Table 1 Funded projects and inclusion in evaluation against NASASV Standards Organisation Project Evaluated against NASASV Standards Reason for exclusion Funded under Round 1 of the Respectful Relationships initiative: CASA House (RWH) & Canberra Rape Crisis Centre Sexual Assault Prevention Project for Secondary Schools SA Department of Education and Children’s Services Evaluation of the Keeping safe child protection curriculum X Did not meet criteria for evaluation against NASASV. Summary provided in Section 8. La Trobe University Respectful Relationships Project Northern Territory Government, Department of Education ‘Keeping Safe’ Protection Curriculum and Supplementary ‘SMART’ Training Project SHine SA Respectful Relationships education project X Project Discontinued. Summary provided in Section 8. University of NSW Sex and ethics University of Western Sydney Sex and Ethics Funded under Round 2 of the Respectful Relationships initiative: University of Western Sydney Sex and ethics Akeyulerre (funded under IFSP) Respectful Relationships Project
Australian Football League Respect & Responsibility Australian Red Cross Kwinana Project Baptist Community Services ACT-2: Respectful Relationships Project Dirty Work Comedy (funded under IFSP) The No Means No Show X Did not consent to participate in evaluation. No summary provided. Kurbingui Youth Development Association Healthy Relationships Link-Up NSW Aboriginal Corporation (funded under IFSP) The Link-Up program X Did not consent to participate in evaluation. No summary provided. Relationships Australia Canberra and Riverina LOVE BiTES Sexual Assault Resource Centre Respectful Relationships Education Swinburne University of Technology Respectful Relationships Uniting Care Wesley Respectful Relationships Project Wandiyali Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Incorporated (funded under IFSP) Wandiliya Murrung & Family Focus The Mersey Respectful Relationship Project & Family Service Logan Respectful Relationships
Table 2 Summary of Round 1 projects Project Location Setting Total Participant Numbers Age(s) Gender Participant Characteristics CASA House: Sexual Assault Prevention Project for Secondary Schools Canberra, ACT School 1720 13-18 and male only groups. Non-specific and various— a range of languages, ethnicities and abilities including some Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander young people. La Trobe University: Respectful Relationships Project Geelong, Gippsland, Melbourne – VIC Burnie, Hobart - TAS TAFEs; Disability Services Organisations. Peer facilitators n=20 Project participants n=41 Not stated Assume mixed – not otherwise stated People with an intellectual disability Northern Territory DET: ‘Keeping Safe’ Protection Curriculum Maningrida, Northern Territory School 10,184 (40 schools) Primary School age Assume mixed – not otherwise stated Indigenous (73%), Non Indigenous (26%), Other ESL (1%) SHine SA: Respectful Relationships education project Fitzroy Crossing, Hall Creek & Oombulgurri - Kimberley Region, WA School N/A 13-16 N/A Indigenous University of NSW: Sex and Ethics Brisbane and Gold Coast, QLD NRL club venues 53 17-20 Male Anglo Australian (38%), Indigenous (14%) and Samoan (7%) University of Western Sydney Multiple locations across NSW University; TAFE. 75 12-20 Mixed and segregated 42% of all participants were same-sex attracted
3 Summary of Round 1 project characteristics and performance against the NASASV CASA House: Sexual Assault Prevention Project for Secondary Schools La Trobe University: Respectful Relationships Project Northern Territory DET: ‘Keeping Safe’ Child Protection Curriculum University of NSW: Sex and Ethics University of Western Sydney: Sex and Ethics Approach Preventing negative behaviours/ attitudes Fostering positive behaviours/ attitudes Theoretical approach Feminist Ecological Cultural Strengths-based Other Ethnic composition Indigenous Diverse Incidental/Non-targeted Gender composition All female All male Mixed Location Urban Rural Remote Culturally specific Culturally specific of intervention Whole of community
4 Summary of Round 2 projects Project Location Setting Total Participants Age(s) Gender Participant Characteristics AFL: Respect & Responsibility Australia wide Community sport settings 3222 16-21 Male only Participants involved in national League/Community Club Football across Australia Akeyulerre: Respectful Relationships Arrernte community, Alice Springs Community 179 16-27 Male (formal participants) Mixed (participants in project related social activities) Indigenous— Men evenings: 53 young men and 32 senior men. Family evenings: 29 young men and 9 senior men. Bush activities: 19 young men, 18 senior men, 14 senior women, 5 young boys. Australian Red Cross: Kwinana Kwinana, WA Organisational settings, school holiday project 79 12-24 Assume mixes – not otherwise stated At-risk Indigenous BCS: Respectful Relationships Project ≤Eight schools in each of the selected LGAs in NSW. High schools 5120 12-16 mixed Year 9 students situated in areas of high economic and social disadvantage. (SEFIA rated). High proportion of ATSI and CALD. Kurbingui: Healthy Relationships North Brisbane, QLD 2 primary schools 1 secondary school Residential camps; at Kurbingui. 230 12-24 Mixed and male and female only Year 6-8 students in area with relatively high Indigenous community ATSI young people Young parent: ATSI Mothers Relationships Australia: LOVE BiTES Murrumbidgee & Murray Region, NSW High schools 802 15-17 No information provided SARC: Respectful Relationships Education WA wide High schools 11498 13-18 Mixed Four high schools in ACT including bi-national school, a vocational college and an Independent Anglican boy’s school and a state school.
Swinburne: Respectful Relationships Melbourne, Vic High schools/ Certificate training project 134 15-25 Male Indigenous and youth (in mainstream schooling and disengaged and at-risk). UCW: Respectful Relationships Project Adelaide, SA Disadvantaged high schools and alternative learning streams 875 Not stated Mixed Schools recruited from low SES neighbourhoods in Northern Adelaide. Some disengaged from mainstream schooling. Youth in detention 19 12-16 Male only and female only Youth in detention. Histories of violence perpetration and victimisation. Disadvantaged 39 Not stated Female only Disadvantaged; homeless or at-risk of homelessness; young mothers. ASTI Inc: Wandiliya Lambton, NSW Schools, community and government organisations 566 10-15 Assume mixed – not otherwise stated Indigenous and non-Indigenous (no breakdown of population is given) Youth & Family Focus: The Mersey Respectful Relationship Project Mersey Region, TAS School Grade 7 Alternative Education Community 4314 12-14 12-19 17-25 Mixed Mostly Caucasian from low SES background – no specific data reported Youth & Family Service Logan: Respectful Relationship Project Logan City, QLD School, TAFE, Other Organisational settings 245 12-24 Male only Female only Female only: Indigenous Young men at-risk for, or previously used violence Cultural & Language Diverse groups: Samoan, Maori, Afghani, Burundi and Sudanese students. Grade 9 group: no info provided