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Current COVID-19Infomation at the ACON Clearing house
Keep up to date with current and accurate COVID-19 information from a health perspective, and that is also relevant to the LGBTQ communities and people living with HIV (PLHIV) can be tricky. ACON has established a learning house of current and relevant and evidence-based information that is constantly added to meet your growing and changing information needs.
 

10 LGBT-inclusive tasks that can be completed anywhere
While many staff in the health and human services sector are still on the front lines, some of us will be working from home, in new or modified roles. This doesn't mean that inclusion work has to stop. Our Factsheet provides some ideas on how your diversity and inclusion work can continue irrespective of where you are.

Why not get the team that may not traditionally be involved in diversity initiatives to undertake some of these with their own perspectives.

How to support LGBTQ staff as they work from home.
The current physical distancing measures and the need for non-frontline staff to work from home can cause stress due to the unknown compounded with fears of job losses, infection, missing loved ones and can magnify previous worries. 

LGBTQ staff who work from not only face these stressors but often had added complexities at this time. Pride in Health + Wellbeing has put together a factsheet on how best to support LGBTQ staff while the lines between our personal spaces and our workspaces blur.
 

 

EXTRA services during COVID-19
For all members - please click here to read our latest update outlining initiatives that we will be putting in place to add to the existing value of our programs during this time.  This update also covers what it means for you if your membership year is drawing to a close and you are unable to utilise your membership hours during this period.

If you missed our first update, predominately focusing on our Awards events, you can click here to read it now.

We will also continue to send out weekly factsheets to our members during this period to give extra hints and tips for how to maintain momentum in your diversity and inclusion work.

We will also have a series on online learning and networking events coming up - these will be sent to members shortly.

Health + Wellbeing Awards now fully marked
The 2020 HWEI and AWEI awards are all now fully marked. Results (scores only not tiers or individual awards) will be sent to each organisation next week,

Pride in Health + Wellbeing will also be scheduling catchups with you and your teams to go through your results in the coming weeks.

As you will already be aware our awards luncheon (where we announce tiers, winners and individual awards) is now in October- so you will be able to learn who is awarded Service Provider of the Year.
 
Images says the event is postponed to 19 October 2020. Includes a logo of Capgemini, the platinum sponsor of the awards.

Upcoming Dates
April 21 - 10-11:30 am Member Roundtable - LGBT-inclusive service delivery - lessons learn and hurdles to come. (members register here)

April 21 - 12-1:30 pm Member LGBTI awareness training (Health perspectives) (members register here)

April 26 - Lesbian Day of Visibility
 - download your free inclusion kit here 

May 17 - IDAHOBIT day
 - Download your free inclusion kit here
 
** Remember more dates will be announced shortly for online learning and networking events **

In the news
 Pride in Health + Wellbeing and ACON acknowledges and pays respect to the traditional owners and custodians of all the lands on which we work and play, and pay our respect to elders past and present.
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