Vision & Values

Across Culture’s directors are Ian Bridger and Ian Trevallion.

Our vision... to equip individuals and organisations with the skills and knowledge needed for a multicultural workforce to function with a common purpose.

Our work... is with individuals, communities, organisations and businesses small to large, corporate and Government.

Our aim... is to support employees to remain employed and the employer to retain a culturally diverse workforce.

Our motto... towards understanding.

We have over 100 years of knowledge and experience working with and in Indigenous Communities, Employment Services, Vocational Education and Training, Government Departments and Agencies, Detention Centres, Community Organisations - aged care, families, young people, people experiencing mental health related issues, children services, people with challenging behaviours and varying abilities.

We work with you to foster a diverse, vibrant and motivated workforce through cultural mentoring. We will assist your business to develop and communicate a strong, clear cultural vision. Enabling you to:

• understand your people
• retain a strong diverse workforce
• increase productivity
• engage and empower communities
• build capacity
• build self esteem
• manage workforce knowledge
• develop clear communication channels
• reduce workplace conflict

Three pillars of success support our approach:

• Cultural Knowledge - moving beyond Cultural Awareness towards Cultural Competency
• Learning and Development - the application of knowledge in a meaningful way
• Organisation Learning and Change - embedding the knowledge within organisations

We offer Industry specific mentoring. Our mentor training and other cultural programs are customised to meet your industry and workplace requirements

Our community facilitators are experienced practitioners who work with you

We empower your cultural leaders

We assist you to identify your workplace cultural champions to assist you in building a successful cross-cultural workplace

We               STOP SIT LOOK LISTEN and LEARN

We listen and respond to your current and future needs and assist you to develop strategies to build strong cross-cultural work environments

Our programs are customised to suit any work environment and industry