PARTNERS IN
PREVENTION
Safe and Equal is the peak body for Victorian organisations that specialise in family and gender-based violence across the continuum, including primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery.
The PiP Network is a network of more than 4,000 people working to prevent family and gender-based violence in Victoria. The PiP Network facilitates connection, peer learning, knowledge sharing and evidence-informed approaches to primary prevention.
Established by Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (DVRCV) in 2007 PiP supports Victorian prevention practitioners working across locations, sectors, communities and organisations.
PiP membership is for individual practitioners who deliver prevention work in paid and unpaid roles. These roles can be either a dedicated primary prevention role, or practitioners whose work covers multiple discipline areas across different settings and communities undertaking prevention activities as an element of their work. PiP membership also includes individuals working across the family violence continuum, from early intervention, response to healing and recovery.
It is free to join for individual practitioners and is not bound by organisation, employment, or roles.
Safe and Equal also offers membership for organisations working to prevent and respond to family and gender-based violence. You can read more about organisational membership here.
Join us to be the first to learn about engaging training and events, connect with other practitioners through our PiP Connects and online practice network and browse through useful resources to help you in your work.
Partners in Prevention
Member Benefits
As a PiP Network member, you will receive our regular PiP bulletins to help keep you up to date with the latest sector information, emerging research and evidence, practice guidance, tools and resources, and details of upcoming PiP and sector events.
Being a member of the PiP Network ensures you will be the first to hear about Safe and Equal’s primary prevention offerings and opportunities, including:
Events
PiP events, including webinars, workshops, PiP Connects and in person meet ups are opportunities for prevention practitioners to come together and hear from other practitioners, share ideas and discuss their work.
Explore upcoming events here.
The Partners in Prevention Online Network Basecamp
This is a virtual space for practitioners to engage with others across the sector. This online network provides opportunities to share resources, troubleshoot practice challenges and promote upcoming events. The online network currently hosts 650 practitioners, working across a range of settings and programs.
Join the online network Basecamp through our Prevention Helpdesk, by submitting an enquiry form here.
PreventX
PreventX—our biennial national prevention conference—is returning on Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 March 2026 in person and online. PreventX has been running successfully for several years, bringing prevention practitioners together to connect, share and learn to meet the biggest challenges facing the sector.
Save the date: download calendar link here.
At PreventX 2024 – Messaging for a Movement, we heard about the many ways prevention practitioners are developing and delivering messages that change attitudes now and into the future, so that violence is no longer a choice or reality for future generations.
If you missed out on the 2024 conference, you can watch the recordings here.
A resource summarising key insights from the conference is also available here.
Training and capability building
Safe and Equal provides a suite of professional development opportunities and training for practitioners working in primary prevention and respectful relationships education to build their knowledge and skills. These offerings support practitioners at all stages of their careers.
Check out our current training options here.
Practice resources
We create and share practice guidance resources to support practitioners to develop an evidence-based understanding of primary prevention and respectful relationships education, and build their capacity to implement this knowledge into their work.
Visit our primary prevention resource library here.
Primary Prevention Communities of Practice
Safe and Equal’s primary prevention Communities of Practice (CoP) bring together those working in primary prevention to explore challenges and opportunities, strengthen policy and practice and build the capabilities and skills of those working in prevention.
Explore our Communities of Practice here, and learn more about our approach through our resource, ‘Learning Together’.
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After a few months in my new job, I felt how enormous this area was and that maybe I wasn’t the right person. Then I attended a PiP meeting and I was amazed and delighted at this seemingly underground movement of dedication, diversity and information that was strong, credible and extensive. And yes it was collegial and connective!
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Hear from a PiP Member
Resources for
Prevention Practitioners
‘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.
‘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.
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.
useful pages to
support your role
Past PiP
Webinars
This report describes the findings of a project aimed at strengthening the foundations for planning and implementing primary prevention workforce development in Victoria.
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.
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.
PRIMARY PREVENTION
HELPDESK
Contact the Safe and Equal primary prevention team for information, resources and advice on working to prevent gender-based violence in Victoria.
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prevention bulletin
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