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Promoting the Financial Abuse Support Toolkit
1800RESPECT's Financial Abuse Support Toolkit is available to anyone who has experienced financial abuse.
Financial abuse happens when someone uses money or finances to:
- Control
- Hurt
- Take advantage of another person.
It’s a form of domestic and family violence and can make people feel trapped, unsafe, and powerless.
If you or someone you know is experiencing financial abuse, you can call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or visit our website for online chat and video call services – available 24/7.
What is the Financial Abuse Support Toolkit?
The Financial Abuse Toolkit highlights signs of financial abuse and where you can go for support. The toolkit can be used by friends and family of those affected, and professionals supporting victim-survivors. Financial abuse can sometimes be hard to identify. It can also happen alongside other forms of abuse.
The 1800RESPECT Financial Abuse Support Toolkit was created with advocates and experts in the domestic and family violence sector.
You can help raise awareness of financial abuse. Share the toolkit with your network through:
- messaging
- social media tiles
- videos
- links to the toolkit.
You can also share content from our social media channels. You can do this by following us on Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Instagram.
You can learn more about the toolkit here.
Why should you share the toolkit?
Whether you are experiencing financial abuse or helping someone who is, the toolkit is a good place to start. In the information below, you can read about what to expect in the toolkit.
By sharing the toolkit, you can help people understand:
- What financial abuse is
- What it can look like
- Where to reach out for support.
In the toolkit you will find videos of people who have experienced financial abuse. It shows the path they took for support and how it helped them to recover.
People who have experienced financial abuse can access the information at any time. You can also work through the toolkit with a support person.
A support person or someone you trust may be a:
- Friend
- Family member
- Financial counsellor
- Social worker.
It is important to remember that getting support is free. You can contact our qualified counsellors for counselling, information and referrals at any time at 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or visit our website for online chat and video call services – available 24/7.
You can also get free confidential advice from a financial counsellor by calling the National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007 between 9.30am and 4.30pm. You can also visit ndh.org.au where you can chat online with a financial counsellor and also be connected to face-to-face services in your area.
Social Media tiles
You can share these tiles on your social media channels. They have been created for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X. You can download the tiles by right clicking on the image to save them.
You may also want to include our tagline, you can find it here.
Collection 1: "Feelings of helplessness are really common when you're experiencing financial abuse."
Collection 2: "I felt I couldn't reach out because people wouldn't understand."
Collection 3: "It's not your fault, and there is no shame in reaching out."
Collection 4: "Physically, mentally, emotionally, verbally abused. All of those abuses are the cage, and financial abuse is the padlock."
Collection 5: Family and friends can also reach out to 1800RESPECT for advice on how to support someone.
