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Successful Mainstream Grants Recipients Total: $1,890,038

Anglicare
Project Addressing Family Violence in Blacktown’s Pacific Community Summary The project involves: 1. Providing educational seminars in Pacific communal places and in Pacific languages, which will raise awareness of family violence. 2. Offering individual support to families and running a victim’s support group.	State District Blacktown Amount Recommended $80,000 Length 12 months
Bathurst Women and Children's Refuge
Project Love Bites Facilitation for Western Region Summary Funding will be used for the facilitation, materials and post-production costs of the Love Bites education program in Central West high schools – Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Portland, Cowra, Orange, Oberon, Lithgow and Mudgee – over the next two years.	State District Bathurst, Orange Amount Recommended $86,250 Length 24 months
BCS LifeCare Counselling & Family Services
Project Not at My House Summary The service will develop a series of vignettes that depict relationships affected by ‘coercive controlling domestic violence’. Culturally diverse groups will be represented (and will be partners in the project). 500 DVDs will be produced and distributed, together with a resource outlining support services.	State District Penrith, Campbelltown, Canterbury, Bankstown, Gosford, Wyong, Newcastle Amount Recommended $94,148 Length 18 months
The Benevolent Society
Project Impact of Domestic Violence on Children – Training DVD Summary The Benevolent Society will produce and broadly distribute a training resource that fills a gap in resources currently available to service providers and trainers on the impact of domestic violence on children.	State District All of NSW (based in Sydney) Amount Recommended $90,000 Length 12 months
Cambodian Australian Welfare Council of NSW Inc
Project Happy Healthy Cambodian Families – Community Education Project Summary This Council will work with mainstream service providers and community workers to raise awareness and educate the Cambodian community about domestic violence. A translated wallet sized information card will be developed to distribute discreetly through community leaders and at events. In addition, the project will work with community leaders from various ethnic Cambodian backgrounds to explore effective ways of intervention within their community groups to prevent violence from taking place. A social support network will be established for isolated and vulnerable women.	State District Fairfield, Smithfield Amount Recommended $74,640 Length 24 months
Centacare New England Northwest
Project Co-ordination and delivery of Love Bites program to students within state /private high schools in the New England Northwest Summary The project will bring the Love Bites program to all year 9/10 students in the New England Northwest. The project will educate young people about healthy relationships. The project will introduce young people to local service providers in an informal environment so that they are aware of where they or their friends can go for help. The project will also develop youth led community campaigns on the issues of domestic and family violence and sexual assault.	State District Tamworth, Barwon, Northern Tablelands, Lismore Amount Recommended $82,500 Length 13 months
Central Coast Shed Cluster Inc
Project Learning Together for our Community’s Future Summary The Central Coast Shed Cluster runs programs provided by local adult men, to support broader access to younger, disabled and socially isolated males in the community. This project will extend this work by including a focused element addressing family violence. A worker will be hired to implement the 'Learning Together' strategy to educate elders and men in the community about domestic violence.	State District Gosford and Wyong Amount Recommended $50,000 Length 24 months
Central Sydney GP Network
Project Domestic Violence GP Education Summary This project will provide continuing education for general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses to improve their capacity to support patients experiencing domestic violence. The education modules will provide training to improve GP communication skills with patient to encourage disclosure of DV. They will also cover best practice reporting of DV in clinical notes, preparing and writing medical reports for submission to court and a better understanding of the legal system and support networks for DV patients.	State District Canterbury, Strathfield, Sydney, Balmain, Drummoyne, Marrickville Amount Recommended $11,000 Length 18 months
The Deli Women and Children's Centre
Project Community Awareness and Professional Development Project Summary The project involves the translation, printing and distribution of a referral resource to be used with the Eastern Suburbs DVPASS project.	State District Coogee, Maroubra, Sydney, Vaucluse Amount Recommended $9,500 Length 2 months
Family Services Illawarra Inc
Project Learning To Work Together: Integrated practice in delivering outcomes for victims of domestic violence Summary The project will develop and deliver a training program to meet the needs of NGO and government managers and case management team members involved in the Wollongong Southern Suburbs Integrated Case Management project. The training will be developed and delivered by a partnership that includes Family Services Illawarra Inc (as lead agency), TAFENSW - Illawarra Institute, Faculty of Human Services, Tourism and Hospitality, and the management group of the Southern Suburbs Integrated Case Management project.	State District Wollongong, Keira, Shellharbour, Heathcote Amount Recommended $46,400 Length 24 months
Illawarra Women's Health Centre
Project “LOVE BiTES in the Illawarra” – a relationship violence prevention program for young people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds Summary The project will to introduce LOVE BiTES to the Illawarra. The program will target young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and include a capacity building dimension to the project, by conducting two Train the Trainer programs in the region. In addition, with regional stakeholders, the project will conduct four LOVE BiTES Programs, two in high schools and two within the community outside the school setting, with two CALD groups of young people.	State District Wollongong and Shellharbour Amount Recommended $90,000 Length 18 months
Jenny’s Place Inc
Project Hunter ‘LOVE BiTES’ Coordination Project Summary This project will set up a sustainable system for implementing the LOVE BiTES program throughout high schools and the community in the Hunter Region. A Project Worker will be engaged as a contractor to set up organising systems to find resources that allow the program to be implemented as community education and awareness into the community, to review and evaluate the project and source supporting ongoing funding. The project also intends to implement at least ten programs over the two years of the project.	State District Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland, Upper Hunter, Cessnock Amount Recommended $91,000 Length 24 months
JewishCare
Project Addressing Domestic Violence in a CALD World Summary The project will raise awareness about domestic and family violence in the Russian speaking and other CALD groups as well as the orthodox Jewish community. Clients will be informed about culturally appropriate domestic violence services and local workshops about aspects of domestic and family violence will be held each year for Russian speaking and Hebrew speaking women.	State District Sydney, Vaucluse, Coogee, Maroubra, Davidson, Ku-ring-gai, Marrickville Amount Recommended $100,000 Length 24 months
The Junction Neighbourhood Centre Inc
Project Partnership Project: Domestic Violence Education and Awareness within Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Summary The Centre will work with specific culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to raise awareness of family violence issues and to educate communities both in terms of prevention and available support. Through a series of facilitated focus groups, the issues and needs of the communities in relation to domestic violence awareness and education will be discussed and practical, achievable strategies identified and agreed upon. The strategies will be identified by the communities themselves to ensure they are relevant and culturally appropriate.	State District Sydney, Vaucluse, Coogee, Maroubra, Amount Recommended $82,750 Length 18 months
Macarthur Legal Centre
Project Domestic & Family Violence Pamphlet for Camden/ Wollondilly LGA Summary A pamphlet will be designed with information on what is domestic and family violence, appropriate professional support networks in the area, a link to the Camden/Wollondilly DV Committee’s website and information regarding access to the justice system for all residents of the Camden/Wollondilly area. Residents will receive the pamphlet (bookmark sized) in the mail via letterbox drop by Australia Post. The project will also enable stand-alone banners to be made for some of the private businesses (eg: banks) in the Camden area that show that domestic and family violence is not ok.	State District Camden and Wollondilly Amount Recommended $9,500 Length 12 months
Mission Australia
Project The Liberty Project - Goulburn Summary The project will provide a secure, informative support network in Goulburn. Mission Australia will hold weekly support sessions for those that experience violence. Support sessions will feature presentations from NSW Police Force, Community Health, Mental Health, Housing NSW and legal representatives.	State District Goulburn Amount Recommended $50,000 Length 18 months
Newcastle Youth Accommodation Services
Project What's Love Got to Do With It? Summary The project will build an awareness in clients, ages 15-21, about what constitutes healthy and unhealthy behavior in a relationship through a series of workshops. The workshops will be combined with yoga classes as a means of encouraging young people to participate. The project will also offer two self defense courses. Domestic violence can make people feel powerless and by offering clients a self defense class they can feel more in control which will help them in healing.	State District Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Amount Recommended $4,900 Length 10 months
Oasis Youth Support Network
Project Building Healthy Relationships Summary The Network will provide weekly gender specific workshops held for 6 weeks, twice a year; and referrals of young people to counselling and more intensive interventions as required. This project is in response to the high incidence of aggression and violence observed amongst homeless and disadvantaged young people in intimate relationships connected to the Network.	State District All of Sydney metro (based in Sydney) Amount Recommended $6,500 Length 6 months
Pathfinders Incorporated
Project The Power & the Passion DV Education Tool Summary Funds will be used to employ a program development officer for 14 hours a week for 2 years to research, design and compile an education program. The program will be designed to be flexible in its use, i.e. able to be used in individual or group settings, in whole or in part, and for a range of target groups (indigenous, non-indigenous, perpetrators, victims, young people or parents). The completed program will be distributed to local family and youth support services as a valuable tool for the provision of domestic violence education in the region.	State District Northern Tablelands and Lismore Amount Recommended $50,000 Length 24 months
Relationships Australia (NSW)
Project Recognise, Respond, and Refer Summary The project will minimise the impact of Family and Domestic Violence by providing targeted training to new or inexperienced front line workers in health, youth based and community services so that they will recognise, respond and appropriately refer clients who are experiencing violence. Training will be conducted in 7 regions of NSW – targeting CALD community leaders, Aboriginal community organisations, early childhood education providers, family support providers, disability organisations, local playgroup organisers, parent and grandparent support groups, community legal services and Home and Community Care services.	State District Hunter, Illawarra, Bathurst, Penrith, Blacktown, Northern Sydney and South East Sydney (based in Lane Cove) Amount Recommended $75,000 Length 22 months
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Project Keeping Families Safe - GPs working with patients experiencing domestic violence Summary The project will develop two educational programs in domestic violence in two separate streams. Stream 1 will train general practitioners (GPs) in the identification of domestic violence. Stream 2 will involve the Aboriginal Land Council in Liverpool working with RACGP to train Aboriginal health workers and GPs working with Aboriginal patients.	State District All of NSW (based in North Shore) Amount Recommended $100,000 Length 24 months
St George Migrant Resource Centre
Project Strengthening CALD Families Summary The Centre will provide information sessions and domestic violence outreach by bilingual domestic violence workers and distribute multilingual domestic violence resources for use by services in the area.	State District Rockdale, Kogarah, Oatley Amount Recommended $85,000 Length 24 months
Sutherland Shire Family Services Inc
Project Domestic Violence Community Resource Booklet Summary The ‘Black & White Book’ resource document has been a valuable local resource since 1998 when it was first developed by the local area domestic violence committee. This resource is used by a wide range of community workers, including Police. Funding will be used to update, reprint and distribute the resource.	State District Cronulla, Heathcote, Menai, Miranda and greater Sydney Amount Recommended $10,000 Length 2 months
Tamworth Family Support Services Inc
Project WAFE : Women’s Action For Employment Summary TFSS will employ a program coordinator and assistant who will jointly develop and deliver a substantial program of community awareness and support information to a group of women at risk of,\ experiencing or recently experienced domestic violence. Following this component of the program, A4e Stream Services Coaches will attend to engage the women in vocational education and training opportunities.	State District Tamworth and Barwon Amount Recommended $70,000 Length 24 months
UnitingCare Burnside
Project Therapeutic Group Work Program for Mothers and Children Affected By Domestic Violence Summary This proposal is to provide development, facilitation and evaluation of therapeutic group programs for children aged 6 – 11 years who have experienced domestic violence, and their protective carers. The program would be delivered across three Regions in NSW (including one rural region and two regions with Aboriginal client focus) in 2011 and to additional regions in 2012, with delivery to 110 children over two years.	State District Orana Far West, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Western Sydney and South West Sydney (based in Parramatta) Amount Recommended $85,000 Length 22 months
Women in Prison Advocacy Network
Project A Long Road to Freedom Summary The project is a research and resource based project focusing on the relationship between women’s imprisonment and domestic violence. It aims to break the cycle of violence, victimisation, homelessness, substance use and criminalisation endured by women prisoners. The project seeks to do this by: Researching on the pathways into, out of, and back into prison of those women who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse, with a focus on women from CALD backgrounds and women with disabilities and; Producing a post-release resource and education package for dissemination amongst women exprisoners who are victims of domestic violence and also to those agencies that service these women.	State District All of Sydney metro (based in Sydney) Amount Recommended $80,000 Length 12 months
Women's Legal Services NSW
Project Legally Safe in Our Place Summary WLS will provide a specifically targeted program of training for community workers who come into contact with emerging CALD communities in Sydney and regional NSW.	State District Sydney and regional NSW (based in Auburn) Amount Recommended $85,000 Length 12 months
Yawarra Meamei Women's Group Inc
Project Stronger Families Outreach Project Summary This project is an outreach initiative which will bring the project into geographically isolated communities of Goodooga and the opal mining communities of Grawin, Glengarry and Sheepyard, approx. 70 km from Lightning Ridge. The Group will visit each community four times a year to inform the communities about domestic violence and services that can be accessed.	State District Barwon Amount Recommended $5,650 Length 16 months
Youth Off The Streets
Project Respectful Relationships Summary The project targets Aboriginal youth between the ages of 12 and 24 and living in the Narranderra community. Over two years, a range of youth community workshops, information social groups sessions and sport and recreational activities will be delivered. The project will act as a point of referral.	State District Murrumbidgee Amount Recommended $95,300 Length 24 months
YWCA NSW
Project Safe Families Education Project Summary The project will develop, pilot and evaluate a respectful relationships and protective behaviours education program for young people and their parents/carers.	State District Sydney, Campbelltown, South Coast, Lismore Amount Recommended $90,000 Length 12 to 14 months

Anglicare

Project
Addressing Family Violence in Blacktown’s Pacific Community

Summary
The project involves: 1. Providing educational seminars in Pacific communal places and in Pacific languages, which will raise awareness of family violence. 2. Offering individual support to families and running a victim’s support group.

State District
Blacktown

Amount Recommended
$80,000

Length
12 months

Bathurst Women and Children's Refuge

Project
Love Bites Facilitation for Western Region

Summary
Funding will be used for the facilitation, materials and post-production costs of the Love Bites education program in Central West high schools – Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Portland, Cowra, Orange, Oberon, Lithgow and Mudgee – over the next two years.

State District
Bathurst, Orange

Amount Recommended
$86,250

Length
24 months

BCS LifeCare Counselling & Family Services

Project
Not at My House

Summary
The service will develop a series of vignettes that depict relationships affected by ‘coercive controlling domestic violence’. Culturally diverse groups will be represented (and will be partners in the project). 500 DVDs will be produced and distributed, together with a resource outlining support services.

State District
Penrith, Campbelltown, Canterbury, Bankstown, Gosford, Wyong, Newcastle

Amount Recommended
$94,148

Length
18 months

The Benevolent Society

Project
Impact of Domestic Violence on Children – Training DVD

Summary
The Benevolent Society will produce and broadly distribute a training resource that fills a gap in resources currently available to service providers and trainers on the impact of domestic violence on children.

State District
All of NSW (based in Sydney)

Amount Recommended
$90,000

Length
12 months

Cambodian Australian Welfare Council of NSW Inc

Project
Happy Healthy Cambodian Families – Community Education Project

Summary
This Council will work with mainstream service providers and community workers to raise awareness and educate the Cambodian community about domestic violence. A translated wallet sized information card will be developed to distribute discreetly through community leaders and at events. In addition, the project will work with community leaders from various ethnic Cambodian backgrounds to explore effective ways of intervention within their community groups to prevent violence from taking place. A social support network will be established for isolated and vulnerable women.

State District
Fairfield, Smithfield

Amount Recommended
$74,640

Length
24 months

Centacare New England Northwest

Project
Co-ordination and delivery of Love Bites program to students within state /private high schools in the New England Northwest

Summary
The project will bring the Love Bites program to all year 9/10 students in the New England Northwest. The project will educate young people about healthy relationships. The project will introduce young people to local service providers in an informal environment so that they are aware of where they or their friends can go for help. The project will also develop youth led community campaigns on the issues of domestic and family violence and sexual assault.

State District
Tamworth, Barwon, Northern Tablelands, Lismore

Amount Recommended
$82,500

Length
13 months

Central Coast Shed Cluster Inc

Project
Learning Together for our Community’s Future

Summary
The Central Coast Shed Cluster runs programs provided by local adult men, to support broader access to younger, disabled and socially isolated males in the community. This project will extend this work by including a focused element addressing family violence. A worker will be hired to implement the 'Learning Together' strategy to educate elders and men in the community about domestic violence.

State District
Gosford and Wyong

Amount Recommended
$50,000

Length
24 months

Central Sydney GP Network

Project
Domestic Violence GP Education

Summary
This project will provide continuing education for general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses to improve their capacity to support patients experiencing domestic violence. The education modules will provide training to improve GP communication skills with patient to encourage disclosure of DV. They will also cover best practice reporting of DV in clinical notes, preparing and writing medical reports for submission to court and a better understanding of the legal system and support networks for DV patients.

State District
Canterbury, Strathfield, Sydney, Balmain, Drummoyne, Marrickville

Amount Recommended
$11,000

Length
18 months

The Deli Women and Children's Centre

Project
Community Awareness and Professional Development Project

Summary
The project involves the translation, printing and distribution of a referral resource to be used with the Eastern Suburbs DVPASS project.

State District
Coogee, Maroubra, Sydney, Vaucluse

Amount Recommended
$9,500

Length
2 months

Family Services Illawarra Inc

Project
Learning To Work Together: Integrated practice in delivering outcomes for victims of domestic violence

Summary
The project will develop and deliver a training program to meet the needs of NGO and government managers and case management team members involved in the Wollongong Southern Suburbs Integrated Case Management project. The training will be developed and delivered by a partnership that includes Family Services Illawarra Inc (as lead agency), TAFENSW - Illawarra Institute, Faculty of Human Services, Tourism and Hospitality, and the management group of the Southern Suburbs Integrated Case Management project.

State District
Wollongong, Keira, Shellharbour, Heathcote

Amount Recommended
$46,400

Length
24 months

Illawarra Women's Health Centre

Project
“LOVE BiTES in the Illawarra” – a relationship violence prevention program for young people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds

Summary
The project will to introduce LOVE BiTES to the Illawarra. The program will target young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and include a capacity building dimension to the project, by conducting two Train the Trainer programs in the region. In addition, with regional stakeholders, the project will conduct four LOVE BiTES Programs, two in high schools and two within the community outside the school setting, with two CALD groups of young people.

State District
Wollongong and Shellharbour

Amount Recommended
$90,000

Length
18 months

Jenny’s Place Inc

Project
Hunter ‘LOVE BiTES’ Coordination Project

Summary
This project will set up a sustainable system for implementing the LOVE BiTES program throughout high schools and the community in the Hunter Region. A Project Worker will be engaged as a contractor to set up organising systems to find resources that allow the program to be implemented as community education and awareness into the community, to review and evaluate the project and source supporting ongoing funding. The project also intends to implement at least ten programs over the two years of the project.

State District
Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland, Upper Hunter, Cessnock

Amount Recommended
$91,000

Length
24 months

JewishCare

Project
Addressing Domestic Violence in a CALD World

Summary
The project will raise awareness about domestic and family violence in the Russian speaking and other CALD groups as well as the orthodox Jewish community. Clients will be informed about culturally appropriate domestic violence services and local workshops about aspects of domestic and family violence will be held each year for Russian speaking and Hebrew speaking women.

State District
Sydney, Vaucluse, Coogee, Maroubra, Davidson, Ku-ring-gai, Marrickville

Amount Recommended
$100,000

Length
24 months

The Junction Neighbourhood Centre Inc

Project
Partnership Project: Domestic Violence Education and Awareness within Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities

Summary
The Centre will work with specific culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to raise awareness of family violence issues and to educate communities both in terms of prevention and available support. Through a series of facilitated focus groups, the issues and needs of the communities in relation to domestic violence awareness and education will be discussed and practical, achievable strategies identified and agreed upon. The strategies will be identified by the communities themselves to ensure they are relevant and culturally appropriate.

State District
Sydney, Vaucluse, Coogee, Maroubra,

Amount Recommended
$82,750

Length
18 months

Macarthur Legal Centre

Project
Domestic & Family Violence Pamphlet for Camden/ Wollondilly LGA

Summary
A pamphlet will be designed with information on what is domestic and family violence, appropriate professional support networks in the area, a link to the Camden/Wollondilly DV Committee’s website and information regarding access to the justice system for all residents of the Camden/Wollondilly area. Residents will receive the pamphlet (bookmark sized) in the mail via letterbox drop by Australia Post. The project will also enable stand-alone banners to be made for some of the private businesses (eg: banks) in the Camden area that show that domestic and family violence is not ok.

State District
Camden and Wollondilly

Amount Recommended
$9,500

Length
12 months

Mission Australia

Project
The Liberty Project - Goulburn

Summary
The project will provide a secure, informative support network in Goulburn. Mission Australia will hold weekly support sessions for those that experience violence. Support sessions will feature presentations from NSW Police Force, Community Health, Mental Health, Housing NSW and legal representatives.

State District
Goulburn

Amount Recommended
$50,000

Length
18 months

Newcastle Youth Accommodation Services

Project
What's Love Got to Do With It?

Summary
The project will build an awareness in clients, ages 15-21, about what constitutes healthy and unhealthy behavior in a relationship through a series of workshops. The workshops will be combined with yoga classes as a means of encouraging young people to participate. The project will also offer two self defense courses. Domestic violence can make people feel powerless and by offering clients a self defense class they can feel more in control which will help them in healing.

State District
Newcastle and Lake Macquarie

Amount Recommended
$4,900

Length
10 months

Oasis Youth Support Network

Project
Building Healthy Relationships

Summary
The Network will provide weekly gender specific workshops held for 6 weeks, twice a year; and referrals of young people to counselling and more intensive interventions as required. This project is in response to the high incidence of aggression and violence observed amongst homeless and disadvantaged young people in intimate relationships connected to the Network.

State District
All of Sydney metro (based in Sydney)

Amount Recommended
$6,500

Length
6 months

Pathfinders Incorporated

Project
The Power & the Passion DV Education Tool

Summary
Funds will be used to employ a program development officer for 14 hours a week for 2 years to research, design and compile an education program. The program will be designed to be flexible in its use, i.e. able to be used in individual or group settings, in whole or in part, and for a range of target groups (indigenous, non-indigenous, perpetrators, victims, young people or parents). The completed program will be distributed to local family and youth support services as a valuable tool for the provision of domestic violence education in the region.

State District
Northern Tablelands and Lismore

Amount Recommended
$50,000

Length
24 months

Relationships Australia (NSW)

Project
Recognise, Respond, and Refer

Summary
The project will minimise the impact of Family and Domestic Violence by providing targeted training to new or inexperienced front line workers in health, youth based and community services so that they will recognise, respond and appropriately refer clients who are experiencing violence. Training will be conducted in 7 regions of NSW – targeting CALD community leaders, Aboriginal community organisations, early childhood education providers, family support providers, disability organisations, local playgroup organisers, parent and grandparent support groups, community legal services and Home and Community Care services.

State District
Hunter, Illawarra, Bathurst, Penrith, Blacktown, Northern Sydney and South East Sydney (based in Lane Cove)

Amount Recommended
$75,000

Length
22 months

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Project
Keeping Families Safe - GPs working with patients experiencing domestic violence

Summary
The project will develop two educational programs in domestic violence in two separate streams. Stream 1 will train general practitioners (GPs) in the identification of domestic violence. Stream 2 will involve the Aboriginal Land Council in Liverpool working with RACGP to train Aboriginal health workers and GPs working with Aboriginal patients.

State District
All of NSW (based in North Shore)

Amount Recommended
$100,000

Length
24 months

St George Migrant Resource Centre

Project
Strengthening CALD Families

Summary
The Centre will provide information sessions and domestic violence outreach by bilingual domestic violence workers and distribute multilingual domestic violence resources for use by services in the area.

State District
Rockdale, Kogarah, Oatley

Amount Recommended
$85,000

Length
24 months

Sutherland Shire Family Services Inc

Project
Domestic Violence Community Resource Booklet

Summary
The ‘Black & White Book’ resource document has been a valuable local resource since 1998 when it was first developed by the local area domestic violence committee. This resource is used by a wide range of community workers, including Police. Funding will be used to update, reprint and distribute the resource.

State District
Cronulla, Heathcote, Menai, Miranda and greater Sydney

Amount Recommended
$10,000

Length
2 months

Tamworth Family Support Services Inc

Project
WAFE : Women’s Action For Employment

Summary
TFSS will employ a program coordinator and assistant who will jointly develop and deliver a substantial program of community awareness and support information to a group of women at risk of,\ experiencing or recently experienced domestic violence. Following this component of the program, A4e Stream Services Coaches will attend to engage the women in vocational education and training opportunities.

State District
Tamworth and Barwon

Amount Recommended
$70,000

Length
24 months

UnitingCare Burnside

Project
Therapeutic Group Work Program for Mothers and Children Affected By Domestic Violence

Summary
This proposal is to provide development, facilitation and evaluation of therapeutic group programs for children aged 6 – 11 years who have experienced domestic violence, and their protective carers. The program would be delivered across three Regions in NSW (including one rural region and two regions with Aboriginal client focus) in 2011 and to additional regions in 2012, with delivery to 110 children over two years.

State District
Orana Far West, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Western Sydney and South West Sydney (based in Parramatta)

Amount Recommended
$85,000

Length
22 months

Women in Prison Advocacy Network

Project
A Long Road to Freedom

Summary
The project is a research and resource based project focusing on the relationship between women’s imprisonment and domestic violence. It aims to break the cycle of violence, victimisation, homelessness, substance use and criminalisation endured by women prisoners. The project seeks to do this by: Researching on the pathways into, out of, and back into prison of those women who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse, with a focus on women from CALD backgrounds and women with disabilities and; Producing a post-release resource and education package for dissemination amongst women exprisoners who are victims of domestic violence and also to those agencies that service these women.

State District
All of Sydney metro (based in Sydney)

Amount Recommended
$80,000

Length
12 months

Women's Legal Services NSW

Project
Legally Safe in Our Place

Summary
WLS will provide a specifically targeted program of training for community workers who come into contact with emerging CALD communities in Sydney and regional NSW.

State District
Sydney and regional NSW (based in Auburn)

Amount Recommended
$85,000

Length
12 months

Yawarra Meamei Women's Group Inc

Project
Stronger Families Outreach Project

Summary
This project is an outreach initiative which will bring the project into geographically isolated communities of Goodooga and the opal mining communities of Grawin, Glengarry and Sheepyard, approx. 70 km from Lightning Ridge. The Group will visit each community four times a year to inform the communities about domestic violence and services that can be accessed.

State District
Barwon

Amount Recommended
$5,650

Length
16 months

Youth Off The Streets

Project
Respectful Relationships

Summary
The project targets Aboriginal youth between the ages of 12 and 24 and living in the Narranderra community. Over two years, a range of youth community workshops, information social groups sessions and sport and recreational activities will be delivered. The project will act as a point of referral.

State District
Murrumbidgee

Amount Recommended
$95,300

Length
24 months

YWCA NSW

Project
Safe Families Education Project

Summary
The project will develop, pilot and evaluate a respectful relationships and protective behaviours education program for young people and their parents/carers.

State District
Sydney, Campbelltown, South Coast, Lismore

Amount Recommended
$90,000

Length
12 to 14 months

Successful Aboriginal Grants Recipients Total: $634,352

Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney Co-op Limited
Project Mens’ Business & Womens’ Business Summary Local Aboriginal Men and women from three local government areas will be invited to participate in group discussions aimed at developing strategies to: (1) reduce the impact of domestic violence in the local Aboriginal community through agreed participation and a range of culturally relevant development projects; and (2) develop strategies to increase protection and cohesion of Aboriginal families and to build onto the group participants and their family’s capacity to manage complex situations, using several agreed cultural methods and mediums including peer mentoring, art therapy, support groups and group therapy.	State District Penrith, Hawkesbury, Londonderry, Riverstone, Blacktown, Baulkham Hills, Parramatta, , Granville, Auburn, Smithfield, Fairfield Amount Recommended $90,000 Length 24 months
Casino Family Support Service Inc
Project Building Better Bonds, Boundaries and Beliefs Summary The project consists of two streams: (1) provide domestic violence education and awareness programs in a group and individual setting for the female residents of Balund-a; and (2) provide a similar program at Casino Family Support Service Inc for the general community and women leaving Balund-a. The service will partner with Corrective Services.	State District Clarence, Lismore Amount Recommended $98,340 Length 24 months
Central Coast Aboriginal Men’s Group
Project Learning Together for our Community’s Future Summary A key existing strategy in this project includes visits to Kariong Detention Centre where cultural support has been provided by local adult men, to young, male, Aboriginal inmates. This project will extend this work by engaging more Aboriginal men in this process, and including an explicit element addressing family violence through cultural healing, encouraging responsible manhood, and positive family relationships.	State District Gosford and Wyong Amount Recommended $50,000 Length 24 months
Manning District Emergency Accommodation
Project AEE (Acknowledge, Educate, Empower) “Woo-ya Bir-roon” Summary Taree Women and Children’s Refuge in partnership with Ghinni Ghinni Aboriginal men’s mentoring group, aims to develop and implement two programs designed to reduce the incidence of domestic violence. (1) The Women’s Group will focus on empowering women by way of education, looking at the normalisation of violence in our society, taking responsibility for personal actions, communication, choices and behaviour; and (2) ‘Fishing for Answers’ Program provides for Elder men of the Biripi and Worimi Nations to confront, lead and mentor male community members on their journey through domestic and family violence perpetration.	State District Myall Lakes, Upper Hunter Amount Recommended $50,000 Length 24 months
National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Project The All Children Being Safe Program Summary The project is a culturally safe protective behaviours program that has been developed specifically for Indigenous children. It is a six week program that has been developed to provide early primary school students (ages 4 to 8 years) with non-threatening ways to help them feel strong and stay safe in their communities.	State District Barwon, Northern Tablelands, Tamworth Amount Recommended $99,360 Length 18 months
Relationships Australia (NSW)
Project Aboriginal Family Safety Program Summary Relationships Australia NSW, in consultation with key Aboriginal Leaders and the Aboriginal communities in the project area, will develop a culturally sensitive Family Safety Program for the Aboriginal community in the Penrith and Blue Mountains area. The starting point for the program will be the Relationships Australia NSW Family Safety Program which has been delivered in a variety of communities for over 18 years. Once the culturally sensitive and appropriate program material is adapted, RA will train and work with Aboriginal professionals in the delivery and evaluation of a pilot program.	State District Blue Mountains, Penrith, Bathurst, Hawkesbury, Londonderry, Riverstone Amount Recommended $80,000 Length 17 months
Spirit Dreaming Incorporated
Project Spirit Dreaming Family Violence Self Publishing Project Summary The aim of this project is to produce 4 published books and a collective digital story in relation to issues regarding Aboriginal family violence, for the distribution in Northern NSW schools, libraries, government organisations and community agencies. Each book will focus on Aboriginal people in a particular age group, and their understanding of family violence, the effects that it has on their age group, and role model their resilience and skills in being able to manage such issues.	State District Lismore , Ballina, Clarence, Tweed Amount Recommended $70,000 Length 15 months
Tanderra Womens & Childrens Refuge
Project Aboriginal Outreach Worker for Women & Children Summary The project is to provide awareness and education to Aboriginal women and their children to minimise the impact of domestic violence in their communities. Funding will be used to employ an outreach worker, who will address issues and provide information of support available through information sessions and one-on-one case management.	State District Lake Macquarie Amount Recommended $96,652 Length 18 months

Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney Co-op Limited

Project
Mens’ Business & Womens’ Business

Summary
Local Aboriginal Men and women from three local government areas will be invited to participate in group discussions aimed at developing strategies to: (1) reduce the impact of domestic violence in the local Aboriginal community through agreed participation and a range of culturally relevant development projects; and (2) develop strategies to increase protection and cohesion of Aboriginal families and to build onto the group participants and their family’s capacity to manage complex situations, using several agreed cultural methods and mediums including peer mentoring, art therapy, support groups and group therapy.

State District
Penrith, Hawkesbury, Londonderry, Riverstone, Blacktown, Baulkham Hills, Parramatta, , Granville, Auburn, Smithfield, Fairfield

Amount Recommended
$90,000

Length
24 months

Casino Family Support Service Inc

Project
Building Better Bonds, Boundaries and Beliefs

Summary
The project consists of two streams: (1) provide domestic violence education and awareness programs in a group and individual setting for the female residents of Balund-a; and (2) provide a similar program at Casino Family Support Service Inc for the general community and women leaving Balund-a. The service will partner with Corrective Services.

State District
Clarence, Lismore

Amount Recommended
$98,340

Length
24 months

Central Coast Aboriginal Men’s Group

Project
Learning Together for our Community’s Future

Summary
A key existing strategy in this project includes visits to Kariong Detention Centre where cultural support has been provided by local adult men, to young, male, Aboriginal inmates. This project will extend this work by engaging more Aboriginal men in this process, and including an explicit element addressing family violence through cultural healing, encouraging responsible manhood, and positive family relationships.

State District
Gosford and Wyong

Amount Recommended
$50,000

Length
24 months

Manning District Emergency Accommodation

Project
AEE (Acknowledge, Educate, Empower) “Woo-ya Bir-roon”

Summary
Taree Women and Children’s Refuge in partnership with Ghinni Ghinni Aboriginal men’s mentoring group, aims to develop and implement two programs designed to reduce the incidence of domestic violence. (1) The Women’s Group will focus on empowering women by way of education, looking at the normalisation of violence in our society, taking responsibility for personal actions, communication, choices and behaviour; and (2) ‘Fishing for Answers’ Program provides for Elder men of the Biripi and Worimi Nations to confront, lead and mentor male community members on their journey through domestic and family violence perpetration.

State District
Myall Lakes, Upper Hunter

Amount Recommended
$50,000

Length
24 months

National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Project
The All Children Being Safe Program

Summary
The project is a culturally safe protective behaviours program that has been developed specifically for Indigenous children. It is a six week program that has been developed to provide early primary school students (ages 4 to 8 years) with non-threatening ways to help them feel strong and stay safe in their communities.

State District
Barwon, Northern Tablelands, Tamworth

Amount Recommended
$99,360

Length
18 months

Relationships Australia (NSW)

Project
Aboriginal Family Safety Program

Summary
Relationships Australia NSW, in consultation with key Aboriginal Leaders and the Aboriginal communities in the project area, will develop a culturally sensitive Family Safety Program for the Aboriginal community in the Penrith and Blue Mountains area. The starting point for the program will be the Relationships Australia NSW Family Safety Program which has been delivered in a variety of communities for over 18 years. Once the culturally sensitive and appropriate program material is adapted, RA will train and work with Aboriginal professionals in the delivery and evaluation of a pilot program.

State District
Blue Mountains, Penrith, Bathurst, Hawkesbury, Londonderry, Riverstone

Amount Recommended
$80,000

Length
17 months

Spirit Dreaming Incorporated

Project
Spirit Dreaming Family Violence Self Publishing Project

Summary
The aim of this project is to produce 4 published books and a collective digital story in relation to issues regarding Aboriginal family violence, for the distribution in Northern NSW schools, libraries, government organisations and community agencies. Each book will focus on Aboriginal people in a particular age group, and their understanding of family violence, the effects that it has on their age group, and role model their resilience and skills in being able to manage such issues.

State District
Lismore , Ballina, Clarence, Tweed

Amount Recommended
$70,000

Length
15 months

Tanderra Womens & Childrens Refuge

Project
Aboriginal Outreach Worker for Women & Children

Summary
The project is to provide awareness and education to Aboriginal women and their children to minimise the impact of domestic violence in their communities. Funding will be used to employ an outreach worker, who will address issues and provide information of support available through information sessions and one-on-one case management.

State District
Lake Macquarie

Amount Recommended
$96,652

Length
18 months