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For more information about any of our projects please contact 08 9420 7262 or admin@cwsw.org.au
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing facilitates the disbursement of funds for a range of projects that aim to increase the safety and wellbeing of people experiencing domestic and family violence. Please see the project information below for eligibility criteria and available funding.
The Centre is no longer a distributor of mobile phones through the Safe Connections Project. Read more information about the current Safe Connections Project here.
Funds for Freedom is a grants program available to women’s refuges and domestic and family violence outreach services in Western Australia.
Established in 2011, the program assists women that are escaping domestic and family violence to establish a new home for themselves and their children by enabling them to purchase essential items such as white goods. Funds for Freedom aims to reduce the financial stress for women and give them a sense of economic independence. The purpose of the initiative is to support the safety and independence of women and their children in the Western Australian community.
We have just launched the rollout of the newly improved ‘Changing Gears’ project.
As part of 16 Days in WA – Stop Violence against Women 2024, the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing is pleased to offer 25 community grants.
The grants must:
Events must take an intersectional approach to family and domestic violence, education, and awareness by engaging and collaborating with organisations who specialise in working with Aboriginal people, migrant and refugee communities, people with disabilities and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Funded by the Department of Communities, there will be 25 grants of up to $1000 available for family, domestic and sexual violence services, or other appropriate community groups throughout WA.
Applications close 5pm, September 30, 2024
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing works alongside individuals, organisations and the community to prevent violence against women, promote women’s health and advance gender equality.
The Purple Bench Project supports the installations of a series of purple benches in public spaces to honour all victims who have lost their lives as a result of domestic and family violence. The initiative is supported by Local Government and Members of Parliament.
The initiative first began in Nova Scotia, Canada where purple benches are located in public parks to honour the memory of women murdered by their partner and to provide important helplines for people experiencing domestic and family violence. In Canada, they are known as Barb’s Benches, and were launched in 2015 to mark the 25-year anniversary of the murder of Barb Ballie by her husband.
The first bench in Western Australia was launched by the Hon. Simone McGurk, MLA – Minister for Child Protection; Women’s Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services and Dr Brad Pettit – Mayor, City of Fremantle in 2018.
The Purple Bench Project does not currently receive any funding. This means organisations or other registrants are responsible for all costs (e.g. bench and the plaque) associated with their local Purple Bench.
CWSW provide in-kind support for registrants by providing the information required to successfully install and launch their Purple Bench.
Purple-Bench-Registration-Form_Final_August2023.pdf
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians and first peoples of Australia. We recognise the impacts of colonisation and dispossession and the contemporary disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing is committed to working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and men to end violence against their women and children in Western Australia.
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing acknowledges the strength and resilience of adults, children and young people who have experienced family and domestic violence. We pay respects to those who did not survive and acknowledge the families, friends and communities who have lost loved ones to this preventable and widespread issue. We are committed to ensuring responses to family and domestic violence are informed by lived experience.
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing recognises, welcomes and respects people of diverse gender, sex and sexuality. We are committed to greater inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ).
