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We provide support & accommodation in Sydney's west for women & children who have experienced domestic & family violence. RT does not = endorsement

Western Sydney, NSW
Joined June 2018
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After support through our program 71% reported a reduction in unsafe contact with the perpetrator. We Read the report on our website (dvwest.org.au). The outcomes are presented today at the @safeandtogether conference. #domesticviolence #ChildrensSafety #SafeAndTogether
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๐—ช๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ & ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง. Read the report on dvwest.org.au #ChildrensSafety
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Through the support of our Children and Young Personโ€™s Framework, no children were removed. Report is available to read on our website (dvwest.org.au) NOW! @davidgmandel @DV_NSW @SNAICC #domesticviolence #ChildrensSafety #SafeAndTogether
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Today we officially launch the report that evaluates our children's program at the @SafeAndTogether conference in Melbourne. Report is available to read now on our website: dvwest.org.au @davidgmandel #domesticviolence #ChildrensSafety #SafeAndTogether
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Mothers' protective actions and strategies are rarely recognised. 100% of the mother-carers in our program reported a better understanding of their strengths and protective strategies. Read our report tomorrow to find out why! #domesticviolenceawareness
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Connections to family, kinship, culture, & community play a vital role in healing from DFV. How? Read this in our Specialist Children's Program Evaluation Report - launching Wednesday 13 March. @safeandtogether @davidgmandel #DomesticAbuse #childrensvoices #report
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We are seeking a skilled and experienced Aboriginal Manager for our Wirrawee Gunya service. For more information & how to apply: seek.com.au/job/72291103?refโ€ฆ #Aboriginal #Recruiting #DomesticAbuse
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Olympian Melissa Hoskins had a right to be safe in her home. Instead, she was killed by husband Rohan Dennis, while the media now praise his cycling career & dilute her name. Australia is in a domestic violence crisis. Our failing media isn't helping #MelissaHoskins #SayHerName
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Want to hear what victim-survivors said they needed to get safe and recover from domestic violence? Read it now (and more) in our freshly released report! dvwest.org.au/ #DomesticViolence #GenderBasedViolence #WomenEmpowerment
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"There is no safety for women without safety for children too." Download our paper on the rights of the child in domestic violence situations now safeandtogetherinstitute.comโ€ฆ Download free webinar academy.safeandtogetherinstiโ€ฆ Listen to the podcast safeandtogetherinstitute.comโ€ฆ #16Days #16DaysOfActivism
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Exciting news alert๐Ÿ“ข! This Friday we will be unleashing some interesting insights from victims-survivors that accessed our specialist #domesticviolence support. It aligns with #HumanRightsDay on Sunday. Get ready to dive deep into our upcoming report - #SaveTheDate .
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YES YES YES โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค Here are other countries who have recognised their First Nations peoples ๐Ÿ‘‰
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Listening to Aboriginal people about what it means to be included in the Constitution and having a Voice to Parliament is important. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค Here is what Rachel Perkins says ๐Ÿ‘‰
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DV West says YES โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค Many Aboriginal people want to be included in the Constitution and have a Voice to Parliament. Check this out ๐Ÿ‘‰
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DV West supports YES to Aboriginal people being included in the Constitution and their Voice to Parliament.โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค Here's an important message ๐Ÿ‘‰
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Children matter.โฃ ๐—ช๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ.โฃโค Here's what our Blue Mountains Refuge have done๐Ÿ‘
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2023 Child Protection Week:โ€˜Where we start mattersโ€™ โฃ โฃ ๐ƒ๐• ๐—ช๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. โฃ โฃ Here is how we do itโฃ๐Ÿ‘‰
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DV West supports the YES VOTE to make sure Aboriginal people are in the Constitution and they have a Voice to Parliament.โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค Check out this e-learning course to get informed ulurustatement.org/training/โ€ฆ
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Refuges are an important place to support mum's and their children at a critical time in their lives.โฃ โฃHere's what our Children's DV Specialist Caseworkers have achieved in the last year.๐Ÿ‘‰
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Today our CEO Cat Gander was on the Ending Homelessness Together Panel, who made the important point that many women fleeing violence have to provide โ€œ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žโ€ to prove they have experienced DFV and are homeless. This is often a huge barrier.โฃ๐Ÿ‘‰
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