Season 1 Episode #20: Bronwyn Bate, Founder, Mettle - Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors

BONUS EPISODE

In the aftermath of this year’s International Women’s Day, we sat down with Mettle cofounder, Bronwyn Bate, the domestic violence charity whose ethical gifts give back, based in Perth. Their social enterprise employs women who have experienced homelessness as a result of domestic and family violence.

FAMILY, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTRALIA.

But this year, with IWD in mind, we wanted to spark some conversation that is great to have in the lead up and during this day each year, but like many other issues, these are conversations that need to be had daily. And when we chatted to Bronwyn in the lead up to this interview, we were shocked by the figures and statistics she stated around the issue; which quite frankly, is at a crisis point.

What a fabulous inspiration she is, supporting the 25 women of Mettle with zero funding currently from the government, all supported by the gifting products they sell plus their philanthropic element of the business. One can only imagine the stress, anxiety and emotional turmoil these women go through just to survive and just to keep their family going. Find out just how they are coping and how their mental health is effected in the episode.

Mettle Women Inc. is not an emergency response provider. Whilst we do provide social welfare support to the women in our care, we suggest contacting the following numbers in case of emergency so that you can receive the immediate assistance that you deserve.

SUPPORT NETWORKS

EMERGENCY – 000

National Hotline – 1800 737 732

Kids Helpline - 1800 55 1800

LGBTQIIA+ line - 1800 184 527

The National Disability Abuse & Neglect Hotline -1800 880 052

ELDERHelp - 1800 353 374

BY STATE:

Each state has a list of services that can be found HERE.

LINKS

Visit Mettle’s website or follow them @mettle_org

Follow us @theseladsaremental