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Fast Track Response program
Are you a new or emerging leader in Victoria’s family violence sector? Apply to join the ‘Fast Track Response’ program by 29 August 2025.
Safe and Equal, the peak body for Victoria’s family violence sector, is running an intensive leadership program for emerging leaders in the sector.
‘Fast Track Response’ is an 11-week program, that gives participants access to experts and mentors across the sector. The program provides opportunities to build practice and leadership skills.
Help create better workplaces for workers with lived experience of family violence
To build more positive work environments for people with lived or living experience of family or sexual violence, the Victorian Government is developing some practical resources for employers who provide family violence or sexual assault services, to help them better support and value workers who are also victim survivors.
The resources will be released in 2026.
Highlights from the Complex Needs Conference 2025
The Complex Needs Conference 2025 provided a platform to share ideas, forge partnerships and develop new approaches to supporting people with complex needs.
In March this year, more than 620 experts and professionals attended the 2-day event from across Australia and the globe.