Brisbane face to face training: Change the story in action

Join us in Brisbane for face-to-face prevention training. Two full-day workshops for people with at least 12 months' experience in the prevention sector and those who have completed Introduction to Change the story training.  

Change the story in action provides an opportunity to deepen your confidence to put prevention into action. 

Day 1.
10am-4:30pm, Thursday, 1 May
Change the Story in Action (Part 1: Prevention Principles)

The ‘Change the story in action workshop’ is designed for intermediate prevention of violence against women practitioners. The workshop aims to support people who are actively engaged in prevention work to expand their knowledge and skills, to enable them to design, implement and evaluate activities of increasing complexity.

The first part of this workshop will provide an overview of Prevention Practice Principles including:

1. gender transformative change
2. intersectionality (with links to the Changing the picture and Changing the landscape frameworks)
3. planning for and working with resistance and backlash
4. working with men and masculinities for the prevention of violence against women
5. working in partnership, and
6. collective practitioner care.

PLEASE NOTE: Learners wishing to undertake Change the Story in Action Part 1, 'Prevention Principles', will be required to have undertaken 'Introduction to Change the Story' OR have a working knowledge of the Change the Story framework.

Day 2.
10am-4:30pm, Friday, 2 May
Change the Story in Action (Part 2: Putting it into Action)

The second part of this workshop will be focused on Putting it into Practice, including:

1. understanding your audience and setting
2. implementing essential actions from Change the story
3. prevention methods and techniques, including communications and messaging
4. planning prevention projects, and
5. developing a theory of change to measure impact and reach.

PLEASE NOTE: Learners wishing to undertake Change the Story in Action Part 2, 'Putting it into Action', will be required to have undertaken part one, 'Prevention Principles'.

We have a minimum 72hour cancellation period. This training is free, and your place will be made available to another person on the waitlist.

To learn about other ways to register, or for questions about access or the training, please email: training@ourwatch.org.au