RAV is a community-based, not-for-profit organisation, with no religious affiliations.
We provide services for all members of the community.
We believe in core values that inform our practice and behaviour.
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Relationships Australia is the home of Neighbour Day, Australia's annual celebration of community.
A wide range of services to support children, young people and their families.
We offer counselling for relationships in all their aspects.
Also known as mediation, this service is provided to help couples who are separating to resolve their family law disputes.
FRCs offer a range of services and programs, which are aimed at families at all stages of their life.
We provide sensitive, supportive and professional family violence services across Victoria.
Compass is our specialist support service for people affected by forced adoption.
We address mental health at all stages, with preventative and early intervention mental health services, as well as support for families experiencing mental health difficulties.
RAV celebrates cultural diversity and is committed to providing access to all our programs for all Victorians.
We offer group work and post separation parenting courses (including some for court-mandated clients).
RAV has an established reputation for quality professional training and development in FDR, couple therapy and relationship counselling.
Relationships Australia Victoria has been funded to provide support to people contemplating or going through the National Redress Scheme.
We are committed to providing targeted and effective services addressing the needs of senior Victorians and their families.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and individuals to help strengthen family relationships.
We provide Employee Assistance Programs, workplace dispute resolution and training.
RAV offers a variety of relationship education courses, run in small groups.
This easy-to-complete course aims to help you keep your love relationship happy and stable.
We have an established reputation for quality professional training in a range of areas related to family relationships.
Our Training and Development Department delivers a range of specialist programs.
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RAV has produced a variety of publications to assist with relationship needs.
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Innovative resources to support children to deal with common difficulties in the context of important relationships.
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Information, tips and resources on a range of common family and relationship issues.
We evaluate our services and undertake research to enable us to highlight issues, service gaps and areas for improvement, and measure the effectiveness of our services.
RAV can provide informed commentary on a range of relationship topics.
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By making this simple but powerful pledge, men will send a strong message that violence is not acceptable and should not be tolerated under any circumstances.
RAV supports White Ribbon Day, 25 November, an annual event of the White Ribbon Foundation to engage men in the campaign to end violence against women.
One in three women experience physical violence in their lifetime, and one in five would experience sexual violence.
Violence not only manifests as physical or sexual assault, but also as the exercise of power and control which may include direct or indirect threats, emotional and psychological abuse, economic control, property damage and social isolation.
Sadly, women are at most risk of violence from people they know, and often within intimate relationships. Yet people often turn a blind eye to family violence where they would not tolerate an assault in a public place. The fact is, an assault in the home or in the street is the same thing.
Living with violence is like being on a roller coaster ride, causing confusion and anxiety and sometimes leading to reactions such as depression, medical disorders and drug and alcohol abuse. The impact on children is confusion, anger and fear.
RAV strongly encourages people to act and offer to help those who might be in abusive relationships.
It is also important that men who have committed family violence take responsibility for their actions and make genuine attempts to change their behaviour.
Changing behaviour is not simply a matter of 'turning over a new leaf'. Permanent change can occur when men are engaged in taking responsibility for their destructive behavioural patterns and making different choices.
RAV offers family violence prevention programs at our centres in Melbourne and regional Victoria, together with men's behaviour change groups. We also offer a range of services to support the safety of women and children in relationships where violence is present.
* Dr Bickerdike is the Chief Executive Officer of Relationships Australia Victoria
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