New Training Resource

Domestic Violence and Harassment – Law-Related Education Kit
The Legal Services Agency has launched a new legal training resource developed by the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges and Wellington Community Law Centre. The folder and PowerPoint presentation set out a training session on the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and the Harassment Act 1997.

The training kit is aimed at community workers to assist them with training their own staff and other community members. It can also be used to run information sessions for people who have been affected by domestic violence or harassment.

The kit can easily be used by someone who is new to training, as it begins with a section on how to organize a training session with step-by-step information, activities, suggested resources, and even the answers to ‘tricky questions’ that could be posed by the audience. The kit will be helpful to those working with families/whanau where the workers and/or clients require a general knowledge of the legislation and how it works in practice, especially in relation to obtaining and using protection or restraining orders.

The Kit is available from the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges phone 04 802 5078 or email training@refuge.org.nz.