Aboriginal cultural awareness for workplaces
A guided experience — grounded in story, backed by data, focused on real change
Learn through truth — not just training.
Let’s talk before you commit. Book a quick call with me (Lindsay) to see if this is the right fit for your team.
Learn about Aboriginal experience
Create a safer and more respectful workplace
Grow your Aboriginal workforce
Most workplaces struggle to build support for employing more Aboriginal people
This leaves leaders frustrated by:
People who don’t understand why they should support Aboriginal employment
People who don’t know the history of this country
Time and money wasted on Aboriginal cultural awareness programs that feel good but don’t deliver change
This is because people don’t understand Aboriginal experience and why gaps exist.
Everyone should’ve been taught this at school - but instead it’s your job to create a safer and more respectful workplace.
It’s a structured, proven program — but it’s not for everyone.
It’s built for teams like yours: values-driven, ready to lead, and willing to do the real work.
Hi, I’m Lindsay Stanford.
I’m an Aboriginal employment and workplace specialist with over 25 years of experience helping organisations become culturally capable — not just culturally aware.
I work with NFPs, community services, and purpose-driven teams across Australia to turn good intentions into lasting change — through honest conversations, real insight, and practical, respectful training.
If you're ready to move beyond token gestures and start doing this well — I'm here to help.
Take back control of your impact with Aboriginal Cultural Awareness for Workplaces
Learn about Aboriginal experience
Learn about traditional cultures and society, Australia’s dark past and what it all means for your workplace. Leave with a simple plan to do things differently.
Create a safer and more respectful workplace
Specifically designed to help people learn what they need to understand why they should support Aboriginal workplace initiatives.
Make a real difference and real get results
Get everyone on board you can focus your collective efforts on your purpose and impact.
Want to know how this could work for your organisation? Book a call with me, Lindsay Stanford, and we’ll map it out together.
Your purpose matters. Your impact matters. Your workplace matters.
“I learnt so much in 4 hours - I learnt more in the time than any other cultural awareness training ever attended. I definitely recommend Lindsay and Blakworks to any employer that was looking to make their environment a culturally safe place for Aboriginal people.”
- Jenni Allan, CEO, Adssi Ltd
“Lindsay Stanford has an incredible ability to bring concepts, ideas and practical thinking to the forefront and get you thinking about what you are really doing if you don’t change.”
- Bobbi Murray, First Nations Cadetship Administrator, CLCNSW
“The session provided the collective understanding that we all needed to ‘get’ Aboriginal experience and with a way to hold each other accountable. We all understood that Kamira had to be a safe space for Aboriginal clients and for future Aboriginal staff.”
- Cate Hewett, CEO, Kamira
Build a more culturally aware workforce
5-hour face to face session
12-week email support
Optional 20-minute call
Delivering a cultural awareness session for frontline staff, 2018
A 5-hour, in-person cultural awareness session designed to create real, lasting change.
✔ Delivered at your workplace
✔ Practical, respectful, and actionable
✔ 12 weeks of follow-up email support
✔ Two follow up zoom to help leaders embed learning
This is for teams who want more than just a tick-the-box workshop — it’s for workplaces ready to do better, not just look better.
Led by Lindsay Stanford — Aboriginal educator, facilitator, and workplace trainer.
Ready to explore if this is right for your team? Book a short call with me, Lindsay Stanford, to talk it through.
Ready to start the transformation? Here's how
Making a change in your organisation is simpler than you think.
Book a call
Book the session
Implement change
The Aboriginal Cultural Awareness for Workplaces covers the following topics:
Rationale for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment initiatives
Aboriginal identity and the Blakworks’ model of Aboriginal experience
Traditional beliefs, values and practices of Aboriginal people in New South Wales
The history of disadvantage faced by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people
How this history continues to impact on education, employment and other opportunities and outcomes
Acceptable language for referring to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and communities in workplace contexts
Practical strategies for staff and the organisation to create a culturally safe workplace and contribute to positive Aboriginal employment outcomes
By the end of this session, your team will have a deeper understanding of Aboriginal cultural context, common workplace blind spots, and actionable steps to build more respectful engagement.
Want to know how this could work for your organisation? Book a call with me, Lindsay Stanford, and we’ll map it out together.
Not just any Aboriginal Cultural awareness
Designed for workplaces
The Aboriginal Cultural Awareness for Workplaces is specifically designed to help people learn what they need to know so they can support Aboriginal initiatives. It's designed to be of practical use in the workplace. It's designed to prompt you to ask, how do I need to do things differently in my workplace?
Face-to-face not click-to-click
It's face to face. So there's an element of interaction. You can't just click through and pass the multiple choice tests at the end. You're in a room with a real-life Aboriginal person, listening to real stories. It's not designed for compliance. It's designed to engage and change minds.
A simple plan for change
A simple framework is used to support behavioural change. We need more than changed minds. We need changed actions. We must raise the standard to which we hold ourselves and our colleagues. Without commitment to change our behaviours, it won’t make a difference.
The Aboriginal Cultural Awareness for Workplaces session provides a holistic look at Aboriginal cultures, disadvantage and the workplace using an entertaining, and often humorous, presentation which encourages open questioning and discussion.
Ready to explore if this is right for your team? Book a short call with me, Lindsay Stanford, to talk it through.
Are you a not for profit leader in NSW?
Register your not-for-profit or charity to receive a free ticket to a public session of the Aboriginal Cultural Awareness for Workplaces in your region.