WRISC

WRISC supports women and children experiencing family/domestic violence who live in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia.

WRISC helps to provide safety, support, information, advocacy, children's counselling, court support, and case management. We provide services across the Central Highlands region of Victoria, and our service is free and confidential.

Our Vision:
Safety, equality and opportunity for all people.

Our Mission:
To promote respectful relationships through services which enhance the safety, autonomy and well-being of women and children.

About our Courage Cards:
Van Go’s Art therapist has been working on a project involving Primary and Secondary Schools from the Moorabool Shire area. The purpose of this project has been to work with students who have experienced family violence, to hear their voices and to produce a product that can in turn help others.

The result has been the successful production of sets of affirmation cards to help those who have/are experiencing difficult times. The children have contributed to the development of the cards through participating in art therapy activities, numerous group discussions on family violence and sharing their own personal insights and stories. The children from all groups helped in the word selection process, choosing strengths that they believed they possessed having been through family violence.