25/06/2026
Why is public money going to the “political” Rainbow Project?
Statement by TUV deputy leader Councillor Ron McDowell:
“This morning on the Nolan Show the Chief Executive of the Rainbow Project said out loud what many of us have known for a long time - “the Rainbow Project is a political organisation”.
“Scott Cuthbertson is not a right wing anti-LGBT activist. He is the CEO of the Rainbow Project yet those are the very words he came out with this morning.
“This obviously raises profound questions for the organisations which give them vast amounts of tax payer’s money every year including the Department of Health and the PSNI.
“Why is public money going to fund “a political organisation”?
“The Rainbow Project has long been suspect in how it operates. Its advice on drugs published online some time ago was deeply problematic. It has aligned itself with expressly political campaigning for years. But I think this is the first time a CEO has confirmed that this is “a political organisation” which is, in large measure, funded by the public purse.
“TUV will be tabling questions to all government departments in Northern Ireland today asking how much money they have given the Rainbow Project in each of the last 10 years and whether funding will continue to this political organisation.”