Regaining control – examining abusive relationships through theatre

Together with Starick, YMCA WA Base Belmont and Constable Care Child Safety Foundation, on 7th August, we watched the Theatrical Response Group’s insightful production ‘Control Freak’ which focused on controlling and abusive relationships. This immersive theatrical production gave 15 young people of mixed ages and genders, the opportunity to be...

Learning Respect at Sevenoaks

On Tuesday 11 June, Stopping Family Violence partnered with the Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services, Relationships Australia and Palmerston drug and alcohol service to deliver a presentation about family and domestic violence (FDV) and respectful relationships at Sevenoaks Senior College in Cannington to 23 students in years...

We Are Safer Together

“There’s a commonly held idea that children are not affected by domestic violence if they are not in the room when it happened. However, that is a misconception; we now know the evidence is clear that children are impacted and can be severely traumatised. Children experience the yelling, the hitting,...