Meet our new LGBT Age Development Worker: Drew

I’m Drew Bain (pronouns he/him), the new Development Worker on the LGBT Age Project. I’m now into my third week and I’m settling in well. My usual working week is three days; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Some of the things I’m looking forward to working on are pulling together community content for the weekly online and fortnightly paper version of our Virtual Hug newsletter (would love to hear from you), supporting the Age Reference Group, and developing a programme of LGBT Age social events for the rest of the year. These will be online at first, with a hope that we will be able to meet in person again soon.

My career background has seen me active in TV and music video production, further education, and public libraries. I worked in public libraries for seven years, and the areas of that job I got the most from personally were helping people to access resources, bringing community groups together, event planning and delivery, and outreach work in the community. I developed a real interest in intergenerational work and saw first-hand the benefits bringing people together could have. The community work I did in libraries, combined with my own personal life experiences, inspired me to apply for the LGBT Age post where I hope that I can contribute to making positive change for the future of the older LGBTQ+ community, for myself and for my friends.

In my spare time I’m a keen walker. I absolutely love walking a new path and seeing things from a new perspective. I’m a big fan of the creative arts and look forward to regularly attending live music gigs again in the future. I’ve got a pretty eclectic music taste, and just love the collective vibe of experiencing live music with others. Theatre and film are another two loves, and you could often find me in Glasgow Film Theatre, The Cameo, The Grosvenor, CCA, Bo’ness Hippodrome. Raring to get back and support these brilliant places soon. I get joy from being by the sea, lighthouses, looking at the moon (love the word lunar), nature, and laughing with friends. Can’t beat a good belly laugh.

I’m really looking forward to getting to know you all better as the months go on.