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Creating a brand worthy of the strength and bravery of the cause.
The Challenge
Increase in awareness of family violence over recent years has been significant. DV VIC’s profile had continued to grow, however their ‘home brewed logo’ was letting them down. They needed more than a logo. They needed a fully fledged brand that could fight the good fight.
The Strategy
DV VIC had already built so much equity in their brand. To change it would do more harm than good.
However, we were troubled by the fact that the name Domestic Violence Victoria literally speaks to the problem itself rather than the stand against the problem.
Coupled with the fact that DV VIC also found it difficult to articulate their advocacy role, we needed to shift the conversation from the problem to the solution – Your Voice Against Violence. This became their positioning and the driving force behind the brand.
“Solid enabled us to think in new ways about our organization and the image that we portray to the world.”
Alison Macdonald
Policy and Program Manager
Domestic Violence Victoria
Domestic Violence Victoria
When & How did DVVIC come about?We were formed in about 2002 when a group of women’s refuges and family violence organisations in Victoria decided that they wanted an independent peak body to support their advocacy on behalf of women and children living with family violence.
When & How did DVVIC come about?We were formed in about 2002 when a group of women’s refuges and family violence organisations in Victoria decided that they wanted an independent peak body to support their advocacy on behalf of women and children living with family violence.
What has been the most challenging part of your journey so far?Our work is ever-challenging because we’re working towards eliminating - or at least reducing - the incidence of family violence in our communities and improving responses to it when it does occur. It’s a very complex issue that touches many different services and systems. Fighting for people to take the issue seriously is challenging and change is slow. Watching the incidence of family violence continue to rise and the numbers of women and kids murdered in the context of family violence is very difficult – especially when these deaths could have been prevented with better protections.
What has been the most rewarding?The change that has actually happened in the last few years. Family violence used to be a marginal issue, but due to Rosie Batty and other’s advocacy, it is now a priority social policy and law and order issue. We had a Royal Commission in Victoria and it will never go back being an unimportant issue.
What inspires you?The strength of the women, children and other victim survivors of family violence who take the incredibly brave steps to break free from violence and re-establish their lives free from violent and controlling men.
Tell us about the DVVIC Re- Brand and how it came to be?Having a professional brand had never been a high priority for our organisation. We had what we called a ‘home brew’ logo and website that we’d developed internally. Our profile had continued to grow with the increase in community awareness about family violence and we realised that our lack of branding was significantly letting us down. We needed to do something urgently!
How did Solid (previously The Sum of Us) help you on your journey?They worked with us from scratch. They got to know who we are and what we do. The most useful part of the process was the development of the ‘brand character’. It was a conversation that we had never had before and enabled us to think in new ways about our organisation and the image that we portray to the world.
What were they like to work with?Great! Very supportive of the fact that we were a tiny organisation at the time and had never done any branding before. Very committed to the cause of our organisation so the partnership always felt right.
What is the best thing about your re-freshed Brand?How classy it is. It’s been a few years but I still feel very proud of the branding. The process we went through to get there means that our staff feel a lot of ‘ownership’ over the brand. We worked with the Sum of Us to do a photo shoot so that we have our own stock images and we got to know the women in the shoot; we feel very affectionate towards our stock photos! We also get very many compliments on our re-brand.
If you could give one piece of advice to other aspiring social change makers, what would it be?Persistence pays off! Stick with it.
When & How did DVVIC come about?We were formed in about 2002 when a group of women’s refuges and family violence organisations in Victoria decided that they wanted an independent peak body to support their advocacy on behalf of women and children living with family violence.
What has been the most challenging part of your journey so far?Our work is ever-challenging because we’re working towards eliminating - or at least reducing - the incidence of family violence in our communities and improving responses to it when it does occur. It’s a very complex issue that touches many different services and systems. Fighting for people to take the issue seriously is challenging and change is slow. Watching the incidence of family violence continue to rise and the numbers of women and kids murdered in the context of family violence is very difficult – especially when these deaths could have been prevented with better protections.
What has been the most rewarding?The change that has actually happened in the last few years. Family violence used to be a marginal issue, but due to Rosie Batty and other’s advocacy, it is now a priority social policy and law and order issue. We had a Royal Commission in Victoria and it will never go back being an unimportant issue.
What inspires you?The strength of the women, children and other victim survivors of family violence who take the incredibly brave steps to break free from violence and re-establish their lives free from violent and controlling men.
Tell us about the DVVIC Re- Brand and how it came to be?Having a professional brand had never been a high priority for our organisation. We had what we called a ‘home brew’ logo and website that we’d developed internally. Our profile had continued to grow with the increase in community awareness about family violence and we realised that our lack of branding was significantly letting us down. We needed to do something urgently!
How did Solid (previously The Sum of Us) help you on your journey?They worked with us from scratch. They got to know who we are and what we do. The most useful part of the process was the development of the ‘brand character’. It was a conversation that we had never had before and enabled us to think in new ways about our organisation and the image that we portray to the world.
What were they like to work with?Great! Very supportive of the fact that we were a tiny organisation at the time and had never done any branding before. Very committed to the cause of our organisation so the partnership always felt right.
What is the best thing about your re-freshed Brand?How classy it is. It’s been a few years but I still feel very proud of the branding. The process we went through to get there means that our staff feel a lot of ‘ownership’ over the brand. We worked with the Sum of Us to do a photo shoot so that we have our own stock images and we got to know the women in the shoot; we feel very affectionate towards our stock photos! We also get very many compliments on our re-brand.
If you could give one piece of advice to other aspiring social change makers, what would it be?Persistence pays off! Stick with it.
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