of all countries still criminalise consensual same-sex relationships. We are building a global movement to create a world where LGBTI+ people everywhere can live free, safe and equal lives. We work with political leaders in the UK and beyond to ensure global LGBTI+ issues are a priority. We ensure that activists have the resources, skills and training they need to learn from one another in order to create an enabling environment and change hearts and minds. And we bring together grassroots organisations with those in power to create that change. Our mission is to help create a world where LGBTI+ people are free, safe and equal everywhere, and we carry out our work in three distinct ways: 1. We make sure that activists, change-makers and community organisations around the world have the funding, resources and training they need to get their work done; 2. We move through the corridors of power here in the UK to ensure global LGBTI+ issues are a priority for funding, legislative and foreign policy decisions; and 3. We connect grassroots organisations with governments and key policy and decision-makers so they can advocate for themselves and their communities.