David Betts, a social work PhD student from the University of Canterbury would like to interview older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQ+) individuals about their experiences with social relationships and mental health.

David is interested in interviewing anyone who identifies as LGBTQ+, is of the age of 60+ and has some form of personal experience either directly or indirectly with mental health and wellbeing, such as; anxiety, stress, depression or substance abuse.

Information provided by participants will be kept confidential and this has been approved by the, University of Canterbury’s Human Ethics Committee.

If you are interested in taking part, or know of someone who might be, please feel free to contact the student for more information [email protected], or phone 027 430 7569. Thank you.