{"id":3348,"date":"2019-12-18T08:09:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T21:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2021-03-04T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T23:37:42","slug":"new-funding-helps-advance-diversity-services-improve-settlement-support-for-lgbtiqa-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.advancediversity.org.au\/new-funding-helps-advance-diversity-services-improve-settlement-support-for-lgbtiqa-people\/","title":{"rendered":"New funding helps Advance Diversity Services improve settlement support for LGBTIQA+ people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Advance Diversity\nServices (ADS) has been awarded $20,0000 funding for a Gender and Sexual\nDiversity project, which aims to ensure newly arrived migrants and refugees who\nidentify as LGBTIQA+ receive inclusive settlement support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018LGBTIQA+\nindividuals from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities need\nnon- discriminatory settlement support \u2013 and we all have a role to play in\nsupporting inclusive service delivery,\u2019 said Anthony Scerri, Manager of\nSettlement and Community Services for ADS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018This project\nwill ensure staff from CALD suppliers are trained to recognise what\u2019s needed\nand to offer this without prejudice to LGBTIQA+ people as they settle in\nAustralian society.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADS was awarded\nfunding for the project in November as an initiative of the NSW Settlement\nPartnership \u2013 a consortium of community organisations, led by Settlement\nServices International, delivering settlement services in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADS will use the\nfunds to build on a successful pilot LGBTIQA+ forum it ran in partnership with\nACON, Settlement Services International and Georges River Council at Georges\nRiver Civic Centre, Hurstville on October 21, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 50\npeople attended the 2019 forum, which included a panel of five LGBTIQA+ CALD\ncommunity members sharing lived experience and a comprehensive introduction to\nissues faced by LGBTIQA+ communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project funding\nwill enable ADS to run a second forum in 2020 and to offer further inclusive-\npractice training for LGBTIQA+ client service delivery \u2013 with the overall aim\nof providing education to and raising awareness among staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This training\nwill also offer ADS and the settlement sector opportunities to: build knowledge\nabout and increase the visibility of the CALD-specific LGBTIQA+ community and\ntheir needs; build referral pathways; foster relationships with LGBTIQA+\norganisations; and develop inclusive practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018It is critical\nfor LGBTIQA+ people to find the right support they need, when they need it,\u2019\nsaid Mr Scerri, \u2018as we know this can make the difference between them thriving\nand surviving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018This project will help the sector get it right, and extend ADS\u2019 work in this important area.\u2019 ADS has also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n