In 2023, in partnership with the Australian Communities Foundation, Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) awarded $13.6 million to 58 applicants under a Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Programs National Open Grant Round for organisations with a primary focus on victim survivor cohorts, children and young people, and perpetrators and users of violence.
Of these, 27 applicants were ‘First Nations led specialist domestic and family violence service providers’ from across Australia, all of whom are community-controlled organisations.
PRF invited ResearchCrowd – an independent, Supply Nation certified Indigenous research agency – to act as ‘a learning partner’ to the 27 First Nations led specialist domestic and family violence service providers.
Learning together, ResearchCrowd applied their cultural lens to address two key areas of inquiry:
- What is the landscape of the specialist domestic and family violence sector?
- What are the possible systemic moves that need to happen?
Guided by the principles of cultural safety and self-determination, this report presents the results of the research that ResarchCrowd conducted from 1 June 2023 to 30 June 2024.
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