Workplace Diversity Training
Practical, evidence-based training for employers and teams — inclusive recruitment, unconscious bias and building workplaces where everyone can do their best work.
Registered Australian Charity — ACNC
Real inclusion starts with real people.
Diversity Now Australia Ltd is a nonprofit, registered charity (ABN 19 670 122 139) based in Thomastown, Victoria. We help workplaces, schools and neighbourhoods turn diversity into genuine belonging — through practical training, free community workshops, cultural events and peer support groups.
120+
Training sessions & workshops delivered
3,400+
People reached through programs and events
100%
Nonprofit — every dollar funds our charitable programs
Free
Community workshops and peer support, always
Our mission and nonprofit purpose
We're a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), and our purpose is simple: an Australia where everyone belongs.
Australia is one of the most diverse nations on earth — but for too many people, daily life still means being overlooked, misunderstood or quietly excluded. At work, at school, in the neighbourhood. Prejudice rarely survives genuine contact and practical skill, so that's where we work: real workshops that change how people treat each other, real events that turn strangers into neighbours, and real support for people carrying the weight of exclusion.
We are proudly nonprofit. We have no shareholders and no commercial motive — income from donations, training fees and grants is reinvested entirely into our charitable programs. Our finances are reported every year to the ACNC and published on the Charity Register for anyone to inspect.
Everything we do is measured against one question: did this make someone feel they belong?
"Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance. We work on the second part."
— The Diversity Now Australia team
What we do
Programs that meet people where they are — at work, at school and in the community.
Community Workshops & Events
Free public workshops and cultural celebration events that bring neighbours of every background together to learn, share food and build real friendships.
Peer Support Groups
Safe, confidential, facilitated groups for people who have experienced exclusion — a place to be heard, rebuild confidence and find your people.
Why your support matters
Your donation keeps our community programs free for the people who need them most.
- $30 provides materials for one free community inclusion workshop.
- $75 helps host a cultural celebration event open to the whole neighbourhood.
- $150 sponsors a training place for a small nonprofit or community group.
- $300 funds a term of facilitated peer support group sessions.
Change in action
A Thomastown employer came to us after watching skilled migrant staff leave within months of hiring. Through our training pathway, their leaders rebuilt onboarding, learned bias-aware management and made cultural competence part of how they work — not a poster on a wall.
Within a year, their retention of staff from diverse backgrounds had transformed, and team engagement rose with it. That's what practical inclusion looks like.
Latest from the community
Our programs run year-round — catch up on everything on our news page.
July 2026 — Winter workshops now registering
Free public workshops on practical allyship and intercultural skills are open for winter — fortnightly in Thomastown and online.
June 2026 — Celebration day unites neighbours
Hundreds of locals from a dozen cultures shared food, music and stories at our winter celebration in Melbourne's north.
Coming up — Spring events calendar
Allyship workshop 8 August, intercultural dialogue evening 22 August, and our Spring Cultural Celebration Day on 12 September.
Help build an Australia where everyone belongs
Donate, volunteer, or bring our training to your workplace — every action makes inclusion real for someone who needs it.
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