BRAVEHEARTS
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Bravehearts
is Australia’s leading child protection advocacy group. Founded by Hetty
Johnston in 1997 and operating nationally from Queensland, 2012 marks the 16th
Anniversary of Bravehearts national awareness day, White Balloon Day on
September 7th.
Bravehearts
is the only Australian children’s charity holistically dedicated to the issue
of child sexual assault, and has evolved into an organisation whose purpose is
to provide therapeutic support and advocacy services to survivors of child
sexual assault. Bravehearts is forging a movement for change in how child
sexual assault is dealt with by the criminal justice sector, government
institutions, churches and the community at large.
Bravehearts
currently provide counselling services to hundreds of children a year, with a
long waiting list due to limited funds. As well as supporting survivors of
child sexual assault, Bravehearts is unique in that they also focus on
prevention (through the education campaign) and early intervention, as well as
healing and activism. If you have any questions about child sexual assault
contact Bravehearts on 1800 BRAVE1 (180O 272 831).
Bravehearts
is Australia’s leader in child protection and we deal exclusively with
children who have been sexually assaulted. As a charity organisation we
rely very heavily on business and community support to ensure we can continue
delivering our school based prevention programs as well as counselling, support
and advocacy for survivors of child sexual assault. It is only through increasing awareness, preventative strategies and
education that we can collectively reduce the incidence of child sexual assault
in our community.
Our
specialist counselling services are instrumental in giving hope and healing to
our most vulnerable and precious members of our community, our children.
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