Domestic and family violence

Family violence lived experience strategy. More than our story: action, wisdom and change

19 November 2025

This strategy from Family Safety Victoria (published April 2022) directs how the Victorian Government and partner organisations engage people with lived experience of family and sexual violence in system reform. It acknowledges the value of victim-survivors’ voices, emphasises collaboration and seeks to shift power into those previously excluded. 

The document outlines a vision and purpose, targeted audiences and a phased approach to moving from introduction to embedding lived-experience across the sector. 

It defines three change phases: 
⦁ Phase One focuses on introducing lived experience into...

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