It is sometimes a good idea to plan ahead of time, when you are calm and able to think clearly, so that in an emergency you have strategies ready to go. Let’s explore some of the warning signs, coping strategies, and safe places or people around you, so that we can all be a little safer.
Check out this info! Do you ever wonder ‘is this okay?’ or ‘I wonder if this treatment would be considered unsafe?’ this download gives examples of when things are beginning to not be okay, and when they are considered violence.
Check out this page, sometimes having a look at the size of our problems can help us figure out when we need to ask for help.
Have you thought about who your community is? Who do you talk to when things are going great? Is there someone you can trust when things are feeling not okay? This activity helps map out who your supports are – there may be more than you first think!
Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we know something isn’t right, but we don’t know how to respond.
How we react has an impact, by supporting the person being targeted, letting others know it’s okay to speak up and showing the perpetrator that you disagree with their actions.
Download the bystander toolkit for some helpful responses to comments or actions that are inappropriate
The contribution of Aboriginal Australians has shaped our knowledge of the country and our identity. All Australians benefit from the generosity of Aboriginal people sharing their Country and their culture.
Relationships Australia (SA) acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; their spiritual, physical, emotional, mental and economic connection to the Land and Seas, and apologises for the atrocities that have been perpetrated on them and their ancestors, and recognises the continued impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians today.
We are committed to an ongoing process of reconciliation and will actively engage in redressing inequitable distributions of the physical, spiritual and political economy, in regards to Australian Indigenous issues.
Relationships Australia (SA) recognises and acknowledges that dispossession of Country, and the disruption to family connections has resulted in a breakdown of social networks created through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian’s Knowledge, Law and Culture. We also recognise the continuous intergenerational impact of the history of invasion, policies and legislation.
