This year, Victoria Police partnered with Bayside Peninsula Integrated Family Violence Partnership to develop a more collaborative approach to responding to family violence incidents. The partnership enabled discussions between key organisations in the family violence sector, including through facilitated workshops held throughout the year.
The main goal of the partnership has been to better understand how community service sector organisations and Victoria Police can work together to support victims. Senior Sergeant Duncan Bartley – one of our Family Violence Training Officers – says the only way we can effectively prevent, respond and recover from family violence is to work collaboratively.
“We all want the same outcomes – for victim-survivors to be safe and have the opportunity to live free from violence, and for perpetrators to be held to account.”
“Feedback from representatives across the organisations has been overwhelmingly positive, with many commenting on the benefit of having a deeper insight into how Victoria Police functions and where opportunities present for greater collaboration.
The response from participants has been overwhelmingly positive, with many grateful for gaining a deeper insight into how Victoria Police work across the family violence space.
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Imagine having prevention funded at the scale of the problem. What a great quote from the panel at Big Hart’s screening of It Starts with Us.
We need to collectively advocate for increased funding in prevention and early intervention. And to specifically fund fantastic programs like those run by Big hART because the impact is real. Just ask any of the young people involved with It Starts with Us.
One of our gifts at the BPIFVP Networking Expo in November was Conor’s book The Shadow that Follows.
Purchase a copy today for your family, local primary school, or for your clients.