Community

All over New Zealand communities are taking ownership of reducing and preventing family violence.

Family violence happens in homes, in neighbourhoods and in communities. Crisis services such as Police and social services which support victims and perpetrators usually get involved after violence has happened.

So communities have a significant role to play in preventing violence and making it not OK, just as they have with smoking and drink driving.

Communities can bring family violence out into the open through media campaigns, billboards, posters, street events, signs on buses.

Neighbourhoods can take a stand and make family violence not OK.

Families can declare themselves violence free.

Adults can look out for and protect children in their neighbourhood and community.

 

Community Action Fund

Communities have been able to address family violence at a local level through the Campaign's Community Action Fund.

The Fund has supported 147 local projects aimed at changing community attitudes which tolerate family violence.

Take a look at the projects funded around the country in round one , round two, round three and round four of the Community Action Fund.