Training is ever-evolving and essential for peer support workers and the community sector. On this page you can find links to suicide prevention and intervention training available for individuals and organisations, as well as LGBTQ+ inclusion training and support for services.
Training for individuals and community on suicide
Resources and programs that offer LGBTQ+ inclusion training and support for services
Not all services we access are affirming and inclusive. It is not your job to educate these services, especially when you are in crisis yourself. Service providers and other organisations can access training to support our communities here:
Pride In Health + Wellbeing
Pride in Health + Wellbeing is a national membership program that provides year-round support in the provision of LGBTQ+ inclusive services for those working within the health and wellbeing sector. Membership is encouraged for private sector, public sector and NGO’s regardless of size or reach. This may include government departments, small NGO’s, hospitals, GPs, aged care, housing, mental health, drug and alcohol, family and domestic violence, disability services; in fact any organisation providing health and wellbeing care and/or services across the lifespan of an individual.
ACON Pride Training – LGBTQ Inclusion Training
ACON LGBTQ Inclusion Training provides learning and development programs to assist health and community organisations in increasing their knowledge of people with diverse genders and sexualities, their communities and health priorities. The training increases understanding of gender and sexuality diverse communities and their needs, while providing practical strategies that can be adopted to improve the experience of people with a diverse gender and/or sexuality accessing your organisation’s services.
With over 30 years of in-depth expertise in gender and sexuality diverse health training and professional development, ACON offers a comprehensive suite of programs to suit individual and organisation/client needs.
We provide learning and development programs to assist health and community organisations in increasing their knowledge of people with diverse genders and sexualities, their communities and health priorities.
Organisational cultural change is best achieved when there is whole organisation commitment that supports a shared vision of practice changes. Our training increases understanding of gender and sexuality diverse communities and their needs, while providing practical strategies that can be adopted to improve the experience of people with a diverse gender and/or sexuality accessing your organisation’s services.
We recognise that having a greater understanding of inclusive practices helps to create a more welcoming environment for people with a diverse gender and/or sexuality and their communities, leading to better health outcomes.