Survivor News

Survivor Ice Skating Experience

Ice Skating Experience teaches Valuable Lessons Warm sunshine emanated in our Survivors’ faces through the cold ice during their first ever ice skating experience. The joy and laughter resonating from our lovely group of women. It was a true sight of happiness and...

How COVID19 Impacted our Survivors

How has the global pandemic COVID19 impacted our Survivors of Modern Slavery? It has been a really challenging time for our Survivor School to meet the increased needs of our clients. Awareness around Mental Health has never been more prevalent than now in a global...

How you can help Support Survivors

Support Survivors of Slavery You can help support survivors of slavery and be the change that is needed in this world. It is not as hard as you think. Human trafficking and slavery happens within Australian borders. This makes us angry. We are determined to fight this...

Christmas at The Freedom Hub 2019

Three ways to support survivors of slavery and the fight to end slavery in Australia this Christmas: 1. Have your work Christmas party at one of our cafes. 2. Buy a Survivor a Christmas gift 3. Come to our Christmas Speakeasy Night. Read more ..... 1.We have a...

Survivor School Update Q3/19

Survivor School Update and Advocacy Overview: The Freedom Hub Survivor School currently supports 52 women and men who have experienced slavery in Australia. In the last quarter we have had an intake of 7 new survivors, 5 from forced marriage, and 2 from sexual...

Meet Hana, new transition coach for The Freedom Hub in Queensland

With the recently awarded grant to open a Survivor School in Queensland, and more and more survivors referred to The Freedom Hub, transition coach Hana Berkman is joining the team to support survivors of modern slavery in Queensland rebuild their lives. Welcome Hana!...

International Women’s Day at The Freedom Hub

This International Women’s Day at The Freedom Hub, we took time to celebrate our success stories so far. And we took time to think about our vision for the future. The Freedom Hub supports 37 women who escaped modern slavery. It is the only charity in Australia...

Message from our CEO

Well it has been a flying start to 2019. There is so much to do! I am not sure I will ever feel undaunted by the responsibility on our shoulders helping victims of modern slavery recover. Recover from their trauma, navigating their daily problems and helping them try...

Celebrating new found Survivors

When we receive new survivors at The Freedom Hub we celebrate. The referral of a new survivor means they are: no longer being held captive looking forward to their future making choices about their own life free from slavery This month we are celebrating three new...

Survivor Success Story – Finding your way

A survivor success story is always a story worth telling. This post depicts how the simple success of finding your way can have an incredible impact on a survivors confidence. I consider myself a proficient public transport user, but when I went to Melbourne for the...