ACON Northern Rivers

02/06/2026

Free, Fast & Private

This HIV Testing Week (1-7 June), test your health in private with a free HIV self-test kit. Results take 15 minutes.

All you need is a mobile number or email address.

Find out more ➡ mytest.health.nsw.gov.au/en-US/

29/05/2026

This DFV Awareness Day, we stand with LGBTQ+ communities and name what too often goes unseen: domestic and family violence can include control, fear, humiliation, isolation, and abuse tied to someone’s s*xuality or gender.
You are not alone, and you deserve support that is safe, inclusive, and affirming.

ACON and Say It Out Loud are here.
➡ acon.org.au/what-we-are-here-for/domestic-family-violence/
➡ sayitoutloud.org.au See less

29/05/2026

Read more of our statement about the release of the NSW HIV Strategy 2026-2030 here:
➡ https://www.acon.org.au/about-acon/latest-news/ -action-is-needed-to-continue-success-on-hiv

29/05/2026

🏳️‍🌈 VOLUNTEER WITH US AND SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW Q***R MOB! 🏳️‍⚧️

Want to give back to your community and help create spaces where q***r mob can connect, learn, and grow? We’re looking for passionate LGBTQ+ mob to volunteer as facilitators for our community workshops! 🖤💛❤️

✨ What you’ll gain:

• Make new q***r friends and join a community of care

• Facilitation and leadership experience

• Opportunities to build confidence and communication skills

• A chance to support your local LGBTQ+ community

• Ongoing support and training from community health promotion experts

No prior facilitation experience is needed – just a willingness to learn, listen, and show up for your community 💛

📍 Open to LGBTQ+ people aged 18+ who are LGBTQ+ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

🔗 Find out more & apply here - https://www.sparkonline.org.au/facilitator-training-2026 or via the link in bio.

27/05/2026

Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomes

26/05/2026

From missed diagnoses to gaps in ongoing care, women with HIV are too often overlooked in Australia, especially in regional areas. Many are diagnosed late, often in GP settings where doctors may lack up-to-date HIV knowledge.

A new national audio-visual education tool, Women and HIV Today, aims to change this by equipping healthcare students and professionals with the knowledge to test earlier and care better. The project is being developed by Positive Women Victoria with a ViiV Healthcare Positive Action Community Grant awarded to NAPWHA.

Read about this exciting new venture in Positive Living magazine: https://napwha.org.au/positive-living/

26/05/2026

LGBTQ+ Legal Planning Workshop
Do you have a Will? Have you chosen a Power of Attorney? Have you thought about Advance Care Planning? Who is your Superannuation beneficiary?

Le***an, gay, bi+, transgender, and q***r (LGBTQ+) people, PLHIV, carers and friends are invited to an online workshop exploring legal tips and end of life decisions, with an optional in-person consultation with a Seniors Rights Service legal expert. Join us online and learn the essentials to keeping your wishes and loved ones protected in the later stages of life, and how Seniors Rights Service can support you.

Legal Tips and End of Life Decisions
Date: Tuesday 16 June
Time: 12pm to 1pm
REGISTER HERE : https://shorturl.at/LXggI
If you are unable to attend this event but would like to be contacted about future events, contact Zoe Hinton E: [email protected] ph: 02 9206 2126
Funded by the NSW Ministry of Health, supported by Seniors Rights Service and hosted by ACON’s LOVE Project.

LGBTQ+ Legal Planning Workshop

Do you have a Will? Have you chosen a Power of Attorney? Have you thought about Advance Care Planning? Who is your Superannuation beneficiary?

Le***an, gay, bi+, transgender, and q***r (LGBTQ+) people, PLHIV, carers and friends are invited to an online workshop exploring legal tips and end of life decisions, with an optional in-person consultation with a Seniors Rights Service legal expert. Join us online and learn the essentials to keeping your wishes and loved ones protected in the later stages of life, and how Seniors Rights Service can support you.

Legal Tips and End of Life Decisions

Date: Tuesday 16 June
Time: 12pm to 1pm

REGISTER HERE : https://shorturl.at/LXggI

If you are unable to attend this event but would like to be contacted about future events, contact Zoe Hinton E: [email protected] ph: 02 9206 2126

Funded by the NSW Ministry of Health, supported by Seniors Rights Service and hosted by ACON’s LOVE Project.

26/05/2026

Social and emotional wellbeing for Stolen Generations survivors
By Leonie Williamson, Nicole Kilby and Tegan Schefe
The Stolen Generations were children when they were forcibly removed from the mid-1800s until the 1980s, under assimilation policies aimed at eliminating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
They were separated from their families, communities, Country, culture and language, placed in institutions, missions, training farms and schools, and adopted by non-Indigenous families or fostered. Many were abused, neglected or both.
Now the Stolen Generations survivors are middle-aged or older, and grappling in their later years with the legacy of their experiences.
The recommendations of the 1997 Bringing Them Home report, produced by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission following a national inquiry, have been incompletely implemented, leaving many people feeling angry and abandoned.
The Stolen Generations are also witnessing the intergenerational effects of the trauma they experienced in their own families, and many dread the prospect of needing aged care, which can trigger painful memories of the institutions of their youth.
And MORE 👇🏿
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26/05/2026

🪩✨ TICKETS NOW ON SALE ✨🪩
Pride Ball is coming to Clunes Hall this King’s Birthday long weekend — Saturday 6 June 2026 💜🌈💋
https://events.humanitix.com/pride-ball-2026