EVENTS AND NEWS

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

If you are holding an event to raise funds for EDON Place, please let us know by emailing admin@edonplace.org.au and we can help you promote it.
FEBRUARY
Ochre Ribbon Week an Indigenous-led campaign from 12 to 19 February awareness of the impacts of domestic and family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience disproportionally high levels of violence compared to non-Indigenous women, and violence is often more severe in its impact on families:

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are 32 times more likely to be hospitalised from family violence than non-Indigenous Australians,
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 3.4 times more likely to experience sexual assault, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 11 times more likely to die due to assault.
MARCH
International Women's Day - March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

IWD 2021 campaign theme: #ChooseToChallenge
Queensland Women's Week - 3 to 14 March Held annually, Queensland Women's Week is an expansion of International Women's Day, providing for a week-long, state-wide celebration of the achievements of Queensland women and girls.

QWW 2021 campaign theme: Celebrating our present. Own our future.
Harmony Week Celebrations - Monday 15th March to Sunday 21st March 2021

Harmony Week is a time to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, and the successful integration of migrants into our community. Australia is one of the most successful multicultural countries in the world and we should celebrate this and work to maintain it.

Harmony Week is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values.
MAY
Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month is an annual event held each May to raise community awareness of the social and personal impacts of domestic and family violence and the support available to those affected. The key aims of the month are to:

  • raise community awareness of domestic and family violence and its impacts;
  • promote a clear message of no tolerance of domestic and family violence in Queensland communities;
  • ensure those who are experiencing domestic and family violence know how to access help and support;
  • encourage people who use abuse and/or violence to take responsibility for their abusive behaviour and seek support to change.
1st May 2021: National Day to remember those who have lost their lives as a result of domestic and family violence.
5th May 2021: EDON Place holds a Candle Lighting Vigil each year to remember those who have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence. This year the candlelight vigil is being held at the Bundaberg Police Station commencing at 5.30pm.
JULY
NAIDOC Week - Heal Country

(4-11 July 2021) celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. EDON Place respectfully takes part in NAIDOC celebrations each year. The NAIDOC 2021 theme – Heal Country! – calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.
SEPTEMBER
National Child Protection Week

(5 -11 September) is held each September to promote messages of child abuse prevention and child protection. Every year EDON Place takes an active role in Child Protection Week activities as part of the Child Protection Week Action Group (CPWAG) – Details of 2021 CPW activities to be confirmed.
OCTOBER
Sexual Violence Awareness Month

Sexual Violence Awareness Month is held during October each year to:
  • raise community awareness about sexual violence
  • promote the support options available to people affected by sexual assault and sexual abuse, and
uphold a clear message that sexual violence will not be tolerated in our communities.
NOVEMBER
White Ribbon Day (Friday 19 November 2021) is held on the last Friday before 25 November every year in Australia. This is a time where communities come together to stand up, speak out and act to say ‘no’ to gendered violence in Australia.
16 Days of Activism Globally, the 25th of November is the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Men’s Violence against Women, which is the largest violence against women campaign and kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.