Access creative resources to help you promote your involvement and commitment to ending DFV, such as displaying a poster in your workplace, sharing a social media post, or sharing a newsletter article.
Download and use the free Be there app which gives you direct access to tools that empower, educate and support you to help someone who is experiencing DFV.
Hold a morning or afternoon tea to raise awareness among staff about the issue. Show videos and distribute brochures. Staff may even be inspired to work as a team to raise awareness among clients and the community.
Hold a community fundraiser such as a competition, auction, concert, breakfast, dinner or exhibition.
Facilitate DFV forums and workshops. These could focus on DFV support targeted to diverse groups with the aim to engage a wide range of stakeholders and community to network, cross educate and provide a better knowledge of services available.
Use sporting events to promote messaging on DFV prevention.
Download and distribute the DFV referral information (PDF) and contact card (PDF) detailing how to assist an individual seeking help relating to a DFV matter and support service numbers.
Distribute our brochures and help cards to staff. Order extra copies and leave them in the kitchen or break room so staff can read them and learn about DFV as well as where to get help.
Make contact with a service in your community and ask them what would help. This could range from lending your corporate expertise to collecting items or supporting a fundraiser.
Collect items in your workplace to support people experiencing DFV. Check out organisations such as GIVIT to see what's needed.
Review and implement the actions of the DFV prevention corporate and community organisation engagement framework, which sets a high-level vision of the work to be undertaken in partnership with the Queensland Government and corporate and community organisations to create safe and supportive workplaces and community hubs and create lasting change to end DFV.
Explore the following helpful resources:
Challenge DV helps workplaces to recognise the signs of DFV and how to respond to it appropriately.
MATE Bystander program is an education and intervention program on how to prevent violence and harmful behaviour.
White Ribbon provides some resources to engage men to be part of the social change.
DV Work Aware offers comprehensive workplace training.
Our Watch is driving nationwide change in culture, behaviours and power imbalances that lead to violence against women and their children.
WorkHaven delivers a range of tailored workplace services to create a significant and tangible difference to the impact and incidence of domestic violence.
Refer to the Queensland Government’s DFV workplace support package which is available for local government, business and non-government organisations to tailor to their workplace.
Create a workplace culture where employees feel confident to do something if they see or hear sexist, harassing, discriminatory or other types of behaviours and attitudes that underpin violence against women.
If your business provides a service that could help people leave an abusive situation or start over, consider working with a local support service to make your service available free of charge. Challenge DV can assist you to form a partnership.
Media organisations can depict DFV in ways that create a better understanding of the nature of the problem, as well as best represent ways to respond. See the Queensland Government media guidelines or visit Our Watch for more information.
