Category: Recent Work

  • 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 up this practice guide to support the AOD…

  • The LGBTIQA+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Project

    The LGBTIQA+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Project

    Funded by the Victorian Department of Health, Drummond Street Services’ Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) delivered the LGBTIQA+ Mental Health and Wellbeing Project. The project aimed to develop a better understanding of the mental health and wellbeing needs of LGBTIQA+ people, as well as their experiences accessing service…

  • 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 – COVID-19 and family violence in Victoria

    Future-proofing Safety – COVID-19 and family violence in Victoria

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

  • COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people

    COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people

    COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people Use the table of contents below 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…

  • New Parents, New Possibilities

    New Parents, New Possibilities

    New Parents, New Possibilities Use the table of contents below to navigate on this page. Overview and Final Report The transition to parenthood is recognised as a period of high risk for the onset of family violence in heterosexual relationships. It is also known that family violence, including intimate partner…

  • Interactive Case Studies

    Interactive Case Studies

    New Parents, New Possibilities: Interactive Case Studies Interactive case studies were developed to illustrate diverse examples of the transition to parenthood for LGBTIQ+ parents. The case studies bring the research findings to life, highlighting not only the diversity within LGBTIQ+ families and diverse pathways to family formation but also the…

  • New Parents, New Possibilities – Perinatal Sector Webinar Series

    New Parents, New Possibilities – Perinatal Sector Webinar Series

    New Parents, New Possibilities – Perinatal Sector Webinar Series A series of four webinars were developed to build on the original sector training to enable professional development for those who are unable to commit to group training. The four part series consists of 30 minute modules: Part I of the…

  • 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…

  • 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

    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…