Disrupting family violence & moving closer to family wellbeing
What is the Responsible Men Program?
Responsible Men is an intensive behaviour-change program for men in the Redlands area aged 18 years and above, who use violence or are controlling in their relationships. Men & Co. Services is an approved program provider across the Redlands region including the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
During the Responsible Men program we focus on how you can take responsibility to change your behaviour and decision-making without using violence, and how you can use this knowledge to make positive changes for healthy and safe relationships. Through group work, we assist you to acknowledge and recognise your own behaviour and to change your verbal, financial and psychological abuse, stalking and other behaviours that instil fear.
Over 16 weeks, we cover topics such as:
• what domestic and family violence is
• its impacts
• values
• beliefs.
We help you work out how to change your behaviour and how to maintain change.
To be eligible to join the Responsible Men program, you:
• must think you have a problem with violence
• be under Voluntary Intervention Orders, or
• be referred by community or government agencies.
It is important to note that even when mandated to attend our program, we need you to contact our service to begin the intake process. We accept service referrals, self-referrals, and court orders.
“The program it has really helped me, my thoughts and my actions and choices I make in my life. I never really spoke about my feelings or what I had done in my relationship with my partner and kids or been honest with myself until I started the program. But I knew I needed help because I had literally lost everything that really mattered to me because of my choices. I really do want a different life and hopefully make a positive impact in the life of others.”
— BLAKE (past participant)
We accept referrals
Service referrals
Self-referrals
Court orders
Contact one of our team to find out more.
“For a long time I thought the system was against me, I thought people were against me. I started getting disassociated with life and very introverted. I sort of gave up on life basically. Coming to this course gave me some kind of hope for change. If men are having any domestic violence problems, even if they are being accused of domestic violence but don’t think they are, just give the program a go. Be open to the program because its made some positive changes for me. If you want to change your going to have to do it for yourself. You’ve got to do it for yourself and just take what you can from this course and grow with that.”
— JOHN (past participant)
Choosing change.
“Definitions of violence are a lot wider than what I thought. I learnt about the negative impacts of violence to others particularly my children and women and ultimately learnt new ways and skills of doing things in a non violent way.”
— MALACHAI (past participant)