Flat Out

A Statewide Support Service For Women Leaving Prison

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What We Do

Flat Out’s work falls into the following areas (please click on the links below for more information):

  • Individual Support and Advocacy
  • Systemic Advocacy and Social Change
  • Partnerships and Projects

Released to freedom

"Released to freedom"
My file will say when I leave here
I will carry a black garbage bag
Containing all that remains of my old life

Everything that I own to begin my new life
Nothing will fit me anymore
Not my old clothes
Nor my old life
Where will I start?

I will have a name and a number in my hand
It will be my salvation
I will pick up the phone and call
Flat Out

                                 Vickie Roach

Acknowledgement of Country

Flat Out acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of Australia. We pay our respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Woi-wurrung Language Group both past and present that make up part of the Kulin Nation, as the traditional owners of the land on which Flat Out is housed.

We acknowledge the Elders, families and forebears of the tribes of the Kulin Nation who were the custodians of the land which we occupy. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet was the place of age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal and that the Kulin Nation people’s living culture had and has a unique role in the life of this region.

We recognise the loss and grief held by Indigenous people in Australia caused by alienation from traditional lands, the loss of lives and freedoms, and the forced removal of children.

We defend the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to live according to their own beliefs, values and customs and the importance of their contribution to strengthening and enriching the heritage of all Australians.

We believe that equal partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are integral to addressing the needs of communities.

We believe that that ignorance, apathy, resistance and opposition still exists about reconciliation and the need to overcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage is great.

We believe that through understanding the spiritual relationship between the land and its first peoples, we share our future and take the steps towards living equally in harmony with dignity and respect.

Flat Out acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People, Flat Out acknowledge this is the Wurundjeri Land.

Flat Out-a ngarngunj Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Gulinj, Flat Out-a ngarngunj bik mangi Wurundjer-balak-al bik-dhan.

This Office is on Wurundjeri Land, Flat Out gives Respects to the Elders past and present and emerging.

Mangi wilim-warr Wurundjeri-balak-al bik-dhan-dui, Flat Out –a wunga-bunj gahgook-da Nanggit baambuth ba yalingbu ba gamanity.

We thank the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for the translation of our acknowledgement & permission to use Woi-wurrung language.

ABN: 68037026364

ABN: 68037026364

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