The West Metro Dhelk Dja Action Group is an Aboriginal community group who are committed to educating mob and preventing and reducing family violence in the local community.
Dhelk Dja is the key Aboriginal-led Victorian Agreement that commits Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal services and government to work together and be accountable for ensuring that Aboriginal people, families and communities are stronger, safer, thriving and living free from family violence.
The Dhelk Dja Agreement’s 5 Strategic Priorities
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- Co-Chairs, CEO Family Safety Victoria and Dhelk Dja Action Group Chairperson of hosting region
- Chairpersons of the eleven Dhelk Dja Action Groups (formerly Indigenous Family Violence Regional Action Groups (IFVRAGs))
- Aboriginal Community Elders Services (ACES)
- Aboriginal Housing Victoria
- Elizabeth Morgan House Aboriginal Women’s Services Inc. (EMH)
- Djirra
- Indigenous Men’s Resource and Advisory Service (IMRAS)
- Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association (VACSAL)
- Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (VACCHO)
- Koori Youth Council
- The Commission for Children and Young People (Aboriginal Commissioner)
- Family Safety Victoria
- Victorian government departments
- Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
- Victoria Police
Email FSV.AboriginalSecretariat@familysafety.vic.gov.au for more information about the Dhelk Dja Partnership Forum
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Dhelk Dja are the Dja Dja Wurrung words for ‘good place’ pronounced ‘delk ja’. The Dhelk Dja artwork represents the 11 Dhelk Dja Action Groups that are working with Aboriginal communities to address family violence.
Contact: 🔽
Darleen Christensen, Dhelk Dja Regional Coordinator, West Division, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.
Email: 🔽
darleen.christensen@familysafety.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 9595 2175
Family Safety Victoria provides the Aboriginal Community Initiatives Fund to implement community-led projects that educate, prevent, reduce and respond to family violence in local Aboriginal communities across Victoria. Funded projects align with the Dhelk Dja: Safe Our Way – Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families 10 Year Agreement (2018-2028).