Workplace Services
InsideOUT can support your organisation or workplace to be as safe and inclusive as possible for rainbow communities
Education
Consultation
Resources
Our trainings are always delivered by experienced facilitators from rainbow and takatāpui communities.
Education
InsideOUT Kōaro can deliver education to your staff as one way to make your workplace safer and more inclusive for rainbow & takatāpui people.
We have a number of trainings that can be catered to your organisational context.
Some of the sectors we are experienced at delivering education to:
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Child, youth & family organisations
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Health service providers
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Community support organisations
- Government agencies
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Active recreation
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Survivor support services
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Sexual health service providers
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Businesses
We also offer rainbow competency training for mental health and addiction providers.
“I would highly recommend it to anyone who is at any stage of their understanding of gender and sexual diversity issues – as everyone will learn something.”
“I loved the discussions around how to respond to situations, especially around follow-ups as it is sometimes difficult to actually step up in the moment”
“It felt welcoming, safe, inclusive and SO informing. It seemed like the team felt they could ask ‘anything’ without fear of judgement and would get an answer that truly helped.”
“Presentation was amazing. It has taught me skills which I am looking forward to implementing into my practice and taking back to my team.”
Primary areas of education:
- Ensuring your workplace is safe and inclusive for rainbow staff
- Ensuring your services are responsive and safe for rainbow service users
Depending on your organisation’s needs, we can offer a combination or tailor our education to focus more on supporting your rainbow staff or effectively engaging rainbow service users. Most of the core principles and key concepts covered will remain the same.
Secondary areas of education:
We can also occasionally deliver more specific content, such as for Executive Leadership Teams, People & Culture or HR staff, Diversity Liaison Officers and more depending on the context and whether that falls within our organisation’s expertise.
We can also be hired for speaking engagements, panels or conferences. We are proud to have a number of inspiring and experienced rainbow rangatahi and staff available to book for keynotes, panels, assemblies, speeches and more. Please note that the charge for this service is typically the same as for our other education offerings (see below), but that this can be negotiated where needed.
Our Trainings
Option 1: Workshop
Creating a Rainbow Inclusive Workplace
4 – 5 hour workshop
Ideal for 10 – 15 people up to a maximum of 20. Can be delivered in-person* OR online as a live webinar.
This interactive workshop will cover the fundamentals of sexuality, gender and sex characteristics, including relevant terminology and research. We will explore how different forms of discrimination affect rainbow communities and the importance of an actively inclusive environment. We will develop together practical ways your professional practice and workplace can become or continue to be an inclusive and safe place for those in rainbow communities.
This workshop will cover:
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Relevant statistics & research on rainbow & takatāpui people’s experiences in Aotearoa
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Understanding diversity of gender and sexuality and variations of sex characteristics including key concepts such as terminology, pronoun use, transition processes
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Understanding how discrimination impacts rainbow communities
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Scenario based activities and other interactive elements to help guide learning around practical implementation of rainbow inclusion
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Top tips for including and supporting rainbow communities within your role
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Questions of the audience
Requires: provision of a venue, screen or projector for slides, ideally a laptop with ability to connect to screen/projector, speakers, wifi access and catering if desired.
Option 2: Seminar
Toward a Rainbow Inclusive Workplace
1 – 2 hour seminar
Can work with most audience sizes but if possible it’s good to keep to 20-25 max to allow attendees the chance to ask questions. Groups significantly larger than this will be charged accordingly. Can be delivered in-person* OR online as a live webinar.
This seminar will address the importance of workplaces that value diversity and inclusion of rainbow & takatāpui communities, and is designed to give anyone in your organisation an understanding of why this culture change is important. We will focus on the practical experiences of rainbow communities and things your workplace can do to support inclusion and equity for these communities.
This workshop will cover:
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Statistics & research on rainbow & takatāpui communities in Aotearoa- the challenges that they face & points of resilience
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Understanding sexuality, gender and variations of sex characteristics including key concepts such as terminology, pronoun use (only if 2 hours is permitted)
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Practical tips on how to make a more inclusive environment for rainbow & takatāpui people
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Key questions of the audience
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Further opportunities and additional resources
Requires: provision of a venue, screen or projector for slides, ideally a laptop with ability to connect to screen/projector, speakers, wifi access and catering if desired.
Please Note
Training Length
We do not generally offer trainings that are less than 1 hour in length, with the exception of conferences and speaking engagements. This is because we find that it is very difficult to deliver key information about this kaupapa, preface it with the necessary context and respond to questions to clarify understanding when given less than an hour.
Training Location
*The majority of our facilitators are based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Te-Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) and Ōtautahi (Christchurch). We can deliver online training to staff anywhere in Aotearoa and can travel to other regions on occasion, but there may be additional costs associated where out-of-region travel is required.
Booking in Advance
We receive a large number of enquiries for training so if you are able to contact us with as much notice as possible that is greatly appreciated, otherwise we may not be able to accommodate your request on the desired date.
Education Delivery Costs
The following are our education delivery rates. We can negotiate these somewhat according to the available training budget for your workplace, but generally ask that these rates be honoured wherever possible. This is because we are a not-for-profit organisation, and this revenue goes directly back into paying our staff, sustaining this work and other projects that we do for rainbow communities in schools and communities throughout Aotearoa!
We do not typically charge for tailoring of content to make our education as relevant as possible to your workplace’s context.
Government Agency/Corporate
$750 per hour + GST
Non-Government Organisation
$350 per hour + GST
The above rates apply for audience sizes of 25 or less. If you are wanting us to deliver to an audience significantly larger than this we will charge according to audience size, or recommend that the session be delivered twice.
Some of our previous professional development clients:
- Stats NZ
- Kiwi Wealth
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Public Sector Chief Executives
- Crown Law
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
- Ministry of Justice
- Department of Conservation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Piki
- HELP Wellington
- Zeal Wellington
- Massey University
- Gore Counselling
- Capital & Coast DHB
- Interpreting NZ
- Youthline
- Community Law
- Squiz
- Atareira
- REAL Pathways
- Child Matters
Testimony from our professional development clients:
It both informed and educated us, and in many cases opened our eyes to the size of both the challenge and the prize if we get it right. – Mark Sowden, Deputy Government Statistician and Deputy Chief Executive, Statistics New Zealand
They provided great information (for those of us addicted to ‘data’) and handled the questions well. Their knowledge, sense, and sensitivity especially shone through in the potential awkwardness of some of the matters raised … and their handling of those issues really impressed me. – Dr Dougal Watson, Principal Medical Officer, Civil Aviation Authority
I really appreciated the training. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is at any stage of their understanding of gender and sexual diversity issues – as everyone will learn something. – Conor Twyford, Manager, HELP Wellington Sexual Abuse Foundation
Their presentation enabled us to reflect on our current practices and we were left with some good practical ideas for moving forward, and resources that will be useful to assist us in our journey. – Maria Potter, Principal, Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt
“They came to each of our team meetings, provided insight and tips and were amazing to work with. Co-design with them – it’ll be the best decision you made.”
– Natalia Albert, Founder of Kate Sheppard Place Women
Consultation
InsideOUT Kōaro is a leading expert in Aotearoa for matters related to the inclusion of rainbow communities. We offer consulting services in the following key areas:
- Policy
- Resource Development
- Youth Engagement
- Rainbow Community Engagement
We can offer support to create and review documents, advise on best practice language and inclusion, recruit and facilitate focus groups and more.
If you are able to contact us with as much notice as possible prior to the deadline for consultation work that is greatly appreciated, otherwise we may not be able to accommodate your request by the desired date.
Contact rosie@insideout.org.nz to enquire about consultation today!
Consultation Costs
The following are our consultation rates. We can negotiate these somewhat according to the available consultation budget for your workplace, but generally ask that these rates be honoured wherever possible. This is because we are a not-for-profit organisation, and this revenue goes directly back into paying our staff, sustaining this work and other projects that we do for rainbow communities in schools and communities throughout Aotearoa!
Government Agency/Corporate
$200 per hour + GST
Non-Government Organisation
$100 per hour + GST
We do not charge for consultation in cases where we can offer general guidance, or for enquiries about language use pertaining to our communities in data collection, research or referral to resources.
Before we commence with any consultative work we will provide a quote for you indicating how much time we expect the work to take and await your approval before proceeding.
Some of our previous consulting clients:
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Education
- ACC
- Family Planning
- ActionStation
- New Zealand Students’ Association
- Office of Film and Literature Classifications
- Community Law Wellington & Hutt Valley
- Autonomouse Productions – Rūrangi
- WORD (Wellington Offroad Riding Department)
Resources for Workplaces
Rainbow Terminology
A list of terms related to sex, gender and sexuality, and their common definitions.
Pronouns
InsideOUT Kōaro has developed a video resource on the importance of pronouns. Sharing your pronouns and asking for someone else’s is an easy way to signal to the person you’re talking to that you aren’t assuming what their gender identity is or how they wish to be referred to. This is really important because every trans and gender diverse person’s journey is different.
While some people may take steps to transition socially, legally and/or medically, others may not. You therefore cannot know what someone’s gender identity is just by looking at them, knowing their name or hearing their voice.
Posters
A collection of rainbow posters from InsideOUT Kōaro and other rainbow organisations across Aotearoa that can be downloaded and printed for use in the workplace.