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We are an organisation called Safe and Equal, formerly Domestic Violence Victoria and Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, and we make websites, videos, apps, brochures, posters and lots more to help people understand what family violence is, why it happens, how to recognise it and how to help others who are experiencing it.

We also run training classes for people who work with people experiencing family violence and professionals who work to prevent more violence from happening.

How to use this website

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Listen to people’s stories of childhood experiencing family violence

02

Learn how to make a safety plan and keep yourself safe

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Find ways to deal with your feelings and take care of yourself

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Learn how to recognise and understand what family violence and abuse is

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Find out what you can do and how and where to get help

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Know how to talk to others about it so they help and support you

**WARNING**

This site includes information and stories that some users may find distressing due to describing instances of family violence and abuse.

Instructions

If at any time you want to quickly leave this site for any reason you can click on the X in the top right corner of the screen. This will instantly close down the site and take you www.google.com.

What’s up at home?

This page explains what family violence is and how to recognise it and understand what it is.

How to deal

This page talks about feelings and provides ideas and tools about how to cope.

Visit another home

This will bring you back to the home page so you can go into another story.

FAQs

Lots of frequently asked questions are updated here.

What should I do?

This page explains what you can do, who you can call, how you can help a friends and how to keep yourself safe and make a safety plan.

Talk to someone

This page gives you guidance on how to find someone you can trust and ways you can talk to them.

Info for adults

This page is for grown-ups who want to help a child or young person who is experiencing family violence.

The menu on the side is on every page and will assist you in your journey on this website.

About this website

This site used to be called “Bursting the Bubble”.

We first created it back in 2003 with generous donations from some very kind organisations and the loving support of other agencies like ours, supporting writers, artists, digital developers and people who all care deeply about kids growing up safe, smart, protected and free from violence.

We also got a lot of help from people who grew up with violence in their family or were abused as a child themselves. Their survivor stories, voices, advice and guidance is all through this site, so anyone out there today can know.

You're not alone
There are things for you to stay safe and care for yourself
The way you feel is normal and none of this is your fault
You can talk to someone about this and get help

Disclaimer

To read a really boring sentence that we have to include on our website for legal reasons, visit our Disclaimer page.

Stay safe online

Computers and smartphones can store a great deal of your private information – about what you look at online, as well as the emails and instant messages you send, internet-based phone calls you make, and other activities.

Safe Environment

If you are afraid of someone finding out that you have been on our website or what other sites you are visiting, please use a safer computer, tablet or phone (e.g. at a friend’s house, a library, an internet café).

Quick Exit

If you need to quickly escape our website (e.g. if someone comes into the room when you are on the computer), click the QUICK EXIT button at the top of each page and you will be redirected to the Google homepage.

  • Be careful about what personal information you share with others online or on social media.
  • Get to know the privacy settings on your social media accounts (such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, etc.) so you can choose what information you want people to see. Update these settings regularly.
  • Don’t give your full name, address, school or workplace on social media accounts.
  • Set up your own private email account using free accounts like gmail.
  • Be careful and creative about what passwords you use – don’t use something that’s easy to guess, like your pet’s name or your date of birth.