Category: Case Studies

  • The LGBTIQA+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Project

    The LGBTIQA+ Mental Health & Wellbeing Project

    Funded by the Victorian Department of Health, Drummond Street Services’ Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) delivered the LGBTIQA+ Mental Health and Wellbeing Project. The project aimed to develop a better understanding of the mental health and wellbeing needs of LGBTIQA+ people, as well as their experiences accessing service…

  • The Cultural, Lived experience and Identity Knowledge (CLIK) Guide

    The Cultural, Lived experience and Identity Knowledge (CLIK) Guide

    The CLIK Guide is a practical resource that supports services in the family violence and sexual assault sectors to build intersectional lived experience workforces.

  • New Parents, New Possibilities – Perinatal Sector Webinar Series

    New Parents, New Possibilities – Perinatal Sector Webinar Series

    New Parents, New Possibilities – Perinatal Sector Webinar Series A series of four webinars were developed to build on the original sector training to enable professional development for those who are unable to commit to group training. The four part series consists of 30 minute modules: Part I of the…

  • A Walk Through Health Evaluation

    A Walk Through Health Evaluation

    A Walk Through Health: In November 2020 CFRE commenced a partnership with Wyndham Community & Education Centre (Wyndham CEC) to evaluate their health literacy program, A Walk Through Health. Delivered in partnership with Mercy Health, the program aims to address unmet health and well-being needs of culturally diverse community members…

  • There’s no safe place at home report

    There’s no safe place at home report

    There’s no safe place at home report: [maxbutton id=”1″ url=”https://cfre.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Theres-no-safe-place-at-home-Final-Report-1.pdf” text=”DOWNLOAD” ]        [maxbutton id=”2″ url=”https://www.withrespect.org.au/community/find-support” text=”FIND SUPPORT” ] Everyone deserves to feel safe at home, no matter who they are or whom they love. Unfortunately for many LGBTIQ+ people, their homes are not safe places. Equality Australia…

  • Action Research: Use of Family Violence by LGBTIQ+ People

    Action Research: Use of Family Violence by LGBTIQ+ People

    Action Research: Use of Family Violence by LGBTIQ+ People  National and international research has found that family violence in LGBTIQ+ relationships occurs at rates similar to, if not higher than heterosexual relationships. LGBTIQ+ populations face unique and intersecting vulnerabilities, including that: the impacts of abuse are compounded by discrimination and…

  • Behind closed doors: Adolescent Violence in the Home (AVITH) during COVID and challenges to come

    Behind closed doors: Adolescent Violence in the Home (AVITH) during COVID and challenges to come

    Behind closed doors: Adolescent Violence in the Home (AVITH) during COVID and challenges to come – As part of drummond street’s ongoing whole-of-family service response to AVITH- through its Young People and Family Violence program, and CFRE’s commitment to evidence building, we have recently partnered with RMIT’s Centre for Innovative…

  • ALL Come Out to Play!

    ALL Come Out to Play!

    The ALL Come Out to Play! program has been funded under the Victorian Free from Violence strategy. It is part of a suite of primary prevention initiatives delivered in response to growing awareness that gender inequality, including stereotyped constructions of masculinity and femininity, is a key driver of violence against…

  • On-Country Education

    On-Country Education

    CFRE conducted an evaluation of ABC’s On-Country Education program to demonstrate the program’s impact on young people, their families and the community.    ABC’s On-Country Education Program is an alternative education model designed to support vulnerable and disadvantaged Aboriginal children and their parents/carers to transition into early learning and primary school.…

  • Emergency Relief Workforce Development Program

    Emergency Relief Workforce Development Program

    CFRE conducted an independent evaluation of the Emergency Relief Workforce Development Program (ERWDP): a nationwide roll-out of in-person and online training. After consultation with the Australian emergency relief (ER) sector, Matrix designed and implemented the ERWDP training courses in addition to self-assessment tools and support for management staff. During the evaluation…