The City of Canterbury Bankstown has a Domestic Violence Liaison Committee working for our community, providing services to women, children or families where domestic violence is identified.
Domestic violence Line – 1800 65 64 63
National Sexual Assault, Domestic family Violence Counselling Service – 1800 RESPECT (737 732)
Mensline Australia – 1300 78 99 78
Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800
Domestic and family violence occurs when someone who has a close personal relationship with you makes you feel afraid, powerless or unsafe.
It can be
- Physical
- Social
- Financial
- Sexual
- Emotional
- Verbal
- Psychological
- Technology facilitated
- Spiritual
If you need help at any time, you can contact The Domestic Violence Line on 1800 65 64 63 (open 24 hours). This is a confidential telephone crisis counselling and referral service that also provides information about assistance available from police, courts and the law. Emergency accommodation needs can also be met.
Don't forget – even if you're not personally subjected to domestic violence, you shouldn't be silent, and it's important not to be a bystander when there is something you can do. It is not 'interfering' in other people's lives when this kind of abuse is present.
If you are, or someone else is, in immediate danger, call 000 immediately.
- In an emergency always call 000
- Domestic violence Line – 1800 65 64 63
- National Sexual Assault, Domestic family Violence Counseling Service – 1800 RESPECT (737 732)
- Mensline Australia – 1300 78 99 78
- Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800
- You can also visit the Canterbury Bankstown Domestic Violence Online Service Directory
- www.1800respect.org.au has a lot of useful information and resources
The City of Canterbury Bankstown has a Domestic Violence Liaison Committee working for our community, providing services to women, children or families where domestic violence is identified.
Meetings provide the opportunity for networking and sharing information about services, trends, training opportunities, community education and raising the awareness of the impact of violence on the lives of those subjected to it. These are all key areas each committee takes a leadership role in.
Council have launched a Say No to Domestic Violence and Say Yes to Healthy Relationships campaign including a youth domestic violence resource kit and posters.
Join CBCity’s Annual Tug O’ War Cup and Say NO to Domestic and Family Violence.
A fun and physical event that includes teams from across Canterbury-Bankstown; from schools, services, local businesses and other organisations. All you need to do is form a team, register and start training!
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They specialise in early-intervention harm-reduction that celebrates the strengths of socially-marginalised young people. Our projects bring together service providers and professional artists to create supportive platforms to help young people express and move through problems they are facing, while building a genuine community around themselves. They aim to build self-efficacy alongside social cohesion.
"We help young people create the future they want to see for themselves.
We work with schools as we believe that positive wellbeing and health starts with togetherness and belonging. When we care about each other we help each other and ourselves."
LOVE BiTES is a nationally recognised Respectful Relationships Education Program for young people aged 15-17 years, developed by NAPCAN.
For more information, contact Council's Community Development Officer Crime Prevention at communitysafety@cbcity.nsw.gov.au