Is someone you know being abused in a relationship? Information for families, friends and neighbours
This fold-up wallet card will provide you with practical information on recognising the signs of abuse and how you can help.
Building Respect and Equity Among Young Children Series – Observing and documenting
These tip sheets are designed to help all professionals who work with young children to promote respect and gender equity in their work.
Unpacking the Gendered Drivers of Violence Against Women tip sheet series
These tip sheets have been designed to convey the complexity of what drives violence against women in an easy-to-understand resource.
Achieving Generational Change Conference 2018 – On the ground with respectful relationships
On 29 May 2018, more than 200 primary prevention of violence against women and respectful relationships education practitioners gathered for DVRCV’s first prevention conference, Achieving Generational Change.
Person-centred risk assessment with victim survivors with disability
Brought to you by Women with Disabilities Victoria, DV Vic and DVRCV, this free webinar will explore compounding risk factors and barriers to safety people with disability experience.
Are You Safe at Home? English Resources
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Arabic Flyer – العربية
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Farsi flyer – فارسی
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Greek flyer – Ελληνικά
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Hindi flyer – हिन्दी
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Italian flyer – Italiano
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Karen flyer – ကညီကျိာ်
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Khmer flyer – ខ្មែរ
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Punjabi flyer – ਪੰਜਾਬੀSomali
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Chinese flyer – 简体中文
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Turkish flyer – Türkçe
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Vietnamese flyer – tiếng Việt
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
The Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework
The Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework aims to enhance the ability of specialist family violence services to provide opportunities for survivor advocates to influence policy development, service planning and practice.
Identifying and responding to elder abuse in intergenerational households
If you are supporting someone who is older or lives with an older person, it is vital you can recognise elder abuse and respond appropriately.
Support for children and young people
Co-produced with Berry Street’s Y-Change Lived Experience Consultants, this guide is designed to help practitioners better support children and young people with experiences of family violence.
Listening to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s Voices: A Self-Directed Learning Guide
This self-directed learning guide has been prepared by Djirra, in partnership with Safe and Equal, for family violence practitioners who work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Providing safety and support for criminalised victim survivors
The poster has been developed with Flat Out to empower criminalised women and to be displayed at a service or practitioner they are working with.
Forced marriage in the context of family violence
This tip sheet provides information to help family violence practitioners understand what forced marriage is, the signs to look out for, and ways to support someone who has experienced forced marriage.
Tip sheet to help practitioners responding to family violence for LGBTIQA+ people
We’ve partnered with Switchboard to develop a tip sheet to help practitioners responding to family violence provide LGBTIQA+ inclusive support, assessment, safety planning and referral.
Skills and Capability Self-Reflection Tool
Authentic engagement with survivor advocates starts with preparation and self-reflection. Use this tool to identify the skills and capabilities you will apply to ensure safe and respectful engagement with survivor advocates.
Survivor Advocate Project Brief Template
This project brief template should be completed by a service to provide transparent information about a project or engagement opportunity to survivor advocates.
My Engagement Needs and Expectations
This form is designed to enable survivor advocates to set clear expectations to support safe and accessible engagements.
Survivor Advocate Feedback Template
This survey template is designed to enable services to collect information from survivor advocates on their experience working with a service.
Planning Best Practice Engagements Checklist
This guide has been co-produced with the Safe and Equal Expert Advisory Panel for organisations and services to plan, deliver and reflect on your engagement with survivor advocates.
Request for Survivor Advocate Form
Our organisation works with survivor advocates in line with the Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework, please complete our request form to engage survivor advocates.
Are you safe at home? Chinese (Simplified) flyer – 简体中文
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Chinese (Traditional) flyer – 繁體中文
If you’re experiencing abuse, you do not have to face this alone. This resource has been translated into Chinese (Traditional) 繁體中文.
Are you safe at home? Dari flyer – دری
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Macedonian flyer – Македонски
If you’re concerned about someone, read our information for friends, family, neighbours and colleagues.
Are you safe at home? Somali resources – Soomaali
If you’re experiencing abuse, you do not have to face this alone. This flyer has been translated into Somali.
Supporting Trans Women to Access Specialist Family Violence Services Webinar
On Thursday 26 May, in recognition of the national day for the prevention of LGBTIQ+ family violence, we joined with Zoe Belle Gender Collective and Switchboard for a webinar centring on the voices of trans women of colour.
Preventing Violence against Women with Disabilities: Resources for Action Webinar
On Wednesday 22 June 2022, Safe and Equal and Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV) are co-hosting a webinar to showcase some of the ground-breaking resources WDV has developed in the prevention of violence against women space.
Sources of Lived Experience in the Family Violence Sector Issues Paper
This issues paper seeks to build on the findings of the Family Violence Experts by Experience Framework research to define and explore different sources of lived experience which inform the work of the family violence sector.
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Looking Back, Moving Forward reflects upon the prevention sector’s transition to online working during COVID-19, and supports practitioners to embed these learnings into future work.
How We Thrive Video Series
This resource suite contains four videos supporting tip sheets, helping managers and leaders to understand what prevention practitioners need to feel supported and valued in their organisations.
What is Primary Prevention? Connecting across the continuum from prevention to response
‘What is Primary Prevention?’ aims to promote understanding of work across the continuum from prevention to response, as well as provide practical suggestions to improve connection.
Are You Safe at Home? Supporter Information Session
On Thursday 6 April, Safe and Equal hosted an online information session for people wanting to support Are You Safe at Home? Day in 2023.
Supporting victim survivors of family violence with family animals
Developed in collaboration with Family Safety Victoria and refuge providers, these guidelines provide information about supporting victim survivors of family violence with family animals.
How to Use Statistics in Primary Prevention
‘How to Use Statistics in Primary Prevention’ aims to support a greater understanding of the importance, uses and limitations of statistics within the context of primary prevention and family violence.
Intersectionality in Primary Prevention
‘Intersectionality in primary prevention’ builds on Safe and Equal’s commitment to intersectionality and aims to draw on existing knowledge and experience in applying an intersectional analysis and approach to the prevention of family and gender-based violence.
In Conversation: The State of Play in Workforce Development Webinar
This webinar explores the state of play for the primary prevention workforce, in Victoria and nationally, examining who it includes, the breadth and scope of activity being undertaken, and what’s needed to further develop and strengthen the workforce to meet its broader goals.
Affirmative Consent and Primary Prevention Practice Webinar
Affirmative Consent becomes law in Victoria in July 2023. Delivered in partnership with SAS Vic and YAC Vic, this webinar explores affirmative consent and how it complements existing prevention programs.
Fast Facts on Family and Gender-based Violence 2023
‘Fast Facts’ provides an overview of statistics and key facts related to experiences and impacts of family and gender-based violence, and changing social attitudes towards these.
Resistance and backlash across the continuum
This interactive panel discussion, recorded during the Safe and Equal Annual Member Forum 2023, explores how resistance is experienced across the continuum from prevention to response.
Driving Change
‘Driving Change’ focuses on positive, practical solutions to take actions against the gendered drivers while keeping a focus on the change we want to see.