1. Grampians Community of Practice for the Prevention of Violence against Women
Firstly though - I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.

3. Overview Brief background and update What does it mean for you?
Help for you

4. Background
Plan developed as a Grampians initiative to prevent violence against women and children - launched 30 May, 2016
The CoRE Plan outlines a vision for a different future:
A safe, equal and respectful society for everyone.
Invites all organisations, clubs and networks in the region, who share this vision, to join together to make this happen.

5. It is a primary prevention approach
Aims to stop violence before the first incident
By changing the underlying drivers of violence against women at the cultural level
CoRE is about creating social change, broadly across our community – its a long term strategy!

6. The CoRE Alliance
Any organisation, club or network that would like to work towards this vision, can join the Alliance by completing a membership form.
Member organisations are responsible for operationalising the CoRE plan as it relates to their principal (core) business and in line with the principles and commitments outlined in the CoRE Plan.
Relevance to core business, systems level change and sustainability are key
There are currently 40 members
CoRE Alliance members – as at 6 September
Ararat Rural City Council
City of Ballarat
Ballarat Community Health Centre
Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council
Barwon Centre Against Sexual Assault (Wimmera)
Child and Family Services Ballarat
Central Highlands Child and Youth Area Partnership
Central Highlands Community Legal Centre
Central Highlands Primary Care Partnership
Central Highlands Family Violence Committee*
Department of Education and Training (Central Highlands)
Department of Health and Human Services (Wimmera South West)
Department of Justice and Regulation (Grampians)
Federation University
Golden Plains Shire Council
Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-op*
Grampians Community Health
Grampians Indigenous Family Violence Regional Action Group*
Grampians Palliative Care Consortium
Grampians Pyrenees Primary Care Partnership
Handy Girl Australia
Hepburn Shire Council*
Hindmarsh Shire Council*
Horsham Rural City Council
Moorabool Shire Council*
Northern Grampians Shire Council
Pyrenees Shire Council
Rural Northwest Health
Sports Central
VicRoads – Western Region
Victoria Police - Horsham Police Service Area
Victorian Men’s Shed Association
West Wimmera Shire Council
Western District Integrated Family Violence Partnership*
Wimmera Health Care Group
Wimmera Primary Care Partnership
Wimmera Uniting Care
Women’s Health Grampians
WRISC Family Violence Support
Yarriambiack Shire Council
YMCA Ballarat

7. CoRE Alliance Governance Group (AGG)
Responsible for:
Membership
Progress
Ongoing relevance and sustainability
Formed via EOI from Reference Group members (13 orgs rep)
First meeting held
Action Plan being developed

8. So, what does all this mean for you?
As an Alliance member? As an organisation, club or network? As a workplace? As part of an organisation, club or network that is not a member?

9. What does this initiative need to succeed?
Actions that start to transform our culture – to one of equality and respect for everyone
Critical mass – sufficient support for the vision and commitment to create change – across the region
In social dynamics, critical mass is a sufficient number of adopters of an innovation in a social system so that the rate of adoption becomes self-sustaining and creates further growth.

10. Actions: How do you decide what to do?
Consider the evidence base for actions (CTS)
Link it to your core business (and build into core plans)
Consider internal opportunities (workforce/culture)
And external opportunities (community/clients/B2B)
**Consider intersectionality
New guide available!

13. (business and networks)
Internal
(workforce)
External
(business and networks)
Challenge VAW
Empower women
Challenge stereotypes
Build respectful relationships
Promote gender equality

14. (business and networks)
Ballarat Community Health
Internal
(workforce)
External
(business and networks)
Challenge VAW
WR morning tea for staff -yearly
program
FV Leave
Board and leadership involvement
FV conference – for HP and community
16 Days Campaign
Staff attend external WR events
Hosted City of Ballarat’s Community Charter
Empower women
Female staff encouraged to attend women in leadership events
Policies reviewed to increase gender sensitivity
Supporting the City of Ballarat’s Women in Sport strategy
Challenge stereotypes
Audited and reviewed brochures and images used etc
Build respectful relationships
Bystander training provided to all staff (now in induction program)
Gender sensitive code of conduct
Internal comms strategy (posters)
Provide a training program to schools on SRH – includes respectful relationships
Respect included as core value for org
Promote gender equality
Employee Opinion Survey re experience of gender equality
Gendered analysis of BCH client usage rates

15. (business and networks)
Ballarat Community Health
Internal
(workforce)
External
(business and networks)
Challenge VAW
WR morning tea for staff -yearly
program
FV Leave
Board and leadership involvement
FV conference – for HP and community
16 Days Campaign
Staff attend external WR events
Hosted City of Ballarat’s Community Charter
Empower women
Female staff encouraged to attend women in leadership events
Policies reviewed to increase gender sensitivity
Supporting the City of Ballarat’s Women in Sport strategy
Challenge stereotypes
Check staff roles re informal responsibilities?
Audit facilities re barriers to male participation?
Review policies re he/she/non gender specific? **
Audited and reviewed brochures and images used etc
Build respectful relationships
Bystander training provided to all staff (now in induction program)
Gender sensitive code of conduct
Internal comms strategy (posters)
Provide a training program to schools on SRH – includes respectful relationships
Respect included as core value for org
Promote gender equality
Position statement adopted by Board?
Quota re female board membership?
Consider unconscious bias and recruitment strategies?
Use sex disaggregated data for program planning?
Include key messages re equality in external communications strategy?

16. Resources available to help:
Taking Action: Ideas for your organisation (CTS and others)
Local action: what have others done? (TBD)
Tools, videos and resources you can use (TBD)
WHG Regional Consultant for one on one support

17. Building the scope of the initiative
We need critical mass for this to work.
Promote membership – with existing networks via existing mechanisms (and target some?)
Support and mentor new organisations just starting…

18. Resources available to help:
Potential members: Why do we need it and what is it?
CoRE Plan
CoRE video
CoRE presentation

19. What you do – is obviously up to you… Our role is to support you…let us know what you need

20. Any questions/comments/feedback?