Projects
Rainbow Health Australia projects and initiatives to support LGBTIQ health and wellbeing.
LGBTIQ Family Violence Prevention Project
The LGBTIQ Family Violence Prevention Project is an initiative of Rainbow Health Australia that focusses on family violence experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and queer communities, and how to prevent such violence from happening in the first place.
This project forges new ground in the primary prevention of family violence experienced by LGBTIQ communities, seeking to address critical evidence gaps, strengthen understanding of the drivers of violence, and
build expertise for both LGBTIQ organisations and family violence primary prevention organisations to effectively deliver evidence-based programs.
For further information, visit our project page.
Rainbow Network
Rainbow Network empowers health and human services that work with young people to provide safe, welcoming and inclusive services for young LGBTIQ+ Victorians.
Rainbow Network offers:
- LGBTIQ+ inclusive practice training
- Resources about LGBTIQ+ inclusive practice
- Secondary consultation and referral
- Regular issues-based forum and professional learning opportunities
- Quarterly Community of Practice Group.
Rainbow Network is delivered in partnership with the Health Equal Youth (HEY) partnership funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services.
For more information, please visit:
rainbownetwork.com.au
Val’s Ageing and Aged Care
Val’s LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care works to improve healthy ageing pathways, care and visibility of older LGBTI people.
We work directly with service providers and facilitate a network of individuals and organisations to foster an understanding of the histories and experiences of older LGBTI people, and how these may impact access to services and care.
Val’s aims to create safe and inclusive services that recognise and value older LGBTI people.
We offer:
- LGBTI inclusive aged care training
- Regular e-bulletins
- Website that provides research-based information, resources and links for workers, policy makers and LGBTI consumers.
For more information, please contact:
rainbowhealthaus@latrobe.edu.au
Rainbow Lighthouse Mental Health Learning
Rainbow Lighthouse Mental Health Learning supports practitioners and services to provide safer, more inclusive and responsive mental health care to LGBTIQA+ people and their families and support people.
Following the recent mental health Royal Commission, RHA was funded to tailor our core inclusion programs for the mental health sector, working with MIND Australia, Switchboard Victoria, Thorne Harbour Health and the Centre for Mental Health Learning. Our 2025 offerings include:
- LGBTIQA+ Inclusion in Mental Health: A multidisciplinary Community of Practice using the international Project ECHO model
- How2 for Mental Health: Training, coaching and resources supporting organisation-wide inclusion
- Work with Pride in Mental Health: Online workshop on the foundation skills for LGBTIQA+ affirmative care.
- Mental health sector e-updates.
For more information, visit our project page or contact the program coordinator.
How can we help create change in your organisation?
In addition to our projects and initiatives, Rainbow Health Australia offers a range of training programs that help organisations to become safer and more inclusive for LGBTIQ people.