Counting the cost of family violence
Violence against women and their children is costing Australia $21.7 billion each year, with governments carrying more than a third of the cost burden;...
Respect is the key to a better community
Sonya Boloski is coming up to her 24th year as a Girl Guides leader.
Her years leading young girls and women have highlighted the...
Shining a light on disability sector
Women with disability experience violence at significantly higher rates, more frequently, for longer, in more ways and by more perpetrators compared to women and...
Turning over a new leaf
Casey Cardinia Libraries (CCL) has played a vital role in fostering community conversation around the impacts of family violence.
The organisation has been instrumental...
Levelling the playing field
Working within the physical activity space, Aligned Leisure has been focused on building community resilience through sport.
As Aligned Leisure’s Paige Kristalyn explains, sport...
The small acts of kindness
As a firm believer of collective change, Anni Cockburn has been working towards a community that works together regardless of differences.
As someone who...
Conversations of change
Nurse and mother of five, Medina Lamunu has been working with the South Sudanese community to promote respectful relationships and safe and peaceful communities.
“I...
Working in good faith
Jasbir Singh Suropada has been working tirelessly behind the scenes, debunking the most common myth across cultures: that faith agrees with the suppression of...
Together we’re getting it done
By Garry Howe
Cardinia Shire’s ground-breaking Together We Can campaign has been recognised at a national level.
The Collective Impact campaign - devised and spearheaded by...
We Want You To…
For the men:
Lead the way and join the working group to plan and deliver the next ‘Walk against Violence’ in November 2018.
First...
Expelling the myths
Our beliefs and attitudes are shaped by many influences and can be held without conscious thought. When we unpack the building blocks of our...
A community effort spearheads change
On behalf of the whole community who have been working together to implement actions that addresses the high rates of family violence in the...
How the draft could play out
Richmond is set to shape the opening night of the AFL Draft, with the Tigers possessing the best draft hand since GWS had the...
