VAADA has been commissioned to run an AOD Workforce Development and Stakeholder Engagement Project for the North Western Melbourne PHN region. The LGBTIQ+ forum is a key event of this project, focusing on providing agencies and senior workers with practical and highly relevant skills and knowledge to improve engagement with and responsivity to LGBTIQ+
VAADA has been commissioned to run an AOD Workforce Development and Stakeholder Engagement Project for the North Western Melbourne PHN region, coordinating forums, training, communities of practice and managers networks. Intersectionality explains how an individual may experience multiple types of overlapping discrimination, depending on their age, gender, ethnicity, physical or cognitive ability, class or other
Dr Ruby Grant (Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University) will be presenting her research exploring the gendered meanings of alcohol consumption among lesbian, bisexual, and queer women for our November VSURF seminar hosted at La Trobe city campus. This will be followed by an end-of-year celebration with some drinks
A networking and information sharing meeting for Sex, Sexuality and Gender-Diverse folk working in AOD-related roles in Victoria. The November meeting will include a presentation from Dr Ruby Grant (Latrobe) on research investigating alcohol and nicotine use among LBQ women. New members are welcome though please note the meeting is only for those who identify
The invisible supports: Families and carers of people living with substance use problems or addiction Presenter – Dr Keri Alexander Dr Keri Alexander is an addiction medicine specialist at Hamilton Centre and Austin Health and has many years of experience in a variety of AOD and family violence programs, including Family Drug Helpline. She advocates
