Service project 2014 – 16
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Club checklist
Must align with Zonta International Mission – empowering
women through service and advocacy
Must be within budget – about $10,000
Must be motivational for members to fund-raise for it
Must be relevant and appeal across the club
TIMING
• 12 months of negotiating to make it a workable
project for us
• Started in January 2014
• First payment November 2014
• First program March 2015
What is Love Bites?
“Love Bites is an extremely successful school-based
domestic and family violence and sexual assault
prevention program for 15 to 17 year olds.
It consists of two interactive education workshops
on Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault
followed by creative workshops and community
campaign. It is delivered by workers from local
community agencies who have been trained as Love
Bites facilitators.”
Who can run Love Bites?
……..any professional who works in the area of
Domestic and Family Violence or Sexual Assault
and has an interest in or a responsibility for
running violence against women prevention
programs.…including sexual assault counsellors,
school and family counsellors, police officers,
women’s refuge workers, school teachers, school
nurses and other professionals
What young people have said…
“ It
felt good that we were able to talk and not be
judged.”
“I really enjoyed the program. It’s important to
know what to do if you are in one of those
situations and what to do to prevent and help
those who suffer.”
“We knew about some of these issues but
nobody really talks about it. By talking about
domestic violence and sexual assault we really
did learn something new”
How much?
$200 a head
Fee for service training by NAPCAN includes:
• 2 days training – working through all the activities,
practising skills and learning how to handle
challenges
• Information on how to get started
• Examples of how Love Bites is run in a school
• A Love Bites manual (1 per service)
• Preparation and liaison
• Dedicated 4 hours follow up support
Who is NAPCAN?
NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention
of Child Abuse and Neglect) was co-founded in 1987
by Rosemary Sinclair AO and Christine Stewart OAM.
Since then NAPCAN has made a significant
contribution to the safety and wellbeing of Australia's
children and young people by raising public
awareness of child abuse and neglect and its impacts,
and by developing and promoting effective prevention
strategies and programs
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Pre-trialled program and well-credentialled - used throughout Australia
Dedicated organisation focussing on the issue of domestic and family violence
Emphasises proper training of presenters
School curriculums are hard to “get into” – Zonta and NAPCAN are outsiders
Training one cohort of students in a school does not guarantee the next year’s program
For Zontians without an background in the area, it is a very hands-off project
Results so far:
7 schools planning a Love Bites program in
their school, subsidised by our club
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Flagstone High
Shailer Park
Rochedale
Windaroo
Springwood
Beaudesert
Beenleigh
+ planned facilitator training in April for
around 20 prospective facilitators
Cost?
$7700 paid to NAPCAN so far, and a
further $10,000 has been budgeted for
2015 – 2016 Zonta year.
NEW IDEA????
This coming year, we are looking at
producing a YouTube video – to give
NAPCAN a multimedia promotional tool to
recruit
• more schools
• more sponsoring clubs like Zonta
• more prospective facilitators
QUESTIONS?