Rural Rainbows is a new project from Rainbow Heartlands. The aim of the project is to capture the voices and opinions of queer folk living across Perth & Kinross and find out how more queer focussed / accepting activities and opportunities can be made easier for them within their local communities.
We would also really love to hear from LGBTQ+ people living in the more rural towns, villages and hamlets across the region about their experiences of being queer in rural Perthshire and what safe spaces are on offer or possibly could be offered in the future.
Launching with a community survey throughout March 2025, we looked to understand perceptions on how life is for rural queer people, as well as their current / regular engagements and activities.
After the survey closed and we gathered the information, we organise local community engagement sessions in towns across Perthshire which took place in March 2026.
What we would love is to see a programme of activities brought together that reflects what queer people want in their own communities. We have plenty of opportunities for people to get involved in getting this project up and running at any stage during this project!
Summer 2026 onwards
We are grateful to Arnold Clark for furthering our funding from June 2026 to allow us to establish new events and activities across rural regions.
We have started with monthly ‘Cuppas & Chats’ social meets:
Birnam Arts, Dunkeld and Birnam – Second Wednesdays from 2pm – 3pm
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry – Third Wednesdays from 11am – 12pm
This can be found on our Activities page and registered.
View our Press Release about the programme below:
We would like to thank The National Lottery Community Fund for funding this project enabling us to take our next steps into rural areas of Perthshire throughout 2025-26!