Applications are now open for our next 6 week telephone counsellor training course, starting May 13, 2012. Prior counselling experience is not required. The course is also open to people who may have previously completed the GLCS counselling course and wish to return to the organisation. For more information go to our Counsellor Course information …
Category Archive: Community News
Thank you for helping to make a difference in LGBTI suicide prevention
Thank you to all those who attended the community forum on the 31st of January 2012. It was inspiring to see so many of you there to support LGBTI suicide prevention, and we value your support and input. It was also a privilege to be able to hear from Barry Taylor, Senior Project Officer for …
Suicide Prevention Strategy Gets Funding
Gay and Lesbian Community Services WA has received a three-month contract to consult the LGBT community for the One Life suicide prevention strategy. GLCS has signed the contract and will be working to create a comprehensive community action plan which will then go before the Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention for approval. Consultations will start …
Social Inclusion in Action – new DHS LGBTI Working Group
06 December 2011 Media Release from LGBTI Health Alliance The new LGBTI Working Group for the Department of Human Services met for the first time today, with Intersex, Transgender, Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay representatives from around the country. The Minister, the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, told the group she wants them to identify how service …
$1.1 million announced for National LGBTI Mental Health
Suicide rates among people in Australia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities will be tackled with a $1.1 million Gillard Government grant. The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, today announced the Gillard Government will provide $1.1 million over two and a half years to the National LGBTI Health Alliance for …
