We emphasise reciprocity and relationality, working within a wider ecosystem of interconnected organisations across a range of sectors and systems that support people, including health, housing, social, education and justice.

We work strategically with those who can influence change within systems including funders, political decision makers, researchers, training providers, sector bodies, large agencies that provide health and social services, and rainbow community organisations.

Our Theory of Change summarises how we work, and what we’re working towards.

 

Our Five Key Strategies

One

Advocating at a systemic level for understanding and inclusion of rainbow people’s needs in national policies. 

Two

Developing best practice guidance and working with agencies and educators to embed this in professional practice. 

Three

Working with health and social services to build rainbow inclusion into their policies, practices and environments. 

Four

Sharing accessible, evidence-based information about rainbow topics to enable learning, and working with population researchers to improve the quality of evidence available. 

Five

Collaborating with rainbow community experts to grow infrastructure and capacity across the rainbow support sector, and to ensure our work is centring rainbow expertise and community needs.

 
 

Our work includes: 

  • Educating funders and decision makers about how to work with rainbow populations. 

  • Systemic advocacy to address rainbow inequities through laws, policies and national strategies

  • Building rainbow competence into professional training and codes of practice. 

  • Advising and coaching health and social services to build rainbow inclusion into their policies, practices and environments. 

  • Providing webinars and education events to build understanding of rainbow population needs and good practice. 

  • Advising researchers and evaluators to increase the availability of good quality information about rainbow wellbeing. 

  • Developing free, high quality information resources to strengthen good practice.

  • Working with rainbow support services to build their capacity and grow sector infrastructure.