Neighbours, Friends and Families

Grey Bruce CampaignNovember 2007March 2008

Neighbours, Friends and Families is a campaign to raise awareness of the

signs of woman abuse so that people who are close to an at-risk woman or

abusive man can help

Neighbours, Friends and Families is a campaign to raise awareness of the

signs of woman abuse so that people who are close to an at-risk woman or

abusive man can help

Death Review Committee Findings 2004

Death Review Committee Findings 2004

….in response to high risk cases, friends, neighbours, family and coworkers have an essential role to play as part of a wider coordinated community response.

….in response to high risk cases, friends, neighbours, family and coworkers have an essential role to play as part of a wider coordinated community response.

Neighbours, Friends and FamiliesNeighbours, Friends and Families

A project of the Grey Bruce Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee, in partnership with:

the Ontario Government, the Ontario Women’s Directorate, the Expert Panel on Neighbours, Friends and Families, and the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children

A project of the Grey Bruce Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee, in partnership with:

the Ontario Government, the Ontario Women’s Directorate, the Expert Panel on Neighbours, Friends and Families, and the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children

Neighbours, Friends and Families have a crucial role to play in preventing woman abuse

Everyone can learn about the warning signs of woman abuse and learn how to help

You can help by reading the brochures and safety cards and by making them available to people you know

Communities working together can make a difference in abused women’s and children’s lives

Talking to abusive men is critical to ending woman abuse

Abusive behaviour won’t go away by itself. There are services in Grey Bruce to help men who abuse

Everyone in Grey Bruce can…

Learn to recognize warning signs and high risk factors and take them seriously

Support abused women and abusive men by talking to them and making sure they know about community supports

Get involved to prevent violence. It’s just like like getting involved when someone is drinking and driving

Contact local service providers or the Assaulted Women’s Helpline if you need help dealing with the issue.

Call the police in an emergency

How the Campaign WorksHow the Campaign Works

Champions, Networks and Connections

Champions, Networks and Connections

Community Champions

Our Community Champions are the heart of the Grey Bruce NFF Campaign.

We are honoured to have sixteen volunteer Community Champions to start the

campaign.

By the end of the campaign there will be many more.

Community ChampionsCommunity Champions

The campaign will engage both men and women as Community Champions.

We know that men are an untapped resource for violence prevention.

We know that the issue of woman abuse affects men as deeply and as often as women.

The campaign will engage both men and women as Community Champions.

We know that men are an untapped resource for violence prevention.

We know that the issue of woman abuse affects men as deeply and as often as women.

Our Community ChampionsOur Community Champions

From all walks of life they bring their knowledge and their

commitment to end violence against women

From all walks of life they bring their knowledge and their

commitment to end violence against women

Networks and ConnectionsNetworks and Connections

How small groups of people make big things happen.

Everyone can do something, and everything makes a difference

How small groups of people make big things happen.

Everyone can do something, and everything makes a difference

Start with who you know – Identify the people Start with who you know – Identify the people and groups you would like to introduce to NFFand groups you would like to introduce to NFF

Your Your brother & brother &

sistersister

YouYou

Your Board of Your Board of DirectorsDirectors

Your Your WorkplaceWorkplace

Professional Professional AssociationAssociation

School School CouncilCouncil

Soccer Soccer ClubClub

Your best Your best friendfriend

Book Book ClubClub

Grey Bruce Campaign PlansGrey Bruce Campaign Plans

Deputations to County and Municipal governments

Delegation to Bluewater Board of Education

Presentation to Grey Bruce Labour Council

Outreach to faith communities and ministerial association

Deputations to County and Municipal governments

Delegation to Bluewater Board of Education

Presentation to Grey Bruce Labour Council

Outreach to faith communities and ministerial association

Campaign PlansCampaign Plans

Lunch and learn (at GBHS and OPG) Presentations at major employers Engage Georgian College faculty and

students Presentation to South East Grey

Community Outreach Board of Directors

Lunch and learn (at GBHS and OPG) Presentations at major employers Engage Georgian College faculty and

students Presentation to South East Grey

Community Outreach Board of Directors

Campaign PlansCampaign Plans

Community Meetings (Paisley, Tobermory) Men talk to men about violence

prevention: sports clubs and service clubs.

Presentations to Women’s service groups. Grey Bruce Domestic Violence

Coordinating Committee member agency training (30 community agencies)

Community Meetings (Paisley, Tobermory) Men talk to men about violence

prevention: sports clubs and service clubs.

Presentations to Women’s service groups. Grey Bruce Domestic Violence

Coordinating Committee member agency training (30 community agencies)

Campaign PlansCampaign Plans

Launch of the Aboriginal Campaign: Kanawayhitowin (Taking Care of Each Other’s Spirits)

Community meetings at M’Wikwedong, Nawash and Saugeen First Nations.

Shared learning: NFF and Kanawayhitowin

Launch of the Aboriginal Campaign: Kanawayhitowin (Taking Care of Each Other’s Spirits)

Community meetings at M’Wikwedong, Nawash and Saugeen First Nations.

Shared learning: NFF and Kanawayhitowin

Campaign PlansCampaign Plans

Information on www.endabusenow.ca Distribution of campaign materials through

community agencies Articles and stories for the local press Public Service Announcements (radio, TV,

Cable)

Information on www.endabusenow.ca Distribution of campaign materials through

community agencies Articles and stories for the local press Public Service Announcements (radio, TV,

Cable)

The Grey Bruce Campaign will:The Grey Bruce Campaign will: Help neighbours, friends and families recognize neighbours, friends and families recognize

abuse, understand the warning signs, and know abuse, understand the warning signs, and know what action to take.what action to take.

Generate community discussions and a Generate community discussions and a groundswell of interest in rural strategies to groundswell of interest in rural strategies to prevent violence.prevent violence.

Engage men in new ways to explore their Engage men in new ways to explore their unique possibilities for violence prevention. unique possibilities for violence prevention.

Provide tools, support and resources so Provide tools, support and resources so neighbours, friends and families can effectively neighbours, friends and families can effectively and safely respond to woman abuse.and safely respond to woman abuse.

Thanks!Thanks!

Our Community Champions CAS of Owen Sound and the County of

Grey Ministry of Community and Social Services Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey Local media for their support of the

campaign

Our Community Champions CAS of Owen Sound and the County of

Grey Ministry of Community and Social Services Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey Local media for their support of the

campaign