Creating Compassionate Communities - Ending the Blame Game Shame 2024

Creating Compassionate Communities Conference - Ending the Blame Game Shame 2024

**In-person tickets close 16 October - get in quick to secure your place**

On Wednesday 30th October, Phoenix Support and Advocacy Service is celebrating our 40th Anniversary and are proud to be hosting our second Creating Compassionate Communities Conference: Ending the Blame Game Shame.

 Our Conference will bring together experts, survivors, advocates, and community leaders to discuss strategies for ending victim blaming.  Victim blaming is a common phenomenon that occurs when responsibility for a crime, trauma, or hardship is shifted from the perpetrator to the victim.  Statements such as "she was asking for it" or "boys will be boys" perpetuate this harmful mindset.

There is an urgent need for education and advocacy to combat these damaging beliefs.  There is an urgent need for change. Whether intentional or unintentional, victim blaming can cause serious harm to survivors, leaving them feeling responsible for their abuser's actions, exacerbating feelings of shame and guilt.

Our Creating Compassionate Communities Conference will include latest sector research and solution focussed conversations about challenging and confronting issues. We hope to begin to turn the tide on victim blaming, so that victims feel supported, not shamed.  Its time we come together as a community and End the Blame Game Shame.

Program

The full conference program will be available on the Phoenix website.

*Program may be subject to change - please follow us for any updates/changes in the lead-up to the conference.

Ticket Prices

Meet the Presenters

Joining us on Wednesday 30th October 2024, we have some incredibly special internationally renowned representatives from the sector.  Please refer to the Phoenix website for full bios.

Dr Jessica Taylor is the CEO of VictimFocus, bestselling author, public speaker, trainer, and researcher.  

Professor Leah Bromfield is the Director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection and Chair of Child Protection at the University of South Australia.

Professor Patrick O’Leary is the Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  

Professor Andrea DeSilva is the Director of Knowledge Generation, Research and Evaluation at the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse.

Louise Lamont is the CEO of Phoenix, and a member of the Advisory Group for the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse.

Dr Alec O’Connell is the event MC and Headmaster of Scotch College.

For further announcements about speakers and activities, stay connected by following us on LinkedIn or via our website: https://www.phoenix.asn.au

Networking Opportunity – 40th Celebration Sundowner

A Sundowner to celebrate Phoenix’s 40th Anniversary will be held from 4.30pm - 6.00pm in the Silver Room, Novotel Perth Langley. The Sundowner will include presentations from special guests and lived experience representatives. 

Tickets are $25 and include canapes and a drink on arrival. A selection of alcoholic beverages may be purchased from the private bar. We invite all conference delegates to mingle with our special guests, celebrate and catch-up over a drink, post-conference. 

Accommodation

Phoenix is pleased to offer conference delegates a discounted room rate of $175/night for a Standard Queen Room through the Novotel Perth Langley. Full Buffet Breakfast can be added at a discounted rate of $25 per person, per night. Rate is subject to availability, prior to 30.09.2024 and only valid for accommodation date range 28.10.2024 to 31.10.2024. 

To receive the discount, please use the following link: https://www.idem.events/r/phoenix-support-advocacy-service-b6d32eea

Getting to the Conference

Located only 12k m from Perth Airports, the average Taxi ride takes 20 – 30 minutes depending on the time of day. Alternatively, the hotel is a 15-minute walk from Elizabeth Quay Train Station or take a complimentary Transperth bus along Adelaide Terrace.

Parking at the hotel is available in our undercover car park on a first-in-first-served basis, offered at the conference rate of $25 per car per day (reduced from public rate of $35), limited to 75 bays. Bays cannot be pre-allocated or reserved.

Alternatively, there are CPP (City of Perth Parking) areas available along Terrace Road and St. Georges Terrace, within walking distance to the hotel.

Sponsorship

If you would like to sponsor the conference, find out more about sponsorship opportunities, or promote resources or materials, please email training@phoenix.asn.au

Cancellations & Refunds

Cancellations on or before COB 30 September 2024 will receive a full refund minus a 15% administration fee.  Please apply through Humanitix.

If you are unable to attend the conference and would like to transfer to another person, transfers are available on or before COB 15 October 2024 and will incur a $20.00 administration fee.  To request, please email training@phoenix.asn.au

Cancellations on or after COB 1 October 2024 will receive no refund however in-person tickets can be exchanged for a virtual ticket up until midday 29 October 2024 and will incur a $20 administration fee. To request, please email training@phoenix.asn.au

Additional paid Sundowner tickets: Payments are non-refundable from 15 October 2024. To request, please email training@phoenix.asn.au

For all other questions about the conference not listed above, please email training@phoenix.asn.au