GRAI Breakfast: Faith, LGBTI people and inclusive aged care
GLBT Rights in Aging Inc (GRAI) are hosting an interdenominational breakfast with Reverend Olivia MacLean leading a discussion on faith and inclusive aged care in the LGBTIQ community. Rev MacLean, Head of Mission Development at Baptcare Victoria will be speaking on the organisations recently published report: ‘Safe, inclusive & person-centred care for LGBTI seniors’. Baptcare’s […]
GRAI Office Opening Sundowner
A gaggle of community members joined forces to welcome GRAI into their new office at South Care with drinks and nibbles.
GRAI Celebrate New Office Space
Last night GLBTI Rights in Ageing Inc. (GRAI) celebrated the opening of a new office space in Manning’s South Care facility last night with a sundowner. South Care provide health and social services to the wider community, including aged care, finances, Aboriginal family support and leadership training. At their Manning headquarters they have a number […]
GRAI Workshop Looked Towards the Future
Last week GRAI held a workshop assisting LGBTI seniors in legally preparing for their futures. The idea for the workshop came about after GRAI had heard a number of stories of older LGBTI people being treated badly when they lost capacity to make their own decisions, or in death had the realities of their lives […]
LGBTIQ Seniors star in latest Davey Wavey video
YouTube personality Davey Wavey has released a new video featuring short interviews with LGBT senior citizens. Filmed at the LGBT Community Center of the Desert in California, Wavey encourages the seniors share their experiences as young people and how living LGBT has changed over the years. The emotional tribute highlights how far the world has […]
PrideFEST’s Village Breakfast
GRAI, the non profit organisation that advocates for LGBTIQ rights in ageing held a picnic breakfast in Russell Square this morning. With perfect weather on their side, community members caught up, made new friends and enjoyed a perfect start to PrideFEST 2014.
GRAI Launches Training Program
GRAI (GLBTI Rights in Ageing Inc) last night launched its new training project designed to assist aged care services in providing safe and inclusive services for LGBTI clients. GRAI June Lowe overcame a sore throat to deliver an introduction to the program, citing their research paper ‘We don’t have any of those people here’ as […]
GRAI Launch New Training Project
GRAI (GLBTI Rights in Ageing Inc) are providing LGBTI sensitivity training to aged care providers. In an agreement with the National LGBTI Health Alliance, GRAI will be providing free one-day training to help aged care providers develop services that are safe, welcoming and inclusive for older adults across the gender and sexuality spectrum. The training […]
GRAI Fundraiser Screening
A huge crowd turned out for GRAI’s fundraiser screening of the film ‘Cloudburst’. Check out our interview with Director Thom Fitzgerald.
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