Students unite

St Brigid’s College students in Horsham helped raise awareness about domestic violence as part of White Ribbon Week.

Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning year-11 and 12 students organised several activities including a VCAL Numeracy – Better than the Average barbecue and a white coloured clothes day.

Domestic violence survivor and White Ribbon Foundation advocate Simone O’brien was guest presenter at a Friday school assembly.

Year-nine students Tomas Butler and Zach O’brien presented further information about domestic violence and at the end of the assembly about 400 students and staff took an oath of ‘making a stand and speaking out against men’s violence against women’.

Week activities finished with a VCAL trivia night at Coughlin Park Community Centre involving about 150 participants.

Businesses donated prizes for the night.

About $2000 raised from the trivia night will go to the White Ribbon Foundation supporting Horsham district.