Beyond Awareness: Culturally Safe Practice in our...

Name: Beyond Awareness: Culturally Safe Practice in our...
Start: 2026-04-23
Location: Cairns Harbourside Hotel, 209-217 Esplanade

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Date

23 Apr (Thursday)

Time

23–30 Apr

Venue

Cairns Harbourside Hotel, 209-217 Esplanade

Cairns North QLD, Australia

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The event "Beyond Awareness: Culturally Safe Practice in our Sector" is a two-day workshop series hosted at the Cairns Harbourside Hotel in Cairns North. Designed to deepen practitioners' understanding of supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the program moves beyond basic awareness toward genuine cultural safety.

The workshops are specifically tailored for practitioners in the community sector, particularly those working in:

Another delivery of this program is also scheduled for 11 and 18 June 2026 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Cairns City.

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•Location: Cairns Harbourside Hotel, 209-217 Esplanade, Cairns North QLD 4870.

•Dates: Thursday, 23 April 2026 and Thursday, 30 April 2026.

•Time: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm AEST for both sessions.

•Type: Professional development workshop series.

•$198.00 for specialist domestic and family violence, sexual assault, or women's health services funded by specific government departments.

•$396.00 for other community services and government agencies.

•Content: This immersive program uses educational content, self-reflective activities, and robust group discussions to explore historical and contemporary experiences that create cultural unsafety.

•Facilitators: Delivered by First Nations facilitators including Leanne Levinge (Kombumerri and Ngugi descendant) and Rona Scherer (Mamu and Eastern Yalanji), accompanied by Bowie Solutions.

•Structure: It consists of two linked full-day workshops; participants are expected to attend both sessions as they build on each other.

•Outcomes: Participants will develop personalised action plans to embed culturally responsive practices into their everyday work.

•Domestic and Family Violence (DFV).

•Sexual Violence (SV).

•Women’s Health and Wellbeing.

Updated at 23 Mar 2026