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Reducing Violence against Women and their Children Grants Program

Reducing Violence against Women and their Children Grants Program. Program findings. Presenter: Leila Ismail Title: Senior Policy and Program Advisor Date: 15 June 2016. TRIM ID: CD/xx/xxxxx. The RVAWC grants program.

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Reducing Violence against Women and their Children Grants Program

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  1. Community Crime Prevention Reducing Violence against Women and their Children Grants Program Program findings Presenter: Leila Ismail Title: Senior Policy and Program Advisor Date: 15 June 2016 TRIM ID: CD/xx/xxxxx

  2. Community Crime Prevention The RVAWC grants program • From 2012-2015, eight communities around Victoria were supported to develop local partnerships for the prevention of violence against women ($4.8 million). • The RVAWC grants program has contributed to the evidence base to inform future work to address violence against women and children in Victoria: • Our Watch was engaged to undertake an overall review of the outcomes and learnings from the RVAWC program, and • Each of the eight RVAWC projects was required to undertake an independent evaluation.

  3. Community Crime Prevention Related initiatives • Four prevention and early intervention projects were supported through Koori Community Safety Grants ($2.4 million) • A RVAWC Community of Practice was established to bring the eight regional projects together to share challenges and ideas during the three years of the program. • The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) was also supported to deliver the Local Government Preventing Violence Against Women initiative. • Reports and more information available at http://www.crimeprevention.vic.gov.au/

  4. Community Crime Prevention The RVAWC projects

  5. Community Crime Prevention Key achievements • took their communities one step closer towards stopping violence against women from occurring in the first place • established (and in some cases sustained) effective partnerships for prevention • worked closely with over 40 workplaces and achieved organisational change in the direction of improved gender equity • reached over 1,600 first time parents through a group-work program for improved gender equality in relationships • generated assets by way of numerous resources for primary prevention • trained around 170 facilitators, mentors and leaders for local prevention activities, and ignited the leadership of many others in their communities.

  6. Community Crime Prevention Key findings – Our Watch review • Prevention partnerships require capacity development in themselves • Strong relationships with settings-based partners are essential and can make all the difference • Direct participation program activities can be transformational and ought to be measured for this Representatives of grant recipient organisations at the funding announcements, October 2012

  7. Community Crime Prevention Key findings – Our Watch review • Deep organisational transformation requires commitment and time • Communicating consistent messages is a critical success factor • Prevention projects generate many transferrable assets that can be used to continue the work of primary prevention Michelle Hunt, Act@Work Program Manager, with a selection of workplace resources

  8. Community Crime Prevention Future directions • Ongoing work in local communities and councils to drive cultural change • Royal Commission into Family Violence: • Rec. 187 – primary prevention strategy • Rec. 189 – whole-school approach to respectful relationships • Rec. 192 – public-sector workplace reform • Our Watch Change the Story framework for primary prevention (building on Vic Health 2007 framework)

  9. Community Crime Prevention What change looks like… Above: First-time fathers (from left) Mailors Flat’s Andrew Maher holding Nate, four months, Port Fairy’s Ashley Price with Sophie, three months, and Warrnambool’s David Harrington holding Julia, 16 weeks (Source: ‘Baby Makes 3 program helps new parents adjust’ The Standard 12 July 2014)

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