The Chair of Rotary SAFE Families, Rotary Hawthorn’s Dorothy Gilmour, is available to present Rotary SAFE Families’ prevention of family abuse, at your meetings.
Rotary SAFE Families is a ‘preventative’ program to Stop Abuse in Families Everywhere (SAFE). It assists Rotarians and the community through awareness of its “3RRR’s:
- Recognise what abuse looks like
- Raise your concerns “safely” with the victim
- Refer the victim to 000 (if emergency) or any of the support agencies OR Make the call yourself!
Rotary SAFE Families includes not only abuse to women, but to men, children, and our elderly.
Dorothy has vast experience and professional, academic history in Social Sciences including human behaviours and challenges of specialised groups. She has presented to more than 100 Rotary Clubs and community groups.
Her main professional practice was in the area of trauma, loss, grief therapy and suicide prevention for individuals, parents and families and included debriefing after a critical incident in workplaces and post community disasters. Dorothy is recognised for her years of lecturing in Trauma, Loss & Grief Counselling at Swinburne University.
Dorothy remains an advocate for social justice and fairness for those less fortunate. She is determined for everyday people to be part of the solution in the prevention of family violence and elder abuse across the world.
Dorothy believes that we must take some responsibility and assist our Police and social services to manage this epidemic of family abuse: 'We must assist a victim or possible victim of abuse, by being able to identify and report any form of abuse, not sit on our hands. Let us help to ensure our children and grandchildren do not perpetrate this lack of respect for humanity.”
She is a passionate Rotarian and 'champion' of Rotary SAFE Families for Rotary in Australia.
Imagine the difference it would make to our society, if all of us were able to identify, were informed, knew how to support and find appropriate referral a support agency for a victim or possible victim of abuse?
Rotary SAFE Families online Resources which can be downloaded and used appropriately, include four films: Abuse of Males, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence & Its Impact on Children, and Elder Abuse. The Guide to Prevention of Family Abuse in Australia, (translated into seven languages inc. Dari, Farsi, Mandarin, Swahili, Hindi, Greek and Arabic may be downloaded and provided to communities of our migrant Australians.
Dorothy believes it is our moral responsibility to refer and report abuse.
For detailed information: www.rotarysafefamilies.org.au
Email Dorothy Gilmour CLICK HERE
Dated Updated: Date Added: 9th October 2022