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Help Shape Family Violence Prevention in Your Community
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Southern Grampians Shire Council invites the community to share their views and help shape the future of family violence prevention across our region.
Creating a safer, more respectful and inclusive community is something we all have a role to play in. By understanding community attitudes, experiences and priorities, we can identify opportunities to strengthen prevention efforts, encourage healthy relationships and build a culture where everyone feels safe, valued and respected.
This survey aims to better understand what respect, safety and healthy relationships look like within our community, what is already working well and where more support, education and action may be needed.
We want to hear your thoughts on the things that help create safe and respectful relationships, including respectful communication, consent, positive role models, healthy relationships and strong community connections.
Your feedback will help Council identify important areas for action, including:
Education and awareness: Understanding which topics would benefit from greater community education, such as consent, respectful relationships, gender equality and recognising unhealthy or harmful behaviours.
Community attitudes and culture: Exploring how we can encourage respect, inclusion, equality and positive behaviours across all ages and backgrounds.
Support and help-seeking: Identifying barriers that may prevent people from seeking help, understanding how people access support and exploring ways to make services and reporting pathways more accessible.
Organisational action: Understanding how local organisations, services and community groups can strengthen their practices and contribute to family violence prevention.
Community confidence and connection: Identifying ways to empower people to speak up, challenge harmful behaviours and support others.
Most importantly, this is an opportunity to ensure local voices help guide local action. Your responses will contribute to a better understanding of our community's needs, help identify priorities for future education and prevention initiatives, and inform how Council and its community partners can work together to create lasting change.
The survey is intended to identify the topics our community would most like to hear about or explore at a proposed Community Conversation event to take place in early 2027.
The survey closes Thursday 10 December 2026.
Southern Grampians Shire Council invites the community to share their views and help shape the future of family violence prevention across our region.
Creating a safer, more respectful and inclusive community is something we all have a role to play in. By understanding community attitudes, experiences and priorities, we can identify opportunities to strengthen prevention efforts, encourage healthy relationships and build a culture where everyone feels safe, valued and respected.
This survey aims to better understand what respect, safety and healthy relationships look like within our community, what is already working well and where more support, education and action may be needed.
We want to hear your thoughts on the things that help create safe and respectful relationships, including respectful communication, consent, positive role models, healthy relationships and strong community connections.
Your feedback will help Council identify important areas for action, including:
Education and awareness: Understanding which topics would benefit from greater community education, such as consent, respectful relationships, gender equality and recognising unhealthy or harmful behaviours.
Community attitudes and culture: Exploring how we can encourage respect, inclusion, equality and positive behaviours across all ages and backgrounds.
Support and help-seeking: Identifying barriers that may prevent people from seeking help, understanding how people access support and exploring ways to make services and reporting pathways more accessible.
Organisational action: Understanding how local organisations, services and community groups can strengthen their practices and contribute to family violence prevention.
Community confidence and connection: Identifying ways to empower people to speak up, challenge harmful behaviours and support others.
Most importantly, this is an opportunity to ensure local voices help guide local action. Your responses will contribute to a better understanding of our community's needs, help identify priorities for future education and prevention initiatives, and inform how Council and its community partners can work together to create lasting change.
The survey is intended to identify the topics our community would most like to hear about or explore at a proposed Community Conversation event to take place in early 2027.
