Event description

About

The Northern Integrated Family Violence Services (NIFVS) Family Violence Regional Integration Committee (FVRIC) invites members to attend the first NIFVS FVRIC General Membership Meeting.

This meeting theme is:
Listening, Learning, Leading.
Lived Experience: Co-creating change in family violence systems in the north.

What to expect

🔹 Lived experience performance – The meeting features a live performance of the work, "I want to tell my story".
🔹A lived experience panel
🔹Presentation by JUNO Housing Safety
🔹A facilitated panel discussion and reflection sessions
🔹FVRIC updates and an opportunity to meet our FVRIC Independent Chair – This event will be MC'd by Natalie Walker (she/they) who we are delighted to have as our Independent Chair.
🔹Lunch and refreshments – Lunch catering is supplied by Nosh and each attendee will receive an individually packed meal in a bento-style tray. Please note your dietary requirements during the registration process.

A full agenda is available to download here: NIFVS FVRIC General Meeting Agenda (PDF)

Who should attend?

This event is open to staff of NIFVS FVRIC member organisations. If you are not currently a FVRIC member, please advise of this during the registration processes so the NIFVS Team can follow up to register your organisation.

Please join us as we come together to advance our work to strengthen system integration and deliver meaningful improvements for those impacted by family violence in our region.

Meeting details

📅Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
📍 Venue: Aborigines Advancement League, 2 Watt Street, Thornbury, VIC 3071
🕙 Time: 9:15 am to 4:45 pm
🎟️ Tickets: There is no cost to attend

Acknowledgment of Country

The Northern Integrated Family Violence Services acknowledges Victorian Aboriginal people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we provide our services – the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation – and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
NIFVS acknowledges that Aboriginal sovereignty was never ceded and expresses hope for justice and reconciliation.