Goulburn Child & Family Services Alliance: LGBTIQ Approaches to Family Violence – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The Goulburn Family Violence Executive and the Goulburn Child and Family Services Alliance invite you to our monthly information session where professionals present up to date information on our local services and happenings in the Family Violence space. The Goulburn Family Violence Executive and the Goulburn Child and Family Services Alliance are delighted to be joined by Matthew Parsons this month, Friday, 27 October 2023.

A growing body of evidence show the LGBTQ people experience family violence at similar and in some case higher rates than non-LGBTQ people. Despite this, there is still a disparity in safe and appropriate family violence service access for these victim-survivors. Evidence also shows that most LGBTQ want to access mainstream family violence services which are known or accredited as LGBTIQA+ inclusive. This session will provide a short overview of the unique issues faced by these communities, the work that has happened to date in Victoria and how you can contribute to these efforts building a service system where people of all genders and sexualities can live free from violence.

Details

Friday 27 October 2023

8:00am – 8:45am

Online with ZOOM

Domestic and Family Violence: New Escaping Family Violence Payment

The Goulburn Family Violence Executive and The Goulburn Child & Family Services Alliance
Organizer of Family Violence Information Sessions

The Goulburn Child & Family Services Alliance partners are FamilyCare, Rumbalara Family Services, The Bridge Youth Service and the Department of Health and Human Services. Programs are delivered to the areas of Greater Shepparton and Moira in the Goulburn area and in the Lower Hume, the Shires of Mitchell, Murrindindi and Strathbogie. GV Child FIRST : 1300 854 944 LH Child FIRST: 1800 663

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.