We Are
Culture-shifting consulting, strategy and education across workplaces, youth engagement, and leadership
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Culture-shifting consulting, strategy and education across workplaces, youth engagement, and leadership |
CONSULTING | EDUCATION | KEYNOTES
WE ARE CONSULTING IS An award-winning PROVIDER OF GENDER EQUITY AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS CONSULTING.
We support organisations across corporate, government, and education sectors to prevent harm through gender strategy, sexual harassment prevention, youth engagement, and evidence-based respectful relationships education.
Our Approach
At We Are Consulting, our business model is simple: evidence-based, trauma-informed, bespoke, and no BS.
We don’t deal in fluff or corporate jargon. Everything we deliver - from strategic advice to frontline education - is grounded in current research, co-designed with those it impacts, and tailored to the unique needs of each organisation.
We believe real change requires more than a checkbox, it requires honesty, leadership accountability, and the courage to have uncomfortable conversations. Our work is direct, practical, and designed to shift behaviour.
Whether we're working with executives, FIFO teams, educators, or young people - we bring nuance, care, and clarity to some of the most difficult but necessary conversations.
WHO ARE WE
The duo behind the movement. The minds shaping culture. The voices calling BS on outdated systems.
We Are Kate Raston and Nicolette Beard - health promotion specialists, a qualified sexologist and educator, and the co-founders of We Are. We Are consultants and educators shifting culture through evidence-based education, strategy, and media that empowers people to think differently about sex, consent, respect, gender and relationships.
We are also the co-founders and executive directors of the nationally recognised charity We Are W/M, a movement creating systemic change in gender equity and respectful relationships education for young people.
We first met through our work in health promotion and quickly bonded over the same frustration: the way conversations about sex, consent and gender are either swept under the rug or delivered with shame and outdated language. So we built something better - something bold, inclusive and unapologetically honest.
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We are here to challenge the status quo and spark culture-shifting conversations that make impact. Whether we’re speaking to FIFO workers, consulting with executives, educating young people, or training teachers, we make the hard stuff human, and the awkward stuff empowering.
Our work is trauma-informed, inclusive, and grounded in evidence. No shame. No awkward diagrams. No outdated scripts.
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Together, we’ve clocked over 16 years of experience and worked with over 22,000 people across Australia.
Our work spans consulting, education, and media, and we’ve led culture-change initiatives across industries including mining, construction, FIFO, hospitality, sport, and education.
Kate Raston holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and a Graduate Diploma in Sexology. She’s a qualified sexologist and passionate advocate for gender equity. With lived experience and a powerful presence, Kate is known for her dynamic keynotes and commitment to transforming harmful systems through honest education
Nicolette Beard holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and a Graduate Diploma in Education. She is a trusted educator and facilitator known for creating safe, engaging spaces where people can actually talk. Her background in both public health and teaching makes her uniquely placed to lead both strategy and delivery.
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We're not new to this - just louder and bolder than ever. Our work has been recognised nationally:
2025 Awards Australia Connecting Communities Award
2025 Young West Australian of the Year finalists
2024 Young West Australian of the Year
2024 WA State Finalist – Young Australian of the Year
2024 Young Citizen of the Year
We’ve spoken on 7News, Mamamia, Sunrise, ABC, The West Australian, and delivered keynotes and workshops for organisations like the Global Entrepreneurship Network, Congress of the World Association of Sexual Health, the Australian Senate, The University of Western Australia, and more
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At the heart of our work is one powerful belief: that education is a tool for preventio and change. We don’t lecture. We create space. We challenge norms. We show up where it matters - especially in male-dominated and high-risk industries where these conversations are long overdue.
Our work is grounded in:
Evidence-based
Harm minimisation
Human rights
Peer-to-peer learning
Sex positivity
Cooperative, honest conversations
We’re not just here to shift perspectives. We’re here to reshape culture.
Our Consulting Pathways
We partner with organisations to drive cultural change where it counts most - from executive boardrooms to youth services. Our consulting is broken into three key service streams:
Workplace Culture, Consent & Inclusion Consulting
We help workplaces move beyond compliance and into real change.
For: FIFO industries, corporates, and large employers
Services include:
Strategic advisory on inclusion culture and sexual harassment prevention
Executive education workshops (e.g. consent & the law, respectful workplaces, power dynamics, FIFO-specific risks, leadership accountability)
Site-based toolbox talks (e.g. consent & the law, respectful workplaces, power dynamics, FIFO-specific risks, respectful behaviours on site)
Policy audits and framework development
Diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) strategy guidance
Youth Engagement Strategy & Program Development
We design youth-focused, trauma-informed education strategies that actually connect.
For: NGOs, government departments, schools & education providers
Services include:
Advisory on engaging young people and disengaged adolescents
Facilitator and peer educator training
Curriculum design or review
Keynotes, Speaking & Media
Our keynotes and appearances are raw, real, and research-backed - perfect for shifting the room.
We deliver powerful, engaging, no-fluff keynote presentations that unpack the hard stuff - like consent, respect, culture, and gendered harm - in a way that’s not only digestible, but genuinely inspiring.
Speaking topics include:
Culture, consent & gender equity
Engaging boys and young men
Trauma-informed education in real life
How to have hard conversations that matter
