About WayOut

WayOut, Rural Victorian Youth & Sexual Diversity Project is a partnership between Cobaw Community Health Service and Gay & Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV). The project works with communities in rural Victoria to raise awareness about homophobia and to provide an environment that is welcoming to same sex attracted young people. WayOut provides a range of services including:

The project commenced working with all rural areas in July 2005 and receives ongoing funding from the Department of Human Services. Prior to this we conducted a pilot project for 3 years in Central Victoria and developed a new model for working with young people and raising awareness in rural communities. The pilot project was externally evaluated by the Australian Research Center in Sex, Health & Society and won the 2004 Victoria Public Health Award for Innovation in the Capacity Building Category.

In 2006, the state-wide project was selected as one of 3 finalists in the Australian Community Idol Competition run by Our Community.

Check out our latest newsletter for an update of our work across the state (pdf)