The Church is well placed within communities to be a light and refuge in times of need and can reach into communities where governments cannot. Our Christian call is to love one another as Christ loved us and not to turn away from our own flesh and blood. This document is a guide to equip church leaders and churchgoers (laity) to be able to respond to domestic abuse in line with good practice.
This ‘Words That Work’ workshop is tailored for people of faith who work in news, communications or advocacy spaces who want to help achieve lasting change in community attitudes regarding the rights of people seeking asylum. The workshop will provide tools for how to speak positively and effectively, based on groundbreaking research commissioned by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in Australia.
