FACE TO FACE WORKSHOPS
The Equality Network has developed a series of workshops. They’re designed to educate people about LGBTIQA+ culture, community, language and history. The aim of the workshops is to build inclusive workplaces and businesses.
Many of those who’ve completed the training have reported:
- an increase in their workplace’s diversity
- an improvement in their workplace culture
- an increase in their ability to attract new talent
- an increase in their productivity
- an increase of LGBTIQA+ people in their customer base.
Our workshops
FACE TO FACE TRAINING
WORKPLACE TRAINING
WEDDING INDUSTRY TRAINING
FUNERAL INDUSTRY TRAINING
INDIVIDUALS' TRAINING
WORKPLACE TRAINING
The Equality Network’s workshops have been developed and are delivered by a qualified trainer. That person is also a respected leader in the gay community. On request, The Equality Network will work with you to tailor the workshops to your organization.
By completing the workshops, you’ll gain an understanding of:
- the LGBTIQA+ community
- LGBTIQA+ history
- LGBTIQA+ culture
and you’ll walk away with the skills and knowledge you need to create and maintain a workplace or business that’s safe for LGBTIQA+ people.
You’ll also learn how to:
- develop an LGBTIQA+ inclusion policy
- market to the LGBTIQA+ community
- recruit from the LGBTIQA+ community.
When you complete these workshops, you’ll
- be given a listing in our Member Directory
- be given a Member’s lapel pin from The Equality Network to wear with pride
- be able to promote your membership of The Equality Network with a digital badge
- become known as being an organization that’s safe for LGBTIQA+ people to do business with.
Request your own in-house face-to-face training program tailored to your organization!
WORKSHOP AGENDA
WEDDING INDUSTRY TRAINING
The Equality Network trains people in the wedding industry about how to give LGBTIQA+
couples a wedding that’s relevant to them.
These face-to-face workshops will give you an insight into:
- LGBTIQA+ history and culture
- language and behaviour that’s appropriate and not likely to cause offence
- evidence-based trends in LGBTIQA+ weddings
- the differences between straight and LGBTIQA+ weddings
- LGBTIQA+ wedding traditions and rituals
- how to market to LGBTIQA+ couples
- how to become more LGBTIQA+ friendly.
Right now, many people in the wedding industry treat LGBTIQA+ couples the same as they treat straight couples. By doing so, they’re denying their LGBTIQA+ couples a wedding that reflects their culture, values and community.
That’s where these workshops come in.
They give you a competitive edge by learning how
to be respectful to LGBTIQA+ couples. And those couples who engage wedding professionals with good queer literacy are the ones who will refer you to others.
PRICING
$550 per person for face to face / live training – tailored to your organization’s needs
ONLINE SPECIAL: SAVE 30%!! $385 per person for online training
FUNERAL INDUSTRY TRAINING
The Equality Network has developed educational training for professionals within the funeral industry who wish to understand how to respectfully plan and carry out LGBTIQA+ funerals. We will discuss the importance of how to use respectful, non-judgemental language, we look at potential differences between straight and LGBTIQA+ funerals, how to become more LGBTIQA+ friendly and how to ensure someone’s sexuality and gender identity are respected in death.
COURSE FOR INDIVIDUALS (OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC)
The Equality Network wants to help people become equipped with the knowledge and understanding that precedes acceptance, embracement and desired changes in behaviour for a more inclusive culture.
Whether you are just coming out, or a close friend or relative has come out to you, this course can help you unravel the LGBTIQA+ acronym, understand and counter traditional stereotypes, and learn what terms to use to show respect to your loved one. Or, if you are just generally interested in understanding more about the LGBTIQA+ history, the issues they continue to face and how we can work together to become a more inclusive community, this course is for you.
Completing the course provides you with a badge of honour to include on your resume or social media pages, conveying you understand, respect and embrace the LGBTIQA+ community.
*This course is also an option for Corporate / Professional / Tertiary / Public Sector / SME businesses and can be a deduction from the full course if you choose to complete this at a later time.
STATEMENT OF COMPLETION – receive a digital certificate.
ONLINE COURSE CONTENT:
PRICING
$27 per person – this online course will take approximately 90 minutes to complete