Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) domestic violence support
Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking is a support program for First Nations women who have experienced or are experiencing family and domestic violence.
Free
Confidential
Available to people living in the Cities of Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville
Who is Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking for?
Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking is a service available to First Nations women living in the Cities of Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville areas.
If you need support but don’t live in these areas, please visit the Women’s Health and Family Services or the Relationships Australia website for more resources.
If you are looking for the Escaping Violence Payment page, click here.
Hear from someone who attends the group
How Moorditj Yorga (Strong Women) – Together Walking supports you.
Our team will walk alongside you. We can support you with:
- A safety plan for you and your children
- 1:1 counselling
- Connection with and access to other services
- Assistance to access services for your children
- Assistance with Court attendance
- Group yarning sessions with new topics and activities each week.
We’ve developed a series of interactive workshops for Term 3, and we hope you can join us. The 2024 Term 3 workshops will run from July 17 to September 18.
Workshop details
Venue: Uniting WA, 10-12 Market Street, Fremantle
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 11am – 2pm
Registration: Contact Fleur Mahota on 0482 161 502 or at fleur.mahota@unitingwa.org.au
| Date | Workshop | Description | Facilitator/s |
| July 17 | NAIDOC Week Yarning | As NAIDOC week falls in the school holidays – our first session back this term will be yarning about and celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of our First Nations mob. | Uniting WA |
| July 24 | Health Matters | The Moorditj Djena team will be coming in to yarn about health and wellbeing, including foot health, diabetes, and nutrition. | Moorditj Djena |
| July 31 | Self Esteem | Today’s workshop will be on understanding what self esteem is and how it can affect us, as well as strategies to help increase self-esteem in ourselves and others. | Uniting WA and COMHWA |
| Aug 7 | Practical Parenting | Today is National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s day, so Meerilinga parenting specialists will be facilitating a workshop to yarn about the joys and challenges of parenting and providing tools to support parents and carers. | Meerilinga |
| Aug 14 | Pamper Day | It’s time for some self-care and pampering. We will have the Thread Together van visiting us and will have options for facial treatments and gel nail polish! | Thread Together and Uniting WA |
| Aug 21 | Communication Styles | This workshop will cover communication styles, how to be a good listener and how to be assertive using tools and activities to support healthy and positive communication. | Uniting WA |
| Aug 28 | Cooking with Foodbank |
A cooking class using healthy eating guides and recipes that follow national dietary guidelines for delicious, cost effective and healthy meals. | FOODBANK |
| Sept 4 | Cooking with Foodbank |
A cooking class using healthy eating guides and recipes that follow national dietary guidelines for delicious, cost effective and healthy meals. | FOODBANK |
| Sept 11 | Cooking with Foodbank |
A cooking class using healthy eating guides and recipes that follow national dietary guidelines for delicious, cost effective and healthy meals. | FOODBANK |
| Sept 18 | Cooking with Foodbank |
A cooking class using healthy eating guides and recipes that follow national dietary guidelines for delicious, cost effective and healthy meals. | FOODBANK |
Our team can also connect you with services to facilitate Violence Restraining Orders, conflict resolution and applications for accommodation and housing.
You can refer yourself or speak to us about referring someone you know.
If you’d like to learn more about this service, please get in contact with our team.
What does family and domestic violence look like?
Family and domestic violence is any behaviour that is violent, threatening, controlling or intended to make you and your family feel scared and unsafe.
It would include things like your partner or someone in your family:
- Hitting you
- Calling you names
- Keeping or demanding your money
- Stopping you from talking to your friends and family
- Making you do things you don’t want to do
- Threatening you, your family, friends or pets.
