The bold feminists of Refuge Victoria’s past
For over 40 years, Refuge Victoria has been supporting people escaping violence. A lot’s changed over the decades, but one thing remains the same: the incredible efforts of the women
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Freda’s story
When 37-year-old Freda entered refuge with her two children, Michael (8) and Roman (4) in August 2021, she didn’t consider herself as being in a family violence situation – she
How one company reset the narrative
On the surface, the Christmas dinner looked no different to any number of yuletide festivities taking place across Melbourne. There were mums, wearing paper hats retrieved from crackers, sharing tales
The joy of giving to families in refuge
It’s the season when all around us, store windows come alive with festive tinsel and baubles, and beautifully adorned Christmas trees. But for one business in Croydon, the Christmas tree
A Year of Growth and Change
At Refuge Victoria it’s been a year of building, literally and figuratively, with construction work on one of our core and cluster refuges and most of our refuge accommodation properties, new leadership, improvements to care, and a profile in a national newspaper.
The true spirit of Christmas
In this increasingly commercialised world where much of our Christmas experience is dominated by Big Business and social media saturation, it’s sometime easy to wonder where the true spirit of
Racism. It stops with me.
Refuge Victoria is proud to support the Racism. It Stops With Me campaign. Racism is more than just harmful words or individual actions. It includes biases in our society, its
Homelessness and Family Violence
As Homeless Week 2022 draws to a close, it’s our hope that everyone is more informed about how widespread homelessness is in Australia and the real need for action. At
NAIDOC Week (June 3-10): Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
Our Indigenous peoples have a proud history of getting up, standing up, and showing up, from the frontier wars and the earliest resistance fighters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
A long-lost art for a very current problem
As energy prices rise to new levels and the cost of living continues to increase, many of us are looking at ways to cut down on our heating costs. We’re