Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.

Older LGBTI people experience Elder Abuse in unique ways with devastating impacts on mental wellbeing. Yet these issues are often missing from Elder Abuse strategies. This session outlines The Bridge, an innovation to prevent LGBTI Elder Abuse by linking older LGBTI people to Elder Abuse services and supportive LGBTIQ communities.

Speakers: Lisette Claremont-Goulet (Co-Founder, TLLPC), Mallory Rolfe, Gail (Ellis) Glaremont-Goulet (Co-Founder TLLPC)

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.

A panel reflecting on the experiences of Pride of the South in Adelaide’s southern suburbs.
Through community leadership and grassroots democracy, nurturing positive relationships within all three levels of government, stories from the lives of our constituency resonating with and influencing broader social change at local, state and federal levels.

This panel represents an opportunity to reflect on the experiences of a particular LGBTIQA+ community group, volunteer run and largely unfunded, yet making positive impacts on the lives of the local community in which it exists.

Facilitator: Llewellyn Jones (Pride of the South).

Speakers: Katrine Hildyard, Joanna Giannes and Shayne Glasgow (Pride of The South)

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.

A look at various steps you as an individual can take to improve your mental health and build your resilience. This will take into account issues around what may be common triggers for individuals, depending on which direction or events the “Fickle finger of Fate” may have impacted on an individual’s life.

Speakers: Colin Longworth (Huntingdale Psychology Counselling and Clinical Hypnotherapy)

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/

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