The annual awareness day supports and celebrates diversity within young people from the LGBTIQA+ community.

Skillset Senior College is an innovative high school that focuses on students' education as well as their wellbeing and personal achievement.

Organiser Jono Hosking, who is a PDHPE and History teacher at the Bathurst campus, said the aim of the Wear It Purple Day was to raise awareness of LGBTIQA+ suicide prevention.

As well as a barbecue, staff and students took part in a colour run.

"As a very inclusive environment we wanted to show that for all our students. Regardless of gender, sexuality and culture." he said.

"We thought it would be a fun way to do something that shows our pride and our acceptance."

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The Dubbo campus opened in early 2019 with 34 students.

But it has since gone onto to support 56 students in years 10 and 11 in 2020.

Head of Skillset Dubbo Campus Libby Wilson said the school focuses on wellbeing and take a strengths based approach with the students.

"The kids have all been on some journey and have found mainstream (education) not to be a fit," she said.

"They're incredible kids and we try to create a really safe, supportive, loving, inclusive environment for everyone."

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Ms Wilson said holding events such as Wear It Purple Day highlight what the school its staff and students are all about.

"We have several kids at our school who identify as transgender or gender fluid and it's just naother thing we cleebrate at the school," she said.

"It really is a special place and we get to know the kids for who they are."

To find out more on the Dubbo school please visit skillsetseniorcollege.nsw.edu.au. For further details on Wear It Purple Day head to www.wearitpurple.org

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