August 5th, 2023Threads offering fabulous free styling workshops

A grant from the Empowering Communities Fund through the City of Ballarat and Department of Justice and Community Safety means Cafs (Child & Family Services, Ballarat) Thread Together is delivering two free styling workshops specifically aimed at members of the LGBTIQA+ community, offering a safe and supportive environment to celebrate and embrace individuality.
The workshops will be facilitated by professional stylist, Claire Jensen. With her extensive experience working with the LGBTIQA+ community, Claire will offer guidance and insights about navigating personal style while embracing and expressing one’s identity.
Participants will have the chance to engage in one-on-one consultations with Claire, where they can receive tailored advice and recommendations to suit their unique preferences and needs.
“We are incredibly excited to host the Thread Together Styling Workshops,” said Cafs CEO Wendy Sturgess.
“This program reflects our commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive community that embraces and celebrates diversity. We believe that fashion is a powerful form of self-expression, and we want to provide a platform for LGBTIQA+ people to explore and showcase their style.
“For many of us, we get dressed every day based on what we know about fashion and what we’ve been conditioned to believe style to be. But actually, it’s so much more,” Claire said.
“When we can tap into how we want to be perceived and how this is reflected in our wardrobe, the impact is transformational. When a client is also going through a period of transition, the impact is 10-fold because suddenly the person presented to the outside world matches who they’ve always been on the inside.”
The next workshop is on August 30. Details: 1800 692 237 or threadtogether@cafs.org.au