About Bravehearts

• Bravehearts is an Australian child protection not-for-profit organisation, solely dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.
• Bravehearts works holistically to educate, empower and protect children from child sexual abuse.
• Bravehearts helps prevent child sexual abuse by educating young people about personal safety.
• Bravehearts supports survivors and victims of child sexual abuse, and their non-offending family members, with accessible and affordable counselling, and case management.
• Bravehearts educates and empowers communities through child protection training courses.
• Bravehearts fights for the rights of children and adult survivors by advocating for legislative reform.
• Bravehearts helps to stop the stigma around child sexual abuse through innovative research, public awareness campaigns and community education.
• Bravehearts acts with respect, integrity, energy, empathy and bravery at all times, as we strive to stop child sexual abuse now.
• Bravehearts collaborates with our cohorts as we strive to eradicate child sexual abuse.
• Above all else, the protection of children and survivors is at the heart of everything Bravehearts does.

Our Governance

Bravehearts is governed in accordance with:

• The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth)
• Bravehearts Constitution
• Bravehearts Board Charter
• Human Services Quality Framework (HSQF)

Bravehearts is proud to display the Australian Charity and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) Charity Tick. The Charity Tick is a symbol that reassures donors and the broader public that the organisation displaying it is transparent, accountable, quality-focused and regulated by the ACNC.

The Human Services Quality Framework (HSQF) is a system for assessing and improving the quality of human services. Bravehearts achieved HSQF compliance in 2017. HSQF compliance supports the accessibility of Bravehearts’ service to the community.

Bravehearts is a registered service provider of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Bravehearts is endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner as a Trusted eSafety Provider. To learn more visit esafety.gov.au/trusted-providers. The eSafety website provides a range of information and resources for various audiences.