Family Violence Regional Integration Committees (FVRIC) are local governance structures that provide strategic leadership to drive effective responses to family violence and support Victoria’s family violence reforms.
FVRICs bring together a wide range of agencies and sectors that respond to family violence – the major players in the family violence reform agenda of Ending Family Violence: Victoria’s Plan for Change. They are the only local governance structures that exist across the state with a focus on a family violence lens to strengthen local service systems and build capacity across relevant workforces.
Committee membership spans a variety of sectors reflecting the cross-sector nature of the family violence service system.
The Statewide Family Violence Integration Advisory Committee (SFVIAC) is a conduit to Family Violence Regional Integration Committees, providing statewide access to cross-system networks, coordination and influence. PSAs make up the SFVIAC which plays a pivotal role in enabling vertical integration by representing regional experiences at a Statewide level.
Download the Family Violence Regional Integration Factsheet and click here for a list of all family violence regional integration committees and their contact details.
The Wimmera and South West Family Violence Partnership (WSWFVP) harnesses the collaborative efforts of a range of services and organisations whose work intersects with family violence response, early intervention or prevention.
Our current members represent the following services and programs:
* The WSWFV partnership acknowledges Victorian Aboriginal people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we provide our services. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and recognise the ongoing living culture of all Aboriginal people
*We would like to pay tribute to the many survivors of family violence whose bravery, experience and stories inform service responses, initiatives and reform change. We also wish to acknowledge victim survivors of family violence, particularly women and children that have been killed in the context of family violence. We acknowledge that family violence is a very prevalent issue in our community and that we can all do something to prevent it if we all work together.
* WSWFVP acknowledges the following First Nation People where our services are offered: WIMMERA: Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia, Jupagalk, Dja Dja Wurrung. SOUTH WEST: Gunditjmara, Eastern Maar, Wadawurrung
