Special Education Programs
Training and education
Meridian
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About Us
Do you want to ensure your workplace delivers safe, informed, quality services for LGBTQ+ communities and people impacted by HIV?
Meridian provides inclusive practice training and consultation to help you build capacity, knowledge and confidence. Whether you’re embarking on your inclusive practice journey or wanting to refresh your existing knowledge, Meridian can help.
Our courses
- LGBTIQA+ foundation training for organisations embarking on their inclusive practice journey or wanting to refresh their existing knowledge
- Inclusive healthcare training, providing healthcare practitioners with a framework to deliver inclusive and affirming care for LGBTIQA+ people
- Silver Rainbow training for aged care sector providers and workers, to help you understand and celebrate the diversity of bodies, genders, sexualities and relationships of older LGBTQ+ people
- HIV awareness education, providing foundational information about HIV to raise awareness of the realities and context of people impacted by HIV in Australia today.
We can also develop custom training for your organisation.
Training approach
All sessions are delivered by skilled and dynamic Meridian educators who bring a wealth of lived experience, professional skill and local knowledge.
Sessions are around 2 to 3 hours, depending on the course and whether it has been tailored to your organisation’s requirements.
Find out more about training and education at Meridian.
Quick Facts About The Region
Extra Information
Disabled access Parking, Ramps, Toilets
Online Service Yes
Access Fee Contact us for details
Age Ranges All ages
Transport Notes
There are 2 free car spaces available for Meridian visitors. Enter via the driveway on Gould St, just past Northbourne Ave. If none are available, there is 2-hour free on-street parking available in the surrounding streets.
Facility Notes
Meridian is in a heritage building with structural limitations that make it difficult to improve facilities for full accessibility. This means our offices are not fully accessible for some people. Please contact us if this might impact you.
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Adults, Asexual, Bisexual, Gay, Genderfluid, HIV/AIDS, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBTQIA+, Queer, Transgender
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Meridian champions health, dignity and justice for people living with HIV and those of diverse sexualities and genders. Our vision is of a future where our communities thrive: healthy and well, free from stigma, empowered by peer connection and supported by a just and inclusive society. We work to end HIV, eliminate health disparities and ensure people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ people have access to services that affirm who they are and meet their needs.