Charity initiatives
We’re proud to support and work with a number of charitable organisations, communities and pioneering individuals who represent what we stand for.
We have established partnerships with charities and organisations that support communities across the COS world and work closely with The Trevor Project, Kaleidoscope Foundation, The Loveland Foundation, The Black Curriculum, Black Rainbow, OutlineNZ, and Housing Works to name a few.
BLACK RAINBOW
Black Rainbow is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Sistergirl and Brotherboy (LGBQTIA+SB) organisation in the pursuit of positive health and well-being for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBQTIA+SB community.
OUTLINENZ
OutLine is an all-ages rainbow mental health organisation providing support to the rainbow community, their friends, Whānau, and others. It provides a nationwide, free and confidential 0800 support line for people who want to speak to a trained volunteer from the rainbow community. It also provides face-to-face specialist rainbow counselling and an Auckland-based trans and non-binary peer-support service.
CHOOSE LOVE
Choose Love supports refugees and displaced people all over the world. Their work has reached over 1.8 million people across Europe, the Middle East and along the US-Mexico border, through grassroot organisations supporting with housing, legal assistance, psychological support, clothes, food and much more.
CAHM womenmind™
womenmind™ is a community of philanthropists and thought leaders tackling the unique gender issues that underrepresented people face when it comes to their mental health. Inspired and empowered by their support of Center for Addiction and Mental Health, members of the womenmind™ community connect and educate each other to drive change for women’s mental health and women in science.
Tongzhi Hotline Association (TW)
Founded in 1998, Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association is the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ organization in Taiwan. Hotline’s diverse programmes focus on gender and sexuality education, support for parents of LGBTQ+ children, hotline services, care for LGBTQ+ elders, HIV/AIDS prevention, intimate partner violence, transgender issues, and community initiatives.