Wellbeing and Mental Health

Building a Culture of Respect and Equality

At TPS, we take a whole-school approach to embedding a culture of respect and equality across our entire school, from our classrooms to staffroom, playground, sporting events and community celebrations. This approach leads to positive impacts on students’ learning, their mental health, classroom behaviour and relationships between teachers and students. 

The Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationship curriculum is just one of the ways that we are building a culture of respect and equality across the school. At TPS, we also promote gender equality through celebrating diversity, learning about and marking a range of special days across the year, encouraging gender inclusive language and providing information on mental health and wellbeing through our school newsletter. 

This week we would like to highlight some excellent services that support the LGBTIQA+ community.

Rainbow Door 

Website: www.rainbowdoor.org.au

Email: support@rainbowdoor.org.au 

Ph: 1800 729 367

A free specialist LGBTIQA+ helpline providing information, support, and referral to all LGBTIQA+ Victorians, their friends and family.

Drummond Street Services – Queerspace

Website: www.queerspace.org.au

Email: enquiries@ds.org.au

Ph: (03) 9663 6733

A non-judgemental, queer affirmative service who specialize in working with trans and gender diverse or gender questioning young people and their families. Queerspace offers counselling, advocacy, case management, support groups and professional development.  

QLife

Website: https://qlife.org.au

Ph: 1800 184 527

Provides Australia-wide anonymous, LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships. QLife services are free and include both telephone and webchat support.

Minus18

Website: www.minus18.org.au

 Leading change, building social inclusion, and advocating for an Australia where all young people are safe, empowered, and surrounded by people that support them. Minu18 provides education, events, advocacy and youth leadership programs.