A lot of cultural awareness training starts by teaching us about other people's cultures. Beyond Awareness: Culturally Safe Practice in Our Sector starts somewhere different - with our own culture.  We all have culture. 

This free, 30-minute, interactive session is an opportunity to get a taste of the Beyond Awareness program before deciding whether you'd like to register for the full two-day program.

We’ll use facilitated conversations and reflective activities to consider how greater awareness of our own cultural lens can help us become more curious about other people's ways of knowing, being and doing.  When we do, we can contribute to workplaces and services where more people feel understood, respected and safe.

The Beyond Awareness program was created specifically in response to Queensland’s DFV service principle #5 which states that: “Services are culturally safe for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people”.  Whether you work in the DFV sector, or in another sector or organisation with a RAP commitment, Beyond Awareness can support you to create more culturally responsive services and workplaces.

Learning Outcomes

Reflect on the role of our own culture in our ways of knowing, being and doing
Engage in facilitated conversations and reflective activities
Better understand the Beyond Awareness program and its usefulness to my work and organisational context

Event details

Date: Tuesday, 13th October 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm AEST (Qld time)

Location: Online

Who should attend

All workforce in the Domestic and Family Violence, Sexual Violence, Women’s Health and Wellbeing sector across Queensland.

About the facilitators

Leanne Levinge

Leanne Levinge is a Ngugi (Moreton Island) and Kombumerri (Gold Coast) descendant on her Dad’s side and non-Indigenous Australian on her mum’s side. She lives on Turrbal and Yugara/Yuggera Country in Meanjin (Brisbane) with her two sons. Leanne is a narrative therapist / counsellor, coach, mentor, facilitator, and consultant with experience working in a range of contexts and with a range of individuals, groups and communities.

Leanne spent 20 years in management and leadership roles in the higher education sector (eventually in the role of Director of Faculty Services, QUT Business School) before a COVID-related career change in early 2020 led her to narrative therapy, counselling and coaching.

While running her own small practice, she Chairs the Board of Directors for Triple A Murri Country.

Leanne's academic history is like a patchwork possum-skin cloak: with degrees in journalism; librarianship; leadership through coaching and mentoring; and narrative therapy and community work. She says the thread that ties them together is curiosity and the art of a good question.

Contact the host of A free interactive taster: Beyond Awareness: What does culture have to do with me?