Wear Yellow Day For Allison

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How time has passed....beautiful photos and story (was on Channel 7 news tonight as well). Don't these images just reinforce the determined and dogged spirit of Allison's family to give her girls the life they were always meant to have? And they are all carrying Allison's memory and passions forward.

No Cookies | The Courier Mail

Allison Baden-Clay’s daughters tribute to mother to continue her legacy
Allison Baden-Clay’s daughters have made the ultimate tribute to their mother, joining forces to fundraise with her favourite flower to continue her legacy.

Hannah, 20, Sarah, 17, and Ella, 14, are the faces of the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation’s Strive to Be Kind campaign, with 4000 donated sunflowers to be sold.

Sarah Baden-Clay, Hannah Baden-Clay, Ella Baden-Clay, Vanessa Fowler, Priscilla Dickie and Geoff Dickie with sunflowers to promote Allison Baden-Clay Foundation. Picture: Richard Walker.


“We are very pleased with how they have matured to be such kind and generous and loving girls just like their mum,” Ms Fowler told The Courier-Mail

“They’ve all got a great circle of friends and our family is like a village around them. “We are still supporting them in a lot of ways

“My mum and dad (Geoff and Priscilla Dickie) have done a tremendous job with bringing them up.”

Hannah is following in the footsteps of her mother and is studying dance performance. She will be graduating from university soon.

Her passion for dance has led to a goal of travelling overseas to join a large company or production. Those plans have been put on hold while the world deals with Covid-19.

“They’re all high achievers,” Ms Fowler said.
Ella, the youngest, also dances like her mother.

“She loves dancing,” Ms Fowler said.

“Sarah doesn’t dance, she used to when she was younger. She is sporty and into netball.

“The funds that will be raised through the sale of the sunflowers will go towards us developing educational programs for community groups and assist with us hosting community forums so that we can share our message with the community around family and domestic abuse,” Ms Fowler said.

The sunflowers will be sold in Brisbane and Ipswich at schools and businesses for $10. The Strive to Be Kind Day lunch will be held on Friday.

 

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Strive To Be Kind Day - The Allison Baden-Clay Foundation

Strive To Be Kind Day (in memory of Allison Baden-Clay) is held on the last Friday of each July. On this day, the Story Bridge and Victoria Bridge light in yellow to remember Allison and her kindness. She was a very generous and loving soul who always put others before herself.

Strive To Be Kind Day was initially introduced in 2012 so that the community could come together to show each other a little more kindness. Respect, kindness and positivity are all things that we need more of and we encourage people to spend Strive To Be Kind Day and the month of July spreading kindness. Since its inception this wonderful day has gained enormous support with over 100 Queensland State and Private schools, businesses and shopping centres participating.

 

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It's been 10 years since Allison Baden-Clay's murder. Not nearly enough has changed.

Allison Baden-Clay was murdered by her husband 10 years ago this month.

It wasn't until the trial that her family understood the true extent of the control Gerard had over her; a man who listened in on her conversations through the baby monitor, controlled their finances and deleted the numbers of her relatives on her mobile.

At the time, in 2012, the details of domestic violence lived more so in the shadows. But through this case we got a glimpse into the sinister and seemingly innoxious ways coercive control can take hold of a relationship.

https://www..au/allison-baden-clay/

 

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Destroy The Joint has been counting dead women in Australia since 2012. That year we lost 70 to violence.

In 2015 we lost 84.

In 2017 it was 56.

In 2018 it was back up to 71.

Last year it was 43

 

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Published Friday, 29 July, 2022 at 04:53 PM

Premier and Minister for the Olympics
The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk

A scholarship with the Queensland Ballet Academy which was halted during COVID-19 will be revived to support talented young ballet dancers pursue their dreams.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement on the 10th anniversary of Strive to Be Kind Day, in memory of Allison Baden-Clay.
“This year we mark 10 years without Allison,” the Premier said.
“It’s been a decade of loss for her family, her friends and her community, but it’s also been a decade of action.
“Through the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation her story continues to be heard and important work around educating the community about domestic and family violence goes on.”

Allison Baden-Clay Scholarship reignited to support young dancers’ dreams