No to Violence will host a seminar at the Winhanganha Aboriginal Learning Centre seminar room at Sale Street between 10am and 11.30am on Wednesday.

Politicians, people who work in domestic violence fields, community leaders have been invited and anyone with an interest in the issue is also welcome to attend.

MAP: Winhanganha is part of the TAFE Western NSW campus ...

Participants will hear first-hand about the challenges, service gaps and collaborative innovations being trialled.

No to Violence chief executive officer Jacqui Watt said information gathered during the tour will be presented to the government before the election.

“For 25 years, No to Violence has been working at the front line with men who use violence and power to control others, so they take responsibility for the harm they cause and understand they can choose to behave differently,” she said. 

“While there is some exceptional work being done in the preventative space, there is still much work to be done here and now, to keep Australian women and children safe from family violence.

The Orange local government area has one of the highest rates of domestic and family violence in the state and is ranked 19th out of 134 councils, recording 255 reported instances between July 2017 and June 2018 as reported by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.