Resources

Key Organisations & Campaigns

• 16 Days Campaign – http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu

• 1800 RESPECT – www.1800respect.org.au

• Alice Springs Women’s Shelter – www.100voices.com.au

• Australian Institute of Criminology – www.aic.gov.au

• BaptistCare – www.baptistcare.org.au

• Destroy the Joint (esp. Counting Dead Women project – 59 at 8/9).

• Never Alone (Luke Batty Foundation) www.neveralone.com.au

• Our Watch – www.ourwatch.org.au

  • Respectful Relationships - http://www.ourwatch.org.au/What-We-Do-(1)/Respectful-Relationships-Education-in-Schools-(Vic

• Royal Commission into Family Violence – www.rcfv.com.au

• Safe and Equal - Victorian peak body for DFV - https://safeandequal.org.au/ 

• St. Vincent De Paul Society – www.vinnies.org.au

• Uniting Church Australia – www.uca.org.au

• White Ribbon – www.whiteribbon.org.au

Key Resources

• Aurora app –http://www.women.nsw.gov.au/violence_prevention/domestic_and_family_violence_app

• Beyond Violence (Uniting Church SA) - http://sa.uca.org.au/beyond-violence/

• The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2022-2032 (Federal Dept. of Social Services) - https://www.dss.gov.au/ending-violence 

Further reading

• A Cycle of Violence (ABC Radio Background Briefing) – http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/2015-05-03/6428882

• ‘For Christians who missed the memo: The Bible abhors all domestic abuse’ – Sandy Grant, 4/3/2015 - http://www.smh.com.au/comment/for-christians-who-missed-the-memo-the-bible-abhors-all-domestic-abuse-20150303-13tlwn.html

• ‘The church must confront domestic abuse’ – John Dickson and Natasha Moore, 12/3/15 - https://publicchristianity.org/library/the-church-must-confront-domestic-abuse#.Ve5A1NOqqko

Professional Support Services

• Domestic and family violence
  
  • 1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732 – free national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling services
  • Relationships Australia 1300 364 277 - relationship support for individuals and families
  • Full Stop Australia 1800 943 539 - free national trauma counselling and recovery service for all people experiencing domestic and family violence. 
  • RSPCA Safe Pets Program 02 9770 7555
  • Rainbow Helpline 1800 497 212 - for anyone in the LGBTIQA+ community whose life has been impacted by DFV. 
• Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • Well Mob

• Services for children and young people
  • Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 – provides phone, email and web chat counselling for kids, teenagers and young adults

• Support for men who use violence
  
  • Mensline 1300 364 277 - professional phone and online support for men
  • Men’s Referral Service 1300 766 491
• Legal, migration and forced marriage 
  • My Blue Sky 02 9514 8115 - free legal and migration support for people experiencing forced marriage and other forms of modern slavery
• General counselling
  
  • Beyondblue 1300 224 636 provides information and support to help everyone achieve their best possible mental health
  • Lifeline 13 11 14 is a confidential telephone crisis support service available 24/7 and provides phone and face-to-face crisis support and suicide prevention services