MATE BYSTANDER PROGRAMME LAUNCHED LOCALLY

Rio Tinto has reinforced its commitment to promoting safe, healthy and respectful relationships in the communities where it operates with local employees taking part in the launch of ‘Allison’s Gift’ domestic and family violence awareness training last week.  

Founded by the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation and Griffith University, Allison’s Gift, by The MATE (Motivating Action Through Empowerment) Bystander Programme, aims to teach participants how to identify warning signs of abuse, especially non-physical abuse, and how to intervene safely in domestic and family violence situations. Allison Baden-Clay was murdered by her husband in Brisbane in 2012, and her story is woven throughout the programme.