Healthy workplace culture

The Healthy Workplace Culture programme is designed to support workplaces of all kinds to create a culture that values personal safety, prevents harm, and supports survivors using trauma and violence-informed best practice.
 
The programme can be delivered to general staff or leaders, recognising that everyone has a role to play in shaping workplace culture, while leaders hold particular responsibility for setting expectations and responding well when issues arise.
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Who is this for?
 
This programme is suitable for:
 

• General staff across public and private sector workplaces

• People leaders, managers, and supervisors

• Senior leaders and executive teams

• Organisations seeking to strengthen culture

Bystander Intervention

Our Bystander Intervention programme builds participants’ understanding of the early signs of harm and equips them with practical, trauma and violence informed skills to intervene safely and appropriately before harm occurs.
 
The programme can be delivered to general participants or leaders, recognising that effective prevention relies on shared responsibility and action across communities, workplaces, and public settings.
 
Who is this for?
 
This programme is suitable for:
 

• Community members and groups

• General staff and volunteers

• People in leadership or supervisory roles

• Teams working in public-facing, high-interaction, or high-risk environments

• Organisations, institutions, and community settings seeking to strengthen prevention and collective responsibility for safety

Dealing with Disclosures

This programme is designed to support participants to effectively and safely respond to disclosures of harm. It is particularly relevant for people who are more likely to receive disclosures, such as HR professionals, people leaders, coaches, and those in supervisory or pastoral roles.
 
The training uses trauma and violence-informed best practice, with a strong focus on ensuring the safety and wellbeing of both the person disclosing and the person receiving the disclosure.
 
Who is this for?
 
This programme is suitable for:
 

• HR professionals

• People leaders, managers, and supervisors

• Coaches and team leaders

• Staff or volunteers in pastoral, welfare, or support roles

• Organisations and groups seeking to strengthen their capability to respond well to disclosures of harm

Friends, whānau, flirting

The Friends, Whānau, Flirting programme supports rangatahi, including intellectually disabled rangatahi, to build knowledge, skills, and confidence around healthy relationships, consent, and rights.
 
Through facilitated kōrero, the programme explores different types of relationships, how to communicate and understand consent, and how to recognise when support is needed and ask for help safely.
 
Who is this for?
 
This programme is suitable for:
 

• Rangatahi in school, community, or alternative education settings

• Intellectually disabled rangatahi

• Youth groups and community organisations

• Schools and services working with rangatahi and their whānau

 
Delivery is adapted to participants’ ages, learning needs, and contexts, using accessible, inclusive, and strengths-based approaches.

consulting & advisory

Our specialist advisory work supports organisations to move beyond training alone, with a focus on policy, practice, capability, and culture. We work alongside organisations to review existing approaches, identify gaps and risks, and provide practical, evidence-informed recommendations tailored to complex operating environments.
 
Typical areas of support include:
 

• Policy and procedure assessment

• Capability and response frameworks

• Leadership and governance advice

• Implementation advice

 
Who is this for?
 
This service is suitable for:
 

• Organisations facing complex or high-risk operating environments

• Public and private sector organisations seeking to strengthen prevention and response systems

• Leaders and governance groups responsible for organisational culture and risk

• Organisations undergoing reviews, reform, or increased scrutiny

New pay-per-seat Workshops
Coming soon

We’re developing a new way for individuals and small teams to access RespectEd Aotearoa’s workplace training — without needing to commission a full programme.

This option is designed for HR, Health & Safety, and Organisational Development teams, as well as people leaders and senior staff who want to build capability but don’t yet have the scale or mandate to deliver organisation-wide training.

Get in touch to express your interest and be the first to hear when this option becomes available.