by Bronwyn | Jun 7, 2023 | News
When a child experiences trauma, their age and level of maturity can influence how they react. Some children find it hard to understand their feelings and struggle to verbalise them. Despite the difference in their ability to describe what they are experiencing,...
by Bronwyn | Feb 27, 2023 | News
Amber Community’s ‘Shine a Light on Road Safety’ campaign aims to raise awareness, stop deaths and injuries on our roads, and raise vital funds to support those impacted by road trauma. Use our hashtag #shinealightonroadsafety and share our...
by Bronwyn | Dec 2, 2022 | News
Saturday 3 December is International Day of People with Disability, more than 5,000 people are injured yearly in Victoria through road trauma. Our lived experience volunteer Bernie, shares her story about her hidden disability resulting from a serious road crash....
by Bronwyn | Oct 21, 2022 | News
In 1994, Lou first connected with the Road Trauma Support Team, as Amber Community was known, as a founding committee member and befriender trainer. With a background in Social Work, Lou worked with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Rehabilitation Centre when...
by Bronwyn | Oct 21, 2022 | News
Tim has shared his story with Amber Community since 2001 when he volunteered for the Prison Fellowship and developed a program called ‘Lives In Transition’ where he worked in Barwon and Port Phillip prisons as well as visiting prisoners at St Augustine’s prison ward...
