Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) is pleased to announce support for 17 existing collaborations across the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia, bringing together 58 organisations to improve outcomes for families experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV).
These collaborations, awarded grants through PRF's Strengthening Family-Centred Collaborations grant round, are focused on working with First Nations families, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) families, children under 12, and pregnant women.
PRF is providing the collaborations with funding and other support to help grow their collective capacity to assist those affected by DFV with whole-of-family support and long-term stability.
The grants will support projects with collective outcomes such as: developing an Aboriginal model of care for families experiencing DFV during pregnancy; improving access to safe and coordinated support for CALD and Muslim communities who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing DFV; and support children aged 4-12 to be directly involved in designing child-centred practice tools on DFV.
Each collaboration in the grant round will receive $600,000 across three years ($200,000 per annum). In addition, the collaborations will work with learning partners to capture collective knowledge to improve outcomes for families. A full list of the collaborating organisations and their chosen focus can be found below.
PRF's Head of Families Jackie Ruddock said the work was directly informed by feedback from recipients of PRF's earlier DFV-focused grants and specifically tailored towards creating the holistic and comprehensive services that would better support families affected by DFV.
"While no single service, sector or system can provide the full wraparound support that families need to navigate and recover from the pernicious effects of domestic and family violence, we can achieve a lot more by working together and strengthening our holistic approach," she said.
"We know that repeated patterns of violence have cumulative, intergenerational effects. Long-term, trauma-informed approaches are critical to support effective recovery. Together, we can learn so much from each other.
"We are delighted to be starting this important work with such a broad range of diverse organisations who have come together for the greater purpose of helping families to thrive."
View the map of Strengthening Family Centred Collaborations grant recipients and see the full list of collaborating organisations here.
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The late Paul Ramsay AO established the Foundation in his name in 2006 and, after his death in 2014, left most of his estate to continue his philanthropy for generations to come.
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