The White Ribbon Walk will start at Queen Elizabeth Park in Main Street Lithgow at 4pm. Participants will walk along Main Street to the Lithgow and District Workmen’s Club. 

Lithgow emergency services including police, fire and ambulance, along with the Lithgow Highland Pipe Band, will lead the walk.  

All members of the community are invited to walk in support of this very important cause. 

This will be followed by fundraising trivia night at the Lithgow Workmen’s Club starting at 6pm. Tickets for trivia can be purchased at the LINK office 1 Padley Street Lithgow or on line at https://www.trybooking.com/YOLU. 

You can see pictures from last year’s event here. 

“Violence against women is at epidemic proportions. Devastatingly, over 12 months, on average, one woman is killed every week in Australia as a result of intimate partner violence,” Darryl Goodwin said.

“Murder is at the pointy end of a broad spectrum of violence against women. A spectrum that encompasses financial, verbal, emotional, psychological, physical and sexual abuse, as well as workplace harassment. They all form part of a devastating cycle of violence.

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“And the women lost are not just statistics – they are wives, mothers, daughters, grand-daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, friends and colleagues. Most importantly, they are people, and the impact of the violence perpetrated against them is widespread and long-standing.

“Violence against women is never a private issue. I am holding this event to help break the silence around violence, to raise awareness of the issue as well as funds to support work to bring violence against women to an end.

“We want people to know that it is violence against women is unacceptable, it is never the victim’s fault, help is always available and if you see something you should definitely say something. People need to know that they can make a difference; bringing an end to men’s violence against women will take a whole of community approach.”