Understanding and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities Training

Are you looking to deepen your understanding of LGBTQIA+ communities and strengthen your inclusive practice?

This engaging half-day course is designed to explore the vital connections between values, attitudes, and behaviours when it comes to supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals.

With a focus on history, culture, language and legislation, we’ll explore how to create safe, inclusive spaces and challenge discrimination with confidence.

Whether you work in education, health, social care, community services or beyond, this course offers a thoughtful, practical approach to allyship and systemic inclusion – all within a safe, supportive learning environment.

This course will cover:

• Introductions / safe space
• Values, attitudes and behaviours
• LGBTQ+ history and culture
• The impact of legislation on LGBTQ+ communities
• Understanding the LGBTQ+ acronym
• Inclusive and affirming language
• Systemic approaches to inclusion
• Intersectional approaches
• Trans and non binary inclusion
• Effective allyship
• Key learning/action plan
• Wellbeing activity

About Our Courses

Our courses are interactive, practical, and tailored to the challenges you face in your work. Each session is led by an experienced facilitator, with personal and/or professional experience, using our award-winning Training 4 Influence Methodology. This unique approach ensures what you learn with us is immediately relevant and can be put into practice straight away – making a real, lasting impact on your professional development.

Our open courses are perfect for charities, small teams, or individual professionals, our open courses are designed to help you grow your skills and boost your confidence. Even better, they’re hybrid – you can join us in person at Door 84, Lowther Street, York, or attend live online via Zoom!

You can find out more about what we do and how we deliver on our website: https://transformyourtraining.org/taye-training/

At Transform Your Training, we believe learning should be engaging, inspiring, and packed with those "lightbulb" moments that stick with you.

We are passionate about the transformative power of training, promoting equity of learning through expert, tailored, engaging and values-led training solutions.

We know that in frontline services, both time and money are precious. That's why our training is designed to make a real impact, giving your team the skills and confidence they need to deliver the very best services.

Our interactive and engaging approach will leave you and your team feeling motivated and energised – reminding you why you love what you do!

Lived experience is at the heart of what we do. Our facilitators bring personal insights and real-world knowledge to each session, making the learning process deeply authentic and relatable.

By drawing on lived experience, our courses offer practical, actionable solutions that resonate with participants, making the training not just informative but truly transformative.

Why We Are Different

We deliver all of our courses using our multi-award winning Training 4 Influence methodology; expert, tailored, engaging and values-led.

This methodology ensures that what you learn with us isn’t just theoretical – it’s directly applicable to your day-to-day responsibilities, making a lasting impact on your professional development.

Find out more about our methodology here: Link

" This was the best safeguarding training I’ve been on - above and beyond in terms of practical knowledge compared to any other mandated training I’ve done. The facilitators were friendly, knowledgeable and passionate. The discussions were great and everyone was really engaged."

The Power of Lived Experience

Lived experience is at the heart of what we do. Our facilitators bring personal insights and real-world knowledge to each session, making the learning process deeply authentic and relatable.

By drawing on lived experience, our courses offer practical, actionable solutions that resonate with participants, making the training not just informative but truly transformative.

"The facilitator was very engaging and exceptionally knowledgeable. She used her own lived experiences which I think are hugely beneficial for a course such as this, instead of 'metaphorical' or unrelatable scenarios! I love that it was a safe space to learn."