Successfully tackling domestic violence is a community effort, says Campbelltown Mayor George Greiss.
Speaking ahead of this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, the mayor put out a clarion call for as many people as possible to get behind it.
“Ending family and domestic violence requires a whole of community effort,’’ he said.
The 16 Days of Activism will be launched with the driving out violence convoy this Friday, November 25 starting from Wests League Club at Leumeah from 9am.
The Campbelltown Domestic Violence Committee will then reveal one of the new purple park benches installed as part of the Purple Chair Project when the convoy arrives at Koshigaya Park at 12 noon.
The Purple Chair Project is a global movement to raise awareness and remember people lost to family and domestic violence.
“Through the Campbelltown Domestic Violence Committee, we have an important network of local services which raise awareness and support victims,” said Mayor George Greiss (pictured above).
“I encourage everyone to get behind this campaign as we work together to bring an end to Family and Domestic Violence across our community and beyond,” he said.
The Driving Out Violence convoy follows Campbelltown Council’s recent endorsement of its domestic and family violence strategy 2023-2026.
The strategy outlines a number of actions for council to raise awareness and support local services to help end domestic and family violence.
“The strategy builds on the work already being done in the community by council and other organisations to further raise awareness, increase access to services and educate people,” Cr Greiss said.
As part of the Purple Chair Project, purple benches will be installed at the Campbelltown Civic Centre and Koshigaya Park as well as purple lounges at HJ Daley and Ingleburn Library.
The benches include plaques dedicated to victims of domestic violence with a QR code linking people to local services.
