Prevention Programs

Building a world beyond family and gender-based violence requires skills and supported workers, with the ability to design and deliver initiatives in the spaces where we live, learn, work and play.

The Prevention Programs training package is designed to equip you with the skills to turn your understanding of the evidence of primary prevention into tangible, transformative change. It's for professionals who are ready to build on their foundational knowledge and lead the charge in designing, implementing and evaluating programs that bring communities and organisations together to prevent violence before it begins.

This training will equip you with knowledge and skills to design and implement programs for the primary prevention of family and gender-based violence with an intersectional lens, ensuring that our efforts reflect the diversity and unique strengths of all people and are driven by effective and equitable stakeholder partnerships. 

By participating in this 5-hour virtual training, you will gain the ability to lead programs that spark conversations and empower others to join the journey towards a better future. This is more than a professional development course; it's a way to deepen your impact and contribute to a world where safety and equality are a reality for everyone. 
 

What you will learn:

• Build understanding key settings and strategies for primary prevention of family and gender-based violence prevention
• Increase capacity to design and deliver prevention programs with embedded intersectional practice Increase capacity to work effectively with stakeholders and advisory groups
• Build understanding of best practice evaluation and monitoring tools and approaches
• Embed collective care and professional wellbeing within program planning and delivery

This package is based on Day 2 of Prevention in Practice training. Prevention in Practice has now been separated into two distinct packages, Prevention Foundations and Prevention Programs.  
 

Prerequisites

This course requires foundational knowledge of primary prevention. We recommend practitioners complete either the Primary Prevention Foundations e-Learn or Prevention Foundations training before attending this training.

Please email training@safeandequal.org.au if you have questions about your knowledge before attending this program.    

Future Dates

• Tuesday, 21 July 2026
• Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Register your interest to be notified by email as soon as enrolments open:

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Associated Learner Pathways

Once you have completed Prevention Programs, and you would like to continue your learning journey we would recommend checking out the following packages: 

• Delivering and leading initiatives – Unpacking Resistance, Organisational Resistance, Responding to Disclosures in Prevention

Cancellations and refunds:
See our cancellation and refund policy here.