Upcoming Events


External Event - World AIDS Day Memorial
Dec
1

External Event - World AIDS Day Memorial

Annually, on the 1st of December, the world comes together to mark World AIDS Day. This momentous occasion serves as a worldwide platform for uniting against HIV, displaying support for individuals living with HIV, and remembering those we've lost to this virus.

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Trans Day of Remembrance: 'Doing the Work' as Workers Panel
Nov
20

Trans Day of Remembrance: 'Doing the Work' as Workers Panel

Hear from a panel of trans and gender diverse people about the significance of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), the intersection between TDOR and suicide prevention, the impact and reality of suicide bereavement for the trans community and the role of workers and services in understanding and supporting trans and gender diverse people.

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External Event - Raising our voices
Nov
11

External Event - Raising our voices

Let's RAISE OUR VOICES for safer, better LGBTIQA+ mental health

Switchboard is joining Rainbow Health Australia and Common Ground to facilitate a series of workshops and focus groups to improve the experience of safer, better mental health care for diverse LGBTIQA+SB people.

The workshops and focus groups are for LGBTIQA+ people and families/carers with lived and living experience of mental health challenges. Join Rainbow Health Australia and their partners to create training and resources to help mental health services, ACCOs and other services provide safer, more inclusive and responsive care to our diverse communities.

Participants will be paid for their time.

Applications due 11 November.

Rainbow Mob workshops: https://tinyurl.com/5e7wazft

For all other workshops: https://tinyurl.com/587e58u9

Facilitated by Rainbow Health Australia, Switchboard Victoria and Common Ground

Supported by Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc, Thorne Harbour Health, Mind Australia , Centre for Mental Health Learning.

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Creative Bereavement Drop-in Session - August
Aug
20

Creative Bereavement Drop-in Session - August

Switchboard’s LGBTQIA+ Suicide Bereavement Program is hosting a series of creative bereavement sessions where participants will connect with loss after a suicide by participating in expressive exploration. When we experience grief, we feel big emotions, creativity and movement. Creative expression can allow us to understand our experiences differently, help us in our relationship to grief, and assist with connecting to our feelings and experiences that can feel beyond words.

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QTIBPoC Grounding Series - session 4
July
13

QTIBPoC Grounding Series - session 4

The forth session of the QTIBPoC Grounding series, a series of four free workshops for queer, trans, Indigenous, Bla(c)k and people of colour being hosted by the QTIBPoC Program at Switchboard Victoria. Each workshop will be guided by a different QTIBPoC facilitator.

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QTIBPoC Grounding Series - session 3
July
6

QTIBPoC Grounding Series - session 3

The third session of the QTIBPoC Grounding series, a series of four free workshops for queer, trans, Indigenous, Bla(c)k and people of colour being hosted by the QTIBPoC Program at Switchboard Victoria. Each workshop will be guided by a different QTIBPoC facilitator.

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QTIBPoC Grounding Series - session 2
June
22

QTIBPoC Grounding Series - session 2

The second session of the QTIBPoC Grounding series, a series of four free workshops for queer, trans, Indigenous, Bla(c)k and people of colour being hosted by the QTIBPoC Program at Switchboard Victoria. Each workshop will be guided by a different QTIBPoC facilitator.

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Recurring Switchboard Events

LGBTIQA+ Bereavement Support Groups

LGBTIQA+ Support After Suicide bereavement groups are a free program for LGBTIQA+ people who have been bereaved through suicide. We are running this peer-led program in partnership with Support After Suicide at Jesuit Social Services, to create a safe and specialised service that supports LGBTIQA+ suicide loss survivors on their healing journey through grief. Groups run twice a year, for 8 sessions.

Currently, the next cohort is looking to start in April 2025.

For more information about the program and how to join, call 0437 918 239, email bereavement@switchboard.org.au or click here.


External Event - Naarm Rainbow Dads Playgroup

Every Saturday 12:30-3:30pm. Drop in Playgroup for the Rainbow Dads community. Open ages and intended dads welcome. No booking required. Wheelchair accessible.

Bargoona Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library

Playgroup Room 1

182 St George’s Rd, Fitzroy North


Enquiries: naarmrainbowdadsplaygroup@gmail.com