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The Dyldam Parramatta Eels will today officially launch the club’s Domestic Violence Action Plan (DVAP), a first for a national professional sporting club in Australia.

The Eels believe that while living free from violence is everyone’s right, reducing violence is everyone’s responsibility. 

As a sporting organisation, the Eels take the opportunity to use our country’s passion for sport as a vehicle to promote positive community change.

The DVAP is a living document, designed in its initial form to:

•    Engage on the national level with Domestic Violence groups

•    Raise awareness within the Parramatta Eels community

•    Raise awareness throughout all levels of the club

•    Offer support to Board, staff and players identified as being impacted by family violence

•    Include our commitment in the code of behaviour for all Board, staff and players

•    Ensure all opportunities within the club are gender equal

At this afternoon's Round 10 Eels v Warriors game at Parramatta’s Pirtek Stadium, both teams will link arms, joined by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator the Hon. Nigel Scullion, officially representing the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister of Australia.

The linking of arms is a show of solidarity for the reduction of domestic and family violence, a symbol that has grown out of the NO MORE campaign in the Northern Territory. 

With the support of its founder, Charlie King, the Eels are lending their voices to NO MORE, which commenced in 2008 after consultation with Indigenous Elders from across the Northern Territory. 

Since then, it has evolved to engage with all levels of the sporting community across
all demographics. The campaign’s aim is to engage with men, as both perpetrators and victims, to take ownership of the issue and work towards a solution. 

“Sporting clubs play an important role in influencing our community, and we’re committed to giving back and helping to build a society where families can be free from violence,” Eels CEO Scott Seward said. 

“I’m very proud to be able to launch this plan, and hopefully it encourages more professional sporting teams to create their own plans and help reduce family violence.”    

The Eels invite all attendees at our Round 10 game this weekend, men and women, to join us in linking arms before kick-off to show their commitment and say: NO MORE.