VACCA is committed to ensuring our organisation and services are safe, inclusive and welcoming for LGBTIQA+ staff, young people, carers, families and community.
In November 2021, this commitment was affirmed when VACCA obtained accreditation under the Rainbow Tick Standards. Accreditation provides assurance to service users and staff that VACCA is a safe and inclusive organisation for LGBTIQA+ people and establishes a clear framework for continuous improvement initiatives.
LGBTIQA+ areas of focus include:
- Celebrating the LGBTIQA+ community
- Providing LGBTIQA+ specific Learning & Development opportunities for VACCA staff
- Developing culturally appropriate and inclusive resources to strengthen VACCA’s work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+ people
- Ensuring a safe and inclusive workplace environment for LGBTIQA+ staff
You can find out more about Rainbow Tick Standards and Accreditation here.
Binbeal Murrup
Binbeal Murrup comes from the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung language and means “Rainbow Spirit”.
VACCA's Rainbow Tick & LGBTIQA+ Inclusivity Working Group, Binbeal Murrup, guides an organisational approach to LGBTIQA+ inclusive service delivery for children, young people, carers, families and staff.
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As part of our ongoing commitment to meeting Rainbow Tick Standards, we're inviting you to share your thoughts on ways VACCA can continue to make our organisation, programs and services more LGBTIQA+ inclusive.
This feedback can be submitted anonymously but if you would like to be contacted by a member of staff, please indicate this and provide your contact details. Your information will be kept confidential you will only be contacted using the details supplied at your request.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Elizabeth Morgan House
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sistergirl and Brotherboy Suicide Prevention: Yarns Heal
- Health Victoria: Working with LGBTI Aboriginal People
- To read more about LGBTIQA+ identity, visit Deadly Story
- 2020 VACCA LGBTIQA+ Community Survey
- Trans and Gender Diverse Referral List
- Deadly Stories LGBTIQA+ Referral List
Mainstream
- List of LGBTIQA+ Resources, compiled by Dr. Linda Kirkham - Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
- Language Guide (ACON): trans and gender diverse inclusion
- Zoe Belle Gender Collective: a trans and gender diverse led advocacy organisation
- Advocates for Rainbow Families: Rainbow Families Victoria
- Free Legal Service for gender and diverse people in Victoria: Roberta Perkins Law Project
- Ensuring schools are safe for all students: Safe Schools Victoria
- Creating safe and inclusive spaces across Victoria: Rainbow Network
- Saving lives, preserving families: Strong Family Alliance
- Rainbow Health Victoria: Pride in Prevention - A Guide to Primary Prevention of Family Violence Experienced by LGBTIQ Communities
VACCA Resources
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- Gender Identity: Well Mob - social, emotional and cultural wellbeing online resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- BlackRainbow: Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBQTI+SB people
- First Nations Rainbow
Mainstream
- WithRespect: resources, tips and advice for LGBTIQ+ people on having and maintaining healthy relationships
- Beyond Blue
- Switchboard Victoria
- Family Safety Victoria: Family Violence against LGBTI People: Insights from People with Lived Experience (video)
- Bisexual Resource Centre
- Switchboard in Partnership with Qlife
- Victorian Equal Rights & Human Rights Commission
- Transgender Victoria Resource Page
- Bisexual Alliance Victoria Inc.
- Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria Website
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- LGBTIQA+ and First Nations Key Dates 2021 (from Elizabeth Morgan House)
Mainstream