Tag: COVID-19

  • Future-proofing Safety: Surfacing inequality and building service capacity for crisis-ready responses

    Future-proofing Safety: Surfacing inequality and building service capacity for crisis-ready responses

    Future-proofing Safety sought to understand how services across Victoria responded to family violence during COVID-19. The research was led by the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) at Drummond Street Services, in partnership with the Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) at RMIT University and the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), and…

  • COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people

    COVID-19 information for multicultural LGBTIQ+ people

    Use the table of contents above to navigate on this page.   Updates to our factsheets and information sessions January 2022: Advice continues to change regarding testing, including rapid antigen tests and when to get tested. For the latest advice, visit the Victorian Government’s webpage on COVID-19 testing. December 2021:…

  • Prevention in the pandemic

    Prevention in the pandemic

    Prevention in the pandemic: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is having a significant impact on people’s lives and wellbeing around the world.  The pandemic has exacerbated health, social and economic inequalities and globally, rates of family violence have surged. For people who are LGBTIQ+ in Victoria, especially those who experience multiple…

  • 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…