November Queer Community Building

Come and join us for this transformative community building workshop series for 2 hours a week over a 3 week period.

Thursday 5th, 12th and 19th of November from 1pm - 3pm.

Discover how to create the conditions to empower individuals, organisations, and businesses in the

LGBTQIA+ community.

Together we’ll explore how we can collectively build stronger, more resilient communities

by leveraging our unique strengths, talents, and experiences. Rather than focusing on

needs and deficits, we’ll explore ways of mobilising local wisdom and community assets to

address complex, intergenerational challenges.

Facilitated with a deep care for queer community building. We will spend our day looking

into the basics of foundational concepts like Asset-Based Community Development,

Trauma-Informed Community Building, Community Conversations, Power and Privilege,

Conscious Co-design, shared decision making all tailored to the unique dynamics of queer

communities.

Whether you're a community member, pride organiser, or part of an

LGBTQIA+ organization, this session will offer a fresh perspective of what's possible in

our diverse communities. At the end of the day you will come away with practical tools,

frameworks and processes that can be put into practice right away, to foster sustainable,

inclusive change.

This event is for ANYONE wanting to explore and gain further understanding of Queer Community

Building:

• Queer Leaders

• LGBTQIA+ Not for Profit organisations

• Individual community members and change-makers

• Queer social connection and social groups

• Public sector Advisors and Policy Officers

• Pride/event organisers

This event has been set up as a pay as you feel to enable grassroots participation, those that can contribute ensure we can continue to deliver this workshop as a pay as you feel.

Below is an example of what contributions could look like:

- Government and Corporate, $300

- Not for profit organisations, $200

- Community members - $150

- Youth and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander - $75

Please contact us if contribution is a barrier to your participation – one of our organisations pillars is generosity of spirit.

Previous participants have said:

‘ The Building Queer Community workshop was truly what felt like one of those pivotal experiences one goes through in life. Suddenly I feel authentically connected to a deep experience based of people doing the kind of work I want to contribute to in my life. Each hour was a wealth of experience, integrity, openness, fun and kindness. It was truly dripping with lifelong love for this community and it showed me a I think I have been dreaming of all my life but not seen demonstrated in this way. I am drawn to approach things from a very practical perspective and so this workshop was perfectly aligned in that way. I have made some lifelong friendships for sure and I won't forget these two heart felt days.’

‘An "idea" is not a creative jargon word anymore to me. This workshop shifted my ideas from a "wish" to a living, breathing, real possibility. The facilitators not only created a space for my ideas to grow, using contagious (and proven) community mindset methodologies, they embodied the many processes throughout. This means, I now have a lived experience of moving into that space of community, leaving me feeling confident and content as well as adding my own knowledge and life experience. I'm left with a grateful feeling of assurance that i can not only facilitate a community idea, but also assist others in making themselves and their own community idea take its rightful place, and come to life ! Thank you’

‘I highly recommend this amazingly enriching workshop for anyone wanting to build queer community. It catered for folks curious about where/how to begin, to established professionals and everyone in between. It was dynamically facilitated with expertise, wisdom and held with heartfelt care. Ideas, models and theories were brought to life through the facilitator's demonstrations, enlivening conversations, interactive exercises and the sharing of lived experience of all participants. Everyone was made to feel equally welcome and like they belonged, with no hierarchy. On reflection, the group demonstrated a beautifully embodied example of queer community building in action!’

The CoBu team are listed below:

Fiona – ABCD Facilitator

Fiona is a creative and innovative facilitator with a passion for bringing people together around what’s local, possible, and already strong. Grounded in Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), she believes conversations matter and that meaningful collaboration sparks change. Fiona works across facilitation, graphic harvesting, community consultation, and co-designing projects alongside communities and their partners. With experience across early years, adult education, and diverse community settings, she especially enjoys supporting 8–12-year-olds to recognise their strengths and voice. Now based in northern Tasmania, Fiona loves family, friends, alpacas, chooks, volunteering—and baking excellent scones.

Lee – ABCD Facilitator

Lee brings a lifelong passion for community to their work as an ABCD Facilitator, delivering training, workshops, and strategic planning. With over 14 years’ experience across local government and the not-for-profit sector in Australia and the UK, Lee has focused on creating the conditions for organisations and systems to work alongside community. Their work spans social housing, homelessness, mental health, family and domestic violence, and disability. A long-time volunteer and board member, Lee has helped establish organisations addressing health inequality and supporting LGBTQIA+ communities. At the heart of Lee’s work is a strong commitment to recognising and building on the strengths and assets communities already hold.

Dee – ABCD & Art of Hosting Practitioner | Intentional Nomad

Dee is a highly experienced ABCD and Art of Hosting practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in community development, facilitation, and co-design. Known for her grounded, down-to-earth style, she brings people together to tap into the collective wisdom of communities and strengthen what’s already there. Dee has worked across youth work, community-based research, and community–university partnerships, and has facilitated hundreds of workshops, conferences, and events internationally. An Intentional Nomad, Dee has lived and worked in more than 20 countries and continues to support communities, organisations, and networks to collaborate in meaningful and transformative ways.