Violence Prevention Australia

Season’s Greetings from Violence Prevention Australia!   As the year draws to a close, we’re thrilled to share the highlights of an extraordinary year for VPA. Together with your support, we’ve made significant strides in advancing violence prevention across Australia.   Art for Advocacy: With the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine ACRRM we launched the #Stopitbeforeitstarts Art Competition celebrating creative expression while promoting the Cooktown Ten as a proven violence prevention strategy.   Equipping Practitioners: We partnered with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RANZCOG to create violence prevention and response training resources, ensuring their members can include these vital skills in their CPD.   Resource Renewal: With the Darling Downs & West Moreton PHN, we updated our free online training resources to remain accessible and impactful.   Talking with Truckies: In collaboration with the road transport sector, we’re reaching truck drivers through podcasts, opening new avenues for direct and relatable conversations about violence prevention.   National Impact: We secured a major ANROWS grant to trial violence prevention resources nationwide, focusing on underserved and marginalized communities to provide a whole-of-life approach for practitioners.   Policy Influence: Our directors have been leading cultural and policy change within organizations like AIDA, RACGP, RANZCOG, and ACRRM, extending our reach and impact.   VPA has experienced a stellar year of growth. We’re excited to embrace the opportunities ahead, grow our brand and influence, and find even more effective ways to make conversations about violence prevention accessible to all. Thank you for being part of our journey.   #Stopitbeforeitstarts is midway through its third round so please consider following us on Instagram @violencepreventionaustralia or submitting a piece of work!   Here’s to a new year filled with progress and purpose.   Warm regards   Dr Samara McNeil Chair

The #16DaysOfActivism might be coming to an end, but the mission to #StopItBeforeItStarts continues! Join us in keeping the momentum alive by participating in Round 3 of the #StopItBeforeItStarts Art Competition. Let’s inspire change through creativity and make conversation about violence prevention easier. Enter here & post on Instagram. Closes Feb 14, 2025. https://lnkd.in/gZDy2kuH

Round 2 of the #stopitbeforeitstarts Art Comp closes today. We have dance, poetry, music, sketch, oil painting, photography in every category all depicting violence prevention. Our final round 3 runs until Valentine's Day so share this post with your network and enter.The prevention of violence in our homes and communities is EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. #stopitbeforeitstarts #violenceprevention #stopdomesticviolence #stopviolenceagainstwomen

Round 2 of the #stopitbeforeitstarts Art Comp closes today. We have dance, poetry, music, sketch, oil painting, photography in every category all depicting violence prevention. Our final round 3 runs until Valentine's Day so share this post with your network and enter.The prevention of violence in our homes and communities is EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. #stopitbeforeitstarts #violenceprevention #stopdomesticviolence #stopviolenceagainstwomen

I'm loving our Stop It Before It Starts! Art Comp. Submissions we are receiving are incredibly good. Photos, drawings, paintings, animation... Anything goes as long as it focusses on preventing violence before it starts. Share this and repost this with everyone! Because anyone over 18 can enter, everyone can inspire and show us how, and everyone can help prevent violence before it starts. #stopitbeforeitstarts #violenceprevention #stopviolenceagainstwomen

Only 1 week before we close round 1 of Violence Prevention Australia's Stop It Before It Starts! Art Comp. Show your artwork on Instagram. Register on our website. Win great prizes. Be seen. Please post and repost because violence prevention is everyone's business. Thank you ACRRM for your generous sponsorship. #stopitbeforeitstarts @violencepreventionaustralia #violenceprevention

ACRRM is proud to sponsor Violence Prevention Australia's 'Stop it before it starts' art competition! The charity's co-founder, Dr Bill Liley is an ACRRM Fellow who saw an increase in violence in his rural community and wanted to do something about it. He co-created The Cooktown Ten (C-10) model which addresses violence prevention through primary care. To help spread awareness of the model, Violence Prevention Australia are running an art competition where you can paint, draw, write, or animate to display the prevention of violence. Get involved! To enter, visit https://bit.ly/3WnaXOm

https://lnkd.in/gZDy2kuH We have a new sponsor! Thank you the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for helping us make conversations about violence prevention easier. Share our Art Competition #stopitbeforeitstarts Win prize money and build your artistic reputation. All art works accepted, just make it original and make about violence prevention. Use our C-10 model as a stimulus. First round closes 6 August. Register on our website today! #violenceprevention #stopdomesticviolence #PVAW #ACRRM

https://lnkd.in/gZDy2kuH We have a new sponsor! Thank you the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine for helping us make conversations about violence prevention easier. Share our Art Competition #stopitbeforeitstarts Win prize money and build your artistic reputation. All art works accepted, just make it original and make about violence prevention. Use our C-10 model as a stimulus. First round closes 6 August. Register on our website today! #violenceprevention #stopdomesticviolence #PVAW #ACRRM

Bill Liley and I were delighted to meet Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young, Governor of Queensland today. We discussed community-level violence prevention initiatives, including the trials we will be doing across Australia, with the support provided by ANROWS. She asked to be kept informed. #violenceprevention #ACRRM #RACGP #RuralMedicine #stopitbeforeitstarts #ViolencePreventionAustralia