Mimi Kim, Founder Creative Interventions and INCITE
“…My drive to call it community accountability just really highlighted that we’re talking about something that’s happening in the community… we’re asking not only people who have caused harm to be accountable, but we’re asking our communities to be accountable for changing our social norms on approaches to gender-based violence….”
Community accountability: REVIVE
We understand and recognise that like healing and recovery - taking accountability for causing harm is a process.
We are committed to supporting all people impacted by and responsible for sexual harm, using restorative approaches.
We offer education groups and casework support to people who have taken accountability and to people who are needing additional support in understanding accountability.
We also offer this support to their family and community members or impacted others.
The two parts of our accountability programs are called:
REVIVE: Prevention
and
REVIVE: Response
REVIVE: Prevention
This program is for anyone.
If you want support for yourself, someone in your family/community, if you’re impacted by someone else’s accountability or someone you are working with is at risk of causing sexual harm, then this program may be of assistance.
Contact our small team on 0485 938 757 email revive@transformingjustice.org.au or fill in this form
REVIVE: Prevention is a program focused specifically on the prevention of sexual harm. It is designed to support people to make healthy sexual choices and to recognise unhelpful thinking and behavioural patterns.
REVIVE: Prevention helps people to understand accountability, build empathy and create a safety plan so that harm doesn’t happen.
Casework and support services are available now and our online groups are starting in Term 3 2025 so make an inquiry with our small team to find out more.
GROUPS ARE STARTING SOON AND SPOTS ARE LIMITED!
CONTACT US ON 0485 938 757
Useful information and resources
Watch our 30 min video on REVIVE and hear from our Program Coordinator Mardi, and Caseworker Chelsea, talking about how REVIVE can support people at any stage of their accountability journey.
Download our flyers for sharing in your networks
Watch our 30 minutes video to hear from Chelsea and Mardi talk about REVIVE and how you can refer or get involved in the program.
REVIVE: Response
This program is for anyone who has taken steps towards accountability or supporting someone who has.
If you want support for yourself, someone in your family/community, or someone you are working with who has taken steps towards acknowledging accountability, then this program may be assistance.
Contact our small team on 0485 938 757 email revive@transformingjustice.org.au or fill in this form
REVIVE: Response helps support people who have already identified that they have caused harm, and want to learn more about their accountability, build empathy and create a safety plan so harm doesn’t happen again.
We know that there are many barriers to accessing safe support in the community, but that many people want this for themselves or someone they care about.
Casework services are available now for people at any stage of their accountability process; as well as impacted family and community members.
Online REVIVE: Response groups are starting soon.
FAQs
GROUPS ARE STARTING SOON AND SPOTS ARE LIMITED!
CONTACT US ON 0485 938 757
How is this work restorative?
Being restorative means treating everyone with dignity, respect & committing to do no further harm to anyone. Restorative approaches acknowledge the role of individual, social and other factors that contribute to causing harm.
We focus on what needs to be in place to support healing, accountability and recovery.
Who is this for?
This program is for anyone.
Including people at risk of causing harm or has taken steps towards accountability, or has been convicted of sexual harm, as well as anyone wanting to learn about accountability taking.
If you want to support someone in your family or community, who is at risk of causing sexual harm then this program may assist you or someone you care about.
Why is Transforming Justice offering support to people accountable for harm?
This work aligns with our core principle of survivor centred practice, as most survivors want the person who harmed them to acknowledge what happened, accept accountability and get support, so that the harm doesn’t happen again.
In addition to a survivor centred approach, we use a restorative framework to prioritise humanity, dignity, dialogue, support and accountability in the prevention and repair of harmful behaviours.
In this work, we support others in the community as well, as we believe in the value of the role of community (including families, partners and friends) in response, recognising the impact of harm, the need for safe relationship for the purpose of prevention.
Why are family members and others being offered support?
Family members, partners or members of the community who are supporting people who have been harmed or accountable for harm, have their own impacts and needs.
Our group and casework services can enable people in support roles to talk about their own needs, impacts and what can assist them.
Regardless of whether their loved one has commenced their own accountability journey impacted others can engage with our group program and casework services.
What support is available?
Our community accountability program REVIVE is a 10 week Group program and casework service. REVIVE helps people understand accountability for sexual harm, to build empathy and create a safety plan to avoid causing harm in the future.
Participants in the 10 week online education program learn to identify and practice healthy sexual behaviours, recognise triggers for harmful thoughts or actions, build empathy, develop prevention plans, and to support their initiatives towards repairing harm.
More information about the topics is outlined below.
What is involved in the REVIVE: Prevention program?
10 week (online) Education Group for people accepting accountability or at risk of causing harm
10 week (online) Support group for family members, partners and others impacted
Casework and wellbeing support for anyone
Aftercare support for graduates of group program
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How did this work start?
REVIVE was developed by Community Justice Initiatives (CJI), based in Waterloo Canada - a community based restorative organisation responding to sexual harm and accountability.
CJI is a mentor and supervisor of the restorative facilitators at Transforming Justice and we are deeply grateful for their support and guidance in introducing REVIVE for the first time to Australia.
How is REVIVE funded?
Transforming Justice was funded in 2023 and 2024 by NED Foundation to adapt REVIVE to be implemented in Australia.
In 2025, La Trobe University has funded REVIVE to be implemented and evaluated over the coming years.
We hope to secure other funding in the coming years to implement REVIVE in specific regions and communities.
How can I find out more or make a referral?
We know that accessing safe and supportive spaces is hard for everyone, especially if you are responsible for causing harm to someone or supporting a family member who has caused harm.
Contacting our small team will enable a safe, supportive and non-judgemental conversation so you can heard more about REVIVE, and make an informed decision about whether it is right for you or someone you would like to refer.
revive@transformingjustice.org.au
0485 938 757
Topics in the REVIVE Education and Support Group Program
Topics in the online 10 week education group include:
Introduction and group rules
Healthy relationships and consent
Journey to accountability
Self-awareness and gender
Sexual harm and dysregulated behaviour
Pornography
Impacts of sexual harm & building empathy
Managing risky behaviour
Supporting accountability
Review and next steps
Topics in the Support group for others impacted (PREVENTION) include:
Self-Compassion and Emotions
Disclosure
Trauma
Disenfranchised Grief
Coping with Loss and Change
Boundaries and Resilience
Communication and Intimacy
Others impacted group (Response) includes discussion of “Navigating one’s way through “the system”
Others impacted (Prevention) includes:
Self-Compassion and emotions
Disclosure
Trauma
Disenfranchised grief and
Coping with Loss and change
Boundaries and resilience
Communication and intimacy
