Alternatives To Violence Project Western Australia (Incorporated)
This charity receives a significant portion of its funding (specifically, more than 30% of its total revenue) directly from donations and bequests. This indicates that public contributions are a crucial financial lifeline for their mission.
This charity relies heavily on the incredible dedication of volunteers. It means their operations are significantly powered by volunteer efforts, where the collective contribution of volunteers is either substantial compared to paid staff, or their work is entirely run by volunteers. Your time and skills could make a huge difference here!
This charity or fund is currently recognised by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR). Donations of $2 or more made to this entity are tax-deductible for the donor. This status is typically derived from official ABR (Australian Business Register) data and signifies eligibility for DGR status.Public fund donations were used to provide workshops in the prison system and in the community. Expenses included travel, workshop materials, accommodation, payments to our administrator and treasurer, office, telephone and internet services, publicity, airfares, rent and venue hire. 2023 was the 29th year of the Alternatives to Violence Program in WA. We had some challenges, but overall it was a busy and successful year. In summary some of our achievements are listed below: Have run 39 workshops. Organised a national gathering Negotiated a change of administrator Held training sessions in and out of prison Have trained inmate and community facilitators Have had regular committee meetings Maintained a current website Maintained an active Facebook page Circulated regular newsletters to facilitators and supporters Continued to wrestle with prison clearances A treasurer managing several different accounts Updated our written policies and procedures Sat on national and international committees Attended several expos and festivals to promote AVP We held a total of thirty nine workshops during the year which was an increase of ten on the previous year. Of these: 12 were in Acacia Prison 6 in Karnet Prison 7 in Bunbury Prison 8 in Wooroloo Prison 6 in the community 2 scheduled prison workshops at Acacia were cancelled due to a fire. 7 community workshops were cancelled due to lack of participants. 18 community facilitators and 29 inmate facilitators actively participated in workshop teams. Northwest Workshops Although most of our workshops are in the metropolitan area we realised that since 2009 we have carried out more than 60 workshops in the Kimberley and Pilbarra regions of WA. Most of these have been in Broome, Port Hedland and Derby. But a few were in small communities such as Wangkutjungka, Balgo and Bidyadanga. Our most recent workshops were held in Newman in December. We hope soon to have sufficient skilled facilitators in that area to run the workshops independently. Prison Clearances Still in 2023 obtaining clearances for our outmate facilitators proved to be a major challenge. The Department of Justice are assessing our program and hope to be able to reissue clearances by March 2024. We organised a meeting with the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services to see if they had influence in this area but they were unable to help. Facilitator Days We held facilitator days for community facilitators as well as three in Acacia prison and one in Wooroloo. Our final community one was a Sallybration. This was a tribute to Sally Herzfeld who has been a facilitator for many years. Not only that, she will continue as a committee member in 2024. However she has decided that it is time for her to scale back some of her AVP commitments. Sally has facilitated workshops in most Australian states as well as some overseas. She has also been an active member of several international AVP committees