Author: cfre

  • Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Intersectional Practice Guide

    Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Intersectional Practice Guide

    Download the guide This Intersectional AOD Practice Guide is designed to support alcohol and other drug (AOD) services and practitioners to better support the needs of people who experience diverse and intersecting forms of marginalisation.   What is the guide? We developed a practice guide to support the AOD sector…

  • The LGBTIQA+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Project

    The LGBTIQA+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Project

    The LGBTIQA+ mental health and wellbeing project aimed to develop a better understanding of the mental health and wellbeing needs of LGBTIQA+ people, as well as their experiences accessing service systems. Drummond Street Services’ Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) delivered the project. The research was funded by the…

  • The Cultural, Lived experience and Identity Knowledge (CLIK) Guide

    The Cultural, Lived experience and Identity Knowledge (CLIK) Guide

    The CLIK Guide is a practical resource that supports services in the family violence and sexual assault sectors to build intersectional lived experience workforces.

  • Future-proofing Safety: Surfacing inequality and building service capacity for crisis-ready responses

    Future-proofing Safety: Surfacing inequality and building service capacity for crisis-ready responses

    Future-proofing Safety sought to understand how services across Victoria responded to family violence during COVID-19. The research was led by the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) at Drummond Street Services, in partnership with the Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) at RMIT University and the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), and…

  • COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people

    COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people

    Use the table of contents above to navigate on this page.   Updates to our factsheets and information sessions January 2022: Advice continues to change regarding testing, including rapid antigen tests and when to get tested. For the latest advice, visit the Victorian Government’s webpage on COVID-19 testing. December 2021:…

  • Supporting Gender Equality in the Public Sector

    Supporting Gender Equality in the Public Sector

    At the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE), we are excited to continue to contribute to state-wide progress towards gender equality with the Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector. We have recently been appointed a member of the expert Panel of Providers, within the evaluation stream, and…

  • Something to Chew Over: CFRE has 3 presentations at the AIFS Snack Sized Research Showcase

    Something to Chew Over: CFRE has 3 presentations at the AIFS Snack Sized Research Showcase

    This year, the much-anticipated Australian Insititute of Family Studies (AIFS) 2020 conference was cancelled due to COVID-19. To replace it, presentations that were planned for the conference are now being displayed as slide shows online. CFRE have three presentations in this AIFS ‘snack sized research showcase’. Ready Steady Family outlines…

  • Prevention in the pandemic

    Prevention in the pandemic

    Prevention in the pandemic: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a significant impact on people’s lives and wellbeing around the world.  The pandemic has exacerbated health, social and economic inequalities and globally, rates of family violence have surged. For people who are LGBTIQ+ in Victoria, especially those who experience multiple…

  • A Walk Through Health Evaluation

    A Walk Through Health Evaluation

    A Walk Through Health: In November 2020 CFRE commenced a partnership with Wyndham Community & Education Centre (Wyndham CEC) to evaluate their health literacy program, A Walk Through Health. Delivered in partnership with Mercy Health, the program aims to address unmet health and well-being needs of culturally diverse community members…

  • Action Research: Use of Family Violence by LGBTIQ+ People

    Action Research: Use of Family Violence by LGBTIQ+ People

    Action Research: Use of Family Violence by LGBTIQ+ People  National and international research has found that family violence in LGBTIQ+ relationships occurs at rates similar to, if not higher than heterosexual relationships. LGBTIQ+ populations face unique and intersecting vulnerabilities, including that: the impacts of abuse are compounded by discrimination and…