ONE WOMAN IS KILLED
EVERY WEEK BY HER
INTIMATE PARTNER

SPONSOR A WOMAN
EXPERIENCING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

JOIN OUR BOARD.
SO SHE CAN LEAVE.

Your way
of helping

We all know the tragic domestic violence stats too well. In Australia, one woman every week is killed1, and 1 in 4 have experienced violence2 by her intimate partner. HER Board is here to change those stats. They're our KPIs.

HER Board is a board for women and anyone identifying as a woman. Joining simply means sponsoring a woman experiencing domestic violence.

We called it a ‘board’ because domestic violence isn’t a quick fix. Women need a steady, stable organisation and ongoing support to leave domestic violence behind. Through your sponsorship, you’ll give her an ongoing funding stream for services like driving lessons, childcare so she can attend counselling, or a cyber safety audit of her home – basically whatever she needs to move on from domestic violence and lead a full, flourishing life.

How it
works

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You join
Her Board

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You’re known as a ‘HER Board Member.’

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You’re partnered
with
someone
needing help

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You sponsor a woman experiencing domestic violence, known as a ‘HER Board Associate.’

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How
you'll
help her

Join HER Board and your sponsorship money will go towards emotional and practical services like in these eight areas - services that fill the cracks and could prevent her getting into or facing an absolute crisis situation. The woman needing help can choose to use one, two or all of these services. Our philosophy is to give her the power to choose, and surround her with whatever help she needs.

Childcare
Counselling
Legal
Health
Security
Employment
Relocation
Transport

Childcare

Like childcare costs, school fees, school uniforms or emergency relief.

Counselling

Like financial and family counselling, psychology services or emergency relief.

FAQS

Where does my money go exactly?

Is my sponsorship tax deductible?

Does HER Board only sponsor women?

Do you have to be a woman to be a sponsor?

Does HER Board only sponsor Western Australian women?

Can I cancel my sponsorship?

What if she no longer needs support?

A woman experiencing domestic violence loses her connections, voice, confidence and strength. Bit by bit, she loses her power. To move on, she needs to find that power again. HER Board is a group of women and allies giving her power back.

We know how to walk beside women on this journey because HER Board services are provided by Luma (formerly Womens Health and Family Services) – one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit organisations specialising in women’s health and wellbeing. We’ve been working with women experiencing domestic violence for decades.

About Her Board

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Our
Mission

Helping women experiencing domestic violence isn’t quick. It takes months, years. Temporary fixes won’t do. She can’t keep lurching from one crisis to the next.

Instead she needs constant, solid support. A united, solid group behind her. Dependable. Tangible. Practical. Accountable. A strong organisation. A collective force. A professional place, with a clear purpose, vision, focus and mandate.

She needs a board.

But a board with a difference.

A board made for women. A board where women like her are the only key stakeholders. A board that 100% believes in her. A board that’ll back her, walk beside her as long as she needs. A board with annual reporting to hold it accountable every year. A board with KPIs and targets, where success is measured by domestic violence numbers going down. A board with committed, passionate HER Board Members. A board that doesn’t treat her like a victim. A board that gives her agency and pride, that from day one makes her a HER Board Associate.

A board that puts her back in control.

A board founded, formed and meeting just for her.

She needs HER Board.

HER Board.
Giving her power back.

Northbridge
227 Newcastle Street
Northbridge WA
P: (08) 6330 5400
Fax: (08) 6330 5499
E: herboard@luma.org.au

Joondalup
Suite 6 Joondalup Lotteries House
70 Davidson Tce
Joondalup WA
P: (08) 6330 5400
Fax: (08) 9300 1699
E: herboard@luma.org.au

Australian, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders and Pride FlagsHER Board is an initiative of Luma (formerly Womens Health and Family Services) - one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit organisations specialising in women’s health and wellbeing. We provide low or no cost enhanced health and wellness program to women, children, youth, and families most at risk of ill health. We believe that better futures for WA women and their families, provides a better future for all.

Luma acknowledges that we are gathered on traditional Nyoongar Whadjuk land and pay our respect to Elders past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

[1] Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) 2017. Average. The 2017 National Homicide Monitoring Program report by the AIC showed that over a 2-year period from 2012/13 to 2013/14, there were 99 female victims of intimate partner homicide. Women continue to be over-represented as victims of intimate partner homicide, accounting for 79% of all intimate partner homicides.

[2] Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) 2016 Personal Safety Survey (PSS).

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In an emergency, please contact 000 or 1800RESPECT for national domestic violence support,
or the Women’s Domestic Violence Helpline 1800 007 339 for Western Australia only.